FILM

The Angelika Film Center and Forum Polonia present the 12th Annual Polish Film Festival, an annual event promoting Polish cinematography and culture. October 29 through November 8.  Sponsored by the Polish Film Institute, and the Association of Polish Film Makers.

The festival opens this year with Michal Kwiecinski's historical saga Jutro idziemy do kina (Tomorrow We're Going to the Movies), with its trio of happy-go-lucky 1938 school chums ready to conquer the world. Unfortunately, when their unlimited brave new world suddenly includes invading Nazis, the outlook goes very bleak indeed. From there, it's on to the grand passion of Pora umierac (Time to Die) starring the great 90-year-old Polish actress Danuta Szaflarska; the playful, small-town comedy U Pana Boga za miedza (God's Little Village); and the surreal short about a fight club for goldfish called Szklana pulapka (Glass Trap).

Schedule of Films:

Thursday, October 29, 2009
7:00PM “We are Going to the Movies Tomorrow” director Michal Kwiecinski (2007) (85 min.) (“Glass Trap” short film 15 min)

Friday, October 30, 2009
7:00PM “A Time to Die” director Dorota Kedzierska (2007) (104 min.)
9:15PM “Scratch” director Michal Rosa (2008) (84 min.)
(“The Loneliness of a Short-Order Cook” short film 24 min)

Saturday, October 31, 2009 Halloween Costume Party
7:00PM “Never Say Never” director: Wojtek Pacyna (2009) (102 min)
9:15PM “God’s Little Village” director Jacek Bromski (2009) (110 min.) Actress Agnieszka Kotlarska in appearance

Sunday, November 01, 2009
6:00PM “Preserve” director Lukasz Palkowski (2007) (100 min.)
(“The Wanted Woman” short film 16 min)

Saturday, Novenber 7, 2009
7:00PM “Drowsiness” director Magdalena Piskorz, (2008) (105 min.)
(“The People’s Republic of Poland” short film 15 min)
9:30PM “How Much the Trojan Horse Weights” director Juliusz Machulski (2008) (118 min.)

Sunday, November 8, 2009
6:00PM “Little Moscow” director Waldemar Krzystek, in appearance (2008) (119 min.)

Short Films:
“The Glass Trap” director Pawel Ferdek (2008) 15 min
“The Loneliness of a Short-Order Cook” director Marcel Sawicki (2008) 24 min
“The Wanted Woman” director Michal Marczak 16 min.
“The People’s Republic of Poland de Luxe” director Edyta Wroblewska, 2008 15 min

For more information, call 713-225-1470 or visit www.forum-polonia-houston.com or http://angelikablog.com/index.php/2009/10/16/the-12th-annual-polish-film-festval-houston/.