Sharing with you my love to Wroclaw and its environs - a very exceptional place on this planet - a melting pot of many cultures famous for its openness and friendliness.
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Mysterious energy sources, a special mission to solve a secret, suspense, unexpected turns of the plot, pursuit, quick action and all these set in beautiful and one of a kind city of Wrocław:-) Enjoy!
P.S. Unfortunately you can't see it in cinemas. This is a promo film that won the 2nd prize in the Wroclaw contest called 'Kręć Wrocław' (Make Wrocław (a film). I absolutely adore the film!!!!!
P.S.no.2 I can't help sharing with you another great short film about Wrocław:-). Enjoy!
Lower Silesia
(a region of Poland), autumn 1981. After a series of provocations by the Secret
Service, a confrontation of the opposition with the communists seems unavoidable.
Just before introducing the martial law, on 3 December 1981, the young leaders
of Solidarity decide to play va banque and organise a daring, yet totally legal
action of withdrawing 80 milion PLN (the equivalent of an average salary of
10.000 people in those days) that belong to the Solidarity trade union from the
bank before their bank account is blocked. The agents of the Secret Service dog
their footsteps. An extremely exciting and dangerous game starts. Each side has got equal chances to win….
I saw the
film three days ago. It was an amazing and very moving experience. The film was
about my hometown and about the people whose names I have been hearing since I was a kid and was lucky enough to
shake hands with (well, with one of them:-). The film was about four brave 25-years-old
men who risked their life in the name of free motherland. After introducing the
martial law very hard times came, loads of people were arrested, persecuted and
made redundant and the money was used for helping them and their families get
by. It was also used for organizing Solidarity Radio and underground press.
photo Jarosław Sosiński / dystr. Kino Świat
Polish
nation owes these young heroes so much, but it hasn’t been always that they
were treated with due respect. I’m very happy that the film restores the legend
and ethos of Solidarity movement, their
ideals, values and amazingly strong friendship. “80 million” is made in such
an excellent way that it also touches the hearts and minds of the young
generation for whom the history from 30 years ago seems a very ancient and
boring past. But if it hadn’t been for these amazing brave guys, who knows, what
would Poland look like now….
photo Jarosław Sosiński / dystr. Kino Świat
Unfortunately
one of the brave men – Piotr Bednarz - didn’t live to see the film. He was a
very humble, selfless and extremely righteous man, who paid a lot for being
loyal to his ideals and people who had chosen him for their leader. Being imprisoned
for a long time, they tortured him very badly trying to find out where the
money was. In free Poland he stayed in
the background and never got involved in political fights. This year a plaque
in his memory was put up in the factory building where he had worked for years
and which was an active political opposition centre.
photo Mieczysław Michalak/Agencja Gazeta
I do hope it will be possible soon to see this film also in other language versions.
Last Thursday I had a wonderful opportunity to see the premiere of the Brave Kids clip made during their last artistic workshops at the Brave Festival in Wroclaw in summer. Though the film lasted only six minutes it aroused big emotions (we watched it three times altogether;-).These kids come from different corners of the world affected by wars, poverty, homelessness and natural disasters. Here they have a chance to forget about their problems sharing their artistic talents and cultures, which are usually so much different from their peers' ones. It's such an excellent project!!! The kids learn how to be tolerant and open towards each other without losing their own identity, they build love and peace in the world and have a lot of fun while doing so! Thank you the organisers of the Brave Festival and Brave Kids for doing such good work!!!! All about Brave Kids
Unfortunately the clip is not available online yet, but here is an amazing film from the 2010 workshops. Enjoy!
I can't wait for the next edition of the Brave next summer. Hopefully we will be able to host some of the kids:-)
WASTE LAND leaves you speechless. ‘An uplifting feature documentary highlighting the transformative power of art and the beauty of the human spirit. Top-selling contemporary artist Vik Muniz takes us on an emotional journey from Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest landfill on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, to the heights of international art stardom. Vik collaborates with the brilliant catadores, pickers of recyclable materials, true Shakespearean characters who live and work in the garbage quoting Machiavelli and showing us how to recycle ourselves’ (after IMDb). HIGHLY RECOMMENDABLE!!!!
PS. The film 'Wasteland' left a huge impact on me. I just couldn't stop thinking about it, all the people that appeared there and about life in general. It's one of the best films I have ever seen! it won the audience prize at the World Film Festival 'Trzy Żywioły' in Wroclaw.
Wroclaw loves travelling! Today we moved to South America, Asia and Australia:-) All that in five hours! The World Film Festival is going on. ‘180°South’ is a fascinating story about living in harmony with nature, passion and dreams and about saving our planet and the last wild place in the world – Patagonia. A very beautiful and inspiring film:-)
World Film Festival organised by Travellers’ Club Trzy Zywioły has started today. I can’t wait to see some of the films tomorrow and on Sunday. It was very difficult to choose which to see, because every single one is worth watching. A Polish family leaving Poland for travelling and deciding to leave ‘outside the system’, the Long Walk 70 years later – an unbelievable escape from a Soviet work camp in Siberia in 1941 and the refugees’ long walk down to India across Gobi desert, the fascinating life and work of Jane Goodall in Africa or an Oscar-nominated story about people from world’s biggest wasteland in Rio de Janeiro – these are just a few of the films that are awaiting festival audience (and me). The festival is taking place in Lwow cinema, Hallera street. Hope to see you there!
A short film about dreams, which brought tears to my eyes. If one dream of yours could come true before the sunset what would it be? P.S. Of course the film takes place in Wroclaw:-) I'm sorry it's in Polish only, but you can sense the atmosphere....
