During Lithuania’s biggest international film festival Kino pavasaris, which is currently taking place in Vilnius and Kaunas, Lithuanians will have an opportunity to see as many as 23 Polish films.
“This year, we have decided to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Polish Round Table Talks, which heralded the beginning of the fall of communism in the entire region. To mark this occasion, we will organise a retrospective of films focusing on Solidarity,” said Santa Lingevičiūtė, artistic director of the Kino pavasaris International Film Festival.
The retrospective will include films by Polish masters of cinema, such as Andrzej Wajda (Man of Iron), Krzysztof Kieslowski (No End) or Krzysztof Krauze (Street Games). “While preparing the programme, we thought about both Poles and Lithuanians – about their common aspirations for liberty and independence. Liberty and solidarity are values that unite people and nations. It’s very important in today’s Europe,” stressed Małgorzata Kasner, director of the Polish Institute in Vilnius.
Spectators will also have an opportunity to see three latest Polish films taking part in the competition section: Ida by Pawel Pawlikowski, Life Feels Good by Maciej Pieprzyca and The Girl from the Wardrobe by Bodo Kox. The main programme will include Venus in Fur by Roman Polanski, who enjoys great popularity in Lithuania, and the documentary on Agnieszka Holland directed by Krystyna Krauze and the famous cameraman and Holland’s longstanding collaborator Jacek Petrycki. Polish productions are also taking part in the short films competition.
The Kino pavasaris festival will last until 3rd April.
Source: Press Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland
Photo © Bodo Kox. The Girl from the Wardrobe.