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Kinoteka, 2
2024-05-18
18:00
The political transformation was a time of challenges and changes in the way of functioning for the Educational Film Studio, but important films were still created that depicted social and historical reality in various ways. The program presents two films from that period, entering into dialogue with the past by Jadwiga Żukowska and Maciej Drygas. Stanisław Śliskowski was responsible for the cinematography for both of them.

"Playing Adults Continue", dir. Jadwiga Żukowska, Poland 1989, 56 min.

Jadwiga Żukowska created the film "Playing Adults", in which she looked at children's ideas about adult life in one of Warsaw's kindergartens in 1966. The children were asked questions about what they would consider when choosing their life partners. Their statements reflected both individual dreams and the values passed on by their parents. “While making this film with children, I came up with the idea of shooting a continuation of this game for adults. (…) I found it interesting to ask them years later the same questions they answered as children and compare their views on the same topic when they become adults. (…) I wanted to return to my film characters at the moment when little six-year-old Ewa, who played the role of the bride, would be getting married – Jadwiga Żukowska explains the film's implementation assumptions.

"Hear My Cry", dir. Maciej Drygas, Poland 1991, 46 min.

The documentary film about Ryszard Siwiec – the man who doused himself in petrol and set himself on fire in front of a crowd of thousands during the 1968 harvest festival at the 10th-Anniversary Stadium in Warsaw. On the basis of preserved documents, confessions of family and friends, and eyewitness accounts of the event, the filmmaker attempts to answer the question what were Siwiec's motives. The film ends with a shocking, accidentally twisted, several dozen-second archival sequence from the 10th-Anniversary Stadium – the moment of Ryszard Siwiec's self-immolation.

duration:
102 min
country:
Poland/1989 ("Playing Adults Continue"); 1991 ("Hear My Cry")
director:
Jadwiga Żukowska ("Playing Adults Continue"); Maciej Drygas ("Hear My Cry")
cinematography:
Stanisław Śliskowski, Zbigniew Hałatek ("Playing Adults Continue"); Stanisław Śliskowski ("Hear My Cry")
producer:
Jan Jurczak / Wytwórnia Filmów Oświatowych ("Playing Adults Continue"); Zbigniew Grefkowicz / Zespół Filmowy „Logos“ przy Wytwórni Filmów Oświatowych, Studio Filmowe „Zodiak“ ("Hear My Cry")
selected festivals and awards:
1991 – Krakow Film Festival: Silver Dragon; European Film Awards: Award for the Best Documentary Film; 1991 – Visions du Réel, Nyon: Silver Sestertia; 1991 – Melbourne IFF: Grand Prix; 1991 – San Francisco IFF: Golden Gate Award ("Hear My Cry")
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