„A Short Film About Love” (1988), by Krzysztof Kieślowski | Polish in English at Kinoteka

Name: „A Short Film About Love” (1988), by Krzysztof Kieślowski | Polish in English at Kinoteka
Start: 2026-05-07T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Plac Defilad 1, Warszawa

Schedule

Thu, 07 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Plac Defilad 1, Warszawa | Warsaw, MZ

🔭 „A Short Film About Love” (1988), masterfully directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski, one of the most acclaimed auteurs of Polish Cinema. Screening with English subtitles!
🗓️ 7.05.2026
⏰ 19:00
🎟️ Tickets available here:
https://kinoteka.pl/wydarzenia/cykle-i-przeglady-filmowe/polish-in-english/
🇵🇱 Polish in English – Classics of Polish Cinema at Kinoteka! We are launching a new film cycle dedicated to showcasing the classics of Polish cinema, presented in beautifully restored versions with English subtitles.
🎞️ The program will feature some of the greatest masterpieces in Polish film history, including works by acclaimed directors such as Krzysztof Kieślowski and Roman Polański, alongside legendary large-scale productions like „Knights of the Teutonic Order” and outstanding examples of auteur cinema.
👉 This is a unique opportunity to experience the richness of Polish cinematic heritage with English subtitles, right in the heart of Warsaw.
🔴 A SHORT FILM ABOUT LOVE
1988 | by Krzysztof Kieślowski
🔴 Tomek (O. Lubaszenko), a young boy, a foster child of an orphanage, rents a room in a block of flats and works at the post office. He is fascinated by a thirty-year-old woman who lives next door. Tomek observes Magda (G.Szapolowska) from the window of his room, he finds various ways to contact with her: he delivers milk, gives false advice notes. The woman is independent, free, she dates with another man. The boy thinks he is in love. He observes meetings with her lover. Irritated, Magda decides to give him a bitter lesson: she arranges a contact with the man in front of the window, and she offers the boy a purely physical form of contact.
🔴 She does not expect that Tomek's hypersensitivity will also change her heart. The theatrical version of the 6th part of the Dekalog TV series, devoted to the following commandment: ‘Thou shall not commit adultery!’. Just like other parts of this series, the interpretation of the film can be ambiguous, because neither the protagonist nor the heroine are cynical intruders, adulterers or victims of love. Separated by a block of flats and connected by a gaze, each of them seems to be lonely in a different way.
🔴 The film won the Golden and Silver Lions at the Gdynia Film Festival. Grazyna Szapolowska was also awarded for the best female role and Witold Adamek won the award for the best photography. Just like The Short Film About Killing, this film also received foreign awards: the award of the Jury of FIPRESCI and OCIC in San Sebastian (1988), and at the Geneva and Sao Paulo festivals (1989).