Flaunt-a-Friend Friday!
Today is the first installment of 'Flaunt-a-Friend Friday'. I am happy to promote my friend Mark Hall's brainchild the first annual Austin Polish Film Festival. Without a doubt Mark would be the first one to tell you that there is a whole host of people who have helped make this happen. The links to some of the key organizations are noted below.
The film festival is a volunteer-driven event and will be held the evenings of October 5, 12, 19, and 26th of this year. The theme of the festival is "50 Years of Polish Film from the Lodz School." We have selected films from well-known graduates of the National Film School of Poland (the "Lodz School") including narrative works by Wajda and Kieslowski (including some of their earliest works that have never been shown in America before). There will also be a screening of films from recent graduates and students at the UT School of Communications. Several graduates of the Lodz school who are now successful directors have been invited to attend and speak about their works. An exhibition of historic Polish film posters and a VIP reception is planned for pass holders and invited dignitaries from the film community in Poland and Austin.
The film festival is part of a larger goal: to cement a long-term business and cultural relationship in film and other areas between the cities of Austin and Lodz, Poland (Poland's second largest city, where the National Film School is located) - Austin and Lodz are currently working on a sister city relationship.
Fundraising Goal
Net proceeds from the Film Festival will establish educational scholarships in film for students from both Poland and the USA. Polish students will study at the University of Texas' Film School and work on commercial film projects through the UT Film Institute's Burnt Orange Productions. US film students will be able to study at the Film School in Lodz and gain 35mm cinematography experience please see the press kit in the pdf format
APS
The Austin Polish Society is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose purpose is to establish a society open to the general public with two primary objectives: to encourage, and further knowledge of Polish culture, traditions, history, language, arts, current affairs, and local events through cultural activities, classes, seminars, and educational exchanges and to foster friendly relations between the American and Polish people. The Austin Polish Society www.austinpolishsociety.org sponsors a number of events, including a monthly Polish film night that has broadened interest and understanding in Polish arts and culture.
"PWSFTViT"
The National Film School of Poland in Lodz, known by its Polish acronym PWSFTViT, is Poland's academic center for the education of film directors, cinematographers and actors. The Lodz school serves as the training ground for Polish filmmakers and a pivotal cultural center for the entire nation. At the end of the Second World War, Lodz remained the only large Polish town besides Krakow not destroyed by the war. The creation of the National Film School established Lodz as a cultural center, a position previously held exclusively by Warsaw and Krakow. Early students of the School include the directors Andrzej Munk, Andrzej Wajda, Kazimiersz Karabasz, and Janusz Morgenstern. The internationally renowned director Krzysztof Kieslowski (Three Colors trilogy and Decalogue) was among the many talented students who attended the School in the 1960s.
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