28/05/2018 - The 58th edition of the Krakow Film Festival opened last night with the world premiere of Tomasz Drozdowicz's biopic of famous Polish musician Jerzy Maksymiuk

The 58th Krakow Film Festival, dedicated to short and documentary films, opened last night with the world premiere of Tomasz Drozdowicz's Concerto for Two [+see also:
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Over eight days, until the closing ceremony on 3 June, the Krakow Film Festival will show about 250 films from all over the world, presented in four competitions and 12 sidebar sections. 

The international documentary competition features 18 films, including IDFA titles such as Debut [+see also:
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The national competition consists of 44 films, out of which ten are feature-length documentaries, including Natalia Koryncka-Gruz's A Minor Genocide [+see also:
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This year’s Dragon of Dragons Award for Lifetime Achievement will go to Sergei Loznitsa, a multiple Krakow Film Festival winner. The programme includes a retrospective of Loznitsa’s films, and a master class on the use of archival footage and one’s own life experiences in filmmaking. 

This edition’s special guest is Estonian cinema. The Focus on Estonia will present the latest productions from the Baltic country, including a special programme for kids and teenagers, and a selection of student films. Film professionals from Estonia and Poland will meet at the industry conference to discover opportunities for collaboration. 

Traditional sidebars at the festival include Sound of Music (music films screened in the open-air cinema at the foot of Wawel Castle), Festival Award Winners (films awarded at Krakow's “friend” festivals), Docs+Science (science films accompanied by meetings with experts), Polish Panorama (a showcase of the latest Polish productions), Kids&Youth (cinema for the young), World Stories (last year’s most widely discussed documentaries from different parts of the world) and Somewhere in Europe (films made in European countries). 

For the full programme, click here.