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Program

 

OPENING NIGHT GALA
(by invitations only)

 Tuesday , October 9, 2012

Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, Ca. 90028

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6:00 PM RECEPTION (Catering by Turek; bar by Krol Vodka)


8:00 PM OPENING OF THE FESTIVAL– Zbigniew Banas (MC)
HB Barnum LIFE Choir - Polish & American National Anthems

Presentation of Awards: 


The PIOTR LAZARKIEWICZ AWARD for young talent - Paul Wesley
POLA NEGRI AWARD - Michael York
BRIDGING THE BORDERS AWARD for a short film - HALLOWEEN by Aleksandra Terpinska 
The HOLLYWOOD EAGLE ANIMATION AWARD - LITTLE POSTMAN by Dorota Kobiela 
The HOLLYWOOD EAGLE DOCUMENTARY AWARD - WE WILL BE HAPPY ONE DAY by Pawel Wysoczanski
The HOLLYWOOD EAGLE AWARD - SUICIDE ROOM by Jan Komasa

Screening of 80 MILLION (80 milionow) by Waldemar Krzystek

(Poland's submission to the 2013 Oscars® in Foreign Language Film Category) 

Laemmle's NoHo 7 Theatre,

 5240 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, 91601 (310-478-3836)

Go Metro!

(Parking Info. :Structure is located at 11144 Weddington St. next to the Art Institute (PLEASE NOTE: THE LOT IS ALSO LABELED AS "5250 PARKING"). With a Laemmle validation, parking is $2.00 for three and a half hours and $1.25 every 15 minutes thereafter.)

 

Wednesday, October 10, 2012 
(in person: Roma Gasiorowska, Rafal Mierzejewski, Jan Pawel Trzaska)
6:30 p.m.

Documnetaries:
DEPRESSION MON AMOUR by Rafal Mierzejewski (2008, 57 min.)
SURVIVE AFGHANISTAN (Przezyc Afganistan) by Malgorzata Imielska (2012, 52 min.)

8:30 p.m. SUICIDE ROOM(Sala samobojcow) by Jan Komasa (2011, 117 min.)




 

Thursday, October 11, 2012 
(in person: Roma Gasiorowska, Mitja Okorn, Pawel Ferdek)
6:30 p.m. MY NAME IS KI (Ki) by Leszek Dawid (2011, 95 min.)
8:30 p.m.

LETTERS TO SANTA (Listy do M.) by Mitja Okorn (2012, 117 min.) 


   

 

Friday, October 12, 2012
(in person: Barbara Sass)
7:00 p.m. LOSE TO WIN (Nad zycie) by Anna Plutecka-Mesjasz (2012, 90 min.) 
9:00 p.m. IN THE NAME OF THE DEVIL (W imieniu Diabla) by Barbara Sass (2011, 112 min.)
 

 

Saturday, October 13, 2012
(in person: Alex Maleski, Benjamin Hjelm, Emily De Groot, Jeremy Konner, Justin Wilczynski, Jason Ritter)
1:30 p.m. TOMORROW WILL BE BETTER (Jutro bedzie lepiej) by Dorota Kedzierzawska (2011, 117 min.)
4:00 p.m. Shorts:
WHERE IS HARRY?? (Gdzie jest Harry?) by Malwina Sworczuk (2012, 10 min.)
NORMAL PEOPLE (Normalni ludzie) by Piotr Zlotorowicz (2011, 24 min.)
FROZEN STORIES (Opowiesci z chlodni) by Grzegorz Jaroszuk (2011, 26 min.)
SILENCE  (Cisza) by Aleksander Pietrzak (2012, 4 min.)
WITHOUT A SHADOW by Alex Maleski) (2012, 14 min.)
THE GOLDEN AGE by Benjamin Hjelm (2012, 25 min.) 
6:00 p.m. THE SECRET (Sekret) by Przemyslaw Wojcieszek (2012, 82 min.)
8:00 p.m. KORCZAK by Andrzej Wajda (1990, 113 min.)


 

Sunday, October 14, 2012

(in person: Wiktor Skrzynecki)

3:00 P.m. THE FLYING MACHINE (Latajaca maszyna) by Dorota Kobiela, Martin Clapp, Geoff Lindsey (76 min.)
5:00 p.m. FELIX, NET & NIKA AND THEORETICALLY POSSIBLE CATASTROPHE by Wiktor Skrzynecki (102 min.) 
7:00 p.m. ELLES (Sponsoring) by Malgorzata Szumowska (2011, 96 min.)
9:00 p.m. MAN, CHICKS ARE JUST DIFFERENT (Baby sa jakies inne) by Marek Koterski (2011, 90 min.)


 

Monday, October 15, 2012
(in person: Janek Ambros, Migdia Chinea, Steven Molony Pawel Pogorzelski, Bella Silverstein, Aleksandra Terpinska)
6:30 p.m. Animations:
BEAR ME by Katarzyna Wilk (2012, 6 min.)
THE CANON OF POLISH FAIRYTALES by Arkadiusz Jurcan (2012, 11 min.)
THE DESIGNER (Konstraktor) by Tessa Moult-Milewska (2012, 14 min.)
THE FULL SUN (Slonce w pelni) by Adela Kaczmarek (2012, 8 min.)
THE GALLERY (Galeria) by Robert Proch (2011, 5 min.)
THE GAME (Gra) by Marcin Janiec (2011, 6 min.)
GOOD NEWS BAD NEWS by Kacper Shikeli (2011, 11 min.)
LITTLE POSTMAN (Maly listonosz) by Dorota Kobiela (2011, 3 min. 20 sek.)
LUMBERJACK (Drwal) by Pawel Debski (2011, 15 min.)
ORANGES (Pomaranczarka) by Marta Szymanska (2011, 5 min.)
THE RAILWAY WATCHMAN (Droznik) by Piotr Szczepanowicz (2012, 11 min.)
SCARECROW (Strach na wroble) by Przemyslaw Anusiewicz (2011, 5 min. 30 sec.)
STEVEN AND THE BEETLE (Stefan i zuczek) by Piotr Loc Hoang Ngoc (2012, 12 min.)

9:00 p.m. Shorts:
HALLOWEEN (Swieto zmarlych) by Aleksandra Terpinska (2012, 18 min.)
NAKED SOLES by Aleksandra Szczepanowska (2012, 15 min.) 
AMIGOS FOREVER (Kolezanki) by Sylwester Jakimow (2011, 33 min.)
4:13 TO KATOWICE (4.13 do Katowic) by Andrzej Stopa (2011, 23 min.)
CLOSING BELL by Janek Ambros (2012, 5 min.)
KNINTH FLOOR by Migdia Chinea (2012, 13 min.)


 

Tuesday, October 16, 2012
(in person: Pawel Wysoczanski)
7:00 p.m. Documentaries:
THE CHANGE (Zmiana) by Daniel Whidden (2012, 4 min.)
WRITTEN IN INK (Co raz zostalo zapisane) by Martin Rath (2011, 12 min.)
WALK (Spacer) by Filip Jacobson (2011, 6 min.)
REDCURRANTS (Porzeczki) by Leo Kantor (2011, 34 min.)
WE WILL BE HAPPY ONE DAY by Pawel Wysoczanski (2011, 43 min.) 
   
9:00 p.m. BLINKY & ME by Tomasz Magierski (2012, 75 min.)


 

Wednesday, October 17, 2012
(in person: Jan Kwiecinski, Arkadiusz Wojnarowski)
7:00 p.m. CRULIC - THE PATH TO BEYOND (Droga na druga strone) by Anca Damian (2011, 72 min.)
9:00 p.m. THE FOURTH DIMENSION by Harmony Korine, Alexey Fedorchenko, Jan Kwiecinski (2011, 106 min.)


 

Thursday, October 18, 2012

5:00 p.m.

Documnetaries:
CONTROL SAMPLE by Jakub Polakowski (2012, 21 min.)
THE CONTEST (Konkurs) by Jakub Cuman (2011, 15 min.)
INTEROGATION (Przesluchanie) by Adam Palenta (2010, 9 min.) 
BEHIND THE POSTER (Druga strona plakatu) by Marcin Latallo (2010, 52 min.)

7:00 p.m. COURAGE (Wymyk) by Greg Zglinski (2011, 88 min.)
9:oo p.m. ROSA (Roza) by Wojciech Smarzowski (2011, 90 min.)

Tickets at NoHo7 $11.00
Students: $8:00 
Seniors: $8.00

Weekday double feature: $18.00
Students: $13.00 
Seniors: $13.00

Discount Ticket Booklets:
5 different films: $40.00 
10 different films: $75.00 
15 different films: $100.00 

Group Tickets:
10 tickets for the same film: $85.00
15 tickets for the same film: $120.00

Buy tickets on-line: www.laemmle.com

Go Metro and Save $3 on Tickets

For Ticket Booklets and Group Tickets call: 818/982-8827 or write to info@polishfilmla.org

 

 California State University, Northridge

 The Armer Theater,

18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8317

 

CSUN Cinematheque 

Friday, October 12, 2012

(in person: Lech Majewski, Tim Halloran, Katherine Zoraster)

7:00 P.M.

THE MILL AND THE CROSS (Mlyn i krzyz) by Lech Majewski

Q&A and post-screening discussion - CSUN panel
moderator - John Schultheiss, Director of the CSUN Cinematheque




Polish Film Festival Los Angeles at the Village

The Village at Sherman Oaks
(Senior Living Community)

Albers Theatre
5450 Vesper Ave., Sherman Oaks, CA 91411 

Sunday, October 7 , 2012 
11:30 p.m. Documentary: 
ALFRED SCHREYER FROM DROHOBYCZ by Marcin Gizycki (2010, 45 min.)


 

Saturday, October 13, 2012 

11:30 p.m. Documnetary:
BLINKY & ME by Tomasz Magierski (2012, 75 min.)  


                                             Rainmaker Hall, Amity Foundation

3750 South Grand Ave 
Los Angeles, CA 90007

Free admission. Non-metered street parking available  

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

7:00 PM

KORCZAK by Andrzej Wajda  (1990, 113 min.)



 

The 13th Annual
Polish Film Festival
October 9 - 18. 2012
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