Polish Film Festival 2015

16th Annual Polish Film Festival Los Angeles

OCTOBER 13-22, 2015

Egyptian Theatre - Laemmle's NoHo7 and Royal

The Polish American Film Society is proud to announce the 16th Annual Polish Film Festival in Los Angeles (October 13 – 22, 2015) celebrating the greatest achievements of Polish filmmakers.

The festival will open with THE CITIZEN (Obywatel) by Jerzy Stuhr, winner of the Special Jury Award at Gdynia Film Festival, on October 13, 2015 with a star-studded gala during which both Polish and American moviemakers will walk the red carpet at Hollywood's legendary Egyptian Theatre. An extravagant start to a ten-day-long celebration of Polish Cinema through October 22, 2015 with subsequent  screenings at the Laemmle's NoHo 7 and Royal Theaters.

For the sixteenth time, the Polish Film Festival in Los Angeles will present the most recent achievements of Polish cinema, feature films, documentaries, animations, and a series of short films, including:

ALL ABOUT MY PARENTS (Pani z przedszkola) by Marcin Krzysztalowicz
ANATOMY OF EVIL (Anatomia zla) by Jacek Bromski
BODY (Cialo) by Malgorzata Szumowska
CARTE BLANCHE by Jacek Lusinski
CLOSE-UPS (Zblizenia) by Magdalena Piecorz 
DISCO POLO by Maciej Bochniak
GODS (Bogowie) by Lukasz Palkowski
A GRAIN OF TRUTH (Ziarno prawdy) by Borys Lankosz  
FANCIFUL (Piate nie odchodz) by Katarzyna Jungowska
FIELD OF DOGS (Onirica) by Lech Majewski
FOREIGN BODY (Obce cialo) by Krzysztof Zanussi
KARSKI by Magdalena Lazarkiewicz
LIFE MUST GO ON (Zyc nie umierac) by Maciej Migas
STONES FOR THE RAMPART (Kamienie na szaniec) by Robert Glinski
WATERLINE (Jeziorak) by Michal Otlowski
WARSAW 44 (Miasto 44) by Jan Komasa
WARSAW BY NIGHT by Natalia Koryncka-Gruz

  

 

In the segment of movies made abroad by Polish filmmakers, with Polish talent, or with Polish subject, they are planning to present:

 

JOURNEY TO ROME by Tomasz Mielnik

ONCE MY MOTHER by Sophia Turkiewicz

AGAINST NIGHT by Stefan Kubicki  

IT HAPPENED AGAIN by Wojciech Fry-Lewis

MESSIAH by Mark Grabianowski

SHADOWS by Paul Kowalski

THE VIGILANTE by Matthew K. Firpo

 

The following are the 2015 Awards of the 16th Annual Polish Film Festival:

 

• Pola Negri Award: ANDY GARCIA
• Piotr Lazarkiewicz Award for Young Talent: ANNA PROCHNIAK, ADAM BOBIK
• Adam Bratcher Music Debut Award: ALEKSANDER GRUZ
• Bridging the Borders Award for a Short Film: THE SHADOW FOREST (Las cieni) by Andrzej Cichocki
• Cinema Without Borders Special Jury Award for a Short Film:  INTERRUPTION (Przerwanie) by Adam Suzin
• The Hollywood Eagle Animation Award:  IT'S QUITE TRUE! (To pewna wiadomosc!) by Joanna Jasinska-Koronkiewicz  
• The Hollywood Eagle Documentary Award: CALL ME MARIANNA (Mow mi Marianna) by Karolina Bielawska
• The Hollywood Eagle Best Feature Award: WARSAW 44 (Miasto 44) by Jan Komasa

The following guests are invited from Poland: Tomasz Kot, Lukasz Simlat, Magdalena Lazarkiewicz, Adam Bobik, Maciej Bochniak, and Joanna Kulig.

The Festival is sponsored by the Polish Film Institute, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, POLAM, Polish Filmmakers Association, Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles, ELMA, Polish Center of Los Angeles, Helena Modjeska Art and Cultural Club, Shakespeare Vodka, and Andrzej Dobrzynski.

For a complete schedule of screenings please visit Polish Film Festival