International Festival of Independent Cinema ''Off Camera'' is a
film festival
A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upon ...
held in
Kraków
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, Poland, with up to 400 screenings annually, seminars, international stars, guests and
jury
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It is the first event of its kind in the country based on creative dialog between world experts representing other independent film competitions such as the
Sundance Film Festival
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and
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, as well as festivals in
Bangkok
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Berlin
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Buenos Aires
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Busan
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Dubai
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Kolkata
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Los Angeles
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Reykjavík
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Rotterdam
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Toronto
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, and
Venice
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. It is a festival of festivals with official backing from the City of Kraków with dozens of international sponsors and prominent partners including Poland's
Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland ( pl, Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego) is a governmental administration office concerned with various aspects of Polish culture. It was formed on 31 October 200 ...
, Lufthansa, Mercedes-Benz and Sony.
In 2008–2014 the official name was "Off Plus Camera", since 2015 it is "PKO Off Camera".
The festival consists of film screenings in studio movie theatres located within
the Old Town. The organizer of the event is the Society for Independent and Similar Arts ''Off Camera'' (''Stowarzyszenie Sztuki Niezależnej i Nie Tylko Off Camera'') as one of the city's "Six Senses" (''Sześć Zmysłów'') programme of sponsoring artistic life in Kraków. The Festival organizers invite young filmmakers from all over the world, directors, actors and film industry experts to meet the audience and take advantage of getting their feedback in person. Szymon Miszczak is the director of the Festival and Ania Trzebiatowska is the artistic director. ''Off Plus Camera'' program showcases newest work by world-class directors as well as retrospectives of the most distinguished artists of independent cinema from the past.
Main dramatic competition "Making Way"
The most important event of the ''Off Plus Camera'' Festival is its Main Competition named "Making Way" (''Wytyczanie drogi''). In it, the films from all over the world compete for the Kraków Film Award in the sum of $100,000 presented by the
President of the City of Kraków. The main criteria for the rating by the festival programmers are the quality and the artistic merit of the films, the use of traditional and avant-garde filming techniques as well as the directors' sensibilities and artistic maturity in their productions.
In 2009, 12 films from 8 countries qualified for the Competition. The winner was chosen by the international Jury, whose members were
Allison Anders
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Zbigniew Preisner
Zbigniew Preisner (; born 20 May 1955 as Zbigniew Antoni Kowalski) is a Polish film score composer, best known for his work with film director Krzysztof Kieślowski. He is the recipient of the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis as we ...
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Max Farberbock
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Animals
* Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog
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Fernando Trueba
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Between 1974 and 1979, he worked as a film critic for Spain's leading daily newspaper '' El País' ...
and Andriej Zwiagincew and the prize went to Sebastian Silva for the movie La Nana. The winner was also given 1, 000, 000 Polish zlotys from the Polish Film Institute for the production of his next film in Poland.
According to the main theme, "Making Way", the Kraków Film Award is meant to make it more likely for the winner to shoot their next movie. That is exactly what happened in the case of the winner of the first edition of ''Off Plus Camera''. In 2008 the Kraków Film Award went to the American director,
Azazel Jacobs
Azazel Jacobs (born September 27, 1972) is an American film director and screenwriter. He is the son of experimental filmmaker Ken Jacobs. His short films include ''Kirk and Kerry'' and ''Message Machine'', and his features include the acclaimed ...
for his film ''Momma’s Man''. Thanks to the prize he was able to start working on the next project. Sebastian Silva has similar plans and he wants to work on the script telling a story of the sirens.
Marek Najbrt, whose picture, ''Protector'', won the Kraków Film Award of the third edition of the festival, made Polish Film in Kraków as a part of his winner's deal. The premiere of the production took place in 2014 in
Karlovy Vary
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. The winner of the fourth edition of the festival was Park-Jung Bum, who won for his film ''The Journals of Musan''. In 2012 the award went to the Danish director Mads Matthiesen for the movie ''Teddy Bear''. Marcin Kryształowicz won the sixth edition of ''Off Plus Camera'' for his film ''Manhunt''.
Polish Feature Film Competition
The first edition of the Competition meant for the Poland's producers was held in 2011 and showcased 10 feature films. Polish Film Noble was given to Marcin Wrona for his movie ''The Christening''.
In 2012 the Award went to Leszek Dawid for his film ''Ki''. In 2013 the winner was ''Bejbi Blues'' by Katarzyna Rosłaniec.
Event history
''Off Plus Camera'' 2008
The first edition of the festival started on 1 October 2008. The main prize (for the best first feature film) was €100,000. The festival opened with a concert by Czesław Śpiewa, and the opening film was Golden Palm-winner "Class". The following days of the festival brought us numerous screenings of artistic movies and Q & As. The festival club was held in the building of the Main Train Station Of Kraków and it hosted a couple of indie music concerts.
Bonobo
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Giles Peterson
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Pati Yang
Patrycja Vernhes (née Grzymałkiewicz; born March 26, 1980), known professionally as Pati Yang, is a Polish singer-songwriter. Over the course of her musical career, Yang has directed or contributed to a number of high-profile musical projects, ...
as well as Polish and European DJs performed there.
Due to the retrospective of Andy Warhol and Paul Morrisey special guests visited Kraków. The press conference with Paul Morrisey, Warhol's manager for many years and director of his movies was held at the festival center. Holly Woodlawn, actress and a famous drag queen and Mary Woronov, actress and Warhol's friend from the Factory period also made appearances. The guests introduced their films and participated in the meeting with
Krystian Lupa
Krystian Lupa (Polish pronunciation: ; born 7 November 1943) is a Polish theatre director, set designer, playwright, translator and pedagogue. He has been called "the greatest living European theatre director".
He is the recipient of many natio ...
and his actors who star in the play "Factory 2" at the
National Stary Theatre
The Helena Modrzejewska National Stary Theater in Kraków (Polish: ''Narodowy Stary Teatr im. Heleny Modrzejewskiej'') is one of the oldest public stages in Poland and a national institution of culture, first opened in 1781. It was named after re ...
. The Closing Gala was a moment when Zbigniew Preisner introduced the members of the Jury. Hector Babenco, Michael Almerreyda and
Petr Zelenka appeared on the stage. Holly Woodlawn performed a song "Walk on the Wild Side", in which Lou Reed originally sings about her. Jacek Majchrowski, president of the City of Kraków, handed the award to Azazel Jacobs. Critics’ Award, Polish Film Noble, sponsored by Noble Bank went to another American, Alex Holdridge.
Over 100 movies were shown and almost 400 screenings were held. Lectures and seminars were organized as well. There was also a competition for the films shot with a cell phone and over several hundred people participated in them. The starting inspirations for these short films were ideas by Polish artists: Kasia Nosowska, Maria Peszek, Olga Tokarczuk, Maciej Maleńczuk and Szymon Majewski, to name just a few of them.
''Off Plus Camera'' 2009
The Main Competition presented first and second features from all over the world, including Chilean "La Nana" – the winner of Sundance 2009 festival and "Gigante" – the winner of three prizes in Berlin. "The Messenger" starring Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster was also screened at the festival. Section Discoveries showcased new films made in 2008 and 2009, including "A Christmas Tale", starring Catherine Deneuve and her daughter, Chiara Mastroianni.
Catching Up was a section inspired by Jerzy Płażewski's essay, an approach to make the Polish audiences familiar with these productions that were not distributed across the theatres. Therefore, it was a very first chance to see Ira Sachs’ "Forty Shades of Blue" and Larisa Sadilowa's "I Love You, Lilia" on the big screen.
The latest independent cinema from the US and Latin American was presented in the sections From the Gut and Discoveries: Latino. Jean-Luc Godard retrospective was held and the special guest of this part of the festival was his ex-wife, Anna Karina.
''Off Plus Camera'' 2010
Due to the national mourning, the very first days of the festival were cancelled and the explosion of a volcano in Iceland that caused flight problems influenced some program changes.
The third winner of the Kraków Film Award was Marek Najbrt for his Czech movie, "Protector".
Polish Film Noble, given by the critics, went to Kyle Patrick Alvarez for his film "Easier with Practice". The Audience Award went to the Opening Film – Dagur Kari's "Good Heart".
Jane Campion, the director of "Bright Star", that was shown at the festival, was given Against the Current Award, to honor her art in the international landscape of independent cinema. Three winners of three different "Take It and Make It" competitions for movies shot with a cell phone, a camera or a video recorder, were selected. The best L’OFF STORY title went to Bartek Tryzna's "Mateusz and Marta". ALLEGRO SHORT FILM winner was Julia Sokolnicka for "Z głowy" and TVN24 Report category winner was Bartłomiej Słabicki for his video relation of a rescue action in the middle of a frozen river.
''Off Plus Camera'' 2011
The 4th International Festival of Independent Cinema ''Off Plus Camera'' lasted 10 days and was held between 8 and 17 April. The Festival Centre was located at Kino pod Baranami cinema at the Kraków's Main Square. Peter Weir added splendour to the 4th Opening Gala of the International Festival of Independent Cinema ''Off Plus Camera''.
Radosław Sikorski
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, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, presented him with the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland. During the Gala there was the premiere of the last picture by Weir, "The Way Back".
The one to win the Kraków Film Award, the main prize in the competition, was
Park Jung-bum
Park Jung-bum (born 1976) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter and actor. Park wrote, directed, and acted in his directorial debut '' The Journals of Musan'' (2011), which won the New Currents Award and FIPRESCI Award at the 15th Busan ...
for his "
Musan il-gy". For the first time at ''Off Plus Camera'' Polish Film Nobles were presented in the Polish Feature Film Competition. The price went to Marcin Wrona for his film "The Christening" (Chrzest). The films were evaluated by the international Jury comprising Rose McGowan (the head of the Jury), Ellen Chenoweth, Roger Christian, Andrei Plakhov and Kim Dong-Ho.
During the 4th edition of the festival the FIPRESCI award was granted for the first time. Jury comprising
Ronald Bergan
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(the head of the Jury), Tomislav Sakic and Krzysztof Kwiatkowski distinguished Jan Komasa's film "Suicide Room" (
Sala samobójców).
The audience award was presented to a Polish film, "Heniek" by
Eliza Kowalewska.
The "Against the Current" award was handed out to Tim Roth by the head of the Main Competition Jury,
Jerzy Skolimowski
Jerzy Skolimowski (, born 5 May 1938) is a Polish film director, screenwriter, dramatist and actor. A graduate of the prestigious National Film School in Łódź, Skolimowski has directed more than twenty films since his 1960 début ''Oko wykol' ...
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SCRIPT PRO awards in the scriptwriting competition organised by the Wajda School and ''Off Plus Camera'' were also presented. Wiktor Kubica from Groń won the HBO Main Prize for a script to a film "Prescription" (Recepta). The winner was also presented with the out-of-the-competition Special Award founded by the Catalyst Holding Group. The Polish Film Institute was the sponsor of the second and the third prizes which were presented to
Maksymilian Nowicki
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, the author of the script to "Sneaker Time" (Czas trampek), and Piotr Chrzan, who wrote "Tapping Bird" (Ptak-Klepak) respectively.
In the Take it & Make it competition, which takes place under the auspices of the festival, the awards were distributed in three categories. The winner in the "You Plus Festival" category was Paweł Soja for his film "Talk to Her" (Porozmawiaj z nią). The best "TV Bulletin for TVN24" award was given to Konrad Skiba for his film "Constructing Pier Without Assurance" (Budowa molo bez zabezpieczeń). In the "Allegro Short Film" category the award was presented to the "Single Player" by Paweł Soja, whereas in the subcategory of the "Allegro Short Film. Idea" there was a join prize presented to Artur Długokęcki for his "God Permitting" (Jak Bóg da) and Bartek Tryzna's "Second Head".
Numerous workshops and industry meetings took place during the festival with Roger Christian's Art Director workshops, Ellen Chenoweth's Casting Director workshops, Constantine Gregory's acting workshops, Wojtek Pałys's "First Film" workshops, Filip Kovcin's from FILM PRO "Reflex cameras in action" workshops, "Alternative sources of distribution" lecture by Christian Gaine, a meeting of co-producers, a discussion panel "How to debut?" and Ronald Bergan's lecture on film criticism.
Among the accompanying events of the 4th edition of ''Off Plus Camera'' there were: Jerzy Skolimowski's "Essential" vernissage, Michael Gibson and Lech Majewski's lecture on "The Mill and the Cross" (Młyn i krzyż), concerts of The Cliks as well as American guitarist, Gary Luckas, who performed live to the famous "Spanish Dracula" film from 1931. During ''Off Plus Camera'' the solemn premiere of Janusz Majewski's "Little Baccaulaureate 1947" (Mała matura 1947) was also held. What was new during that edition of ''Off Plus Camera'' was "Roofing in Kraków". For the first time the festival goers participated in exquisite film screenings at the rooftops of Kraków's old houses. The section was organised under the auspices of the
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and its artistic director, Mark Rosenberg.
''Off Plus Camera'' 2012
The 5th International Festival of Independent Cinema ''Off Plus Camera'' lasted 10 days and was held between 13 and 22 April.
The Opening Gala of the 5th edition was held in the Kraków Opera. A special guest, Azazel Jacobs, the laureate of the first edition of Off Plus Camera and David Thewlis, who gathered the "Against the Current" award (which has been granted since 2010 to the individuals who are of outstanding merit in the realm of independent cinema) graced the Opening Gala with their presence. The Gala also served as an opportunity to hand out the awards to the winners of competitions organised under the ID FILM project, including the "Take It & Make It" which accompanies the festival from the very beginning. The performance of Czesław Mozil added splendour to the inauguration.
Danish director Mads Matthiesen won the Main Competition owing to his film "Teddy Bear". Apart from the cash award amounting to US$100 thousand, he was also presented with a 1 million PLN cheque from the Polish Film Institute to be realised on condition that his next production will be set in Poland. Andrzej Żuławski was the head of the Main Competition Jury in 2012. He was accompanied by Josh Radnor (a "Camera On" meeting with him was extremely popular among the festival goers), Tom Kalin and Colleen Atwood.
The award in the Polish Feature Film Competition, the Polish Film Noble amounting to 100 thousand PLN was presented to Leszek Dawid for his film "Ki" with which he defeated the remaining seven competitors. The films were evaluated by the international Jury comprising Michael Radford, Margery Simkin, Oren Moverman, Stephanie Zacharek and James Spring. The FIPRESCI award was granted for the second time in the history of the festival. The lucky one who was honoured with this award was Rebecca Thomas with her "Electrick Children". The winner was selected by the members of the Jury including Eithne O’Neill, Maricke Nieuwdorp and Anita Piotrowska. The audience award was granted to Jonathan Levine for his picture, "50/50".
The special guest of the festival was Luc Besson. The Polish premiere of his film "The Lady" took place at Off Plus Camera.
Roland Joffé
Roland Joffé (born 17 November 1945) is a British director and producer of film and television, known for the Academy Award-winning films ''The Killing Fields'' and '' The Mission''. He began his career in television, his early credits includ ...
, whose production "There Be Dragons" also premiered at the festival, graced the 5th edition with his presence. The director was handed the keys to the city by the president of Kraków, Jacek Majchrowski.
The 5th edition of Off Plus Camera was accompanied by the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Wajda School founding. On that occasion, Volker Schlöndorff made a speech, while in the special festival section there were screenings of the best films produced by the Wajda School. The results of the SCRIPT PRO competition were also announced. The winner of the first prize was Dariusz Glazer for the script to "Wall" (Mur).
During the 3rd day of the festival digitally reconstructed "Promised Land" (
Ziemia obiecana) by Andrzej Wajda had its premiere. Such individuals as
Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej Witold Wajda (; 6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an Honorary Oscar, the Palme d'Or, as well as Honorary Golden Lion and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of the ...
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Wojciech Pszoniak
Wojciech Zygmunt Pszoniak (2 May 1942 – 19 October 2020) was a Polish film and theatre actor.
Biography and career
Pszoniak was born in Lwów, Nazi occupied Poland, now in Ukraine. He gained international visibility following Andrzej Wajda's 19 ...
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Andrzej Seweryn
Andrzej Teodor Seweryn (born 25 April 1946) is a Polish actor and director. One of the most successful Polish theatre actors, he starred in over 50 films, mostly in Poland, France and Germany. He is also one of only three non-French actors to b ...
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Daniel Olbrychski
Daniel Marcel Olbrychski (; born 27 February 1945) is a Polish film and theatre actor who is widely considered one of the greatest Polish actors of his generation. He appeared in 180 films and TV productions and is best known for leading roles i ...
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Witold Sobociński
Witold Sobociński (; 15 October 1929 – 19 November 2018) was a Polish cinematographer, academic teacher as well as former jazz musician. Sobociński was a graduate of the renowned National Film School in Łódź. While in college, he was a ...
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Bożena Dykiel
Bożena Dykiel () (born 26 August 1948) is a Polish theater and film actress.
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1948 births
Polish actresses
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Emilia Krakowska,
Adam Kopczyński,
Andrzej Łapicki
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Jerzy Domaradzki
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Following his 1974 graduation from the National Film School in ...
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Maciej Putowski,
Barbara Ptak,
Anna Nehrebecka
Anna Nehrebecka-Byczewska (born 16 December 1947 in Bytom) is a Polish film actress and politician.
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She was born Anna Wojciechowska. Her married surnames are Nehrebecka and Byczewska. In 1969 she graduated from the Theatre Aca ...
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Michał Ratyński and
Andrzej Kotowski graced the screening with their presence.
Many industry workshops touching upon such issues as organisation of film festivals, stages of film production, secrets of casting or the future of computer games were organised within the Off Plus Camera Academy. The workshops were conducted by David Kwok, Emily Gotto, Jarosław Kamiński, Volker Schlondorff, Brandon Harris, Margery Simkin, Roland Joffé, Kevin B. Lee and Rafał Stanowski.
''Off Plus Camera'' 2013
The Opening Gala was honored with presence of an excellent director,
Costa-Gavras
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. The audience gathered at the Kijów.Centrum cinema had a chance to watch the premiere of his new film, "
Le Capital
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The film follows an executive who is appointed the ...
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The jury comprising
Lech Majewski
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Born in Katowice, Poland, Majewski studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. In the 1970s ...
(the head of the jury),
Udo Kier
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John Rhys-Davies
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and
Ruth Myers granted US$100,000 and Kraków Film Award to
Marcin Krzyształowicz for "Manhunt". Polish director was also promised a grant amounting to 1,000,000 PLN from the Polish Film Institute. The jury decided to hand out the second award ("Ombline" by Stéphane Cazes) as well as special recognitions ("Soldate Jeannette" by Daniel Hoesl and "Upstream Color" by Shane Carruth). The Jury of the International Federation of Film Critics FIPRESCI gave its award to Stéphane Cazes for the film, "Ombline". The film also received the youth jury award. It included junior high school students and high school students, who won a competition to write a film review as part of a social action of the Polish Film Institute, "Skrytykuj" ("Criticize").
In the Polish Feature Film competition, the Award was handed out by
Melissa Leo
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(the head of the jury),
Jeanne McCarthy and
Brady Corbet
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. Polish Film Noble went to "Bejbi blues" – film made by
Katarzyna Rosłaniec
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(director) and Agnieszka Kurzydło (producer). Audience Award of the 6th edition of the International Festival of Independent Cinema ''Off Plus Camera'' was given to "A Late Quartet" by Yaron Zilberman. For the first time in the history of the festival, the awards of 10 000 PLN were granted to the best actress and best actor! The winners were Magdalena Berus for roles in the films: "Nieulotne" ("Lasting") and "Bejbi blues" and Tomasz Schuchardt for his role in the film "You are God".
During the Closing Gala, a prestigious ‘Against the Current’ Award, presented to outstanding film figures for their contribution to independent cinema and promotion of independent culture, was handed out as well. This year it went to Melissa Leo. An actress left a special imprint of her hands on a special plate, which will be located in the Kraków Walk of Fame.
The festival included more than 250 screenings in 7 projection rooms and 6 cinemas. The festival cinemas were visited by 29 500 viewers, which is a record number in the history of the Off Plus Camera. The festival gathered more than 300 Polish and foreign guests from the US, Germany, France, Denmark, Austria, South Korea, Romania, Portugal, Croatia, Italy, the UK and Ireland. Directors, producers, screenwriters, cinematographers, journalists, actors and film critics were among guests of the festival. Obviously, the ''Off Plus Camera'' was also visited by representatives of the Polish film industry such as Agnieszka Odorowicz, Włodzimierz Niederhaus, Piotr Kobus,
Bodo Kox
Bodo Kox (born April 22, 1977, Wrocław, Poland, birth name: Bartosz Koszała), is a Polish film director, actor, and screenwriter, known for award-winning feature films '' The Girl from the Wardrobe'' (2013) and '' The Man with the Magic Box'' (20 ...
, Jacek Borcuch, Sławomir Fabicki, Andrzej Jakimowski, Anna Wieczur-Bluszcz, Gabriela Muskała, Katarzyna Herman, Marcin Krzyształowicz, Piotr Głowacki and many others. Five meetings of from the Camera On series were held during this year's edition of the festival – including meetings with Josh Hartnett, Melissa Leo, Costa-Gavras, Lech Majewski and John Rhys-Davies. The new elements of this year's edition of the ''Off Plus Camera'' were film screenings and panel discussions shown in 13 cinemas in 11 cities of Małopolska as part of the project "Off Plus Camera in Your Town". The festival, together with Legalna Kultura (Legal Culture), presented seven screenings as part of, "Cinema on the Rooftop". A special program for parents with children was prepared, as part of a series "Off Mama”. Nine bands performed on the Off Stage at the festival club B4. The program of the Off Plus Camera Pro Industry comprised 12 workshops and industry meetings. It invited such panelists as Sławomir Idziak, David Kwok, Izabela Kiszka, Nick Moran, Shade Rupe, Agnieszka Kurzydło, Katarzyna Ślesicka and Kim Yutani. The festival also presented a digitally reconstructed version of Krzysztof Kieślowski's "Blind Chance". The screening was honored with the presence of Boguslaw Linda, Marzena Trybała, Michał Żarnecki, Monica Goździk and Bogusława Pawelec.
''Off Plus Camera'' 2014
The seventh edition of the International Festival of Independent Cinema Off Plus Camera took place from May, 2 – 11.
The Festival programme included 98 movies and 58 series episodes. The screenings took place in six cinemas: Kino.Kijów, Mikro Cinema, Cinema Ars, Małopolski Ogród Sztuki Agrafka Cinema. As part of the “Roof-olution in Kraków”, the screenings were held on the roofs of buildings on the Pijarska Street as well as Słowacki Avenue. The screenings were held on the boat during the cruise on the Vistula River, in the direction to Tyniec.
In the second edition of the project "Off Plus Camera in Your Town" in eleven cities of Małopolska there were screenings of selected titles from the programme.
Special film projections were prepared for parents with children, as part of the "Off Family” series. In the course of 10 days of the festival there were used 32 000 tickets, and the list of invited guests, associated with the movies, included 350 people.
For the first time there was organized a closed fashion project – "Off season: Showroom". It presented six Polish clothing brands.
As part of the "Off Plus Camera Festival" there was presented a series of industry events for professionals within the framework of the "Off Camera Pro Industry Academy", which comprised panel discussions, workshops and lectures. The producers were presented with a "1: 1" initiative, in which foreign experts assessed projects during the implementation phase.
The Festival Centre was set up in the Pod Baranami Palace, and the Festival information Centre on the Main Square.
The productions from the competition were selected in January. Admissions for a full-length scripts for the Script Pro competition finished in February. On 23 Feb., admissions for the seventh edition of the competition for non-professional filmmakers "Take It & Make It" started. It is also one of the festival's accompanying events.
Out of more than 1600 entries, as many as 380 volunteers were selected in March. In the course of the Festival they worked in ten departments. On 13 March, first sections, which were debuting in the programme, were revealed. From 25 March, there were presented official announcements of the individual sections of the programme.
For the first time, Polish Audiovisual Producers Chamber of Commerce (KIPA), has founded the award for the best debut production. On April, 10 Polish artists of the "Off Stage" were disclosed. Festival calendar with full programme and the possibility to purchase tickets for the screenings was presented on April, 20.
Winners
*Kraków Film Award –
Eastern Boys, directed by
Robin Campillo
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*Awards for actors –
Carla Juri
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Early life and education
Juri was raised in Ambrì, a village in the Italian-speaking Cant ...
for her role in "
Wetlands
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" and
Marius Kolbenstvedt for his role in "
Blind"
*Polish Film Noble –
Ida
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directed by
Pawel Królikowski
*Special recognition –
Papusza, directed by
and
Krzysztof Krauze
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Krauz ...
*Award for best actress –
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* Dorota Dabrowska, Polish statistician
*Dorota Gawron (born 1983), represent ...
for her role in the film
Life Feels Good
*Award for best actor –
Mateusz Banasiuk
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for his role in
Floating Skyscrapers
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*FIPRESCI Award –
Blind directed by
Eskil Vogt
Eskil Vogt (born 31 October 1974) is a Norwegian film director and screenwriter.
His films include ''Reprise'' (2006), ''Oslo, August 31st'' (2011), ''Louder Than Bombs'' (2015), and ''Thelma'' (2017) all of which were directed by Joachim Trier f ...
*Youth Jury Award –
Viktoria directed by
Maia Vitkova
*Audience Award –
Wetlands
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directed by
David Wnendt
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*Against the Current Award –
Benedict Cumberbatch
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*Best producer –
Olga Bieniek and
Mirosław Piepka for "The Closed Circuit" directed by Ryszard Bugajski
*Honorary recognition – Piotr Kielar for "Love" directed by Filip Dzierżawski
Script Pro
*The top Award of PKO Bank Polski went to Bartosz M. Kowalski and Stanisław Warwas for the script for "Plac zabaw" (Playground).
*Second Award of Polish Film Institute – Julia Kowalski for the script of the "Lost"
*Third Award of Polish Film Institute – Dominik Gąsiorowski and Bartosz Blaschkez's script entitled "Felicia and Jesus"
*Special Cinemax Award – Beata Waszkiewicz for her script entitled "Mother"
"Take It & Make It"
*A Journey to the past – Plus -"Marlena" directed by Rafal Małecki
*The difference is in the details – Sony – "Open your eyes" directed by Oscar Pospolitak
*Adrenaline shot – Lotto – "one love" directed by Lukasz Kowalski
*Additional prize – "White flight", directed by Szymon Jagodzki
*The Bulletin for TVN 24 – Michal Domachowski for "Revolution in Ukraine"
*Allegro Short Film – Katarzyna Latos for "THE GAME MACHINE"
*Allegro Short Lab – Natalia Juszka for “Music"
''PKO Off Camera'' 2015
The 8th edition of the International Festival of Independent PKO Cinema Off Camera will take place on May 2–11, 2015.
International Jury
During the first three editions of the festival, Zbigniew Preisner was the head of the jury.
2008 Jury
*
Hector Babenco
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– South-American director, of Polish and Ukrainian origin, famous for an Oscar-winning Kiss of the Spider-Woman
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Michael Almereyda
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Early work
Almereyda studied art history at Harvard but dropped out after three years to pursue filmmaking. He acquired a Hollywood agent on ...
– New York-based director whose Hamlet with Ethan Hawke was nominated to the Oscar in the category Best Actor
*
Petr Zelenka – Czech director, author of the adaptation of Brothers Karamazov, co-produced by Poland
2009 Jury
*
Allison Anders
Allison Anders (born November 16, 1954) is an American independent film director whose films include ''Gas Food Lodging'', ''Mi Vida Loca'' and ''Grace of My Heart''. Anders has collaborated with fellow UCLA School of Theater, Film and Televisio ...
– American director nominated to the Golden Bear and Sundance Festival Main Dramatic Award, together with Quentin Tarantino she co-directed Four Rooms, the director of Sex and the City
*
Trevor Groth – Programming Director of Sundance Film Festival, founded 25 years ago in a winter health resort in Utah, by Robert Redford
*
Fernando Trueba
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Between 1974 and 1979, he worked as a film critic for Spain's leading daily newspaper '' El País' ...
– Spanish director and producer, his movie Belle Époque, starring Penélope Cruz, won the Oscar for the Best Foreign Language Film
*
Max Farberbock
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* Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE)
* Max (gorilla) ...
– German film and television director, the author of Aimée and Jaguar and The Woman in Berlin
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Andrey Zvyagintsev
Andrey Petrovich Zvyagintsev (russian: Андре́й Петро́вич Звя́гинцев, p=ˈzvʲæɡʲɪntsɨf; born 6 February 1964) is a Russian film director and screenwriter. His film '' The Return'' (2003) won him a Golden Lion at ...
– director of The Return and The Banishment
2010 Jury
*
John Cooper – director of the Sundance Film Festival
*
Mike Figgis
Michael Figgis (born 28 February 1948) is an English film director, screenwriter, and composer. He was nominated for two Academy Awards for his work in ''Leaving Las Vegas'' (1995). Figgis was the founding patron of the independent filmmakers o ...
- director, producer, musician, writer. His most-well known films are Guilty Pleasure, Leaving Las Vegas and Love Live Long. His music and directing credits include: Miss Julie, for which he was also nominated to the Venice Golden Lion and One Night Stand.
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Petr Zelenka – Czech director and scriptwriter, his most famous films are Karamazov Brothers, Wrong Side Up.
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Brandon Harris
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– film critic, writer, director and film producer.
2011 Jury
*
Jerzy Skolimowski
Jerzy Skolimowski (, born 5 May 1938) is a Polish film director, screenwriter, dramatist and actor. A graduate of the prestigious National Film School in Łódź, Skolimowski has directed more than twenty films since his 1960 début ''Oko wykol' ...
– head of the jury, scriptwriter, director, awarded with the Golden Bear at Berlinale for his film Le depart. His latest picture – Essential Killing – is widely acclaimed by the international critics and audiences.
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Elvis Mitchell
Elvis Mitchell (born December 6, 1958) is an American film critic, host of the public radio show ''The Treatment'', and visiting lecturer at Harvard University. He has served as a film critic for the ''Fort Worth Star-Telegram'', the ''LA Weekly ...
– one of the most influential film critics in the US. He collaborates with Fort Worth Star-Telegram, LA Weekly, The Detroit Press and The New York Times.
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Jill Sprecher
Jill Ann Sprecher (born 27 July 1957) is an American film director, producer and writer. Sprecher collaborates on her film projects with her sister, Karen Sprecher, who writes. She is known for her films ''Clockwatchers'' and ''Thirteen Conversat ...
– director and scriptwriter. She directed such films as Clockwatchers and Thirteen Conversations About One Ting. She is also a producer of the TV show Big Love.
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Saverio Costanzo
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Biography Early life
Costanzo was born in Rome, the son of journalist and TV presenter Maurizio Costanzo and writer Flaminia Morandi, and the brother of writ ...
– Italian director and scriptwriter. Known for his movies In Memory of Myself and The Solitude of Prime Numbers
Polish Feature Film Competition
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Rose McGowan
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– head of the jury, actress known for The Doom Generation, Jawbreaker, Scream, Death Proof and TV show Charmed
*
Ellen Chenoweth – one of the best casting director in Hollywood. She was in charge of castings such movies as: Burn After Reading, A Serious Man, No Country for Old Men and Changeling
*
Roger Christian – set designer, awarded with the Oscar for the fourth installment of The Star Wars. He also worked on Alien and Life of Brian
* Andrei Stepanovich Plakhov – Russian film critic and film historian. Since 2005 the president of FIPRESCI – International Federation of Film Critics.
* Kim Dong-Ho – an expert on the world cinema and the founder of Pusan International Film Festival.
2012 Jury
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Andrzej Żuławski
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In the late 1 ...
– head of the jury, director, scriptwriter, actor and novelist. He directed such films as: Possession, On the Silver Globe, The Public Woman, The Important Thing Is To Love, Szamanka
*
Josh Radnor
Joshua Thomas Radnor (born July 29, 1974) is an American actor, filmmaker, author, and musician. He is best known for portraying Ted Mosby on the popular and Emmy Award–winning CBS sitcom ''How I Met Your Mother''. He made his writing and dir ...
– actor, director, scriptwriter. He gained enormous popularity thanks to the role of Ted Mosby in the show How I Met Your Mother. He made his directorial debut with the film Happythankyoumoreplease
*
Tom Kalin
Tom Kalin (born 1962) is a screenwriter, film director, producer, and professor of experimental film at European Graduate School in Saas-Fee.
His debut feature, '' Swoon'', is considered an integral part of the New Queer Cinema. In addition to ...
– scriptwriter, director, producer, one of the most important representatives of the New Queer Cinema. He also teaches experimental film at European Graduate School in Saas-Fee.
*
Colleen Atwood
Colleen Atwood (born September 25, 1948) is an American costume designer.
Atwood has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design twelve times, winning four times - for the films ''Chicago'' (2002), ''Memoirs of a Geisha'' (200 ...
– American costume designer. She worked on such movies as: Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Sweeny Todd, Chicago, Nine, Memoirs of a Geisha and Mars-Attacks!
Polish Feature Film Competition Jury
*
Michael Radford
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– British director and scriptwriter. He directed Nineteen Eighty-Four, based on George Orwell's novel and The Postman
*
Margery Simkin – casting director. She cast such productions as: Erin Brockovich, Avatar, Pacific Rim and Twelve Monkeys
*
Oren Moverman
Oren Moverman ( he, אורן מוברמן; born July 4, 1966) is an Israeli-American Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, film director, and Emmy Award-winning film producer. He has directed the films ''The Messenger (2009 film), The Messenger ...
– Israeli director, scriptwriter and journalist. He made his directorial debut in 2009 with the movie The Messenger
*
Stephanie Zacharek
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Early life
Stephanie Zachare ...
– one of the best film critics in the US. She writes for The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, New York Magazine
*
James Spring – executive director of the Ealing Studios. He produced such pictures as: Dorian Gray, Burke and Hare, From Time to Time, Easy Virtue
Jury 2013
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Lech Majewski
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Life and career
Born in Katowice, Poland, Majewski studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. In the 1970s ...
– head of the jury, theatre and film director, poet, writer and painter
*
Udo Kier
Udo Kierspe (born 14 October 1944), known professionally as Udo Kier, is a German actor. Known primarily as a character actor, Kier has appeared in more than 220 films in both leading and supporting roles throughout Europe and the Americas. He h ...
– actor famous for the roles of Dracula and Frankenstein. He also starred in such films as Blade, Armageddon as well as Madonna's video for Deeper and Deeper
*
John Rhys-Davies
John Rhys-Davies (born 5 May 1944) is a Welsh actor best known for portraying Sallah in the ''Indiana Jones'' franchise and Gimli in ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy. His other roles include Michael Malone in the 1993 series ''The Untoucha ...
– British actor, famous for the role of the dwarf Gimli in the trilogy ''Lord of the Rings''
*
Ruth Myers – British costume designer, nominated to the Oscar for Emma and The Addams Family. She won the Emmy Award for the costumes in TV show Carnivale
Polish Feature Film Competition Jury
*
Melissa Leo
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– actress, she won the Oscar for her role in The Fighter. She starred in such acclaimed films as Frozen River and 21 grams as well as numerous TV shows – Miami Vice, Law and Order, All My Children
*
Jeanne McCarthy – casting director. She cast such films as: Mars-Attacks!, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Ghost Rider, One Night at McCool's, The Ice Harvest, Sweet Home Alabama
*
Brady Corbet
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– actor, famous for the role of Mason Freeland in the drama Thirteen, he also starred in Mysterious Skin and Melancholia
Festival Guests
Guests from all around the world were invited to the festival. Hollywood and its more independent universe were represented by actors Seymour Cassel, Lea Thompson and Christopher McDonald. The special guest of a section devoted to Jean-Luc Godard films was his ex-wife and the icon of the French New Wave, Anna Karina.
Kraków also hosted: actress Melonie Diaz, agent of the stars and producer Allan Mindel and director
Tom Kalin
Tom Kalin (born 1962) is a screenwriter, film director, producer, and professor of experimental film at European Graduate School in Saas-Fee.
His debut feature, '' Swoon'', is considered an integral part of the New Queer Cinema. In addition to ...
. Polish Brothers, Michael and Mark came for the closing of the festival, straight from Tribeca IFF in NYC. The section Bridge of Cultures hosted such guests as Kim Dong Ho, the founder and director of Pusan Film Festival and Riz Khan, the co-creator of BBC World and now a director of the TV channel Al Jazeera in the US.
The special guests of the third edition of ''Off Plus Camera'' (2010) included:
Jane Campion
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Mike Figgis
Michael Figgis (born 28 February 1948) is an English film director, screenwriter, and composer. He was nominated for two Academy Awards for his work in ''Leaving Las Vegas'' (1995). Figgis was the founding patron of the independent filmmakers o ...
.
The special guests of the fourth edition of ''Off Plus Camera'' (2011) included:
Peter Weir
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Tim Roth
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He made hi ...
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Amitabh Bachchan
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Richard Jenkins
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,
Rose McGowan
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,
Jill Sprecher
Jill Ann Sprecher (born 27 July 1957) is an American film director, producer and writer. Sprecher collaborates on her film projects with her sister, Karen Sprecher, who writes. She is known for her films ''Clockwatchers'' and ''Thirteen Conversat ...
,
Ellen Chenoweth,
Roger Christian,
Kim Dong-Ho
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In 2005, Kim began his acting career with the musical ''A Secret Garden''. He then made his screen debut in the television series '' Twinkle Twinkle'' ...
,
Ronald Bergan
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Elvis Mitchell
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.
The special guests of the fifth edition of ''Off Plus Camera'' (2012) included:
Luc Besson
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David Thewlis
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Thewlis rose to prominence when he starred in the film ''Naked'' (1993), for which he won the Cannes Film Festival Aw ...
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Roland Joffé
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Volker Schlondorff Volker may refer to:
* Volker (name), including a list of people with the given name or surname
* Volker, Kansas City, a historic neighborhood in Kansas City
* Volker Boulevard, Kansas City
* '' Alien Nations'' (German: ''Die Völker''), a real-tim ...
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Michael Radford
Michael James Radford (born 24 February 1946) is an English film director and screenwriter. He began his career as a documentary director and television comedy writer before transitioning into features in the early 1980s. His best-known credits ...
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Andrzej Żuławski
Andrzej Żuławski (; 22 November 1940 – 17 February 2016) was a Polish film director and writer. Żuławski often went against mainstream commercialism in his films, and enjoyed success mostly with European art-house audiences.
In the late 1 ...
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Josh Radnor
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Aidan Gillen
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The special guests of the sixth edition of ''Off Plus Camera'' (2013) included:
Josh Hartnett
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John Rhys-Davies
John Rhys-Davies (born 5 May 1944) is a Welsh actor best known for portraying Sallah in the ''Indiana Jones'' franchise and Gimli in ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy. His other roles include Michael Malone in the 1993 series ''The Untoucha ...
,
Udo Kier
Udo Kierspe (born 14 October 1944), known professionally as Udo Kier, is a German actor. Known primarily as a character actor, Kier has appeared in more than 220 films in both leading and supporting roles throughout Europe and the Americas. He h ...
,
Melissa Leo
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Lech Majewski
Lech Majewski (pronounced , ‘Ma-yev-ski’) (born 30 August 1953) is a Polish film and theatre director, writer, poet, and painter.
Life and career
Born in Katowice, Poland, Majewski studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. In the 1970s ...
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Costa-Gavras
Costa-Gavras (short for Konstantinos Gavras; el, Κωνσταντίνος Γαβράς; born 12 February 1933) is a Greek-French film director, screenwriter, and producer who lives and works in France. He is known for films with political and s ...
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Bogusław Linda.
See also
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Cinema of Poland
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Af ...
References
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