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11 titles competing at the 11th Tofifest

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- Over 100 films are on the programme of this event taking place from October 21 – 27 in Toruń

11 titles competing at the 11th Tofifest

Traditionally qualified by the Polish media as an “insolent or rebellious festival”, the Tofifest will offer more than 100 films from around the world during its 11th edition, which will take place from October 21 -27 in Toruń. The programme features four competitions along with retrospectives (one on new Romanian cinema amongst others).

"Tofifest is known for its programme offering films which don’t fit in the usual categories, character-full productions that don’t seek conformism. The main showcase in the Official Competition On Air 2013 which brings together carefully selected films, the majority of which were never released in Poland,” explained Jaroslaw Jaworski, the festival’s spokesperson, to Cineuropa.

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This main section presents 11 features including seven unknown to the Polish public. It is worth mentioning notably Salvo [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Fabio Grassadonia and Anton…
interview: Sara Serraiocco
film profile
]
by Italian duo Fabio Grassadonia - Antonio Piazza (Grand Prix of the Critics’ Week in Cannes 2013), The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Elina Psykou
film profile
]
by Greek director Elina Psykou (discovered in the Forum of the Berlinale – read the review), In Bloom [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simo…
film profile
]
by Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross as well as Matterhorn [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
by Dutch director Diederik Ebbinge, and the Austian-American coproduction Museum Hours [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
by Jem Cohen, the Israeli-French one Rock the Casbah [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
by Yariv Horowitz (review) and The Swimming Pool by Carlos Machado Quintela (Cuba, Spain, Venezuela). Two Polish films are competing: The Girl from the Wardrobe [+see also:
trailer
interview: Bodo Kox
film profile
]
by Bodo Kox (read the article and the interview) and Floating Skyscrapers [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Tomasz Wasilewski
film profile
]
by rising star Tomasz Wasilewski (winner of the section East of the West in Karlovy Vary - read the review).

Tofifest awards four main prizes: the Grand Prix Golden Angel rewards the Best Film of the Official Competition, the second Angel goes to the Best Short Film, the third as part of the “From Poland” section and finally the last Angel goes to productions of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian region where the festival takes place. Awards for the entirety of their career will be given to Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi and Slovakian director Martin Sulik. It is also worth noting that actress Magdalena Berus will receive a prize for “artistic insolence”, just like filmmakers Kazimierz Kutz and Malgorzata Szumowska. Finally, cinematographer Jacek Szymczak and director Dawid Marcinkowski will be honoured with special distinctions given to artists associated with the region.

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(Translated from French)

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