The Documentaire sur Grand Ecran association presents: DOCPOLSKA
- from: 14.10.2008
- to: 04.11.2008
- In: Le Reflet Médicis
festival of Polish documentary cinema
agenda
Saint-Michel or Cluny-Sorbonne metro
Practical
Reflet Médicis cinema, 5 Rue Champollion 75005
Tel.: +33/0 1 43 54 42 34
Tuesday, October 14th at 8.30pm
Short philosophical tales
Two contemporary tales tackling serious questions of life and death from a light and humorous perspective. Attended by the director(s) (to be confirmed)
- If It Happens, by Marcel Lozinski
Poland, 2007, Beta SP, original version sub-titled in French, 39mins
Tomek, Marcel Lozinski's grown-up son, visits the park in Warsaw where as a child, he had questioned elderly people, with the confidence and curiosity of a six-year-old, about the meaning of life.
- User friendly death, by Marcin Koszalka
Poland, 2007, Beta SP, original version sub-titled in French, 61mins
A Polish small business owner manages to establish a crematorium with great success by taking advantage of the rise of the services society. A documentary reminiscent of the American series Six Feet Under, in the style of Central and Eastern European countries.
Tuesday, October 21st at 8.30pm
Other people's stories
How can we refresh our view of others? An unusual approach which subverts the established symbols of folk heritage. Attended by the directors
- Gugara, by Jacek Naglowski and Andrzej Dybczak
Poland, 2007, 35mm, original version sub-titled in French, 70mins
"Réalités de l'immatériel" prize, Cinéma du Réel 2008, Paris, France
In eastern Russia, an ordinary Evenk family sees its culture turned into a TV show or spectacle for tourists.
Tuesday, October 28th at 8.30pm
To the East again?
What is happening in the former Soviet republics? Two films examining how the power of Moscow affects young people dreaming of freedom.
- The First Day, by Marcin Sauter
Poland, 2007, produced by : TVP Kultura and Eureka Media, Beta SP, original version sub-titled in French, 26 mins
Best short documentary prize, DocLisboa 2007, Lisbon, Portugal.
The children of the tundra live in tents, surrounded by still untamed nature. But this is what happens on the fateful day that they must leave…
- A Lesson of Bielorussian, by Miroslaw Dembinski
Poland, 2006, Beta SP, original version sub-titled in French, 51 mins
The account of an aborted revolution in Belarus, constructed from testimony from a young man born in 1988 whose father is in prison … for having taught Belarusian.
Tuesday, November 4th at 8.30pm
Funny Poland
When Poland shows a Burlesque and profound side: two reality comedies from film-makers in the"Paladino Team" youth collective, former students of the Andrzej Wajda school. Attended by the directors
- At the Datcha, by Thierry Paladino
Poland, 2006, Beta SP, original version sub-titled in French, 26 mins
Portrait of an unusual family the head of which is a deaf-mute handyman reminiscent of the greatest figures of Burlesque cinema.
- On the Sky on Earth, by Maciej Cuske
Poland, 2007, Beta SP, original version sub-titled in French, 63 mins
An enthusiastic group arrives in a small Polish village, intent on finding signs left by UFOs.
- Updated: 12.11.2008
