November 14 - November 18
The 2009 Polish Film Festival will offer an inside look into the past, present and future of polish cinema
Six new feature films, selected documentaries, and four short theme films which are directors' debuts under the Polish Filmmaker Association's "30 minutes" and "First Documentary" programs, present a survey of new trends in Polish cinema. Two of the films, "Before Twilight" and "Too Soon to Die," showcase the best stars of after-the-war period of Polish cinema. Jacek Bławut, the director of the film "Before Twilight," will be our special guest.
We commemorate the 70th anniversary of the beginning of WWII by screening the film "Tomorrow we are going to the movies," and live interviews with WWII survivors who remember September 1, 1939, following the screening. The film depicts a story of three Warsaw high school graduates of the class of 1938, who enter their maturity when Poland faces the Nazi invasion.
All films are in Polish with English subtitles.
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Grand Opening November 13 at 7 PM
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Rochester Academy of Medicine, 1441 East Ave., Rochester NY 14610
The festival is co-sponsored by The Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies, The Polish Film Institute (PISF), The Polish Filmmakers Association, Polish Heritage Society of Rochester, and The Little Theatre Film Society Please see the logos of our sponsors below.
