18. Student Film Confrontations
Student Film Confrontations - until 27.03
Annual review of the most interesting world cinema. The main idea behind the festival is to present films that have won the most important film industry awards (the Golden Globe, Cannes Palme d'Or or the Oscar). None of the films have been presented in Lublin before, some have not been screened in Poland yet.
The Academic Cultural Centre CHATKA ŻAKA, ul. Radziszewskiego 16
admission prices: 15 PLN each or 120 PLN pass for all screenings
this week:
22.03 (8 p.m.) Uncle Boonmee, Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Thailand/UK/France/Germany/Spain/Netherlands 2010 (language: Thai with Polish subtitles)
dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul
An elusively poetic film that captivated the Cannes festival audience. A film about ghosts, past lives and the fear of death. The eponymous Uncle Boonmee, played by non-professional Thanapat Saisaymar, is a middle-aged man who is terminally ill with acute kidney failure; he has returned to the forests of north-eastern Thailand to settle his affairs concerning a modest property he has there. An evening meal there assumes the character of a Buddhist Last Supper, as the group is visited by the ghost of Boonmee's dead wife Huay and other supernatural beings.
23.03 (8 p.m.) The Disappearance of Alice Creed
UK 2009
dir. J. Blakeson
The frequently exploited theme of kidnapping for ransom is given in this film a new lease of life. Taking place almost entirely within the same four walls, the film keeps the audience sitting on the edge of their chairs throughout.
24.03 (7.45 p.m.) Another Year
UK 2010
dir. Mike Leigh
A married couple who have managed to remain blissfully happy into their autumn years are surrounded over the course of the four seasons of one average year by friends, colleagues, and family who all seem to suffer some degree of unhappiness.
25.03 (7.45 p.m.) Looking for Eric
UK/France/Italy/Belgium/Spain 2009
dir. Ken Loach
A film about the escape from the trials of modern life that football and its heroes can bring for its fans. The film's cast includes former professional footballer Eric Cantona and former bassist with The Fall, Steve Evets.
27.03 (7.45 p.m.) Incendies
Canada 2010 (language: French/Arabic with Polish subtitles)
dir. Denis Villeneuve
When notary Lebel sits down with Jeanne and Simon Marwan to read them their mother's will Nawal, the twins are stunned to receive a pair of envelopes - one for the father they thought was dead and another for a brother they didn't know existed. With Lebel's help, the twins piece together the story of the woman who brought them into the world, discovering a tragic fate forever marked by war and hatred as well as the courage of an exceptional woman.
