CCPS Master and Newcomer Film Festival. Wojciech Has Retrospective and Debut

Name: CCPS Master and Newcomer Film Festival. Wojciech Has Retrospective and Debut
Start: 2025-10-23T18:00:00-04:00
Location: The State Theatre

Schedule

Thu, 23 Oct, 2025 at 06:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

The State Theatre | Ann Arbor, MI

Under the Grey Sky (2024, dir. Mara Tamkowich), Farewells (1958, dir. Wojciech Has)
Commemorating 100 years since the birth of renowned Polish director Wojciech Jerzy Has, CCPS presents a special film series pairing four of Has’s acclaimed classics with impressive debuts from emerging Polish filmmakers. These free, back-to-back screenings highlight both the innovative voices shaping Polish cinema today and the enduring legacy of one of its most influential masters.
Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland from the Culture Promotion Fund.
Klara Bogusławska (Film Curator).
Free and open to the public. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
In Polish with English subtitles.
6:00 PM
Under the Grey Sky (81 min)
A Belarusian journalist secretly livestreams government crackdowns on peaceful protesters following rigged elections, only to be arrested for her bravery. As she faces the full force of the regime, her husband stands by her side, risking everything in defiance of a system determined to break them both.
8:00 PM
Farewells (97 min)
A melancholic and unexpectedly frank study of the inextricability of love and regret, Has’s second feature subtly portrays Poland before and after World War II through the story of an unlikely young couple suddenly torn apart by the war's winds. "Farewells" centers on a seemingly doomed love affair between a young bourgeois student and a jaded bar girl, gradually revealing the social pressures mounting against their relationship. With the outbreak of war, the young man is sent to the battlefield and ultimately to Auschwitz. Does the end of the war make redemption and love possible—or impossible? One of Has’s great early works, Farewells showcases his talent for literary adaptation in the evocative screenplay, co-written with the novel’s original author, Stanisław Dygat.