United States of Love (Zjednoczone Stany Miłości, Poland 2016)
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...
View ArticleSpoor (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...
View ArticleMr. 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...
View Article303 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...
View ArticleNever 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...
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