JULY FESTIVALS
Summer is the time when music festivals are all around, whereas there film festival rush is getting less loud. Nevertheless, Polish documentaries will be shown on festival screens on three continents in July.
The month has begun with 27th Parnu International Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival in Estonia. Many Polish titles have been selected to take part in the competitive section of the festival: „The trip” by Bartosz Kruhlik, „Pizza a’la polonaise” by Grzegorz Krawiec, „Kichot” by Jagoda Szelc, „Secrets of love” by Krystian Matysek, „Written in ink” by Martin Rath, “Sashka, Sashka…” by Michał Szcześniak, “Rogalik” by Paweł Ziemilski and “Camp” by Tomasz Jeziorski.
Kruhlik’s documentary „The trip” has been also qualified to the copetition of 12th Euganea Film Festival in Italy. It will compete for awards with two other Polish films – “3 days of freedom” by Łukasz Borowski and “Spring, summer, fall” by Piotr Złotorowicz.
Since the spectacular success at Sundance Film Festival, „The Whistle” by Grzegorz Zariczny still has its run of luck. In July the film will be screened in the competitive sections of New Zealand Film Festival and 16th Guanajuato International Film Festival in Mexico. “Bad boy – high security cell” by Janusz Mrozowski will have the opportunity to conquer the hearts of the viewers at Jeruslaem Film festival and “Freestyle life” by Adam Palenta – at 21st Curtas Vila do Conde Film festival. Both films will be shown in non-competitive sections.
The widest selection of new Polish documentaries will be screened in July at 13th T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival. “The man who made angles fly” by Wiktoria Szymańska will compete for awards in the International Competition „Films about Art”. Several titles have been selected to take part in the Competition of Short Polish Films: „Freestyle life”, „Spring, summer, fall”, „The loneliness of sound” by Jacek Piotr Bławut, „Exit point” by Jagoda Szelc, „Mother 24/7” by Marcin Janos Krawczyk, „Eighteen birthday” by Marta Prus, „When I am a bird” by Monika Pawluczuk, „Moday, Monday” by Bartosz Białobrzeski and Mateusz Pastewka, „Fifth rule” by Alicja Stasiak, „A visit” by Matej Bobrik, „Previous scenes” by Aleksandra Maciuszek, „Small instruments” by Edyta Wróblewska, „The diamond-and-golden editor” by Monika Nowicka, „Carousel” by Marcin Kamiński, „Comes true” by Gaweł Kownacki, „Arena” by Piotr Bernaś, „Musiciansi II” by Agata Biskup and Przemek Czepurko, „Our curse” by Tomasz Śliwiński, „Edward” by Emilia Śniegoska oraz „In the eyes of Varsovian hairdresser” by Jakub Polakowski and Magdalena Pytlakowska. Additionally, the viewers will have opportunity to watch „Father and son” by Paweł Łoziński and „Father and son on a journey” by Marcel Łoziński, „A diary of a journey” by Piotr Stasik, „Fire-followers” by Karolina Breguła, „Fuck for forest” by Michał Marczak, „The art of disappearing” by Bartłomiej Konopka and Piotr Rosołowski and “Another world” by Dorota Kędzierzawska.