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Kinopolska: Polish cinema enjoys the limelight in Paris

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- Young filmmakers take centre stage at the seventh edition of the event, which will unspool from 11-16 November at the Cinéma Le Balzac

Kinopolska: Polish cinema enjoys the limelight in Paris
Walesa: Man of Hope by Andrzej Wajda

Andrzej Wajda’s Walesa: Man of Hope [+see also:
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, which was popular at Venice last year and will be distributed in France on 19 November by Version Originale/Condor, will have the honour of opening the seventh Kinopolska Polish Film Festival in Paris tomorrow evening.

Organised from 11-16 November at the Cinéma Le Balzac, a stone’s throw from the Champs-Elysées, the gathering will offer a competition that features six films, including four feature debuts: the black comedy Kebab & Horoscope [+see also:
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by Grzegorz Jaroszuk (revealed last summer at Karlovy Vary, in the East of the West section – read the review), Hardkor Disko [+see also:
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interview: Krzysztof Skonieczny
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by Krzysztof Skonieczny (read the article – winner of Best Debut Film at Gdynia), The Word [+see also:
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by Anna Kazejak (co-produced by Denmark and screened at this year’s Berlinale, in the Generation section – read the article), and Little Crushes [+see also:
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by Aleksandra Gowin and Ireneusz Grzyb (unveiled as a world premiere at Rotterdam – read the article – international sales by New Morning Films).

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Also set to duke it out are The Mighty Angel [+see also:
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by Wojciech Smarzowski (winner of the Silver Lions at the most recent Gdynia Film Festival – read the article) and Tomasz Wasilewski’s Floating Skyscrapers [+see also:
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(read the interview).

Another highlight on the menu at Kinopolska is a Special Screening of Foreign Body [+see also:
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by seasoned director Krzysztof Zanussi (which was recently screened in the Masters section of the Toronto Film Festival – sold internationally by Wide Management), as well as a number of documentaries such as Minkowski | Saga by Rafael Lewandowski, Mundial: The Highest Stakes by Michal Bielawski and Papa, le rideau de fer et moi by Krzysztof Rzączynski.

Interestingly, there will also be a tribute to screenwriter Krzysztof Piesiewicz, who will be in Paris to present several films that he has worked on (No End and The Double Life of Veronique by Krzysztof Kieslowski, Hell [+see also:
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by Danis Tanovic, and Heaven [+see also:
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by Tom Tykwer); a themed section entitled “Transformation”, featuring six films about 1980s Poland; and a selection of short films (in partnership with the National Film School in Lodz and the Munk Studio).

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(Translated from French)

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