On the 30th of March we are pleased to host another screening of Polish Cinema for Beginners! This season PCfB is all about “Polish Cities” – during our cinematic journey we have already visited Łódź (“The Promised Land”) and Warsaw (“11 Minutes”), now it is time for Lublin, captured in “Carte Blanche” by Jacek Lusiński.

Kacper Bielik (Andrzej Chyra) is a history teacher in a high school in Lublin. He loves his job, gets on great with his students, only sometimes feels a little lonely. The new year brings him new opportunities: he becomes a class teacher, befriends Klara (Eliza Rycembel) a difficult student, starts a relationship with Ewa (Urszula Grabowska), also a teacher. Unexpectedly he starts losing his sight. Will he be able to hide this and live his life to the fullest? A film by Jacek Lusiński, based on a true story of a blind teacher, was awarded a Grand Prix at Shanghai International Film Festival. Andrzej Chyra’s role deserves a particular recognition and so does the humanistic message that this film carries, which makes us believe the world could be a better place.

Organised since 2012 is the first project of its kind in Poland that is aimed directly at the English speaking audience, who often had no opportunities before to discover Polish cinema masterworks and cult classics that define our pop culture. Polish Cinema for Beginners is fully held in English, allowing all the residents of Wrocław, regardless of their nationality, to find out more about Polish culture, traditions and history. In 2016 PCfB was recognised by the Polish Film Institute with an award for the best educational project in the country.

The screening of “Carte Blanche”  will take place on the 30th of March, at 19:00 in Nowe Horyzonty Cinema. Tickets can be purchased in the cinema’s box office and on www.kinonh.pl. For more information please go to www.polishcinema.com.pl and www.facebook.com/polishcinema. Polish Cinema for Beginners is brought to you by Wrocławska Fundacja Filmowa.

See you in the cinema!