New Polish Cinema / Kinoteka 2024

06 MARCH - 28 MARCH 2024

Woman of…

Michał Englert, Małgorzata Szumowska

26 Jan, 00:00
ICA

Developed from interviews with numerous transgender subjects, this ground breaking drama from acclaimed film-making duo Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert (Never Gonna Snow Again) is ambitious and heart felt. It features Mateusz...

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Opening Night Gala - Green Border

Agnieszka Holland

06 Mar, 19:00
BFI Southbank

The lives of Julia, a newly minted activist who has given up her comfortable life, Jan, a young border guard, and a Syrian family, intertwine in the treacherous and swampy forests that make up the so-called "green border" between Belarus...

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Ultima Thule

Klaudiusz Chrostowski

07 Mar, 18:30
ICA

When his father dies unexpectedly 30 year old Bartek struggles to make sense of life. Inspired by his father’s unrealised dream he leaves his family and travels to the “furthest point” of the title, Foulda, a remote Scottish island...

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Green Border

Agnieszka Holland

08 Mar, 20:20
Ciné Lumière

The lives of Julia, a newly minted activist who has given up her comfortable life, Jan, a young border guard, and a Syrian family, intertwine in the treacherous and swampy forests that make up the so-called "green border" between Belarus...

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Doppleganger: The Double

Jan Holoubek

09 Mar, 18:10
Ciné Lumière

Rooted in actual events in Cold War Poland the multi-award winning Doppleganger has much contemporary relevance, exploring identity theft and how international politics affect the lives of ordinary people. A stylish, keenly observed...

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The Secret of Little Rose

Jan Kidawa-Błoński

12 Mar, 20:30
Rich Mix

Featuring a star cast this is the much anticipated sequel to Kidawa-Błoński’s multi-award winning Rose (2010). Magdalena Boczarska plays career politician Joanna Warczewska whose life is turned upside down following a terrorist attack...

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Horror Story

Adrian Apanel

13 Mar, 20:30
Rich Mix

Jerzy Kapuściński co-produced this original feature debut from Adrian Apanel, a super smart take on the often absurd rites of passage between adolescence and adulthood. Expertly combining black comedy and horror genre tropes it tells the...

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Scarborn (Kos) + Director Q&A

Paweł Maślona

15 Mar, 17:55
Prince Charles Cinema

Winner of multiple prizes at Gdynia Film Festival 2023 including the Golden Lion, Press Award and Youth Jury Award, all for Best Feature, Kos is a landmark action drama, based on real events, peppered with black comedy and echoes of...

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Feast of Fire

Kinga Dębska

16 Mar, 15:30
Prince Charles Cinema

Adapted from a novel by Jakub Małecki Feast of Fire is a heartwarming film about happiness, ambition and secrets. Two devoted sisters struggle with very different constraints imposed by their bodies. Nastka, who has cerebral palsy and...

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Saint

Sebastian Buttny

17 Mar, 14:30
Prince Charles Cinema

Mateusz Kościukiewicz (Mug, Bracia TV series) features as Andrzej Baran, a rookie policeman in the Citizens’ Militia, who is assigned the task of discovering who stole the priceless silver sculpture of Saint Adalbert from Gniezno...

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Scarborn (Kos) + Film Talk

Paweł Maślona

24 Mar, 13:00
Watermans Arts Centre

A special screening of Scarborn (Kos) with an introductory Film Talk by Central & Eastern European film expert Michael Brooke. The film screening will start at 2:30pm, following the talk which will take place between 1-2pm. An...

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