November
4 th, 2012
4 th, 2012
October 31 – November 4, 2012
First day of the Festival is a Halloween Day! Come in a costume, or just add a Halloween element to your wardrobe.
Win prize in the best his/her costume competition! 
Printable Festival Schedule
Following films will be presented:
Sala Samobójców – Suicide Room
2011, animacja, thriller, romans, 117 min, directed by Jan Komasa
Sala Samobójców
Suicide Room (Polish: Sala Samobójców) is a 2011 Polish dramatic film directed by Jan Komasa. The premiere was held on 12th February 2011 at The Berlin International Film Festival[1] and on 28th February 2011 in Złote Tarasy in Warsaw, Poland. The movie was released in the cinemas on 4th March. Dominik Santorski, is a sensitive and a little lost teenager, the son of wealthy, success driven, parents. After a series of dares and humiliating events, classmates accuse him of homosexuality, mock him on social networking sites and move away from him. Dominik, humiliated, refuses to go to school and stops preparing for final exams. These problems overlap with his parents, always absent in the house and at their jobs. Falling into a deep depression, Dominik closes the door of his room and stops leaving his room at all. At the same time, via the Internet, he meets a fascinating, self-injury, and suicidal girl and they make emotional and intellectual bond. Dominik over time loses contact with the real world more and more belonging to a virtual world.
Róża – Rose
20111, drama, 98 min, directed by Wojciech Smarzowski
Róża
Róża (English: Rose) is a 2011 Polish film directed by Wojciech Smarzowski. It depicts the love story of a Masurian woman and an officer of the Armia Krajowa in postwar Masuria. In summer 1945 Tadeusz Mazur, an officer of the Armia Krajowa and veteran of the Warsaw uprising, whose wife was raped and murdered by the Germans, moves to Masuria, a region in former German East Prussia, which became part of Poland as a result of the Potsdam Agreement after World War II. He visits Róża, a widow of a German Wehrmacht soldier whose death Tadeusz had witnessed, to hand over her husband’s possessions. Róża invites Tadeusz to stay at her farm to protect her against marauders and the brutal rapes she had previously experienced in the lawless atmosphere of postwar Masuria. From this partnership of purpose, slowly respect and love arises – a “frowned-upon relationship” attracting the “unwelcome attention of the new Polish nationalists as well as the notorious Soviet NKVD (Wikipedia)
Wymyk – Courage
2011, drama, sensational, 85 min, directed by Grzegorz Zgliński
Wymyk
At the centre of Wymyk is a rivalry between two adult brothers. The younger brother, Jerzy, has just returned to Poland from the United States with his two children, and threatens the position of his elder brother, Alfred. The former is a widower (Alfred and his wife Viola have no children). Jerzy’s return awakens his mother’s compassion, who as the head of the family business insists on involving him in the day-to-day running of the firm, much to the joy of their father – who had retired following a stroke.
(www.Culture.pl)
Lęk wysokości – Fear of Falling
2011, psychological drama, 90 min, directed by Bartosz Konopka
Lęk wysokości
The director of the Oscar nominated documentary Rabbit a la Berlin, returns with his feature directorial debut Fear of Falling, for which he was awarded Best Directorial Debiut Award at the 2011 Polish Film Festival in Gdynia. Young TV reporter Tomek leads a peaceful life. When his father ends up at a psychiatric hospital, Tomek must take care of him. As he enters into the world of mental disease, he learns the truth about himself.
KI – My Name is Ki
2011, drama, 93 min, directed by Leszek Dawid
My Name is Ki
Ki is a young woman who no longer wants to live with the father of her child. She moves into a house in which lives Miko, a serious man who does not care for distractions. The responsibility of raising a child on her own comes up against the need to work and the wish to live a carefree life. “Ki is a film portrait. It’s a story about becoming mature enough to be responsible for oneself and those who surround you. The main character – Ki – does not want to accept the limitations that taking care of a baby imposes on her. Skillfully she divides the responsibilities of taking care of her little son among her friends. She loves her son but at the same time she wants to fulfill herself in other fields. She escapes into the world, which is temporary and blown up, glittering, and which attracts her. Miko, whom she meets on the way, is like a polar opposite that she will never reach. Nonetheless, this pole is magnetizing and intriguing.” (Leszek Dawid) –Venice Days
80 milionów – 80 Million
2011, political thriller, 102 min, directed by Waldemar Krzystek
Polish candidate to the 2013 Oscars in the Foreign Language Film category!
80 Million
After Andrzej Wajda’s Katyn in 2010 and Agnieszka Holland’s In Darkness last year, another historical drama has been selected as Poland’s candidate for the next Oscar for best film in a foreign language: Waldemar Krzystek’s 80 Million. It was not easy to choose from so many auteur films taken into consideration, said Juliusz Machulski, a member of the commission who took the decision. “The decisive element in 80 Millions’s favour is the fact that this film recounts an important period of Poland’s history in a universal, original, and optimistic way.” 80 Million is set in the autumn of 1981, ten days before the proclamation of martial law in Poland. Three members of the anti-communist movement Solidarity take out 80 million zlotys from the organisation’s bank account, just before it is blocked by the authorities. This money, that is thus almost miraculously saved, will then serve to support Solidarity in its opposition to the government.
Supermarket – Supermarket
2012, thriller, 84 min, directed by Maciej Żak
Supermarket
Maciej Zak creates a disturbing image of the impact that consumerism has on our life in his thriller Supermarket which appears in the main competition of the 37th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia (www.fpff.pl). Supermarket is a dark, mysterious story about a young boy who is arrested for a crime in a big department store. Due to unclear reasons for his delinquency, he is sent off for observation in a psychiatric ward, where he tells a story about the events of the New Year’s Eve when the crime happened. His tale becomes a horror story involving a married couple, whose life was forever changed by the events. Żak is a Polish film and television director, most popular for his drama The Bench (www.pleograf.pl) starring Jolanta Fraszyńska and Artur Żmijewski
Dzień kobiet – Women’s Day
2012, drama, 94 min, directed by Maria Sadowska
Women's Day
Halina (Katarzyna Kwiatkowska) works in a supermarket chain while single-handedly raising a teen daughter, Misia. When she is offered a job promotion, she accepts, looking forward to an improved standard of living. Her managerial position does not come free, however, as Halina finds herself forced to victimize her former colleagues and friends, and her new work duties distract her from issues at home. When a grave judgement error during an overnight store inventory leads to a tragedy that costs her everything she worked for, starting with her job, Halina’s eyes start to open. Can she help to fix the various problems that she contributed to? Sadowska’s film was nominated for the “Golden Lion” Award at Gdynia Film Festival in 2012.
Listy do M – Letters to Santa
2011, comedy, 116 min, directed by Mitja Okorn
Letters to Santa
A heart-warming, Christmas-themed comedy with an ensemble cast, whose multiple storylines coalesce around the idea of searching for love, happiness and meaning in our lives. Between its fifteen protagonists and five storylines, Okorn’s film has something to offer to everyone, as suggested by the “Amber Lion” Award for biggest box-office success that it received at Gydnia Film Festival in 2012; the perfect film for lovers of romantic comedies, Christmas, and the small miracles that make life worth living, which can be enjoyed by an entire family.
Sponsoring – Elles
2011, social drama, 96 min, directed by Malgorzata Szumowska
Elles
Anne (Binoche), a well-to-do journalist for Elles magazine, is writing a story on girls in Paris who put themselves through school working as prostitutes. The two young women, Charlotte and Alicja (played by newcomers, Anais Demoustier and Joanna Kulig) share a similar story, but ultimately their individual narratives are unique, which makes the arc of the film a bit more compelling. Their most significant commonality is an impoverished upbringing, although Parisian poverty and public housing looks far less desolate than the American version. An emphasis is placed on the class issue, as the girls are desperate to become like Anne (in terms of position), and Anne is intrigued by the notion of young, seemingly intelligent girls working (with few qualms) in the sex industry. There is an attempt to draw a parallel between the two worlds
VENUE:
AMC 30 Studio, 2949 Dunvale Houston
I have a dvd player (set up for region 1 – USA & CANADA) and a blue ray player (region A for USA/CANADA). I would like to buy a version of “1920 Bitwa Warszawska”/”Battle of Warsaw”
with english subtitles that will play in either of my machines. I would appreciate any information on obtaining this film. Please email me or call 832 – 495 – 5471 (Houston, TX )
What is the schedule for the showing of the movies – date, time and name of movie?
Festival schedule will be posted soon!
W ktorym kinie beda wyswietlane filmy?
Most likely AMC Studio 30, 2949 Dunvale, Houston, same as last year