This year’s 29th edition of the Warsaw Film Festival (WFF) will be held October 11-20 in the heart of town, on nine screens of Multikino Zlote Tarasy and Kinoteka.
The line-up, announced today at the press conference, includes 123 feature length films (both fiction and docs) and 84 shorts from 57 countries.
WFF is recognised by FIAPF as international competitive film festival, but this year for the first time the programme includes a significant number of World, International and European Premieres. The line-up includes:
- 22 World Premieres
- 21 International Premieres
- 22 European Premieres.
The list of confirmed guests includes Jia Zhang-Ke, who got Best Director Award at Cannes for The Touch of Sin, UbertoPasolini, who got five awards in Venice for Still Life, Catherine Breillat, Rotterdam winner Mira Fornay, Anca Damian, awarded at Locarno (2011) for Crulic, Ilmar Raag, winner of numerous awards for Class (2007) – a total of over one hundred Filmmakers will present their films in person.
The new WFF section Classics from Poland includes works by Kieslowski, Zanussi, Machulski, and Krzysztof Krauze.
The complete line-up (feature films) of 29th Warsaw Film Festival:
OPENING FILM
Still Life, dir. Uberto Pasolini (UK, Italy 2013)
CLOSING FILM
Venus in Fur / La Vénus a la fourrure,dir. Roman Polanski (France, Poland 2013)
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
A Very Unsettled Summer / O vară foarte instabilă,dir. Anca Damian (Romania, Czech Republic, Sweden, UK 2013) – World Premiere (WP)
Abuse of Weakness / Abus de faiblesse,dir. Catherine Breillat (France, Belgium, Germany 2013)
Concrete Night / Betoniyö,dir. Pirjo Honkasalo (Finland, Sweden, Denmark 2013)
Ida,dir. Pawel Pawlikowski (Poland 2013)
In Hiding,dir. Jan Kidawa Blonski (Poland 2013)
Kids Return: The Reunion / Kids Return - Saikai No Toki,dir. Hiroshi Shimizu (Japan 2013)
Like Never Before / Jako Nikdy,dir. Zdeňek Tyc (Czech Republic, Slovakia 2013) - WP
Love Is Blind / Kertu,dir. Ilmar Raag (Estonia 2013) - WP
PAAT,dir. Amir Toodehroosta (Iran 2013) - WP
Paradise for the Damned / Un paraíso para los malditos,dir. Alejandro Montiel (Argentina 2013) - WP
Tangerines / Mandariinid,dir. Zaza Urushadze (Estonia, Georgia 2013) - WP
The Gambler / Lošejas,dir. Ignas Jonynas (Lithuania, Latvia 2013)
The Green Jacket / Zelena Kofta,dir. Volodymyr Tykhyy (Ukraine 2013)
Thirst / Zhazhda,dir. Dmitri Tiurin (Russia 2013)
Trap Street / Shuiyin Jie,dir. Vivian Qu (China 2013)
1-2 COMPETITION
Alienation / Otchuzhdenie,dir. Milko Lazarov (Bulgaria 2013)
Erratum / Errata,dir. Iván Vescovo (Argentina 2013)
Family Tour,dir. Liliana Torres (Spain 2013)
Happiness / Le Bonheur,dir. Fabrice Grange (France 2013)
Heavenly Shift / Isteni Műszak,dir. Márk Bodzsár (Hungary 2013) - WP
Heavy Mental,dir. Sebastian Buttny (Poland 2013) - WP
Kuro / Hanare Banareni,dir. Daisuke Shimote (Japan 2012)
Love Hunter,dir. Branislav 'Brane' Bala, Nemanja Bala (USA 2013) - WP
No Autumn, No Spring / Sin Otono, Sin Primavera,dir. Iván Mora Manzano (Ecuador, Colombia, France 2012)
Seduce Me / Zapelji me,dir. Marko Šantic (Slovenia 2013) - WP
Tau / Táu,dir. Daniel Castro Zimbrón (Mexico 2012)
The Japanese Dog / Câinele Japonez,dir. Tudor Cristian Jurgiu (Romania 2013)
The Selfish Giant,dir. Clio Barnard (UK 2013)
The Spider's Lair / Babagwa,dir. Jason Paul Laxamana (Philippines 2013)
Ummah - Among Friends / Ummah - Unter Freunden,dir. Cüneyt Kaya (Germany 2013)
FREE SPIRIT COMPETITION
AKP: Job 27 / Koroshia no Michi: Nijushichi Jobu,dir. Michael L. Suan (Canada, Japan 2013)
Distant / Yuan Fang,dir. Zhengfan Yang (China 2013)
Little Spartan / Micul Spartan,dir. Dragoş Iuga (Romania 2013) - WP
Mistaken For Strangers,dir. Tom Berninger (USA 2013)
Much Better Than You / Soy mucho mejor que vos,dir. Ché Sandoval (Chile 2013)
Mushroomers / Senotaji,dir. Ivars Tontegode (Latvia 2013)
Rites of Passage,dir. Phillip Crawford (Australia 2013)
The Awakening of the Soul / Algo pasó en el alma,dir. Rosana Matecki (Venezuela, Bolivia 2013)
Three Marks of Existence / Na-mus-ta-India-Song-Grean-Pai-Rean-Pud,dir. Gunparwitt Phuwadolwisid (Thailand 2013)
Trolling / S/Kidanje,dir. Kosta Djordjevic (Serbia 2013)
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
10 percent: What Makes a Hero,dir. Yoav Shamir (Israel 2013)
A Universal Language,dir. Igal Hecht (Canada 2013)
Bull Running in Pamplona / Encierro,dir. Olivier van der Zee (Spain 2013)
Dirty Wars,dir. Richard Rowley (USA 2013)
Drops of Heaven / Ten no shizuku: Tatsumi Yoshiko Inochi no Soup,dir. Atsunori Kawamura (Japan 2012)
Gorgona, Stories On The Run / La Gorgona, Historias Fugadas,dir. Camilo Botero Jaramillo (Colombia 2013)
Human / Humano,dir. Alan Stivelman (Argentina 2013) - WP
Made Of Steel / Vilje av Stal,dir. Hallgrim Haug (Norway 2012)
My Stuff / Tavarataivas,dir. Petri Luukkainen (Finland 2013)
Normalization / Kauza Cervanová,dir. Robert Kirchhoff (Slovakia, Czech Republic 2013)
La Paz in Buenos Aires / La Paz en Buenos Aires,dir. Marcelo Charras (Argentina 2013)
Purgatorio, a Journey Into the Heart of the Border / Purgatorio, un viaje al corazón de la frontera,dir. Rodrigo Reyes (Mexico, USA 2013)
Returns of Agnieszka H. / Návraty Agnieszky H.,dir. Krystyna Krauze, Jacek Petrycki (Poland, Czech Republic 2013) - WP
The International Criminal Court,dir. Marcus Vetter, Michele Gentile (Germany, Switzerland 2013)
The Kill Team,dir. Dan Krauss (USA 2013)
SHORTS COMPETITION
1000 Cranes,dir. Kaz Cai (Hong Kong (China) 2013) - WP
2 cm more / Nur 2 cm,dir. Sanela Salketic (Germany 2013)
Acts of God,dir. Sarah-Jane Woulahan (Australia 2013)
Aftermath,dir. Jeremy Robbins (USA 2013)
Bandits / Les brigands,dir. Antoine Giorgini (Belgium, France 2013) - WP
Beat,dir. Aneil Karia (UK 2013)
Beat Beat Beat / Jetzt Jetzt Jetzt,dir. Christin Freitag (Germany 2013) - WP
Blued / Izriqaq,dir. Rama Mari (Palestine, Norway 2013)
Boles,dir. Špela Čadež (Slovenia, Germany 2013)
Butter Lamp / La lampe au beurre de yak,dir. Hu Wei (France, China 2013)
Callback,dir. David Findlay (Canada 2013)
Center Stage / Skra Braedder,dir. Anton Breum (Denmark 2013) - WP
Condom Lead,dir. Arab & Tarzan (Ahmad Abou Nasser, Mohammed Abou Nasser) (Palestine 2013)
Days of Saturn / Saturntage,dir. Sara Bungartz (Germany 2013)
Framed / Im Rahmen,dir. Evgenia Gostrer (Germany 2013)
Gravity / Gravedad,dir. Pau Camarasa, Alex Lora (Spain 2013) - WP
Hasta Santiago,dir. Mauro Carraro (Switzerland, France 2013)
History of Pets,dir. Kris Genijn (Netherlands 2013)
Home, Cry / Bait, Bechi,dir. Lior Har-Lev (Israel 2013)
In Autumn,dir. Rosanna Scarcella (Australia 2013) - WP
Inked / Encrages,dir. Simon Lamontagne, David Tougas (Canada 2013)
Little Secret,dir. Martin Krejčí (Czech Republic 2013)
Mia,dir. Wouter Bongaerts (Belgium, Netherlands 2013) - WP
Miss Todd,dir. Kristina Yee (UK 2013)
Moritz And The Woodwose / Moritz und der Waldschrat,dir. Bryn Chainey (Germany 2013)
Mr Hublot,dir. Laurent Witz, Alexandre Espigares (Luxembourg 2013)
Pandas,dir. Matúš Vizár (Slovakia, Czech Republic 2013)
Return,dir. Ewa Bukowska (Poland 2013)
Sequence,dir. Carles Torrens (USA 2013)
StrAngel –The Angel of the Odd,dir. Daniel von Braun, Georg-Sebastian Dressler (Germany 2013)
The Dead Kid,dir. Gregory D. Goyins (USA 2013) - WP
The Gravedigger's Tale,dir. Min Young Oh (UK 2013)
The Landing,dir. Josh Tanner (Australia 2013) - WP
The Note,dir. Ciarán Creagh (Ireland 2013)
The Pledge for Mr Bunny,dir. Kevin Lim (Australia 2013)
The Tiple / El Tiple,dir. Iván D. Gaona (Colombia 2013)
The Woods / Sous bois,dir. Henri Pardo (Canada 2013)
Whale Valley / Hvalfjörđur,dir. Guđmundur Arnar Guđmundsson (Denmark, Iceland 2013)
Wind of Share / Les Voiles du partage,dir. Pierre Mousquet, Jérôme Cauwe (France, Belgium 2013)
Woodwoo,dir. Jonny Phillips (UK 2013)
You Built Me a Labyrinth / Labyrintti,dir. Lauri-Matti Parppei (Finland 2013)
POLISH SHORT FILMS PANORAMA
Ab Ovo,dir. Anita Kwiatkowska-Naqvi (Poland 2012)
Danse Macabre,dir. Malgorzata Rzanek (Poland 2013)
Darling,dir. Izabela Plucinska (Poland, Germany 2013)
Magma,dir. Pawel Maslona (Poland 2013)
Man with a Plastic Bag,dir. Jakub Polakowski (Poland 2013)
Mercy,dir. Eliza Subotowicz (Poland 2012)
Mother,dir. Lukasz Ostalski (Poland 2013)
Mother 24/7,dir. Marcin Janos Krawczyk (Poland 2012)
Olena,dir. Elzbieta Benkowska (Poland 2013)
Our Curse,dir. Tomasz Sliwinski (Poland 2013)
Rogalik,dir. Pawel Ziemilski (Poland 2012)
Steven And The Bettle,dir. Piotr Loc Hoang Ngoc (Poland 2012)
The Big Leap,dir. Kristoffer Karlsson Rus (Poland, Sweden 2013)
The Easter Crumble,dir. Julia Kolberger (Poland 2013)
The Little Red Paper Ship,dir. Aleksandra Zaręba (Germany, Poland 2013)
The Whistle,dir. Grzegorz Zariczny (Poland 2012)
Uterus,dir. Anna Kosinska (Poland 2013)
Ziegenort,dir. Tomasz Popakul (Poland 2013)
NEXT GENERATION 2013
6 Vs. 6 - Next Generation 2013 / 6 gegen 6 - Next Generation 2013,dir. Pius Neumaier (Germany 2012)
A Strange Photographer And The Solitude - Next Generation 2013 / Der fremde Fotograf und die Einsamkeit - Next Generation 2013,dir. Willy Hans, Jan Eichberg (Germany 2012)
Breaking Through - Next Generation 2013 / Flucht nach vorn - Next Generation 2013,dir. Florian Dietrich (Germany 2012)
Eat - Next Generation 2013,dir. Moritz Krämer (Germany 2012)
Echo - Next Generation 2013,dir. Merlin Flügel (Germany 2012)
Endless Day - Next Generation 2013,dir. Anna Frances Ewert (Germany 2012)
Fortune Faded - Next Generation 2013,dir. Alexander Heringer (Germany 2012)
House - Next Generation 2013,dir. Ahmad Saleh (Germany 2012)
Reverie - Next Generation 2013,dir. Valentin Gagarin, Shujun Wong, Robert Wincierz (Germany 2012)
Rough Grounds - Next Generation 2013 / Über rauhem Grund - Next Generation 2013,dir. Youdid Kahveci (Germany 2012)
Steffi likes this - Next Generation 2013 / Steffi gefällt das - Next Generation 2013,dir. Philipp Scholz (Germany 2012)
Trapped - Next Generation 2013,dir. Alexander Dietrich, Johannes Flick (Germany 2012)
Warehouse - Next Generation 2013,dir. Jakob Weiss (Germany 2012)
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
A Touch Of Sin / Tian zhu ding,dir. Jia Zhang-ke (China, Japan 2013)
Banklady,dir. Christian Alvart (Germany 2013)
Enough Said, dir. Nicole Holofcener (USA 2013)
Exit Marrakech,dir. Caroline Link (Germany 2013)
Grand Central,dir. Rebecca Zlotowski (France, Austria 2013)
Henri,dir. Yolande Moreau (France, Belgium 2013)
Ludwig II,dir. Peter Sehr, Marie Noëlle (Germany, Austria 2012)
On The Job,dir. Erik Matti (Philippines 2013)
Prince Avalanche,dir. David Gordon Green (USA 2013)
The Complex / Kuroyuri danchi,dir. Nakata Hideo (Japan 2013)
The Geographer Drank His Globe Away / Geograf globus propil,dir. Alexander Veledinsky (Russia 2013)
The Major / Mayor,dir. Yuri Bykov (Russia 2013)
Twenty Feet from Stardom,dir. Morgan Neville (USA 2013)
Ugly,dir. Anurag Kashyap (India 2013)
We Are the Best! / Vi är bäst!,dir. Lukas Moodysson (Sweden, Denmark 2013)
CLASSICS FROM POLAND
A Short Film About Killing,dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski (Poland 1987)
A Short Film About Love,dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski (Poland 1988)
Camera Buff,dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski (Poland 1979)
Deja Vu,dir. Juliusz Machulski (Poland 1988)
The Debt,dir. Krzysztof Krauze (Poland 1999)
The Structure of Crystal,dir. Krzysztof Zanussi (Poland 1969)
DISCOVERIES
Big Bad Wolves / Mi mefached me-ha-ze’ev ha-ra,dir. Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado (Israel 2013)
Big Hit / Big Xit,dir. Karolos Zonaras (Greece 2012)
Cold / Soguk,dir. Ugur Yücel (Turkey 2013)
Concussion,dir. Stacie Passon (USA 2013)
Crystal Fairy,dir. Sebastián Silva (Chile 2013)
Dance, Dance, Dance:
- Momentum,dir. Boris Seewald (Germany 2013)
- Rivers Return,dir. Joe Vanhoutteghem (Belgium 2012)
- Test Film / Kémhatás,dir. Iván Angelus (Hungary 2013)
Emperor Visits the Hell / Tang huang you di fu,dir. Li Luo (China, Canada 2012)
Harmony Lessons / Uroki garmonii,dir. Emir Baigazin (Kazakhstan, Germany, France 2013)
Honey / Miele,dir. Valeria Golino (Italy, France 2013)
Japan's Tragedy / Nippon no higeki,dir. Masahiro Kobayashi (Japan 2012)
Love Building,dir. Iulia Rugină (Romania 2013)
My Dog Killer / Môj pes Killer,dir. Mira Fornay (Slovakia, Czech Republic 2013)
Sarah Prefers To Run / Sarah préfere la course,dir. Chloé Robichaud (Canada 2013)
Shorts Discoveries:
- Balcony / Ballkoni,dir. Lendita Zeqiraj (Kosovo 2013)
- Summer Vacation / Hofesh Gadol,dir. Sharon Maymon, Tal Granit (Israel 2013)
- Penny Dreadful,dir. Shane Atkinson (USA 2013)
- The Exhibition / Výstava,dir. Peter Begányi, Andrej Kolenčík (Slovakia 2013)
Tenderness / La tendresse,dir. Marion Hänsel (Belgium, France, Germany 2013)
The Golden Cage / La jaula de oro,dir. Diego Quemada-Diez (Mexico, Spain 2013)
The Whirlpool / Vir,dir. Bojan - Vuk Kosovčevic (Serbia 2012)
What They Don't Talk About When They Talk About Love / Yang Tidak Dibicarakan Ketika Membicarakan Cinta,dir. Mouly Surya (Indonesia 2013)
Witness,dir. Gao Zehao (China 2012)
Youth,dir. Tom Shoval (Israel, Germany 2013)
THE WORLD TODAY
After The Night / Até ver a luz,dir. Basil Da Cunha (Switzerland 2013)
Before Snowfall / For snoen faller,dir. Hisham Zaman (Norway 2013)
Bending the Rules / Ghaedeye Tasadof,dir. Behnam Behzadi (Iran 2013)
Love and Rock,dir. Xing Di (China 2013)
Omar,dir. Hany Abu-Assad (Palestine 2013)
Rock the Casbah / Rock ba'Kasba,dir. Yariv Horowitz (Israel, France 2013)
Rona & Nele,dir. Silvia Chiogna (Germany 2013)
Stockholm,dir. Rodrigo Sorogoyen (Spain 2013)
The New World / De nieuwe wereld,dir. Jaap van Heusden (Netherlands 2013)
The Unsaved / La limita de jos a cerului,dir. Igor Cobileanski (Romania, Moldova 2013)
Yozgat Blues,dir. Mahmut Fazil Coskun (Turkey, Germany 2013)
THE WORLD TODAY DOX
Barzan,dir. Bradley Hutchinson, Alex Stonehill (USA 2013)
Fifi Howls From Happiness / Fifi az khoshhali zooze mikeshad,dir. Mitra Farahani (USA, France 2013)
Furever,dir. Amy Finkel (USA 2013)
Get the Picture,dir. Cathy Pearson (Ireland 2012)
Grey City / Cidade Cinza,dir. Marcelo Mesquita, Guilherme Valiengo (Brazil 2013)
In God We Trust,dir. Victor Kubicek, Derek Anderson (USA 2013)
My Stolen Revolution,dir. Nahid Persson Sarvestani (Sweden 2013)
Small Small Thing,dir. Jessica Vale (USA 2013)
The Great Pretender / El gran simulador,dir. Néstor Frenkel (Argentina 2013)
The Project,dir. Shawn Efran, Adam Ciralsky (USA 2013)
FAMILY CINEMA WEEKEND
Let Panda Fly / Rang Xiongmao Fei,dir. Zhao Bandi (China 2013)
Lisa Limone and Maroc Orange, a Rapid Love Story / Lisa Limone ja Maroc Orange: tormakas armulugu,dir. Mait Laas (Estonia, Finland 2013)
Otto is a Rhino / Otto er et Naesehorn,dir. Kenneth Kainz (Denmark 2013)
The Blue Tiger / Modrý tygr,dir. Petr Oukropec (Czech Republic, Germany, Slovakia 2012)
Shorts for Kids:
High Noon / La Hora Senalada,dir. Ivan Mazza (Venezuela 2013)
Rabbit and Deer / Nyuszi és Őz,dir. Péter Vácz (Hungary 2012)
Room On The Broom,dir. Max Lang, Jan Lachauer (UK 2012)
Shame And Glasses,dir. Alessandro Riconda (Italy 2013)
The Little Blond Boy with a White Sheep / Le Petit Blond avec un Mouton Blanc,dir. Eloi Henriod (France 2013)
29th Warsaw Film Festival is organised by the Warsaw Film Foundation under the honorary patronage of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage and the Mayor of Warsaw.
Co-financing: The Capital City of Warsaw, Polish Film Institute, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
Main Partner: TVP2
Sponsors and Partners: Epson, Sundance Channel, Twins Ltd., Zlote Tarasy
Festival Cinemas: Kinoteka, Multikino Zlote Tarasy
Film Industry Partner in China: Film Factory
Official Car: Chevrolet
Official Hotel: Marriott Warsaw
Media Partners: Filmweb, Gazeta Wyborcza, Gazeta.pl, Polityka, Polska Agencja Prasowa, Trójka (Radio 3), VIVA, Withoutabox
Shipper: DHL.
Contact: Agnieszka Krawczyk, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
