After wrapping 2018 in style at Les Arcs, Polish films and filmmakers are about to continue their annual festival run at the Trieste Film Festival, presenting the country’s cinematic present and future. In addition, since When East Meets West is organising a new East & West double focus, the strong presence of Poland’s emerging producers will be noticeable there, too. More specifically, two projects will be pitched in the co-production forum: His/Her by Anna Kazejak (The Word [+lire aussi :
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interview : Magnus von Horn
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interview : Florin Şerban
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interview : Olmo Omerzu
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The festival programme also boasts strong Polish representation. Fugue [+lire aussi :
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Meanwhile, Clergy [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by seasoned director Krzysztof Zanussi, are included in the Special Events programme. The Tales From the Berlin Wall section will screen Possession by Andrzej Żuławski, with its famous subway scene featuring a disturbing performance by Isabelle Adjani, and the Oscar-nominated short Rabbit à la Berlin by Bartek Konopka. Last but not least, another Polish title included in the Trieste programme is Solidarity, Solidarity, an anthology film made by 13 directors of the likes of Małgorzata Szumowska, Andrzej Wajda, Krzysztof Zanussi and Andrzej Jakimowski, among others.

The next stop for Polish film in 2019 is the Berlinale: Agnieszka Holland will be there to present her new film, Mr. Jones [+lire aussi :
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interview : Agnieszka Holland
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