Event Invitation
Papusza (2013)
"An immersive, melancholy, sumptuous visual symphony (...)
every frame is a painterly masterclass
in light and shadow."

The Hollywood Reporter




Available for streaming 9/3 – 9/9


This movie is available only for viewers in the United States and Canada.
Directed by Joanna Kos-Krauze & Krzysztof Krauze
Poland, 2013
113 min., in Polish and Roma with English subtitles
NR


Discover the story of Papusza (played by the outstanding Jowita Budnik) – the first published Roma-Polish poetess who confronts the image of traditional femininity within her community. The film follows Papusza’s life from birth to old age: arranged marriage as a young girl, her itinerant life during and after World War II, forced settlement in communist Poland and urban life in poverty. The film depicts her meeting with the Polish poet Jerzy Ficowski (Antoni Pawlicki), who discovers her great talent for poetry and helps arrange for the publication of her works, leading to a tragic paradox.
 
This internationally acclaimed film, featured at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and Thessaloniki International Film Festival, was written and directed by a renowned duo of Polish filmmakers: Joanna Kos-Krauze and the late Krzysztof Krauze. It was shot in exquisite monochrome by cinematographers Krzysztof Ptak and Wojciech Staroń.

Double Trouble / Tarapaty (2017)

Round up the whole family for an adventure story about two 12 year-olds on a hunt for hidden treasure!

Available for streaming 8/27 – 9/9
Directed by Marta Karwowska
Poland, 2017
85 min., in Polish with English subtitles

Friendship is not easy, and Julka knows it all too well. She is 12 years old, attends boarding school and has never had a real best friend. When summer arrives, troubles begin; instead of joining her parents in Canada, Julka goes to visit her aunt in Warsaw, where she meets Olek, a boy who lives next door. When the kids discover a treasure map, a true adventure begins. Double Trouble is a story about both childhood’s exciting adventures and the loneliness caused by the absence of parents. The kids eventually learn that friendship is always best cemented when the going gets tough.
 
The film features a young generation of Poland’s female filmmakers at the helm: Marta Karwowska (director) and Aga Dziedzic (producer), and includes the debut of child actors Hanna Hryniewicka and Jakub Janota–Bzowski, joined by renowned Polish actors: Joanna Szczepkowska, Krzysztof Stroiński, Piotr Głowacki and Roma Gąsiorowska. In September 2020, Double Trouble II will premiere in Poland (and we’re working on bringing it to the United States!).
COMING SOON
Strawberry Wine / Wino truskawkowe (2007)
Directed by Dariusz Jabłoński


Available for streaming 9/10 – 9/16
About the film selections:

The Polish Film Festival Miami, in partnership with the Embassy of Poland in Washington, D.C., invites you on a journey through Poland in “Late Summer Nostalgia.” We will present four films that will introduce you to the less-often tread nooks and crannies of the Polish imagination.


Goodbye, Till Tomorrow (1960) – Director Janusz Morgenstern’s debut film is a summertime love story about Jacek (legendary actor Zbigniew Cybulski) and Margueritte (Teresa Tuszyńska). Despite the sentimental charm of early 60s music, swishing dresses and the naïve discussions shared between the two young lovers, the film is an apt portrayal of a generation of young people in 1960s Gdańsk - people hungry for freedom, social change and a western lifestyle.

In Papusza (2013), you will meet the first published Polish-Roma poetess, Bronisława Wajs (known by her literary name of Papusza), who confronts the image of traditional femininity and expectations imposed on her by her community. This internationally acclaimed black-and-white film was created by a duo of Polish filmmakers and frequent artistic collaborators, Joanna Kos-Krauze and the late Krzysztof Krauze.

We will conclude our sentimental journey in Beskid Niski, a picturesque mountain range located in the Polish-Slovak borderlands, to peek into the lives of the protagonists of Strawberry Wine (2007). Based on Polish writer Andrzej Stasiuk’s acclaimed collection of short stories, Tales of Galicia, and lovingly directed with attention to its literary source by Dariusz Jabłoński, Strawberry Wine is a story about love and belonging that will draw you into a world of provincial communities hailing from different cultures and nations living amongst each other, where life seems slow and ordinary, but where beauty permeates every moment.

Last, but not least, all generations of viewers will certainly enjoy Dir. Marta Karwowska’s Double Trouble (2017), a whimsical story about two 12 year-olds on a hunt for hidden treasure. The film explores both childhood’s exciting journeys and the loneliness caused by the absence of parents. As the kids eventually learn, friendship is best cemented when the going gets tough.

We hope you join us on this cinematic journey through Poland as summer draws to an end.


For more details,
visit the Polish Film Festival Miami's website.