Tomasz Wasilewski, writer-director of United States of Love is a name to watch. Born in 1980 he has produced a narrative set in a Polish town in 1990. The English title of the film is ironic in two ways. It could be read as a comment directed at the desire of Poles in 1990 for […]
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United States of Love (Zjednoczone Stany Miłości, Poland 2016)
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Spoor (Pokot, Poland-Slovakia-Germany-Czech Republic-Sweden-France 2017)
Pokot is an entry in a recent genre cycle of ‘eco-thrillers’ – and like the Icelandic film Woman at War (2018) it has a central female character. In this case the film is also directed by a woman, the now veteran Polish auteur Agnieszka Holland who has recently directed episodes of well-known American ‘long-form TV […]
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Mr. Jones (Poland-UK-Ukraine 2019)
Directed by Agniezska Holland, Mr Jones first appeared at Berlin a year ago to mixed reviews. I tried to book seats for one of its London Film Festival screenings but they must have sold out in minutes and I couldn’t get in. UK distributor Signature Entertainment, which usually goes straight to DVD/download after only a […]
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303 Squadron (Dywizjon 303, Poland-UK 2018)
In 2018, two Polish-UK co-productions about the Polish aircrews who fought in the Battle of Britain in 1940 were released. 303 Squadron is the Polish ‘majority production’ directed by Denis Delic with a predominantly Polish cast and all-Polish crew. Hurricane is a similar UK majority production covering much of the same ground. Why these two […]
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Never Gonna Snow Again (Sniegu juz nigdy nie bedzie, Poland-Germany 2020)
Malgorzata Szumowska has seen her profile as a leading European filmmaker gradually rise since her first feature in 2000. Twenty years later Never Gonna Snow Again won a prize at Venice and was recognised at several international festivals. For this feature she co-wrote, co-directed and co-produced with her long-term collaborator Michal Englert who also photographed […]
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