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Ola Salwa


339 articles available in total starting from 21/03/2017. Last article published on 03/07/2025.

Review: The Wedding Day

Review: The Wedding Day

Wojciech Smarzowski’s Polish official selection entry recounts a dark chapter in Poland’s wartime history  

25/11/2021 | Black Nights 2021 | Competition

Europa by legendary directors Stefan and Franciszka Themerson rediscovered

Europa by legendary directors Stefan and Franciszka Themerson rediscovered

The avant-garde masterpiece from 1931, which had been thought lost, resurfaced in 2019 in the Berlin-based Bundesarchiv and will now be screened across Europe  

27/10/2021 | Shorts | Poland

Review: The Albanian Virgin

Review: The Albanian Virgin

Bujar Alimani’s new film is a tale of female revolution and a curious ethnographic study of Albanian customs  

21/10/2021 | Warsaw 2021

Miracle wins the Warsaw Film Festival’s Grand Prix

Miracle wins the Warsaw Film Festival’s Grand Prix

“For me, it's been a dream-come-true edition,” said Stefan Laudyn, the director of the Polish gathering  

18/10/2021 | Warsaw 2021 | Awards

The 37th Warsaw Film Festival is all set to kick off

The 37th Warsaw Film Festival is all set to kick off

The Polish-based film gathering, which unspools from 8-17 October, will showcase 168 films from 50 countries, with Captain Volkonogov Escaped and Women Do Cry bookending it  

07/10/2021 | Warsaw 2021

Review: Other People

Review: Other People

Aleksandra Terpińska’s film is everything one would expect from a debuting director: a fresh, funky and dark tale of modern society existing in the shadow of capitalism  

28/09/2021 | Gdynia 2021

Polish Golden Lions tremble in Fears

Polish Golden Lions tremble in Fears

Moving LGBT drama Fears by Łukasz Ronduda and Łukasz Gutt is the big winner of the Polish Film Festival, while the first runner up is Leave no Traces by Jan P Matuszyński  

27/09/2021 | Gdynia 2021 | Awards

Paweł Łoziński  • Director of The Balcony Movie

Interview: Paweł Łoziński • Director of The Balcony Movie

“I wanted to check if I could reverse the roles and not be someone who chases people with a camera, but instead wait for them to come to me”

Cineuropa sat down with the established Polish director to discuss his latest oeuvre, which was awarded in Locarno’s Semaine de la Critique and was recognised at Millennium Docs Against Gravity  

22/09/2021 | Millennium Docs Against Gravity 2021

Aga Woszczyńska  • Director of Silent Land

Interview: Aga Woszczyńska • Director of Silent Land

“Nobody in this film is either just good or just bad; there are a lot of nuances within the personality of each character”

We talked to the Polish director to get the low-down on her film, which is ostensibly about the collapse of a relationship but actually tackles something far more important  

22/09/2021 | Toronto 2021 | Platform

Review: Silent Land

Review: Silent Land

Aga Woszczyńska’s first feature is a quiet yet powerful drama about an accident that upends the summer holidays of a well-off Polish couple  

21/09/2021 | Toronto 2021 | Platform

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