Play Poland Film Festival – the biggest celebration of Polish cinema abroad – starts next month, 9th October. This year the event extends out of Great Britain and will be held in Canada, United States of America and Norway, being a real treat for cinema lovers.
Play Poland Film Festival is held under the Link to Poland’s media patronage.
Baltic Song Contest winner Stashka’s debut album “I want to love” is a heart-warming story of making dreams come true.
Chinese readers will be able to read Bacacay, Cosmos, Trans-Atlantyk, Possessed and Pornografia in their native language. The publication of Witold Gombrowicz’s five works in China was supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Poland and the Polish Institute in Beijing.
On 12th September 2014 the premiere of the “Aftersounds” piece by Marcin Stańczyk will open a new artistic season at the Pompidou Centre in Paris.
Exactly 70 years ago, nine Flemish cities were liberated by the 1st Polish Armoured Division commanded by General Stanisław Maczek. On this occasion, the Polish Embassy and the Polish Institute in Brussels in cooperation with the Flemish cities organised Polish Days in Flanders in September.
Unique photographs from the archives of the European Solidarity Centre in Gdansk will be available from 28 August on the online Google Cultural Institute, a platform designed for displaying art on the internet. The virtual exhibition has been prepared by the Polish Institute in Berlin. This has been the first exhibition of such kind that has been born out of an initiative by a Polish foreign post.
In 2014, music aficionados all over the world celebrate the 100th anniversary of Andrzej Panufnik’s birthday – a Polish emigrant and one of the most acclaimed composers. The Emigration Museum in Gdynia joins this celebration by organizing a unique meeting with this “20th century classic’s ” heritage. Thanks to a symphonic concert conducted by maestro Jerzy Maksymiuk, a chamber music concerto, various film screenings, lectures, and workshops for people of all ages, on 6-7th of September, Gdynia will resonate with music of the highest quality. It is time for “The Return of Panufnik”!
August 29th, 30th and September 1st, 2014 / Copernicus Center, Chicago
September 5th, 2014 at 8.30 / Warsaw Club, New York
One of the most magical light festivals in Europe – Bella Skyway Festival – will be held in Torun, between 26-30th August 2014. For those several days Toruń will be transformed by the means of light into a huge experimental laboratory. Installations presented during the festival will become time machines taking visitors into a breathtaking journey in the space-time.
