"Loving Vincent" showning in Austin - starts October 13, 2017

Regal Arbor 8 at Great Hills is showing the world’s first fully painted feature film - a Polish-UK co-production written & directed by Dorota Kobiela & Hugh Welchman.

Trailer.

New York Times Review of the film.

APFF guest, Janusz Zaorski, presents at the University of Texas at Austin on Monday, October 17 at 4pm

“Generations” (Pokolenia) is a full-length docudrama made for the anniversary of the renowned Feature Film Studio in Wroclaw, Poland (Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych we Wrocławiu). It is a story of contemporary Poland told using fragments of works created at the studio. Out of the 450 titles made in Wrocław, Zaorski chose almost fifty. Their fragments, starting with Oscar lifetime achievement award winner Andrzej Wajda’s film “A Generation” (Pokolenie), through the films by Sylwester Chęciński, Wojciech Jerzy Has, Kazimierz Kutz, Roman Polański, Agnieszka Holland, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Wojciech Marczewski, Krzysztof Zanussi and many others, form a story about Poles starting from Nazi occupation through the elections of 1989. They include the period of Stalinist terror, “our little stabilization”, March 1968, unfulfilled expectations of the Gierek era, when martial law was enacted in 1981, and the roundtable negotiations of 1989. The film's narrator is renowned Polish actor from the 1950s, Zbyszek Cybulski, who guides us around the contemporary flim studio and city of Wroclaw.

The director, Janusz Zaorski, will introduce the film and answer questions after. Janusz Zaorski is a Polish film director, scenarist and actor, representative of the "cinema of moral concern" movement (kino moralnego .

Live Interview with APFF staff at 'Lights, Camera, Austin'

Robert Sims interviews Magda Evans, Austin Polish Society vice-president, and Dawid Witucki, APFF editing coordinator, during his weekly show 'Lights, Camera, Austin' at KOOP radio 91.7 FM.

Aired on September 29th at 2.45 pm. Follow the LINK.

Koop 91.7 Live streaming.

Polish Avant Garde Cinema: STRUCTURES OF THE ABSURD→

APFF 2016 guest filmmaker, Kamila Kuc, a few days before taking the stage at our festival with her work, will also present at the Experimental Response Cinema on October 12.  Check out the series of short avant garde films from Poland. Details at http://www.ercatx.org/polish-avant-garde-cinema-structures-of-the-absurd-oct-12/

‘Dekalog’: Where Biblical Law and Polish Cinematography Meet

Wall Street Journal article about Krzysztof Kieslowski's films.

"Kieślowski made “Dekalog” for Polish television, but it is stirringly cinematic. Now digitally restored, this profound and monumental work is opening on Friday at the IFC Center in New York, the Music Box Theatre in Chicago and Cinéma du Parc in Montreal, followed by other cities. On Sept. 27, the Criterion Collection will also release the cycle on DVD and Blu-ray. "

Link to the article.

APFF partners with AFS to honor the 20th anniversary of Krzysztof Kieslowski's death

Krzysztof Kieslowski (1941-1996) is Poland’s best-known master director, a compassionate teller of humanist stories during Poland’s communist period. 2016 marks the 20th anniversary of Kieslowski’s passing, but also an important year for his fans, as the director’s 10-part television masterpiece THE DECALOGUE will finally be available in a digitally restored version later in the fall. To mark this, AFS, in partnership with the Austin Polish Film Festival, will exhibit the full digital restoration of THE DECALOGUE (on a new DCP print), two episodes each week. We’ll also feature another Kieslowski extended work, THREE COLORS: BLUE, WHITE & RED, a French feature trilogy that he intended to be experienced as a single piece. These films are Kieslowski's final works as a director, completed just a few years before his death in 1996. BLUE, WHITE & RED will each be exhibited on a 35mm print.

Please follow the link for details: https://austinfilm.org/essential-cinema/series-krzysztof-kieslowski-two-cycles

About APFF in "Nowy Dziennik" - interview by Joanna Sokolowska-Gwizdka

"Film Stories based on Facts" (English version ) and "Historie filmowe oparte na faktach"  (Polish version) -  interview in the Polish daily news.

Early Bird Special - $25 Off Full Access Pass for APFF 2015

A couple of days ago we posted a special time limited offer, for the Full Access Pass to the 10th Austin Polish Film Festival. The sale ends on October 1, 2015 at 11:59 PM CDT. We encourage you to purchase the pass ahead of time, as it will save you $25 and you will get you an additional 10% discount on a poster purchase.

Click here for more details.

We have an additional award sponsored by Door No. 4!

We are happy to announce we have an additional award, the Audience Choice Award. The award of $200 was sponsored by Door No. 4.

Door No. 4 is a local event startup and this Saturday, September 19th, is putting on an immersive cinema experience based on a classic western film.

The event will take place at Star Hill Ranch, where attendees will spend the afternoon before the screening exploring an interactive world. There will be a saloon, saloon girls, multiple live music performances, two-stepping, gambling, whiskey, beer, BBQ, duels, and reenactments of scenes, all to replicate the world of the film! At the end of it all, guests will sit down to enjoy an outdoor screening of the film. The movie is currently a secret, although savvy film lovers may be able to piece together clues on social media and guess the film before the event.

Check out this immersive cinema event happening next weekend!

Here is the info about the tickets.

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