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EkranThe Ekran Polish Film Association is proud to announce the 5th Annual Polish Film Festival in Toronto (November 13 17, 2013) celebrating the greatest achievements of Polish filmmakers. The festival will open with SIBERIAN EXILE (Syberiada polska) by Janusz Zaorski on November 13th, 2013 with our star-studded gala during which both Polish and American moviemakers will walk the red carpet at TIFF Bell Lightbox, an extravagant start to a 5-day-long celebration of Polish Cinema through November 17th, 2013 with subsequent screenings at the Cine-Starz Cinema and the Revue Cinema. The Festival continues to grow each year by screening more films and drawing larger crowds. For the fifth time we will present the most recent achievements of Polish cinema as IN HIDING (W ukryciu) by Jan Kidawa-Blonski, THE CLOSED CIRCUIT (Uklad zamkniety) by Ryszard Bugajski, THE FIFTH SEASON OF THE YEAR (Piata pora roku) by Jerzy Domaradzki, FLOATING SKYSCRAPERS (Plynace wiezowce) by Tomasz Wasilewski, VIVA BELARUS (Zywje Bialorus) by Krzysztof Lukaszewicz, PAPUSZA dir. Joanna Kos-Krauze i Krzysztof Krauze and series of short films, documentaries and animations. In the segment of movies made abroad by Polish filmmakers, or with Polish talent we will present IMAGINE by Andrzej Jakimowski. Panel of jurors from Toronto, including Larry Anklewicz, Shane Harvey and Chris Alexander will pick-up winners in feature film category The Festival is sponsored by Polish Film Institute and Polish Filmmakers Association.  EKRAN Toronto Polish Film FestivalArchived festival (terminated)
Nov 13, 2013 7.30 PM TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King Street West, Toronto Ticket price: 35$ (general admission), 250$ (VIP) – if we receive your donation before October 15th, your name will printed in the festival catalog)
SIBERIAN EXILE
Directed by: Janusz Zaorski Cast: Adam Woronowicz, Andrii Zhurba, Paweł Krucz, Lera Guliaieva, Sonia Bohosiewicz, Igor Gniezdilov, Natalia Rybicka, DmytroSova, Agnieszka Więdłocha, Jan Peszek Poland-Ukraine 2013
Dramatic life experience of inhabitants of the Czerwony Jar village who were transported far into the Soviet Union, exiled from the Polish territory taken by the Russians in accordance with the Molotov Ribbentrop Pact of 1939.
Please join us for the reception prior to the screening at the Polish Consulate between 4-6 PM. In attendance will be director of the film Janusz Zaorski, producer Miroslaw Slowinski
Nov 14, 2013 7:00 PM Cine Starz, 377 Burnhamthorpe Rd. Mississauga Ticket price: 15$ (general admission)
BACZYNSKI Directed by: Kordian Piwowarski Poland 2013
A poetic film journey through the last years of the life of Krzysztof Kamil Baczynski. The film combines feature film and documentary elements, the poet's poems form its narrative. Does Baczynski's poetry still influence contemporary readers? Can we still understand the choices he had to make? Would we fight like Baczynski for the freedom of our country? "Baczynski" is a story which leaves no one indifferent.
This film will be screened together with 30 min. short film "The Easter Crumble" directed by Julia Kolberger.
The Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles Ave., Toronto Ticket price: 15$ (general admission)
IMAGINE
Directed by: AndrzejJakimowski Poland-France-Portugal-UK 2012
Ian, a new spatial orientation instructor, arrives at an ophthalmology clinic in Lisbon. He comes to work with blind patients. However, the clinic personnel does not approve of his unconventional methods. Ian does not consider sensual perception to be very important. He believes that the mind and imagination make it possible to get about and have an active lifestyle.
The Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles Ave., Toronto Ticket price: 15$ (general admission)
FLOATING SKYSCRAPERS
Directed by: Tomasz Wasilewski Poland 2013 Kuba attends an art opening with his girlfriend of two years and bumps into Michal. The connection between these two young men is instantaneous and intoxicating, and despite opposition from all sides, he allows Michal into his life. The results go beyond anything he could have imagined. This intimate and bold second feature from Polish director Tomasz Wasilewski captures the often-complicated consequences of finding love where others do not want it. After the screening join us for the after party at FREGATA, 1900 Dundas Str. E. Mississauga, ONL4X 2Z4 Canada, (905)270-6265
THE VULTURE
Written & directed by: Eugeniusz Korin Poland 2013
During a high profile murder trial, the accused is dramatically kidnapped from the court room and spirited away. Komendant Krasucki enlists trusted officer Aleksander Wolin, who is incorruptible and nicknamed The Vulture, to head up the special unit that will hunt down the kidnappers. Wolin recruits department veteran Bozek and an enthusiastic rookie to join his perilous crusade.
VIVA BELARUS!
Directed by: Krzysztof Łukaszewicz Poland 2013
Miron Zacharka does not belong to the opposition. However, concerts of his rock band become an occasion for anti-regime demonstrations. After one of the concerts, Miron, who has a congenital heart defect, is conscripted for 15 months into a special military unit. Via an illegal mobile phone, he dictates a diary to his girlfriend who posts it on a blog which becomes extremely popular..
Cine Starz, 377 Burnhamthorpe Rd. Mississauga
Directed by: Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze
True story of Papusza - the first Roma woman who put her poems into writing and published them, and therefore confronted the traditional female image in the gypsy community. The film follows Papusza's life from birth to old age: arranged marriage as a small girl, her life in a gypsy tabor before, during and after second world war, then forced settlement in communist Poland and urban life in poverty. Her meeting with the Polish poet Jerzy Ficowski, who discovered her great talent for poetry and published her works led to a tragic paradox: a famous poet was living in poverty, rejected by the Roma community, for betraying their secrets.
Cine Starz, 377 Burnhamthorpe Rd. Mississauga Ticket price: 15$ (general admission)
Directed by: Jerzy Domaradzki Poland 2012
On the surface, they have nothing in common. Witek is a widowed driver, who has driven thousands of kilometers in his life, but never really seen anything outside his homeland of Silesia. Barbara is retired music teacher who cannot get over the death of a loved one - a painter with whom she spent the most beautiful years of her life. Wanting to fulfill his dying wish and bury his ashes at sea, she turns to Witek for help. As they travel north to the Polish shore, they become friends; this friendship will allow them to overcome even the largest differences.
Cine Starz, 377 Burnhamthorpe Rd. Mississauga
IN HIDING Directed by: Jan Kidawa Blonski Poland 2013
A story of destructive feeling, universal and with a surprising twist. Poland, the last months of the WWII and the first months after Liberation. Radom under Nazi occupation. A photographer and his daughter Janina, a cellist, try to survive in the harsh reality. To Janina's surprise, her father decides to give shelter to Ester, a young Jewish woman. Over time a bond forms between the two women which makes it easier for them to cope with their difficult situation. When the father is taken away by the Nazis and the women are left to fend for themselves, their relationship becomes increasingly obsessive.
actress Magda Boczarska and Julia Pogrebinska.
TO KILL A BEAVER
Written & Directed by Jan Jakub Kolski Cast Agnieszka Pawelkiewicz, Eryk Lubos, Alexandra Michael Poland 2012 War-weary loner Eryk returns to his trashed-out family home in rural Poland after serving what seems to have been a traumatic stint in the Chechen war. A scraggly teenage girl named Bezi (Polish shorthand for “nameless”) has taken up residence there, even going so far as to decorate an upper bedroom. They form an uneasy association, which quickly grows into something more needy and desperate and restless.
RESETTLEMENT Directed by: FilipAntoni Malinowski Poland-Austria-Switzerland 2012
The Art of Choosing on what side to be. A unique Polish couple in their 80s. After living for 66 years in their flat they have to move out. While Maria is an extraordinary spirit full of un-dominable optimism and vitality - Tadeusz is a silent scientist and fatalist. Now they have to fight their existential disaster that unveils the touching stories of their life and cast a shadow over their present. It's a film about justice and equality- the crisis of morality in past and present modern society, as well as about how to get old-staying young.
BLINKY & ME Directed by: Tomasz Magierski Poland-USA 2012 The untold story of Australian animator, Yoram Gross, comes to life in this film that follows the artist and his family through his childhood in Nazi occupied Poland, in Israel, where he began creating animated art films, all the way to Australia, where he found his fortune and happiness through children animated features and the popular film series "Blinky Bill", for which he received the highest honor in Australia.
YOU ARE GOD
Directed by: Leszek Dawid Poland 2012
THE CLOSED CIRCUIT
Directed by: Ryszard Bugajski Poland 2012
Three Polish entrepreneurs lose their estates and their fortune as a result of murky practices by the revenue office and the judicial system. Though after seven years of struggle all charges against them are dropped, they are ruined both financially and mentally. The story is based on real events.
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