Krakow FF Docs to Start: Home Movie by Anu Czerwiński
The very purpose of Anu Czerwiński’s feature project is highly particular, yet poignant. A successful performer on stage and on television, he may be one of the first Polish transgender people to ‘come out,’ but somehow his family don’t know that. As far as they are concerned, they have a daughter named Annie. In order to break the silence, Anu determines to go public in his doc and shatter the ‘system of silence that has always organised life in his home.’
Krakow FF Docs to Start: Second Line by Olga Stuga
Ukrainian director Olga Stuga made an impassioned plea for her new project, which tells how families are split by the terrible decisions they are forced to make as a result of the war, whether to stay and be part of the struggle or leave and seek safety (and offer support to others) beyond Ukrainian borders. “My husband has been waiting for me in France for a year. I must decide to come back to him and live the life we had, or stay in Ukraine and continue being a voice that tells our Ukrainian stories.”
Krakow FF Int’l Comp review: Motherland by Alexandra Mihalkovich, Hanna Badziaka
A disturbing and brutal delve into the dark and violent underbelly of military conscription in Belarus as seen from the perspective of the country’s much put-upon youth, Motherland offers a striking – and deeply prescient – analysis of a system of bullying and abuse borrowed from neighbouring Russia, and how it is reflected in the country itself.
Krakow FF Int’l Comp review: Radical Move by Aniela Astrid Gabryel
In this fascinating behind-the-scenes examination, world-premiering in Krakow, members of the legendary Workcenter theatre collective founded by Jerzy Grotowski – acclaimed as one of the 20th Century’s most influential theatre practitioners - speak frankly for the first time about their experiences related to the work methods he devised, and which were developed by his apprentice and Artistic Director Thomas Richards.
Krakow Film Festival Int’l Doc Comp: The Dmitriev Affair by Jessica Gorter
Dutch Jessica Gorter’s new film tells the story of Yuri Dmitriev, a man who has dedicated his life to identifying and naming the tens of thousands who perished during the Great Terror under Stalin. “When I was in the middle of editing The Red Soul I got the phone call saying that he was arrested,” Gorter says. “I guess that was the moment when I really decided, ‘okay, so I need to make this film. I need to know where this is going.’”
Krakow FF Int’l Comp: Unpaved by Mikael Lypinski
Polish director Mikael Lypinski talks to Business Doc Europe about his new film Unpaved, sold by Sideways Film and world-premiering in Krakow, in which he once again profiles a community of US folk living in the margins of society, this time within a forest sanctuary in Oregon.
Krakow Film Festival interview: Director Krzysztof Gierat
“We are looking for films that address the world's most relevant issues, but also reach back into history if they can have a message that is relevant to today,” Kraków FF director Krzysztof Gierat tells BDE ahead of the 63rd edition of the festival running 28 May to 4 June in Kraków, and across Poland on the KFF VOD online streaming platform between 2 and 18 June.
