Masterpieces Of Polish Cinema Season

12th April 2015

Filmhouse Edinburgh, the 13th Kinoteka Polish Film Festival and BFI Southbank are delighted that that the first leg of ‘Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema’ UK tour is now officially underway. This major new film season runs throughout April and May at BFI Southbank and Filmhouse Edinburgh as part of the Kinoteka festival programme and tours UK cinemas through to September.

The Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema series represents the first ever celebration of Polish cinema classics in the UK on such a large scale, bringing together 24 masterpieces chosen by Scorsese himself, including many undiscovered gems, all brilliantly restored and digitally remastered.

The season includes classic works from some of Poland’s most accomplished and lauded filmmakers such as Andrzej Wajda, Krzysztof Zanussi, Andrzej Munk, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Wojciech J Has, Roman Polański, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Agnieszka Holland and others.

At a time when Polish cinema is in the spotlight given the international success of Paweł Pawlikowski’s Oscar and BAFTA winning Ida, this unprecedented season – given Scorsese’s seal of approval, reaffirms Poland’s position of influence in international film history, a cinematic legacy which leads directly to the critical acclaim and recognition for Ida.

Full list of titles in the season:

Eroica (1957) Dir: Andrzej Munk, The Last Day of Summer (1958) Dir. Tadeusz Konwicki, Ashes and Diamonds (1958) Dir. Andrzej Wajda, Knights of the Black Cross (1960) Dir. Aleksander Ford, Night Train (1959) Dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Innocent Sorcerers (1960) Dir. Andrzej Wajda, Knife in the Water (1961) Dir. Roman Polański, Mother Joan of the Angels (1961) Dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz, The Saragossa Manuscript (1964) Wojciech J Has, Pharoah (1965) Dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Jump (1965) Dir. Tadeusz Konwicki, Walkover (1965) Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski, The Illumination (1972) Dir. Krzysztof Zanussi, To Kill This Love (1972) Dir. Janusz Morgenstern, The Wedding (1972) Dir. Andrzej Wajda, The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973) Dir. Wojciech J Has, The Promised Land (1974) Dir. Andrzej Wajda, Camouflage (1976) Dir. Krzysztof Zanussi, Provincial Actors (1978) Dir. Agnieszka Holland, The Constant Factor (1980) Dir. Krzysztof Zanussi, Blind Chance (1981) Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski, Man of Iron (1981) Dir. Andrzej Wajda, Austeria (1982) Dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz, A Short Film About Killing (1987) Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski.

Further details on the UK tour including film titles/venues/dates can be found at http://mspresents.com/uk/

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