Krakow Film Festival
Krakow Film Festival announces 5 non-competing «World Stories» selections
Krakow Film Festival’s «World Stories» attracts moviegoers fascinated by distant cultures, extraordinary places and extraordinary stories. One of the films, Life in a Day 2020, will be presented in the unique space of the open-air Kino pod Wawelem on Monday, the 31st of May. Buromsky Island tells of stories about the times when they stayed…
Roman Polanski documentary to open 61 Krakow Film Festival
On 30 May, 2021, the 62st Krakow Film Festival will open with Polański, Horowitz. Hometown (dir. Mateusz Kudła, Anna Kokoszka-Romer). The film, an international premiere and polish competition selection, follows #Roman Polanski# and photographer #Ryszard Horowitz# who, after several dozens years, reunite on the streets of Kazimierz and the former ghetto, visiting the homes where…
India’s voices of the voiceless
JOURNALISM: In a saturated media landscape dominated by men, India’s only newspaper run by Dalit women redefines what it means to be powerful.
Climate change: More serious than the coronavirus
CLIMATE: The CPH:DOX opening film portrays how young Danish activists are fighting for a greener future.
The archive does not lie
CONTROL: In Communist Poland, revolt intensifies as workers strike over food price increases while tension builds in the dignitaries’ offices.
61st Krakow Film Festival announces international documentary competition
Taking place from 30 May to 6 June 2021, the 61st Krakow Film Festival has unveiled the titles of its International Documentary Competition. The latest films will take the viewers on a journey all over the world including to South Africa, Cambodia, the USA, Sweden, Russia, Mongolia, India, Hong Kong, Korea, Iran, and Syria. The…
Belarus: the never-ending story
CONTROL: The brave and peaceful resistance from an underground theatre before and during the Belarusian presidential election protests.
21 projects selected for Doc Lab Poland 2021
As part of the KFF Industry, 21 projects have been selected for DOC LAB POLAND 2021. Organized by the Wladyslaw Slesicki Film Foundation, many established Polish filmmakers like #Eliza Kubarska#, #Pawel Chorzepa#, #Piotr Bernas#, #Matej Bobrik# feature among them. The first DOC LAB POLAND session of 2021 will be held in April (online hybrid), while…
Radiograph of a Family
FAMILY: The daughter of a secular father and a devout mother tells the story reflective of the political events leading to the 1979 Iranian Revolution.