New York Polish Film Festival 2012

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Published on Friday, 04 May 2012 13:01

Written by Magdalena Puniewska

In celebration of past and present cultural endeavors, specifically those in cinema, the 8th annual New York Polish Film Festival (NYPFF) showcases a wide range of Polish features, shorts and documentaries and foster dialogue between the audience and filmmakers themselves. It is the largest festival promoting Polish film on the East Coast.

Founded by Hannah Kosinska Hartowicz in association with FILMART, this year’s festival runs from May 4 - 8th, 2012, with three days in Brooklyn at indieScreen (289 Kent Avenue) and a finale in the Upper West Side in The Jewish Community Center of Manhattan 
(334 Amsterdam Avenue).

The lineup always features several internationally acclaimed works, examining themes such as the traditionally broached World War II drama to more whimsical topics suggesting that men and cellulite have one thing in common: they are both a pain in the behind to get rid of.

A few of this year’s anticipated works include:

Uwikłanie / Entanglement
Facing a murder case with only unlikely suspects and no motives, Krakow-based prosecutor Agata Szacka (Maja Ostaszewska) begins to uncover secrets from the brutal past of the Polish Communist regime. As she gets closer to the truth, figures from the shadowy Department D emerge to threaten Agata and her family. To complicate matters, she must work alongside detective Smolar (Marek Bukowski); their own indiscretions have given the enemy weapons to undermine her case.

W Ciemnosci /In Darkness
Based on a true story about Leopold Socha, a sewer worker and petty thief in Lvov, a Nazi occupied city in Poland. One day he encounters a group of Jews trying to escape the liquidation of the ghetto. He hides them for money in the labyrinth of the town's sewers beneath the bustling activity of the city above. What starts out as a straightforward and cynical business arrangement turns into something very unexpected. This feature was nominated for Best Foreign Film.

Bon Apetit
This short portrays a small Polish catering business with carefully selected protagonists. She is always displeased, hoping to win a scratch lottery. He is a hardworking optimist, satisfied with their monotonous life in the centre of Warsaw, and yet out of the way. In their small establishment they prepare food for offices (that do not pay) and for few regular clients. An excellent depiction of the contemporary reality as seen from the perspective of a small business, yet with a universal message. 


Tickets for screenings are $15. More information about NYPFF can be found on http://www.nypff.com/wocms

New York Polish Film Festival
May 4 - 6, 2012

indieScreen
289 Kent Avenue (at S. 2nd Street)
Brooklyn, NY 11211
 


May 8th, 2012

The Jewish Community Center of Manhattan 

334 Amsterdam Avenue (at 76th Street
)
New York, NY 10023
 

 



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