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The Erlprince and A Heart Of Love
13 Summers Underwater (13 veranos bajo el agua)
(Country: UK, Brazil, Poland; Year: 2017; Director: Wiktoria Szymanska; Writer: Wiktoria Szymanska)
World premiere
Film poem about death's relationship to the living.
Afterimage (Powidoki)
(Country: Poland; Year: 2016; Director: Andrzej Wajda; Writer: Andrzej Wajda, Andrzej Mularczyk; Stars: Boguslaw Linda, Aleksandra Justa, Bronislawa Zamachowska, Zofia Wichlacz, Krzysztof Pieczynski, Mariusz Bonaszewski, Szymon Bobrowski, Aleksander Fabisiak, Paulina Galazka, Irena Melcer, Tomasz Chodorowski, Filip Gurlacz, Mateusz Rusin, Mateusz Rzezniczak, Tomasz Wlosok)
Scottish premiere
The story of avant-garde painter Władysław Strzemiński.
Amok
(Country: Poland; Year: 2017; Director: Kasia Adamik; Writer: Richard Karpala; Stars: Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Lukasz Simlat, Zofia Wichlacz, Zbigniew Stryj, Miroslaw Haniszewski, Jan Peszek, Piotr Lukaszczyk, Karol Bernacki, Michal Meyer, Magdalena Kuta, Bogdan Koca, Michal Puchacz, Kosma Press, Jakub Wons, Pawel Tomaszewski)
International premiere
A police inspector suspects he has found evidence about a cold case in a newly published book.
Animals (Tiere)
(Country: Switzerland, Austria, Poland; Year: 2017; Director: Greg Zglinski; Writer: Jörg Kalt, Greg Zglinski; Stars: Birgit Minichmayr, Philipp Hochmair, Mona Petri, Mehdi Nebbou, Michael Ostrowski)
Reality starts to shift after a couple take a break to try to rebuild their marriage.
UK premiere
Aria Diva
(Country: Poland; Year: 2007; Director: Agnieszka Smoczynska; Writer: Robert Bolesto, Agnieszka Smoczynska, Olga Tokarczuk; Stars: Katarzyna Figura, Gabriela Muskala, Slawomir Grzymkowski, Alan Kozlowski, Olivier Kozlowski, Zdzislaw Wardejn, Izabella Klosinska, Ewelina Starejki, Sebastian Lach, Paul Ofciete)
Showing in short programme: Polish Shorts: 15 Years of Wajda School
The arrival of a neighbour sees a housewife's life change.
Animals and Satan Said Dance
Close Ties (Wiezi)
(Country: Poland; Year: 2016; Director: Zofia Kowalewska; Writer: Zofia Kowalewska)
Showing in short programme: Polish Shorts: Perspectives
An elderly couple grumble constantly. But why?
Debut
(Country: Poland; Year: 2016; Director: Katarzyna Kijek; Writer: Przemyslaw Adamski, Katarzyna Kijek; Stars: Ivo Krankowski)
Showing in short programme: Polish Shorts: Perspectives
A man finds himself in the middle of the screenplay he is trying to write.
The Erlprince (Królewicz Olch)
(Country: Poland; Year: 2016; Director: Kuba Czekaj; Writer: Kuba Czekaj; Stars: Staszek Cywka, Agnieszka Podsiadlik, Sebastian Lach, Bernhard Schütz, Boguslawa Jantos, Emilia Stachurska, James Fordham, Anna Podolak, Artur Kazmiruk)
The boundaries between reality, desire and appearance blur for a boy coming of age.
Scottish premiere
Evil Deeds (Zte uczynki)
(Year: 2016; Director: Piotr Domalewski)
Showing in short programme: Polish Shorts: Perspectives
Coming of age.
Foreign Body
(Country: Poland; Year: 2016; Director: Marta Magnuska)
Showing in short programme: Polish Shorts: Perspectives
Short film.
A Heart Of Love (Serce milosci)
(Country: Poland; Year: 2017; Director: Lukasz Ronduda; Writer: Robert Bolesto; Stars: Justyna Wasilewska, Jacek Poniedzialek, Magdalena Cielecka, Szymon Czacki, Rafal Domagala, Yevgeniy Glazkov, Piotr Jeziorowski, Abu Kamal, Patrick Komorowski, Piotr Lukaszczyk, Sebastian Perdek, Sylwester Piechura, Patryk Pniewski, Eduardo Rozhko, Kamil Studnicki)
The intimate relationship between two Warsaw artists.
UK premiere
Joanna
(Country: Poland; Year: 2013; Director: Aneta Kopacz; Writer: Aneta Kopacz, Aneta Kopacz, Tomasz Sredniawa)
Showing in short programme: Polish Shorts: 15 Years of Wajda School
A story of thoughtfulness in death, life and love.
Satan Said Dance (Szatan kazal tanczyc)
(Country: Netherlands, Poland; Year: 2017; Director: Katarzyna Roslaniec; Writer: Katarzyna Roslaniec; Stars: Tygo Gernandt, Marta Nieradkiewicz, Bartosz Gelner, Danuta Stenka, Izabela Kuna, Lukasz Simlat, Magdalena Berus, Tomasz Tyndyk, Moe Abbas, Jacek Poniedzialek, Lieke Scholman, Hanna Koczewska, John Porter)
After the success of a novel, a woman's life starts to fall apart.
UK premiere
The Sun, The Sun Blinded Me (Slonce, to slonce mnie oslepilo)
(Country: Poland, Switzerland; Year: 2016; Director: Anna Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal; Writer: Anna Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal; Stars: Rafal Mackowiak, Edet Bassey, Malgorzata Zawadzka, Pawel Binkowski, Juliusz Chrzastowski, Joanna Drozda, Patrycja Durska, Piotr Grabowski, Zbigniew Konopka, Pawel Kumiega, Szymon Kusmider, Jerzy Lapinski, Michal Majnicz, Piotr Polak)
UK premiere
Camus reimagined in northern Poland.
Telefono
(Country: Poland; Year: 2004; Director: Marcin Wrona; Writer: Marcin Wrona; Stars: Jordi González Castelló, Ewa Kasprzyk, Marcin Kwasny)
Showing in short programme: Polish Shorts: 15 Years of Wajda School
Patty Diphusa is an erotic film star created by Pedro Almodovar. One day, following a script, she comes to Poland. She waits for the man of her dreams, but he doesn't come. She calls Almodovar on the phone...
Urban Cowboys (Miejscy Kowboje)
(Country: Poland, Ireland; Year: 2016; Director: Pawel Ziemilski; Writer: Pawel Ziemilski)
Showing in short programme: Polish Shorts: Perspectives
Short film.
Volhynia (Wolyn, Hatred)
(Country: Poland; Year: 2016; Director: Wojciech Smarzowski; Writer: Wojciech Smarzowski; Stars: Michalina Labacz, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Wasyl Wasylik, Adrian Zaremba, Izabela Kuna, Jacek Braciak, Maria Sobocinska, Oleksandr Zbarazkyi, Volodymyr Protsiuk, Oleksandr Chesherov, Lech Dyblik, Roman Skorovskiy, Zacharjasz Muszynski, Michal Gadomski, Gabriela Muskala)
Scottish premiere
A farm girl is forced into marrying a wealthy widower, as the Second World War begins, she tries to survive.
You Have No Idea How Much I Love You
(Country: Poland; Year: 2016; Director: Pawel Lozinski; Writer: Pawel Lozinski; Stars: Ewa Szymczyk, Hanna Maciag, Bogdan de Barbaro)
Scottish premiere
A mum and daughter take part in family therapy
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