21. August 2016

Krzysztof Kieslowski 75/20

FOREVER ALIVE
IN MEMORIAM
KRZYSZTOF KIEŚLOWSKI
(1941-1996)

THE FILM RETROSPECTIVE KRZYSZTOF KIEŚLOWSKI 75/20

Guard of Honour: Magdalena Sroka, Director of the Polish Film Institute/PISF in Warsaw

Fri., 30 September – Wed., 5 October
Urania Cinema (Uraniastraße 1, 1010 Wien)

Tickets for a special price of 7.50 Euro are available at Urania Kino, via telephone (+43 1 715 82 06) or on http://goo.gl/gzrhqI.

He died 20 years ago, on 13 March 1996, of a heart attack during a heart operation. On this year’s 27 June he would have celebrated his 75^th birthday. In remembrance of his great oeuvre he was chosen to be the patron of the year 2016 by the Polish Film Academy: Krzysztof Kieślowski, one of the best film directors of the 20^th century.

In collaboration with Cineplexx International, the Polish Institute in Vienna and the Polish Film Institute, the LET’S CEE Film Festival recollects the director’s greatest moments and presents the film retrospective Krzysztof Kieślowski 75/20. Eight of the film screenings will be followed by moderated discussions with legendary civil rights attorney and screenwriter Krzysztof Piesiewicz, who was alongside Kieślowski himself responsible for delivering the outlines for most of his feature films and, thus, made film history. Book author and screenwriter Stanisław Zawiśliński will be present for a Q&A after the documentary Still Alive. A Film about Krzysztof Kieślowski.

The film series will be opened with the documentary Still Alive. A film about Krzysztof Kieślowski (directed by Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz, 2005), not only featuring Kieślowski himself, but also his favourite actors Jerzy Stuhr, Grażyna Szapołowska and Juliette Binoche, film composer Zbigniew Preisner, camera operator Sławomir Idziak and many more companions, followed by the master piece The Double Life of Véronique (1991) – a metaphysical drama starring Irène Jacob in the lead role. Further obligatory dates for cineastes include the screenings of the two cinema versions of the legendary TV show Dekalog – A Short Film About Killing (1988) and A Short Film About Love (1988) – as well as the multiply awarded, internationally coproduced Three Colors trilogy (1993-1994) with Irène Jacob, Julie Delpy and Juliette Binoche in the cast. The retrospective, further introducing the features The Scar (1976), Camera Buff(1979), No End (1985) and Blind Chance (1987) in the programme, will be complemented by the documentary Krzysztof Kieślowski: I’m So-So… (directed by Krzysztof Wierzbicki, 1996), a fascinating talk with the famous director about his life and works.

All films will be shown for the first time in Austria as digitally restored original versions with English subtitles. Nine screenings will be followed by a Q&A.

Wed., 5 October 7.00 pm Camera Buff (Feature film | POL 1979 | K. Kieślowski | 117 min.) 9.15 pm The Scar (Feature film | POL 1976 | K. Kieślowski | 112 min.).

Further information: www.letsceefilmfestival.com, www.cineplexx.at and www.polnisches-institut.at.

The film retrospective Krzysztof Kieślowski 75/20is organized by the LET‘S CEE Film Festivals in collaboration with the Polish Institute Vienna and the Cineplexx International with the support of following main partners: PISF. Polish Film Institute, GLS Austria and Österreichischer Gewerbeverein. Main media partners: Okto. Community TV-GmbH, ray Filmmagazin, DOT. and film.at.

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LET'S CEE Film Festival

21. August 2016

Krzysztof Kieslowski 75/20