FESTIVALS: Slovenian, Czech and Polish Films in Cannes Classics

21-04-2016

FESTIVALS: Slovenian, Czech and Polish Films in Cannes Classics

By FNE Staff

Valley of Peace by France Štiglic

CANNES: Valley of Peace by France Stiglic (Slovenia), Ikarie XB 1 by Jindřich Polák (Czech Republic) and Dekalog 5 and 6 by Krzysztof Kieślowski (Poland) will screen in Cannes Classics 2016. The announcement was made on 20 April 2016.

All three of them will take part in the Restored Prints sub-section.

Valley of Peace / Dolina Miru by France Stiglic (1956, Slovenia) is a presentation of the Slovenian Film Centre.

Ikarie XB 1 by Jindřich Polák (1963, Czech Republic) is a presentation of the National Film Archives (NFA) and was digitally restored within the project Digital restoration of Czech film heritage, which was supported by a grant from Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway, and co-financed by the Czech Ministry of Culture. Project partners were the National Library of Norway and CESNET.

Dekalog 5 (Thou shalt not kill) and 6 (Thou shalt not commit adultery) by Krzysztof Kieślowski (1989, Poland) is a presentation of MK2 and TVP.

The 69th Cannes Film Festival will run from 11 to 22 May 2016.

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