Pittsburgh Polish Film Festival/Polski Multi Kino

The Polish Cultural Council (PCC)is sponsoring our annual Polish Film Festival this October and November promoting Polish culture through cinema. This year we have procured two 2023 Gdynia Polish Film Festival statuette winners including Jan Holoubek’s “Doppelgänger. The Double” winner of six statuettes and Kinga Dębska’s “Feast of Fire” winner of three statuettes. Our repertoire of ten films will premiere new releases including a documentary and, “in memoriam” retrospective of Jerzy Stuhr films. This great, renowned Polish actor, director and writer who passed in July, attended and spoke at one of our past festivals leaving an indelible impression and fond memories for the Pittsburgh community. Two prominent film locations, the Harris Theatre and the Row House Cinema, will screen the films. Visit the Theater websites for online ticket purchases.

Harris Theater (trustarts.org)

rowhousecinemas.com

Ticket Prices:

Feast of Fire and Doppelgänger......$15.00 (includes reception following film)

All other films..............................$12.50

The best, newly released Polish Films and Jerzy Stuhr retrospective (1947-2024)

HarrisTheaterOct. 25-27, 2024

809 Liberty Ave

Friday, October 25th

Feast of Fire (Święto Ognia) 2023 dir. Kinga Dębska

@ 7:00 pm - Opening Night Reception 94 min. Polish with English subtitles

Two sisters struggle with their bodies. One, pushed by her ambition, is testing where her body’s limits are, the other one sees her own body as a Pr*son.

At the Gdynia Film Festival Paulina Pytlak received Best New Actress award and Kinga Preiss Best Supporting Actress.

Saturday, October 26th

Kulej. All that glitters isn’t gold (Kulej. Dwie Strony Medalu) 2024

dir. Xawery Żuławski

@1:00 pm 148 min. Polish with English subtitles

A biopic about Jerzy Kulej, a two-time Olympic boxing champion and one ofPoland's greatest fighters.

Top Dog (Wodzirej) 1978 dir. Feliks Falk, Jerzy Stuhr retrospective.

@4:00 pm 104 min. Polish with English subtitles

Top Dog is a character study of an opportunist named Lutek. Lutek is a small-time event host working at parties, but he's also a sleaze and con man.

White Courage (Biała odwaga) 2024 dir. Marcin Koszałka

@ 6:00 pm 115 min Polish with English subtitles

Film explores a lesser-known aspect of World War II history – the collaboration of some highlanders fromPoland’s Podhale region with the Nazis. The story of two brothers, who find themselves on opposite sides of a moral and ideological conflict. Winner of the Best director and screenplay at Gdynia Film Festival

Sunday, October 27th

Mensch (2024) documentary dir. Paweł Wysoczański

@ 1:30 pm 80 min. English & Polish with English subtitles

Fascinating life of Ludwik Hirszfeld, an eminent 20th century Polish bacteriologist and immunologist, who was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1950.

Camera Buff (Amator) 1979 dir Krzysztof Kieślowski, Jerzy Stuhr retrospective

@ 4:00 pm 112 min. Polish with English subtitles.

The film about a humble factory worker whose newfound hobby, amateur film, becomes an obsession, and transforms his modest life. Awarded at Polish Film Festival, the FIPRESCI Prize, and at theBerlinInternational Film Festival.

Row House Cinema Nov. 8-10, 2024

4115 Butler St.

Friday, November 8th

Big Animal (Duże zwierzę) 2004 dir. Jerzy Stuhr

@ 4:30 pm 80min Polish with English subtitles

Left behind by a circus, a camel wanders to the house of a middle-aged couple. The wife is initially bewildered by the strange animal; her husband immediately adopts it as a pet.

Doppelgänger (Sobowtór) 2023 dir. Jan Holoubek

@ 6:30 pm 115 min, in Polish & German with English subtitles

Apteka Restaurant reception.

A psychological thriller set in the late 1970s- the spy with the stolen identity from the Polish People’s Republic was sent to the West. Winner of multiple awards at the Gdynia Film Festival.

Saturday, November 9th

Big Animal (Duże zwierzę) 2004 dir. Jerzy Stuhr

@ 3:00 pm 80min Polish with English subtitles

The Girl with the Needle (Dziewczyna z igłą) 2024 dir. Magnus von Horn

Denmark-Poland-Sweden, in Danish with English subtitles

@ 5:00 pm 115 min.

Karoline, a young factory worker, is struggling to survive in post WWI Copenhagen. When she finds herself unemployed, abandoned and pregnant, she meets, a charismatic woman running an underground adoption agency.

The film was selected to compete at the 77th Cannes Film Festival and was chosen as the Danish entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards.

Sunday, November 10th

KILER- dir. Juliusz Machulski, Jerzy Stuhr retrospective

@ 2:45 104 min. Polish with English subtitles

An innocent cab driver named Jurek Kiler is mistaken for a contract killer and imprisoned. Soon, he is hired by mafia to K*ll a gangster (comedy).

SCARBORN (Kos) 2023 dir. Paweł Maślona

@ 5:00 pm 118 min. Polish with English subtitles

The movie is set in 1794 and follows General Kosciuszko's rebellion plan against the Russians inPoland. Winner of the Best Film award at the Gdynia Film Festival.

Tickets are available at the movie theater's websites & and at the theater's box office

Host or Publisher Polish Cultural Council