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Andrzej Jakimowski

‘Letters From Wolf Street’ Review: A Documentary That Takes an Immigrant Lens to a Changing Polish Neighborhood
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In the Warsaw-set “Letters From Wolf Street,” an immigrant filmmaker takes to the streets — which is to say, he captures the unassuming sidewalks beneath his window. What begins as a series of wry observations about the director’s immediate surroundings gradually unfurls as a vibrant reflection (and self-reflection) on the fabric of modern Poland, as told through the eyes of Indian director Arjun Talwar, whose decade-long stint in the country has brought him no closer to feeling grounded.

Talwar narrates the entire movie in Indian-accented Polish, which reads like an attempt to assimilate through filmmaking while also emphasizing his outsider status. Drawn to Poland’s cinema from New Delhi, he lays out the details of his move alongside his late friend Adi, a radical artist who sought to stand out and rebel, while Talwar tried to blend in. This spiritual tug-of-war verging on impostor syndrome underlies the entirety of “Letters From Wolf Street,...
See full article at Variety Film + TV
  • 2/24/2025
  • by Siddhant Adlakha
  • Variety Film + TV
Warsaw Film Festival to Celebrate New Polish Films, ‘Eo’ Director Jerzy Skolimowski as ‘Green Border’ Controversy Rages On
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Warsaw Film Festival sets out to spotlight a slew of new local releases, from “Anxiety” by Sławomir Fabicki – Oscar-nominated for his short “A Man Thing” – to this year’s opener “Song of Goats” by Andrzej Jakimowski.

The latter, featuring “Eo” star Mateusz Kościukiewicz and set in Greece, will show characters living close to an active volcano, exploring the question of how “each of us is responsible for maintaining our fragile heritage,” says the director.

“We are witnessing a war in a neighboring country [Ukraine], threats from a barbarian empire and rapidly growing populism that is devastating politics. It’s a dreadfully worrying mixture.”

As Poland braces for parliamentary elections on Oct. 15 and the controversy over Agnieszka Holland’s “Green Border” refuses to die down, emotions run high.

“What happened went beyond the accepted framework. There was no shortage of absurdity, like the attempt to force cinema managers to screen propaganda material before the film,...
See full article at Variety Film + TV
  • 10/5/2023
  • by Marta Balaga
  • Variety Film + TV
Tomas Rafa to Address Poland’s Abortion Controversy in ‘Polish Rainbow’
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Slovak director and artist Tomáš Rafa, whose documentary “Refugees Are Welcome Here” has its world premiere in Ji.hlava Film Festival’s Between the Seas section, will also bring his new project “Polish Rainbow” to the festival’s East Silver Market.

“Polish Rainbow,” which is focused on Poland’s conservative stance on reproductive and sexual rights, couldn’t be more timely as only a few days ago the Polish constitutional court ruled that the legislation allowing for the abortion of malformed fetuses was “unconstitutional.” Poland now has one of the most restrictive laws on abortion in Europe, prompting protests across the country, and people clashing with police outside of the home of Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński.

“Poland has become the epicenter of all these controversial issues,” says Rafa, who is no stranger to the country, having studied at the Academy of Arts in Bánská Bystrica, and in Warsaw, as...
See full article at Variety Film + TV
  • 10/28/2020
  • by Marta Balaga
  • Variety Film + TV
Adam Bajerski
Polish Cinematographer Adam Bajerski on ‘Mister T.,’ Working With Andrzej Jakimowski
Adam Bajerski
Torun, Poland – Adam Bajerski, the award-winning cinematographer behind Marcin Krzysztalowicz’s 1950s Warsaw drama “Pan T.” (“Mister T.”), is re-teaming with longtime collaborator Andrzej Jakimowski for his next project.

The film, “Goat Mountain,” is likely to shoot next year on the Spanish island of Lanzarote. It follows a Polish photographer who moves to the Canary island after inheriting property there.

Bajerski began his career with Jakimowski and has shot all of the director’s feature films, including his 2002 feature debut “Squint Your Eyes,” 2012’s “Imagine” and 2017’s “Once Upon a Time in November.” The two were part of the group of filmmakers that in 2002 founded the Warsaw-based film production company ZAiR (a Polish acronym that stands for Associated Artists and Artisans).

While he’s hoping to shoot “Goat Mountain” on 35mm film, Bajerski shot his latest feature, “Mister T.,” digitally. Set in 1953 Poland, the black-and-white film follows a renowned writer...
See full article at Variety Film + TV
  • 11/9/2019
  • by Ed Meza
  • Variety Film + TV
The Polish Film Institute announces second batch of production grants for 2019 - Production / Funding - Poland
Fugue director Agnieszka Smoczyńska and Imagine helmer Andrzej Jakimowski are among the subsidy recipients. The Polish Film Institute, the main funding body in Poland, has supported ten features and three so-called innovative films, with the money coming from two separate budgets. The biggest subsidy of Pln 6 million (€1.395 million) was given to Kinga Dębska, whose previous dramedies These Daughters of Mine and Playing Hard were both popular with domestic audiences and critics alike. Her upcoming, fifth feature, Zupa nic, will be produced by Kalejdoskop Film Studio. Meanwhile, Agnieszka Smoczyńska is ready to direct her third film, Silent Twins, with Madants as her producer; she has secured a Pln 2.1 million Pfi grant for it. The same amount of support was given to Sebastian Buttny and his second film, Święty, with Ikh Pictures Promotion on board as the lead producer, as well as to Katarzyna Rosłaniec (awarded the Crystal...
See full article at Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
  • 8/30/2019
  • Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
Andrzej Jakimowski
'Once Upon A Time In November' wins best film at Sicily's Taormina FilmFest
Andrzej Jakimowski
All-female jury viewed films with a focus on social issues.

Andrzej Jakimowski’s contemporary Polish drama Once Upon A Time In November won the Taormina Arte best film award at the 64th edition of the Taormina FilmFest in Sicily at the weekend.

Further key Taormina Arte awards were presented to Debra Granik’s Leave No Trace for best screenplay and Filippo Piscopo and Lorena Luciano who won the best director award for It Will Be Chaos.

Leven Rambin won the Taormina Arte award for best actress for her role as an army veteran suffering from Ptsd who returns home to...
See full article at ScreenDaily
  • 7/23/2018
  • by Louise Tutt
  • ScreenDaily
Dania Ramirez in Once Upon a Time (2011)
Taormina Film Fest Awards: Polish Drama, Refugee Doc Among Winners
Dania Ramirez in Once Upon a Time (2011)
The 64th Taormina Film Festival concluded in Sicily's famous 2,300-year-old open air theater Saturday, with Polish drama Once Upon a Time taking home the top prize for best film. The festival's first-ever all-female jury doled out the honors, led by producer Martha de Laurentiis.

Once Upon a Time in November, directed by Andrzej Jakimowski, tells the story of a mother and son being evicted from their home and roaming the streets in search of a home.

It Will be Chaos by Filippo Piscopo and Lorena Luciano won the award for best directors. The HBO documentary tells the personal ...
See full article at The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
  • 7/23/2018
  • The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dania Ramirez in Once Upon a Time (2011)
Taormina Film Fest Awards: Polish Drama, Refugee Doc Among Winners
Dania Ramirez in Once Upon a Time (2011)
The 64th Taormina Film Festival concluded in Sicily's famous 2,300-year-old open air theater Saturday, with Polish drama Once Upon a Time taking home the top prize for best film. The festival's first-ever all-female jury doled out the honors, led by producer Martha de Laurentiis.

Once Upon a Time in November, directed by Andrzej Jakimowski, tells the story of a mother and son being evicted from their home and roaming the streets in search of a home.

It Will be Chaos by Filippo Piscopo and Lorena Luciano won the award for best directors. The HBO documentary tells the personal ...
See full article at The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
  • 7/23/2018
  • The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
All-female jury to preside over Taormina film festival competition
Jury includes Italian producers Martha de Laurentiis, Adriana Chiesa Di Palma.

The competition jury of the 64th Taormina Film Festival will be led by Italian producers Martha de Laurentiis, Donatella Palermo, Eleonora Granata, and Adriana Chiesa Di Palma, and actor -director -producer Maria Grazia Cucinotta.

The festival will take place from July 14-20 in Sicily.

International titles screening in competition include Debra Granik’s Leave No Trace, Dario Pleic’s Home and Andrzej Jakimowski’s Once Upon A Time In November. The main selection also includes world premieres of new Italian features by Nino Monteleone (Be Kind), Cristiano Anania and...
See full article at ScreenDaily
  • 7/11/2018
  • by Louise Tutt
  • ScreenDaily
Maxime à Viborg (1939)
Polish Days titles announced for New Horizons
Maxime à Viborg (1939)
Polish showcase to highlight 26 movies.

Polish Days (August 8 - 10), the showcase of national films at the T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival (August 3 - 13) in Wroclaw, Poland, has announced twenty-six titles this year.

Among six completed films are Andrzej Jakimowski’s Once Upon a Time in November and Maciej Sobieszczański’s The Reconciliation.

Eleven films will be presented at the pitchings event while nine films will be presented in the work-in-progress section.

Around 150 guests from Poland and abroad are expected to attend the event in Wrocław, which has been organized since 2013 in co-operation with the Polish Film Institute.

Projects presented in past years include Spoor, The Last Family, The Birds Are Singing in Kigali and All These Sleepless Nights.

New Horizons is being held two weeks later in the calendar this year to accomodate incoming sporting event The World Games, meaning the Polish festival coincides with the Locarno Film Festival for the first time.

Full list of...
See full article at ScreenDaily
  • 7/14/2017
  • ScreenDaily
Maurizio Braucci
F&Me's busy co-pro slate includes feature debut from 'Gomorra' writer Braucci
Maurizio Braucci
Exclusive: F&Me slate includes two projects with Ida writer Rebecca Lenckiewicz; plus Streetkids United III.

UK co-production specialists Film and Music Entertainment (F&Me) have boarded films to shoot in 2017 including The Dream Girl written and directed by Maurizio Braucci, best known for writing Matteo Garrone’s Gomorra and Reality.

Braucci co-wrote the film with Ida writer Rebecca Lenckiewicz and the UK-Ireland co-production is set to shoot from September. F&Me are working with accountants Grant Thornton in Ireland to access the section 481 tax credit. Windmill Lane is on board for post-production services.

F&Me are also working with Lenkiewicz on The Disciple, to be directed by Ivan Ostrochovsky and written by Lenkiewicz, Marek Lescak and Ostrochovsky. The film looks at two friends who go to a seminary in Communist Slovakia.

Also shooting by the end of 2017 will be the documentary Streetkids United III – The Road to Moscow. As with the past two films in the...
See full article at ScreenDaily
  • 2/11/2017
  • by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
  • ScreenDaily
Wide Management unveils 'Glory' sales on eve of Efm
Exclusive: Bulgarian drama has sold to more than 20 territories since premiering at Locarno.

Paris-based sales house Wide Management has unveiled a slew of sales on gritty Bulgarian drama Glory, sealed since its premiere at Locarno last summer, on the eve of the Efm.

The second film by Bulgarian directorial duo Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov, the modern morality tale revolves around a railway worker who finds a large stash of cash on a railway tracks and dutifully hands it in to the authorities.

Wide has announced deals to France (Urban Distribution), the UK (New Wave), Germany (Mouna), Ireland (Access Cinema), Benelux (Arti Film), Austria (FilmLaden), Sweden (Starlet Media), Norway (Tour de Force), Iceland (Bioparadis), Spain (La Aventura) and Portugal (Leopardo filmes).

In Central and Eastern Europe it has sold to Poland (Bomba Film), Romania (Transilvania Film), Hungary (Vertigo),), Czech Republic (Film Europe), ex-Yugoslavia (Fivia), Lithuania (Kino Pavasaris), Latvia (Kinobiz), Macedonia and Albania (KT Film) and Estonia (Estonia...
See full article at ScreenDaily
  • 2/7/2017
  • ScreenDaily
Review: Imagine Uses Sounds To Create A Heartwarming Story Of Self-Discovery
Imagine is a fascinating and touching film, a somewhat experimental piece that makes perfect use of everyday sounds, intensifying their overall contribution to the storyline in order to create an eerily claustrophobic, yet truly inviting universe. Through a heart-pleasing and deeply intimate story about blind people and their struggle to find a safe place in the community that's more or less indifferent to their situation Andrzej Jakimowski, the director of the picture, lets the viewers, especially all those who are perfectly able to see, experience how essential to our lives are the noises that we hear on a daily basis but not necessarily attach importance to.Jakimowski envisions his characters in a professional, very prestigious center for blind people right in the heart of a small, lively...

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See full article at Screen Anarchy
  • 11/3/2013
  • Screen Anarchy
Andrzej Jakimowski
Beta books more sales for Imagine
Andrzej Jakimowski
Exclusive: Beta Cinema has added more sales for Imagine, directed by Andrzej Jakimowski.

Kmbo will release in France on Oct 23; Imagine has also sold to Russia (P&I Films), Turkey (Calinos), and Germany (Neue Visionen). A forthcoming Us-Canada deal is in pipelien.

The film, produced by UK-based F&Me and Poland’s ZaiR, represents Poland in this year’s Efa selection.

Imagine, a Toronto Contemporary World Cinema selection in 2012, won best director and the audience award at the Warsaw International Film Festival. Kino Swiat released locally.

Edward Hogg and Alexandra Maria Lara star in the story of a charismatic, blind spatial orientation teacher (Hogg) at a clinic for blind patients. He helps one young woman (Lara) overcome her shyness and enjoy life again.

The film also has support of Filmes do Tejo II Multimedia (Lisbon), the Polish Film Institute, the Centre National de la Cinematographie (Cnc), the Institito Do Cinema E Do Audiovisual (Ica), Canal + Cyfrowy, Can do...
See full article at ScreenDaily
  • 9/24/2013
  • by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
  • ScreenDaily
Aku Louhimies
Efa unveils 46 selected films
Aku Louhimies
European Film Academy reveals titles of the films on this year’s selection list.Scroll down for full list

The European Film Academy and Efa Productions have announced the titles of the 46 films on this year’s selection list - the list of films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2013.

A total of 32 European countries are represented. In the 20 countries with the most Efa Members, these members have voted one national film directly into the selection list. To complete the list, a selection committee consisting of Efa Board Members and invited experts have included further films.

In the coming weeks, the 2,900 Efa members will vote for the nominations in the categories European Film, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenwriter. The nominations will then be announced on Nov 9 at the Seville European Film Festival in Spain.

A seven-member jury will decide on the awards recipients in the categories European Cinematographer, Editor, Production...
See full article at ScreenDaily
  • 9/9/2013
  • by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
  • ScreenDaily
Stealth boards sales on The Porcupine
Exclusive: Poland and Ukrainian funds also join the new production from the director of The Parade.

Stealth Media World Sales has boarded Srdjan Dragojevic’s The Porcupine, produced by F&Me and Delirium.

For production details visit

The Porcupine

Stealth will be discussing the project with buyers in Toronto and at the American Film Market.

The adaptation of Julian Barnes’ 1992 novel will shoot in the Ukraine, Bulgaria and Macedonia in February 2014, with post production and music composition taking place in Poland.

In addition to Stealth coming on board for sales, additional finance has come from the Polish Film Institute via Andrzej Jakimowski’s ZaiR company; and from the Ukrainian State Film Agency via Olga Zhurzhenko’s Ukr Kino.

Karl Markovics and Rade Serbedzija lead the cast and the latest addition is German actress Franziska Petri.

“With the support of the Polish Film Institute (Pisf) and Ukrainian fund, we are now in a position to greenlight the film...
See full article at ScreenDaily
  • 8/28/2013
  • by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
  • ScreenDaily
SXSW Review: Imagine
The aptly titled movie Imagine is about blind people imagining what they cannot see, but it also encourages sighted people to imagine what life is like for the blind.

Set and filmed in Lisbon, Portugal, Polish filmmaker Andrzej Jakimowski's lyrical feature film tells the story of Ian (Edward Hogg), a British spatial orientation instructor who works with blind and visually impaired patients living at a renowned Lisbon clinic. The patients are an international group of children and young adults; Ian's job is to teach them mobility skills and help them gain the confidence to explore their surroundings.

Blind himself, Ian navigates using echolocation, which relies on acoustic echoes to define the positions and sizes of objects. Similar to the way bats and dolphins use ultrasonic sound to navigate, Ian locates obstacles in his path by listening for echoes while clicking his tongue, snapping his fingers and walking in special shoes that create loud footsteps.
See full article at Slackerwood
  • 3/11/2013
  • by Don Clinchy
  • Slackerwood
2013 SXSW Film Fest World Preem Line-up Includes M. Blash, Aj Schnack, Sayles, Jacob Vaughan, Swanberg & Poyser
Some of the best films of the 2012/2013 calender year from Richard Linklater, Harmony Korine, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Andrew Bujalski, Jeff Nichols, David Gordon Green, Shane Carruth and Joshua Oppenheimer are among the headliner names for the 2013 edition of the South by Southwest Film Festival. With a little over 100 plus film line-up (a whopping 2000+ titles were submitted), almost 70 are world premieres: there is the highly anticipated sophomore film (that has been on our radar since it first went into production) with M. Blash’s (The Wait), Joe Swanberg who makes SXSW his second home will premiere Drinking Buddies, veteran indie filmmaker John Sayles saddles in with Go For Sisters, and rounding out the Narrative Spotlight section we’ve got The Bounceback from Bryan Poyser, Loves Her Gun from Geoff Marslett along with titles we thought might break into Park City, but found an Austin home instead with Jacob Vaughan’s Milo and...
See full article at IONCINEMA.com
  • 2/1/2013
  • by Eric Lavallee
  • IONCINEMA.com
Andrzej Jakimowski
'Tango Libre' Wins Grand Prix at Warsaw International Film Festival
Andrzej Jakimowski
Moscow -- The French/Belgian/Luxembourg co-production Tango Libre, directed by Frédéric Fonteyne, won the Grand Prix at the 28th Warsaw International Film Festival, which drew to a close in the Polish capital on Saturday. Poland’s Andrzej Jakimowski picked up the best director award for Imagine, co-produced by Poland, the U.K., Portugal and France. The Romanian/French comedy Despre oameni şi melci (Of Snails and of Men), directed by Tudor Giurgiu, won the Special Jury Award. The Hungarian/German film Drága besúgott barátaim (Dear Betrayed Friend), directed by Sára Cserhalmi, was announced the winner of the 1-2 Competition, in which directors’

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See full article at The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
  • 10/20/2012
  • by Vladimir Kozlov
  • The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Toronto International Film Festival 2012 Lineup
Above: Ernie Gehr's Auto-Collider Xv.

The vast bulk of Tiff's 2012 has been announced and listed here, below. We'll be updating the lineup with the previous films announced, as well as updating links to specific films for more information on them in the coming days. Of particular note is that the Wavelengths and Visions programs have been combined to create what is undoubtedly the most interesting section of the festival. Stay tuned, too, for our own on the ground coverage of Tiff.

Galas

A Royal Affair (Nikolai Arcel, Demark/Sweden/Czech Republic/Germany)

Argo (Ben Affleck, USA)

The Company You Keep (Robert Redford, USA)

Dangerous Liaisons (Hur Jin-ho, China)

Emperor (Peter Webber, Japan/USA)

English Vinglish (Gauri Shinde, India)

Free Angela & All Political Prisoners (Shola Lynch)

Great Expectations (Mike Newell, UK)

Hyde Park on Hudson (Roger Michell, UK)

Inescapable (Ruba Nadda, Canada)

Jayne Mansfield's Car (Billy Bob Thorton, USA/Russia)

Looper (Rian Johnson,...
See full article at MUBI
  • 8/22/2012
  • MUBI
Toronto International Film Festival Announces International Guest List Of Filmmakers And Actors To Walk Red Carpet
The 37th Toronto International Film Festival® will roll out the red carpet for hundreds of guests from the four corners of the globe in September. Filmmakers expected to present their world premieres in Toronto include: Rian Johnson, Noah Baumbach, Deepa Mehta, Derek Cianfrance, Sion Sono, Joss Whedon, Neil Jordan, Lu Chuan, Shola Lynch, Barry Levinson, Yvan Attal, Ben Affleck, Marina Zenovich, Costa-Gavras, Laurent Cantet, Sally Potter, Dustin Hoffman, Francois Ozon, David O. Russell, David Ayer, Pelin Esmer, Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski, Andrew Adamson, Michael McGowan, Bahman Ghobadi, Ziad Doueiri, Alex Gibney, Stephen Chbosky, Eran Riklis, Edward Burns, Bernard Émond, Zhang Yuan, Michael Winterbottom, Mike Newell, Miwa Nishikawa, Margarethe Von Trotta, David Siegel, Scott McGehee, Gauri Shinde, Goran Paskaljevic, Baltasar Kormákur, J.A. Bayona, Rob Zombie, Peaches and Paul Andrew Williams.

Actors expected to attend include: Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jackie Chan, Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Bill Murray, Robert Redford,...
See full article at WeAreMovieGeeks.com
  • 8/21/2012
  • by Michelle McCue
  • WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Tiff 2012: World Preems from Abrahamson, Jacir, Sion Sono Plus Loznitsa’s Masterwork “In The Fog” Make up the Cwc
The globe-trotting section of this year’s Contemporary World Cinema programme has your Sundance (in a pair of excellent titles in Ava DuVernay’s Middle of Nowhere and James Ponsoldt’s Smashed) and has select items from several sections from this year’s Cannes ranging from Pablo Stoll Ward’s 3, Yousry Nasrallah’s After the Battle, Aida Begic’s Children of Sarajevo, Catherine Corsini’s Three Worlds, Ulrich Seidl’s Paradise: Love, and they must see In The Fog a masterwork from Sergei Loznitsa and will be padded by world premiere items such as Annemarie Jacir’s When I Saw You, Lenny Abrahamson’s What Richard Did and Sion Sono’s The Land of Hope (see pic above). Here’s the entire list of items that make up this year’s section:

3 Pablo Stoll Ward, Uruguay/Germany/Argentina North American Premiere For Rodolfo (Humberto de Vargas), life at home feels empty and cold,...
See full article at IONCINEMA.com
  • 8/14/2012
  • by Eric Lavallee
  • IONCINEMA.com
Valse avec Bachir (2008)
Foreign-language Oscar entries unveiled
Valse avec Bachir (2008)
A record 67 countries have submitted films for consideration for best foreign-language film for the 81st Academy Awards, Academy president Sid Ganis said Friday. Nominations will be announced on Thursday, Jan. 22, and the awards will be presented on Sunday, Feb. 22.

The complete list of foreign-language submissions follows. For more details on some of the films, visit THR.com/foreignoscars.

Afghanistan, "Opium War," Siddiq Barmak

Albania, "The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider," Piro Milkani and Eno Milkani

Algeria, "Masquerades," Lyes Salem

Argentina, "Lion's Den," Pablo Trapero

Austria, "Revanche," Gotz Spielmann

Azerbaijan, "Fortress," Shamil Nacafzada

Bangladesh, "Aha!," Enamul Karim Nirjhar

Belgium, "Eldorado," Bouli Lanners

Bosnia and Herzegovina, "Snow," Aida Begic

Brazil, "Last Stop 174," Bruno Barreto

Bulgaria, "Zift," Javor Gardev

Canada, "The Necessities of Life," Benoit Pilon

Chile, "Tony Manero," Pablo Larrain

China, "Dream Weavers," Jun Gu

Colombia, "Dog Eat Dog," Carlos Moreno

Croatia, "No One's Son," Arsen Anton Ostojic

Czech Republic, "The Karamazovs," Petr Zelenka

Denmark,...
See full article at The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
  • 10/17/2008
  • The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
4th CentEast Market Warsaw – October 15-19, 2008
The 4th CentEast Market Warsaw, organized by the Warsaw Film Foundation October 15-19, 2008, is an event for film professionals involved and/or interested in films from Eastern Europe, held during the Warsaw Film Festival. Producers, sales agents, distributors, TV buyers, festival programmers, and representatives of film funds and institutions meet every year in Warsaw and attend: – screenings of completed films – screenings of works-in-progress – panel discussions – workshops.

The main theme of this year’s CentEast will be international distribution and sales of Eastern European films. The panel discussions will deal with the following subjects:

Oct. 17 – ‘Tricks’, the success story – with the team behind the Polish film, directed by Andrzej Jakimowski, which got numerous international awards and has been released theatrically in several countries;

Oct. 18 – The Sales of Eastern European Films – with the Europe’s leading sales agents;

Last year’s works-in-progress ‘Lejdis’ by Tomasz Konecki and ‘The Karamazov Brothers’ by Petr Zelenka (world premiere at Karlovy Vary 08) already opened theatrically, while ‘Boogie’ by Radu Muntean (world premiere at Cannes 08) will be presented at the Warsaw Film Festival.

Content of the market is by selection aiming for quality over quantity. By Eastern European is meant films from Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Poland.

Integrated in the CentEast Market Warsaw are the Warsaw Screenings, where professionals can watch selected new Polish films. Apart from the October dates, a summer edition of the Warsaw Screenings (June/July) is aimed at programmers of film festivals held in the autumn. This year , among others, the following films showed and were invited afterwards to the most important events: ‘33 Scenes From Life’ by Małgorzata Szumowska, ‘Four Nights With Anna’ by Jerzy Skolimowski, ‘Mr Kuka’s Advice’ by Dariusz Gajewski, ‘Scratch’ by Michał Rosa.

The full program of CentEast will be announced early October.

Contact: Katarzyna Nowicka, media department of WFF, tel: +48 605 289 794, e-mail: media@wff.pl Dorota Kwint...
  • 10/3/2008
  • Sydney's Buzz
New Wave scoops up trio
LONDON -- Startup indie distribution company New Wave Films, established by former Artificial Eye chiefs Robert Beeson and Pam Engel, has secured U.K. rights to a trio of movies.

New Wave snapped up Joanna Hogg's "Unrelated", Andrzej Jakimowski's Venice prizewinner "Tricks" (Sztuczki) and the Italian boxoffice hit "Quiet Chaos" (Caos Calmo) starring Nanni Moretti and directed by Antonello Grimaldi.

The company's first two acquisitions since launch, the Dardenne brothers' "The Silence of Lorna" and Nuri Bilge Ceylan's "Three Monkeys", have slots In Competition at this year's Festival de Cannes.

Pam Engel said that she and Robert established New Wave Films to feed an audience that wants "to see the best of world cinema."

"Our philosophy remains the same as when Andi Engel and I established Artificial Eye over 30 years ago, with Robert joining us soon after: to acquire quality Art House films from around the world and present them to the audience that we know extremely well, plus attracting the next generation of cinema-goers to these movies," she said.
  • 4/23/2008
  • The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Rafal Guzniczak, Damian Ul, and Ewelina Walendziak in Un conte d'été polonais (2007)
Tricks
Rafal Guzniczak, Damian Ul, and Ewelina Walendziak in Un conte d'été polonais (2007)
Bratislava Film Festival

BRATISLAVA, Slovakian Republic -- This remarkable portrait of life in a small Polish village, Tricks is the second feature by Andrzej Jakimowski after Squint Your Eyes in 2002. It's to be hoped such a brilliant film will manage to find its way towards international distribution. The Europa Cinemas prize it picked up in Venice (where the film was screened during the Venice Days) should at least help its release throughout Europe.

A boy, his teenage sister, their mother who runs a grocery store in their village, the photo of the kids' father and a train station: With this very minimalist setting, the director manages to create a personal universe into which he draws a delighted audience.

The story of two children in search of their father could at first glance seem rather conventional, but it is enriched by a sense of space and rhythm showing Jakimowski as a master of directing. The story focuses on the boy, Stefek, convinced that the man boarding a train every morning at the same hour is his father, who had left home before he was born. His sister Elka had suffered from her father's abandonment and doesn't wish to hear about him.

Most sequences are organized around different relationships: Stefek and his "father," who establish an oddly affectionate relationship in the train station; Elka and her boyfriend; Stefek and his sister's boyfriend. Each of these sequences is almost a documentary-like comment on contemporary life in a small Polish town(with its rituals, its gossips, its surprises, reminding of Milos Forman or Jiri Menzel's early films.

The clever narration is marked by subtle twists, hence the film's title. As Elka had taught Stefek how to bribe fortune to make it go in the direction he wishes, the boy's obsession is to find a way to bring his father back to his mother. Helped by two figurines of valiant soldiers, he feels empowered enough to make it happen. How Stefek provokes fate and fiercely tries to organize events in order to make his wish come true is the connecting thread of the film. It gives it a comic tone as well as a very moving dimension.

Jakimowski brilliantly uses a narrow setting and gives the impression that we are always discovering new parts of the village in which his characters move as in a ballet. The choreography of the characters and of the camera movements reaches its ultimate achievement in the taking off of hundreds of doves in some of the film's most poetic sequences.

Although fresh, enjoyable and lively, Tricks could have been a drama. The bittersweet tone of the movie is also what gives it its charm: The dialogue is very witty and the kid's character is charming. The tension arising in the background could equally lead to a happy or an unhappy ending. The utterly poetic sequence that concludes the film is a perfect answer to this dilemma.

TRICKS

Kino Swiat International, Zjednoczenie Artystow i Rzemieslnikow

Credits:

Writer/director/producer: Andrzej Jakimowski

Director of photography: Adam Bajerski

Production designer: Ewa Jakimowska

Costume designer: Aleksandra Staszko

Editor: Cezary Grzesiuk

Music: Tomasz Gassowksi

Cast:

Elka: Ewelina Walendziak

Stefek: Damian Ul

The father: Tomasz Sapryk

The mother: Iwona Fornalczyk

Running time -- 95 minutes

No MPAA rating...
  • 3/6/2008
  • The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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