Poland in Ireland

Kinopolis, a four-day celebration of new Polish cinema, returned this year after a forced hiatus due to Covid-19 restrictions. The festival found the industry in a state of rude health, despite the obstacles recently faced, and featured some of its most distinctive voices, from Kamil Krawczycki’s sensitive debut to the idiosyncratic Agnieszka Smoczyńska, to elder statesmen Wojtek Smarzowski and Jerzy Skolimowski, both still making fierce work reflective of its time.

Over the 4 festival days, we presented 8 films.

The festival was opened with the award-winning  THE SILENT TWINS  dir. by Agnieszka Smoczyńska.

The audience had a chance to see the following movies: 

-              ELEPHANT (Kamil Krawczycki)

-              FUCKING BORNHOLM (Anna Kazejak) 

-              ON THE SILVER GLOBE (Andrzej Żuławski) 

-              THE WEDDING DAY (Wojtek Smarzowski)

-              ESCAPE TO THE SILVER GLOBE (Kuba Mikurda) 

-              YOUNG EAGLES (Krzysztof Łukaszewicz) 

Kinopolis was concluded with the award-winning EO  directed by Jerzy Skolimowski. 

 

Kinopolis was organised by the Irish Film Institute in Dublin in partnership with the Embassy of Poland in Dublin and Tracey Solicitors.