20-04-2011

FESTIVALS: Wisla Honors Wajda

By FNE Staff

    The Wisla Polish Film Festival (www.festiwalwisla.pl). running through 5 May 2011, is marking the 85th birthday of director Andrzej Wajda with screenings of Everything for Sale and The Maids of Wilka. The festival also feature a competetion of Polish films from 2010.

    In addition, the festival remembers Krzysztof Kieslowski on the 15th anniversary of his death with a tribute consisting of A Short Film About Love and A Short Film About Killing from his "Decalogue" series.

    New Polish films screening at the festival, taking place in Moscow, include

    "Mother Theresa of Cats" by Pawel Sala, A Simple Love Story by Arkadiusz Jakubiak, and The Rose by Jan Kidawa Blonski.