The new industry event showcases latest films by Leszek Dawid, Pior Trzaskalskiand Jacek Bławut, works in progress of Andrzej Wajda'sWałęsa, Ari Folman's The Congress and Maciej Pieprzyca's The Will to Live, among others. Particpants will also hear pitchings of new films by Andrzej Żuławski, Bartek Konopka and Marcin Wrona.
Polish Days is a new industry event of the T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival (www.nowehoryzonty.pl) focused on presentation of latest Polish films to an international industry at closed screenings. It will take place on 21-23 July 2012 during the 12. edition of the Wrocław festival (19-29 July 2012).
The New Horizons IFF has had a great industry attendance in recent years with 400 professionals present in Wrocław in 2011. Now, the festival wants to use its position and contacts to make sure Polish cinema enters the world stage with even more success. The festival is supported by strong partners on this event: the city of Wrocław, Polish Film Institute and Film Commission Poland.
Joanna Łapińska, the festival's Artistic Director says: The idea came after feedback from international professionals wanting to see the very latest Polish films on an exclusive basis.
Closed screenings of seven completed films and eight works in progress as well as seven pitchings of projects in development are planned for the first edition of the event. 150 Polish and international professionals are expected to attend. Among them: programmers from Cannes, Berlin, Rotterdam, Tribeca, Karlovy Vary, Edinburgh, Hong Kong and Gothenburg; sales companies such as Wild Bunch, Les Films du Losange, Hanway, MK2 and LevelK and buyers, i.e. Epicentre, Soda Pictures, Neue Visionen, Urban Distribution, Gutek Film, TVP and Polsat. Some of the Polish producers attending include: Opus Film, Akson Studio, SF Kadr, Skorpion Arte, WFDiF, Metro Films, Federico Film and Prasa & Film.
Films selected for the Polish Days are:
Completed films:
All Matthew's Women (Wszystkie kobiety Mateusza) by Artur Więcek "Baron"
Man at War (Wirtualna wojna) by Jacek Bławut
Manhunt (Obława) by Marcin Krzyształowicz
My Father's Bike (Mój rower) by Piotr Trzaskalski
Viva Bel@rus! (Zyvie Bel@rus!) by Krzysztof Łukaszewicz
You Will Never Know (Nigdy się nie dowiesz) by Jan Kidawa-Błoński
You Are God (Jesteś Bogiem) by Leszek Dawid
Works in Progress:
Exercise Of Life by Wiktoria Szymańska
Last Floor (Ostatnie piętro) by Tadeusz Król
Papusza by Krzysztof Krauze & Joanna Kos-Krauze
The Big Leap by Kristoffer Rus
The Closed Circuit (Układ zamknięty) by Ryszard Bugajski
The Congress by Ari Folman
The Will To Live (Chce się żyć) by Maciej Pieprzyca
Wałęsa by Andrzej Wajda
Pitchings:
Dark Matter (Ciemna materia) by Andrzej Żuławski
Demon by Marcin Wrona
Hoang Means Yellow (Hoang czyli Żółty) by Paweł Ziemilski
The Mute (Niemy) by Bartek Konopka
The Here After (Po śmierci) by Magnus von Horn
The Sound Of Nature - The Nature Of Sound by Jacek Piotr Bławut
Traces by Wiktoria Szymańska
More info:
Jan Naszewski, International Promotion & PR, T-Mobile New Horizons IFF, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
