On the 10th of December we would like to invite you to Nowe Horyzonty Cinema for another screening of Polish Cinema for Beginners. This time, celebrating the Holiday season, the English speaking audience will have a chance to watch one of the most absurde winter story of the Polish People’s Republic period – “Teddy Bear” by Stanisław Bareja.
The chairman of a sport club “Tęcza”, Ryszard Ochódzki (the Teddy Bear), has to travel to London in order to withdraw money out of his bank account. At the airport however, he is stopped by an officer as his passport is missing a few pages. The main suspect behind that is his ex-wife, who wants to delay his travel and take the money for herself. Ochódzki must come up with a cunning plan in order to arrive to London before her – whoever gets to London first keeps the money.
This grotesque depiction of Polish People’s Republic system and every-day-reality created by Stanisław Bareja is a must see at Christmas time in every Polish household.
Film trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
The special guest of the screening will be Monika Talarczyk-Gubała- PhD., an assistant professor at the Institute of Polish and Cultural Studies, University of Szczecin. Researcher of women’s cinema in Poland and Middle-Eastern Europe. Author of books about Polish female film directors, such as Wanda Jakubowska and Barbara Sass. For her book “Biały Mazur. Women’s cinema in Polish cinematography” (Poznań 2013) she received the Polish Film Institute Award in 2014. Lecturer in Polish Film Academy and New Horizons of Film Education. Feminist, art and women’s cinema enthusiast. As always the meeting will be moderated by Adam Kruk.
The screening of “Teddy Bear” will take place on the 10th of December in Nowe Horyzonty Cinema, at 19:00. Tickets can be purchased in the box office before the screening or on www.kinonh.pl. For more information please go towww.polishcinema.com.pl and facebook.com/polishcinema. Polish Cinema for Beginners is brought to you by Wrocławska Fundacja Filmowa. The project is part of the European Capital of Culture 2016 programme.
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See you in the cinema!