14-06-2010

Polish docs on DVD release

By FNE Staff
    Polish Docs 2010, a DVD collection of new documentaries, has been released by the Krakow Film Foundation (www.kff.com.pl/fundacja). The new release is the third in a series that began in 2008 with the first DVD compilation of short documentaries.

    The "Polish Docs 2010" DVD contains a selection of documentary films, which were made in 2009 and 2010, beginning their international career at foreign film festivals.

    Distribution of the DVD will start at the International Documentary Film Market SUNNY SIDE OF THE DOC in La Rochelle in France, where Krakow Film Foundation organizes and runs the Polish stand. The DVD will be also distributed at other leading festivals.

    The DVD was recorded the financial support of the Polish Film Institute (www.pisf.pl).

    The compilation consists of 10 films:

    - "Six Weeks" by Marcin Janos Krawczyk

    - "Chemo" by Paweł Łoziński

    - "The Dog Hill" by Grzegorz Zariczny

    - "A screening at the Tatry Cinema" by Igor Chojna

    - "That's Life..." by Daniel Zieliński

    - " Let's run away from her" by Marcin Koszałka

    - "Out of reach" by Jakub Stożek

    - "Oh my God, dear God" by Julia Popławska

    - "Lovers" by Rafał Skalski

    - „H2O" by Tomasz Wolski

    The DVD includes also a booklet with a text about contemporary Polish documentary cinema and summaries of each film. Many of the presented films premiered at the 50th Krakow Film Festival and were awarded at the festival.