“War Games and the Man Who Stopped Them” was shown in May at one of the biggest doc­u­ment­ary film fest­ivals Hot Docs, Toronto. In June the pres­ti­gi­ous Front­line Club in Lon­don shows selec­ted pro­duc­tions from the fest­ival at spe­cial screen­ings with the pres­ence of dir­ect­ors who are invited to meet with the audience.

Front­line Club is a unique place cre­ated for those who sup­port the idea of inde­pend­ent journ­al­ism. The mem­bers are selec­ted among journ­al­ists, cor­res­pond­ents, writers and aid work­ers who cre­ated one of the most import­ant inter­na­tional net of intel­lec­tual elite.

As the founders say: “The Club is a centre for a diverse group of people united by their pas­sion for qual­ity journ­al­ism and ded­ic­a­tion to ensur­ing that stor­ies that fade from head­lines are kept in sharp focus. It exists to pro­mote free­dom of expres­sion and sup­port journ­al­ists, cam­era­men and pho­to­graph­ers who risk their lives in the course of their work”

Front­line Club organ­izes over 200 meet­ings, dis­cus­sion pan­els and screen­ings every year. Lead­ing polit­ics and media rep­res­ent­at­ives are invited to share their thoughts and opin­ions as well as dis­cuss with view­ers and listen­ers. All events organ­ized by Front­line Club are open to the pub­lic.

The screen­ing of “War Games and The Man Who Stopped Them” will take place June 27^th (Sunday) at 4 p.m (Lon­don time).

More inform­a­tion on www​.front​lineclub​.co​.uk

Two days earlier, June 25^th (Fri­day) “War Games and The Man Who Stopped Them” will have the Slovak premiere dur­ing the fest­ival ART FILM FEST. The film will be shown in The Slovak Sea­son Sec­tion. The premiere is fol­lowed by a press con­fer­ence that will take place June 26^th ( Sat­urday) in Trencianske Tep­lice.

“War Games and The Man Who Stopped Them” is a uniquely con­struc­ted por­trait of the Pol­ish Col­onel Rysz­ard Kuk­liński, who provided the CIA with more than 40,000 stra­tegic doc­u­ments from the Warsaw Pact dur­ing the Cold War. Was he a traitor, or the savior of Poland? The Pol­ish doc­u­ment­ary film­maker Dari­usz Jabłoński begins his story of the col­onel in 2004, when he was sup­posed to inter­view him for the very first time. It turns out that Kuk­liński has just died, and at the request of the colonel’s wheelchair-​​bound wife, Jabłoński agrees to take care of his ashes. He talks with a con­sid­er­able num­ber of closely involved ex-​​servicemen — from the U.S. head of espi­on­age Gen­eral Wil­liam E. Odom to the Warsaw Pact Commander-​​in-​​Chief Viktor Kulikov, the Pol­ish Gen­eral Woj­ciech Jaruzel­ski, and former Pol­ish Pres­id­ent Lech Wałęsa. These inter­views paint a pic­ture of an ideal­istic man who saved Europe from a Third World War, but who also led a tra­gic life.

“War Games and The Man Who Stopped Them” has been invited by numer­ous inter­na­tional fest­ivals. As the first Pol­ish film opened the biggest doc­u­ment­ary film fest­ival IDFA 2009 in Ams­ter­dam. The film was selec­ted for Hot Docs, Toronto and Dok.fest in Munich as well as shown in French-​​German TV ARTE and Pol­ish Tele­vi­sion as a 5 — epis­ode series. “War Games” were also invited to be shown at spe­cial screen­ings around the Europe.

“War Games and The Man Who Stopped Them” was pro­duced by Apple Film Pro­duc­tion, in co-​​production with Pol­ish Tele­vison S.A., ARTE, Tri­gon Pro­duc­tion. Fin­an­cially sup­por­ted by Pol­ish Film Insti­tute, Min­istry of Cul­ture in Slov­akia, MEDIA Pro­gramme.

More inform­a­tion on www​.war​-games​.pl
  (24.06.2010)