Polish Up On Polish Greats At KINOTEKA 2016

9th March 2016

Wednesday 2 March marked the launch of KINOTEKA 2016 now in its 14th year showcasing the best of Polish cinema and BRWC was invited along.

KINOTEKA Polish film festival 2016 will run from 7 to 28 April. In all great film traditions it will show new releases interspersed with screenings of great masters of Polish cinema – Possession by Andrez Zulawski – a must see, talks and workshops. What’s wonderful about KINOTEKA is that it showcases Polish creativity on the small screen as well as the big screen. There will be a screening of an episode of Treme currently available on HBO. It is written by another Polish creative titan: Agnieszka Holland who will be at the festival to take part in a Q+A led by The Guardian’s Mark Lawson! If that wasn’t exciting enough the festival will close with a screening of Goodbye See You Tomorrow followed by a swing dance party with live music from the Mazolewski Quintet!

The festival will be opened with a screening of the latest film by one of the titan’s of Polish cinema Jerzy Skolimowski. His latest film is 11 Minutes and after the screening he will be there in person to take part in the Q+A.

What’s the film about? Watch the trailer to discover more:

Looking through the programme, I am certainly excited to see 11 Minutes as well as Strange Heaven a very relevant and timely piece about a Polish family that emigrates to Sweden. There are also some very interesting documentaries being screened but will I be able to cram everything in that I want to see!

The screenings and workshops will take place in venues across London and with such an expansive and eclectic mixture of screenings and events there will be something to suit everyone’s taste.

Here’s the programme.

KINOTEKA runs from 7 to 28 April 2016.

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