Schedule:

May 10, 2024

5:30 PM - Doppelgänger

Short: As it was

Feature: Doppelgänger. The Double (Doppelgänger. Sobowtór) Director: Jan Holoubek. Starring: Jakub Gierszal, Tomasz Schuchardt, Emily Kusche. “Doppelgänger” is a psychological drama with elements of a thriller and a spy movie. It is inspired by the true story of James Bond during the Polish People’s Republic (PRL) era. In the film, the protagonist assumes a false identity, pretending to be the son of a German woman. Through these fabricated family relationships, he achieves success in his espionage career. The story delves into how the world of high politics impacts the lives of ordinary people. Set against the historical backdrop of the late 1970s and 1980s. Short: As It Was (Jak To By?o) 15 min. Director: Anastasiia Solonevych, Damian Kocur. Plot: Lera has been living in Berlin for almost a year since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. One day, she decides to go back to Kyiv. She meets her friend Kyrylo, with whom she spends the day.

8:45 PM - Little Rose 2

Short: Count My Love

May 11, 2024

3:00 PM - If I Were You

Short: Beautiful Wildflower Meadow

We would all, it seems, like to know what life is really like for the opposite sex. Kasia and Krzysiek, a young, quite normal married couple, get a chance to do just that. But are they truly ready? Krzysiek works hard at a corporate job, while neglecting his family. Kasia toils away at a kindergarten, taking care of their son and home, at the same time neglecting herself. They drift apart, until fate gives them an unusual opportunity. IF I WERE YOU is a bold comedy about a husband and wife who discover they’ve switched bodies and end up learning a lot of good and bad things about one other. A comedy for everyone, teaching us how the most important thing in any relationship is communication – and also how everyone, like it or not, has some kind of role to play in life.

5:30 PM - Scarborn

Short: Do Raju

Scarborn is a saber-rattling, thrilling, modern, action-packed, and universal emotional story about people who overcome prejudice and differences in the name of freedom and equality.

Spring of 1794, Poland is in turmoil. General Tadeusz “Kos” Ko?ciuszko (Jacek Braciak) returns to Poland and plans to start an uprising against the Russians by mobilizing the Polish nobility and peasants. He is accompanied by his faithful friend and former slave, Domingo (Jason Mitchell). Ko?ciuszko is followed by a ruthless Russian captain, Dunin (Robert Wi?ckiewicz), who wants to capture the general at any cost before he triggers a national rebellion. Meanwhile, a young peasant, Ignac (Bartosz Bielenia), a noble *******, dreams of receiving his coat of arms and property from his illegitimate parent, Duchnowski (Andrzej Seweryn), who includes him in his will just before his death. When his father dies, the boy has to flee from his half-brother Stanis?aw (Piotr Pacek), who wants to prevent the execution of his father’s will. Ignac steals the will and has just two days to appear in court to prove his title of nobility. In his escape, Ignac meets Domingo. The men have a strong bond of understanding, even though they do not speak each other’s languages. They end up at the manor house of the Colonel’s Wife (Agnieszka Grochowska), where Ko?ciuszko hides while waiting for negotiations with the magnates. Kos is distrustful of Ignac and keeps him under arrest. Still, at the decisive moment, the fate of the uprising will lie in the hands of the inconspicuous noble *******. When the moment of trial arrives, Ignac must choose whether to follow his dream of nobility or join “Kos” Ko?ciuszko and fight for the highest stakes with him.

8:45 PM - Woman of  (Kobieta Z) 2023 Drama

Short: The Dress

Premiering at the Venice Film Festival this Polish film breaks new ground and confronts perhaps the most controversial social subject of our time.  Staring Malgorzata Krzysztofik-Hajewska and Joanna Kulig (Cold War), Woman of… is a sensitive and intelligent story of gender identity in a cruel world that cannot accept it and the personal love that ultimately does.  Another remarkable first for Polish cinema.

Set against the landscape of the Polish transformation from communism to capitalism, Woman Of spans 45 years of the life of Aniela Wesoly and her journey to find personal liberty as a trans woman.

May 12, 2024

12:30 PM - Ultima Thule

Short: Mandala

Winner of the Best Film (Small Budget) at the Gdyna Film Festival the film stars Jakub Gierszal (Doppelgänger), as a young man who journeys to an  island that is forbiddingly cruel. However, the exquisite cinematography reveals a different world, a hidden layer of beauty swirling all about him, in which he may finally fit and find peace.

Bartek, a 30-year-old, unexpectedly loses his father. Tormented by remorse, he decides to leave his life behind and embarks on a long and lonely journey to the most secluded British isle.

3:00 PM - The Inlaws 2

Short: Mother Comes Back

Will there be a wedding this time? Weronika and Lukasz - the would-be young couple from the first part decides to give each other a second chance and invites the family to a wedding and a wedding reception in a seaside town. Among the guests there are well-known heroes: Wanda and Tadeusz with their dog Mirelka, as well as divorced Malgorzata accompanied by ... a dozen years younger Jan and her mother. The sea, drinks, undressed sunbathers - all this makes the members of the bride and groom's family open up more and more and throw off their masks.

5:30 PM - The Feast of Fire

Short: My Old Gals

The sisters, the protagonists of "The Feast of Fire," struggle with their own bodies. One, pushed byambition seeks the limits of its possibilities, for the other the body is a prison. One believes that ballet will save her from her memories. The other watches the world from her balcony with such attention that she sees and hears more. Their father flees to the only place where he feels he is trul yalive. The film is a screen adaptation of a novel by Jakub Ma?ecki.

8:30 PM - Jury Awards

Audience Awards

Date: May 10 - 12, 2024

Location:

Landmark's E Street Cinema -

555 11th St NW

Washington, DC 20004

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