Voting

Polish Art Europe would like to invite you to take part in this year’s edition of Play Poland Film Festival. Also this year, we want to ask you for your help in selecting the films which will be screened in the UK cinemas.
After clicking on the link http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8SZKWJT please choose 6 films, which you think should be added to the festival’s programme. In order to make your decision easier, we have added additional information about the proposed films, e.g. information about the director, cast and a link to trailer (trailer in Polish).
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Play Poland presents in Oxford the Polish independent cinema.

On 10th October Play Poland Film Festival, the first mobile festival of Polish cinema in Great Britain, will visit Oxford where it will stay until 1st November. The Oxford stop of the festival consists above all of prestigious short film screenings divided into thematic sessions but also of the presentation of the project the Decalogue +89, prepared for the 20th anniversary of the creation of the series the Decalogue by Krzysztof Kieślowski which is known all over the world.
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Mobile Polish Film Festival will be held in Birmingham

As soon as on 19th August – simultaneously to the festival events in Glasgow and Edinburg – a mobile Polish film festival in the United Kingdom, called Play Poland Film Festival, will commence in Birmingham and is going to last until 23rd September this year. In Birmingham Polish and British cinema-goers will have a unique opportunity to watch award-winning Polish movie productions (both full length and short) from recent years as well as to see exhibitions of best Polish movie posters.
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Promotional Film

Scottish part of Play Poland starts 2nd August at Glasgow Film Theatre with Little Rose by Jan Kidawa – Blonski.

Play Poland Film Festival will be held in Scotland

As soon as on 2nd August a mobile Polish film festival in the United Kingdom, called Play Poland Film Festival will start in Scotland and is going to last until 25th September this year. During the events in Glasgow and Edinburgh Polish and British cinema-goers will have a unique opportunity to watch award-winning Polish movie productions (both full length and short) from recent years, the productions which have already won hearts of the audience from all over the world as well as to see exhibitions of best Polish movie posters.
Play Poland Film Festival has been the first of such grand events promoting Polish cinematography in Great Britain in history, says the festival’s chairman Mateusz Jarza, the director of Polish Art Europe, the non-profit organisation which promotes Polish culture and art in the UK. Before starting the organisation of the festival we carried out a research in order to measure an interest in Polish film industry and a festival project connected with it. It appeared that more that 95 percent of respondents are convinced that there are too few Polish movies shown in the UK. We believe that Play Poland Film Festival will considerably improve the situation and will give Polish film artists an opportunity to visit the UK more often, says Mateusz Jarza, explaining the main idea of the event.

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PLAY Poland -Programme-

This year’s summer is heating us up with gems of the Polish cinema. PLAY Poland is officially launching the 1st year with a number of award-winning productions that has won film critics’ hearts all over the world.

In July, PLAY Poland – Irish/Polish Film Project hits the Dublin scene with a mix of independent Irish and Polish productions, discussion panels and music events. On 1 & 2 July, Filmbase and the Sycamore Club turn into a film-focused realm with Irish and Polish artists. Among the guest speakers there are actress Natalia Kostrzewa, Irish filmmaker Norah McGettigan, animator and Pegbar co-founder Dan Spencer , animator Agnieszka Grandowicz (Animators.ie) and director Dave Byrne (Underground Cinema).  The screening programme embraces such features, animations and shorts such as The Looking Glass (2010), Horizontal 8 (2008), the Washing Machine (2009), Mirror Mirror (2010), the Polish Language (2009), the Rabbit Case (2009) and Unveiled (2009). The full programme available here . More details available on www.mosaicartsmovement.org.

PLAY Poland’s tour around the UK starts in Glasgow (02.08-06.09). A real mosaic of documentaries, the education projects, comedies and dramas will mesmerize the audience in Edinburgh (11.08- 15.09), Birmingham (18.08-08.09) and Liverpool (25.08-15.09) between August and September.  The key titles include Little Rose (2010), General Nil (2009), Mystification (2010), Black (2009), Horizontal 8 (2008), Lincz (2010) and DECALOGUE 89 + Vol.1 (2009) and Vol. 2 (2010). Play Poland Festival is a unique opportunity to meet filmmakers and cast involved in producing such amazing cinematographic pieces. The full programme can be access from here[a2] . More details on partner organisations can be accessed from

www.sikorskipolishclub.org.uk (Glasgow),

www.gupolsoc.org (Glasgow),

www.merseysidepolonia.com (Liverpool),

www.polishexpats.org.uk (Birmingham),

www.polishassociation.org (Belfast),

oraz  www.openfestival.pl (Leith).

Summer 2011 will become a magical adventure into the world of great cinema and creative minds.

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Movie glitter and charm presented in Play Poland

The magic of the cinema has been enchanting audiences since Lumiere invented the Cinematographe. From Pola Negri’s mesmerizing eyes to the striking 3D visual effects of Baginski’s Cathedral, moving pictures have brought adventure and excitement to day-to-day life, allowing the imagination to drift into worlds of exotic spices, colours and languages. The treasures of the cinema can be as enchanting as Scheherazade of the Arabian Nights, who escorts travellers on a safe and pleasant expedition to unknown lands. And now the time has come to let her unveil the secret jewels of Polish cinematography. More >

Play Poland in Ireland


Play Poland – Irish Polish Film Project

The Play Film Project is an Irish- Polish film festival that takes place in July 2011. The event is being prepared by Mosaic Arts Movement in collaboration with Crewger, Pegbar, BFCE Irish Animation School, Open Air Cinema and the Underground Cinema. The project is a part of the Play Polish Film Festival, the longest Polish film festival in Europe held in the UK in May- September 2011. The key organiser is the Polish Art Europe in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The key idea behind the Film Project is to form a collaborative network between Irish and Polish professional and amateur filmmakers, animators and film course students that could both enhance their works and encourage common projects and undertakings. The artistic venture aims at incorporating the Polish cinematography into the Irish film environment through a blend of Irish and Polish productions, workshops and educational talks. Last but not least the festival is tended to mix indoors activities with outdoors screenings in the public spaces so as to attract a larger audience and broaden the access to arty films in a non-cinema surrounding.

The core of the film project is clusters of Irish -Polish artworks and cinematic productions (theme blocks) that are groups in terms of subjects and issues touched by creators. The idea is to have different artists presented together in the field of socio-cultural and creative parallelism.

- Anna Pośpieszyńska