ABOUT THE EVENT

The Polish Film Festival Miami, in partnership with the Embassy of Poland in Washington, D.C., invites you on a journey through Poland in “Late Summer Nostalgia.” We will present four films that will introduce you to the less-often tread nooks and crannies of the Polish imagination.

We hope you join us on this cinematic journey through Poland as summer draws to an end.

The event is FREE - all you need to do is register at PFFM Virtual Movie Theatre.

PROGRAM

8/27 - 9/2  Goodbye, Till Tomorrow (1960), Dir. Janusz Morgenstern
8/27 - 9/9  Double Trouble (2017), Dir. Marta Karwowska
9/03 - 9/9  Papusza (2013), Dir. Joanna Kos-Krauze & Krzysztof Krauze
9/10 - 9/16  Strawberry Wine (2007), Dir. Dariusz Jabłoński

August 27 - september 02

The story of a romantic meeting between a Polish student, Jacek (Zbigniew Cybulski), and the daughter of a French diplomat, Margueritte (Teresa Tuszyńska) - Jacek introduces Margueritte to his world in Poland for a fleeting moment. As she prepares to leave, the gate in Gdańsk where they bid farewell for the day symbolizes the Iron Curtain that tears them apart.

The screenplay for Goodbye, Till Tomorrow was written by legendary Polish actors: Zbigniew Cybulski and Bogumił Kobiela; the film was also Janusz Morgenstern’s (1922-2011) directorial debut. An outstanding director, screenwriter, film producer and the recipient of the Platinum Lions award for lifetime achievements at the 2010 Polish Film Festival in Gdynia, Morgenstern was one of the key representatives of the Polish Film School, alongside Andrzej Wajda and Andrzej Munk.

Goodbye, Till Tomorrow, featuring the music of jazz composer Krzysztof Komeda (who later became a Hollywood household name), as well as the cinematography of Jan Laskowski, is one of the first Polish attempts to engage with the French “new wave” style of filmmaking, and has quickly become a classic and a mainstay on lists of most beloved Polish films.

August 27 - september 09

Friendship is not easy, and Julka knows it all too well. She is 12 years old, attends a boarding school and has never had a real best friend.

When summer arrives, troubles begin; instead of joining her parents in Canada, Julka goes to visit her aunt in Warsaw, where she meets Olek, a boy who lives next door. When the kids discover a treasure map, a true adventure begins. Double Trouble is a story about both childhood’s exciting adventures and the loneliness caused by the absence of parents. The kids eventually learn that friendship is always best cemented when the going gets tough.

The film features a young generation of Poland’s female filmmakers at the helm:  Marta Karwowska (director) and Aga Dziedzic (producer), and includes the debut of child actors Hanna Hryniewicka and Jakub Janota–Bzowski, joined by renowned Polish actors Joanna Szczepkowska, Krzysztof Stroiński, Piotr Głowacki and Roma Gąsiorowska. In September 2020, Double Trouble II will premiere in Poland (and we’re working on bringing it to the United States!).

SEPTEMBER 02 - september 09

Discover the story of Papusza (played by the outstanding Jowita Budnik) – the first published Roma-Polish poetess who confronts the image of traditional femininity within her community. The film follows Papusza’s life from birth to old age: arranged marriage as a young girl, her itinerant life during and after World War II, forced settlement in communist Poland and urban life in poverty. The film depicts her meeting with the Polish poet Jerzy Ficowski (Antoni Pawlicki), who discovers her great talent for poetry and helps arrange for the publication of her works, leading to a tragic paradox.

This internationally acclaimed film, featured at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and Thessaloniki International Film Festival, was written and directed by a renowned duo of Polish filmmakers: Joanna Kos-Krauze and the late Krzysztof Krauze. It was shot in exquisite monochrome by cinematographers Krzysztof Ptak and Wojciech Staroń.

SEPTEMBER 10 - september 16

With sorrowful memories weighing him down, policeman Andrzej (Jiri Machacek) arrives in the sleepy village of Zlobiska on the Polish-Slovak border to patrol the local beat on a bicycle. Rooming with Lewandowski (Lech Łotocki), one of the many middle-aged locals, he soon falls in love with the beautiful Lubica (Zuzana Fialova). Andrzej, a city-man, will reassess his own vision of life, meeting a host of unusual characters along the way.

The film is a feature debut of an acclaimed documentary director and Krzysztof Kieślowski’s collaborator, Dariusz Jaboński, featuring Polish, Slovak and Czech actors and the phenomenal music of Michał Lorenc. It is based on Andrzej Stasiuk's acclaimed collection, Tales of Galicia.

Andrzej Stasiuk’s review: “Darek Jabłoński set up his camera in the same places where I invented Tales many years ago. In this bizarre way, I can now watch my own visions, my own thoughts. And this story of love, death, and suffering souls has been illuminated with a kind of vaguely unearthly cinematic light which still is reminiscent of a supernatural brightness. This time, I think, someone has managed to show the invisible." (Culture.pl).

All three animations are available for streaming from Today,
August 8th thru Wednesday, September 4th for $5.99.

VERSIONS WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES ARE NOW AVAILABLE