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Sala Samobójców
''Suicide Room'' ( pl, Sala Samobójców) is a 2011 Polish drama thriller film written and directed by Jan Komasa, and starring Jakub Gierszał as a popular high school student whose life quickly deteriorates into ostracisation and depression. The film premiered on 12 February 2011 at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival and received a wide release on 4 March 2011. It garnered positive reviews, and went on to several awards, including best actor ( Jakub Gierszał), best actress ( Roma Gąsiorowska), best screenplay ( Jan Komasa) and best film. Plot Dominik Santorski is a popular but spoiled teenager, whose success-driven parents are out of touch with his life. At school, Dominik and his friends stumble upon a self-harm video while using his computer. Later, Dominik watches the rest of the video and leaves a comment for the poster. While drinking at an after-prom party, a girl admits to lesbian experimentation. A classmate, Aleksander, dares the girl to kiss her fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Komasa
Jan Tadeusz Komasa (born October 28, 1981) is a Polish film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for directing '' Suicide Room'' (2011), '' Warsaw 44'' (2014), and ''Corpus Christi'' (2019), which was nominated for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards. His previous works premiered and won awards at Tribeca Film Festival, Berlin Film Festival, Cannes, and Venice. Early life Komasa was born in Poznań, in western Poland. His father, Wiesław Komasa, is a theater actor and professor at National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw. His mother, Gina Komasa, is a singer, music producer, and music supervisor. She was a Director of Entertainment Department at Polish Television (TVP) and a director of the Sopot International Song Festival and the National Festival of Polish Song in Opole. His brother, Szymon Komasa, is a bass-baritone singer, graduate of Jiulliard School in New York and Guildhall School of Music in London. He has two sisters: Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomasz Schuchardt
Tomasz Schuchardt (born 18 September 1986) is a Polish actor. He has appeared in more than twenty films since 2007. Selected filmography References External links * 1986 births Living people Polish male film actors Polish film actors Polish male stage actors {{Poland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Talent
Billy Talent is a Canadian Rock music, rock band from Mississauga, Ontario. They formed in 1993 with lead vocalist Benjamin Kowalewicz, guitarist Ian D'Sa, bassist Jonathan Gallant, and drummer Aaron Solowoniuk. There have been no lineup changes, although Solowoniuk is currently taking a hiatus from the band due to a relapse of multiple sclerosis, and Loel Campbell is currently filling in for him. In the 28 years since their inception, Billy Talent has sold well over a million physical albums in Canada alone and nearly 3 million albums internationally. Between 1995 and 2016, Billy Talent were the 27th-best-selling Canadian artist in Canada and among the top 10 best-selling Canadian bands in Canada. The band existed for almost a decade before mainstream success. The members met and played in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Secondary School under the name Pezz and remained underground in Toronto's indie music scene until 2001. The band renamed itself Billy Talent after running into legal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacaszek
Michał Jacaszek (born 1972) is a Polish electroacoustic musician, often credited on albums simply as Jacaszek. Discography ;Studio albums * (2004) ''Lo Fi Stories'' * (2005) ''Lem Konzept'' * (2005) ''Sequel'' * (2006) ''Kompleta'' * (2008) ''Treny'' ( Miasmah) * (2009) ''Pentral'' * (2011) ''Glimmer'' * (2013) ''Pieśni'' * (2014) ''Catalogue des Arbres'' (Touch) * (2017) ''KWIATY'' * (2020) ''Music for Film'' * (2020) ''Gardenia'' * (2022) ''It Deel I'' Selected works As composer Feature films * '' Golgota wroclawska'' by Jan Komasa (2008) * ''Suicide Room'' by Jan Komasa (Iceland, 2011) Short films * ''Mami Fatale: On Tastier Tides'' by Marcin Wasilewski (Poland, 2012) * ''Lost Senses'' by Marcin Wasilewski (Poland, 2014) * ''Fugue for Cello, Trumpet and Landscape'' by Jerzy Kucia (Poland, 2014) * ''The Showing'' by Jonathan Lang (2014) * ''The Followers'' by Bill Kirstein (2014) Documentaries * ''Walking Under Water'' by Eliza Kubarska (Poland, 2014) * ''The Bad Kids' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stereo Total
Stereo Total was a Berlin-based multilingual, French-German duo which comprised Françoise Cactus (born Françoise Van Hove and formerly co-leader of the West Berlin band Les Lolitas) and Brezel ('pretzel') Göring (aka Friedrich von Finsterwalde, born Friedrich Ziegler, ex-Haunted Henschel, Sigmund Freud Experience). Stereo Total's social media accounts reported that Françoise Cactus died from breast cancer on 17 February 2021, aged 57. As of 17 February 2021, the duo's official Instagram page states: 'Stereo Total is a Berlin-based multilingual, French-German comprising Françoise Cactus & Brezel Göring'. Both Cactus and Göring sung and played multiple instruments. When they appeared on stage as a duo, Cactus frequently played drums while Göring played guitar and synth; at other times the touring band has included additional musicians such as Angie Reed. Their early career was nurtured within Berlin's easy listening scene, and they frequently supported the DJ team Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camerimage
The International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Camerimage () is a festival dedicated to the celebration of cinematography and recognition of its creators, cinematographers. The first seven events (1993–1999) were held in Toruń, Poland. The next ten events (2000–2009) were held in Łódź. From 2010 until 2018 the festival took place in Bydgoszcz, before returning to Toruń in 2019, where it currently remains. In 2007, the name of the festival was changed from Camerimage to Plus Camerimage but was changed back in 2013 after the sponsorship deal with Plus ended. At the end of November every year, Camerimage brings together professional cinematographers, students and other people associated with the film industry. The Camerimage festival spans over a course of one week, with multiple events at one time. The festival has hosted many prominent actors, actresses and filmmakers including Quentin Tarantino, Richard Gere, Edward Norton, Keanu Reeves, Roman Polański, D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Film Festival
The Gdynia Film Festival (until 2011: Polish Film Festival, Polish: ''Festiwal Polskich Filmów Fabularnych w Gdyni'') is an annual film festival first held in Gdańsk (1974–1986), now held in Gdynia, Poland. It has taken place every year since 1974, except in 1982 and 1983 when Poland was under martial law. The organizers of the festival are the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland, Polish Film Institute (PISF), Polish Filmmakers Association, the Pomeranian Voivodeship Local Government as well as the port city of Gdynia. The Polish Film Festival award is the Grand Prix Golden Lions (Polish: ''Złote Lwy''), which is different from the Eagle (Polish: ''Orzeł''), awarded at the Polish Film Awards and the Seattle Polish Film Festival (Seattle is the sister city of Gdynia). Special awards include the Platinum Lions (''Platynowe Lwy'') conferred for lifetime achievements in cinema as well as the Audience Award. Krzysztof Kieślowski and Agnieszka Holland are so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Horizons Film Festival
New Horizons Film Festival (previously: Era New Horizons; pl: Nowe Horyzonty) is an international film festival held annually in July in Wrocław, Poland. It has been organised since 2001. It is one of the biggest and most popular film festivals in Poland. Since 2008 it is accredited by FIAPF with an "avant-garde" specialised competitive status. The event is organized by the Stowarzyszenie Nowe Horyzonty (New Horizons Association). The moving spirit and the director of the festival is Roman Gutek. T-Mobile mobile phone network operator was a nominal sponsor of the event until 2017. Festival presents mainly arthouse cinema. The most important from the several competitions held at the festival (including new Polish films, films-on-art and short films contests) is the "New horizons international competition". It aims to present bold, unconventional and uncompromising films that are searching for the new forms of expression – "the new horizons of cinema". Prizes in the competiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Złota Kaczka
Złota Kaczka (translation: Golden Duck) is a Polish award presented by the monthly ''Film'' since 1956. Złota Kaczka for best movie * 1956: ''Sprawa pilota Maresza'' * 1957: ''Kanał'' * 1958: '' Popiół i diament'' * 1959: '' Pociąg'' * 1960: ''Krzyżacy'' * 1961: '' Matka Joanna od Aniołów'' * 1962: '' Nóż w wodzie'' * 1963: '' Jak być kochaną'' * 1964: '' Pierwszy dzień wolności'' * 1965: '' Popioły'' * 1966: '' Faraon'' * 1967: ''Westerplatte'' * 1968: ''Żywot Mateusza'' * 1969: ''Pan Wołodyjowski'' * 1970: '' Krajobraz po bitwie'' * 1971: '' Życie rodzinne'' * 1972: not admitted * 1973: not admitted * 1974: '' Potop'' * 1975: '' Bilans kwartalny'' * 1976: '' Przepraszam, czy tu biją?'' * 1977: ''Kochaj albo rzuć'' * 1978: '' Spirala'' * 1979: '' Klincz'' * 1980: ''Kung-fu'' * 1981: not admitted * 1982: not admitted * 1983: '' Wielki Szu'' * 1984: ''Seksmisja'' * 1985: '' Yesterday'' * 1986: '' C.K. Dezerterzy'' * 1987: '' Matka Królów'' * 1988: ''Krótki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Film Awards
Polish Film Award, or Eagle ( pl, Polska Nagroda Filmowa, „Orzeł”) is a film awards ceremony given annually since 1999, with the first event held on 21 June, by the National Chamber of Audiovisual Producers (KIPA). Since 2003 they are given out by the Polish Film Academy. Their status in the Polish film industry can be compared with Academy Awards. Awards List of main categories: * Best Film – since 1999 * Best Actor – since 1999 * Best Actress – since 1999 * Supporting Actor – since 2000 * Supporting Actress – since 2000 * Documentary – since 2013 * Film Score – since 1999 * Director – since 1999 * Screenplay – since 1999 * Cinematography – since 1999 * Costume Design – since 2001 * Sound – since 1999 * Editing – since 1999 * Production Design – since 1999 * European Film – since 2005 * Producer – 1999–2001 * Discovery of the Year - since 2008 * TV Series – since 2015 Special awards: * Audience Award * Special Award * Life Achi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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