Polish Films in Latin America

July 1 marks the launch of a series of festivals promoting Polish films in Latin America. Premiere screenings of recent Polish films will be held in seven Latin American countries: Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Venezuela, and Brazil.

This celebration of Polish cinema will start with a film festival in Mexico, where 15 Polish films will be screened in three cities (Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Tijuana) between July 1 and July 15. This will mark the largest presentation of Polish cinema in Mexico’s history. The screenings of Polish films in Mexico’s capital will be held at the Mexican Film Archive – the country’s leading centre for film culture.

The festival lineup:

• Chopin. Pragnienie miłości (Chopin. Desire for Love), 2002, dir. Jerzy Antczak

• Żurek, 2003, dir. Ryszard Brylski

• Wesele (The Wedding), 2004, dir. Wojciech Smarzowski

• Komornik (The Collector), 2005, dir. Feliks Falk

• Plac Zbawiciela (Saviour’s Square), 2006, dir. Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze

• Jasminum, 2005, dir. Jan Jakub Kolski

• Ogród Luizy (Louise’s Garden), 2007, dir. Maciej Wojtyszko

• Wszystko będzie dobrze (All Will Be Well), 2007, dir. Tomasz Wiszniewski

• Katyń, 2007, dir. Andrzej Wajda

• Sztuczki (Tricks), 2007, dir. Andrzej Jakimowski

• Serce na dłoni (A Warm Heart), 2008, dir. Krzysztof Zanussi

• Mała Moskwa (Little Moscow), 2008, dir. Waldemar Krzystek

• Magiczne drzewo (The Magic Tree), 2009, dir. Andrzej Maleszka

• Wojna polsko-ruska (Snow White and Russian Red), 2009, dir. Xavery Żuławski

• Palimpsest, 2006, dir. Konrad Niewolski

The Polish film festival in Mexico is organized by the Polish Film Institute, the Polish Embassy in Mexico, Cineteca Nacional de México, and MAÑANA.

The next stop on the journey of promoting Polish film in Latin America will be Peru, where the Polish film festival will begin in August.

Further information is available by email: manana@manana.pl

Translated by Karolina Kołtun