Exclusive: The Kinoteka Polish Film Festival has set the lineup for its 23rd edition, running from March 6 to April 26 at venues across London.
The festival will open at the BFI Southbank with a screening of Under the Volcano (Pod wulkanem) from filmmaker Damian Kocur. The pic is Kocur’s second feature following Bread and Salt, which opened Kinoteka in 2023. Arriving at the festival following screenings at Toronto and Lff, the film follows a Ukrainian family on holiday in Tenerife who struggles to reconcile their new status as refugees following the Russian invasion.
Following past retrospectives on celebrated Polish directors such as Andrzej Wajda and Jerzy Skolimowski, Kinoteka will once again host a widescale retrospective, this year focused on the work of Wojciech Has in collaboration with BFI Southbank and the Ica. As part of the retrospective, the festival’s closing gala on April 26 at the Ica will be a screening...
The festival will open at the BFI Southbank with a screening of Under the Volcano (Pod wulkanem) from filmmaker Damian Kocur. The pic is Kocur’s second feature following Bread and Salt, which opened Kinoteka in 2023. Arriving at the festival following screenings at Toronto and Lff, the film follows a Ukrainian family on holiday in Tenerife who struggles to reconcile their new status as refugees following the Russian invasion.
Following past retrospectives on celebrated Polish directors such as Andrzej Wajda and Jerzy Skolimowski, Kinoteka will once again host a widescale retrospective, this year focused on the work of Wojciech Has in collaboration with BFI Southbank and the Ica. As part of the retrospective, the festival’s closing gala on April 26 at the Ica will be a screening...
- 1/8/2025
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The Marrakech Film Festival unveiled its 2024 lineup on Thursday and set that Luca Guadagnino would replace Thomas Vinterberg as its jury president. The other jury members will be Andrew Garfield, Jacob Elordi, Virginie Efira, and Ali Abbasi. Vinterberg “had to excuse himself for family reasons,” festival organizers said.
The Marrakech fest on Thursday also unveiled the lineup for its competition, 11th Continent, and Moroccan Panorama sections, as well as gala and special screenings. In the competition, 14 films will compete for the Étoile d’Or, or Golden Star.
The 21st edition of the fest in Morocco will also honor Sean Penn, David Cronenberg and, posthumously, pay homage to Moroccan star Naïma Elmcherqui. The Marrakech fest takes place Nov. 29-Dec. 7.
Check out the full lineup for the 2024 edition below.
Competition
Across The Sea (LA Mer Au Loin)
by Saïd Hamich Benlarbi / France, Morocco, Belgium
with Ayoub Gretaa, Anna Mouglalis, Grégoire Colin, Omar Boulakirba,...
The Marrakech fest on Thursday also unveiled the lineup for its competition, 11th Continent, and Moroccan Panorama sections, as well as gala and special screenings. In the competition, 14 films will compete for the Étoile d’Or, or Golden Star.
The 21st edition of the fest in Morocco will also honor Sean Penn, David Cronenberg and, posthumously, pay homage to Moroccan star Naïma Elmcherqui. The Marrakech fest takes place Nov. 29-Dec. 7.
Check out the full lineup for the 2024 edition below.
Competition
Across The Sea (LA Mer Au Loin)
by Saïd Hamich Benlarbi / France, Morocco, Belgium
with Ayoub Gretaa, Anna Mouglalis, Grégoire Colin, Omar Boulakirba,...
- 11/7/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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