Generations is a full-length docudrama made for the anniversary of Feature Film Studios (WFF). The Studio produced some four hundred and fifty titles, and of those Zaorski selected the fragments of just under fifty to tell the story of contemporary Poland. The fragments of films, starting with Andrzej Wajda’s A Generation (1955) and on to the works of Chęciński, Has, Kutz, Polański and further still to Holland, Kieślowski, Marczewski, Zanussi, form a story about Poles from the times of the Nazi occupation, through to the period of Stalinist terror, the unfulfilled expectations of the Gierek Era, Martial Law and the elections of June 4th 1989.
Screening introduced and followed by a discussion on historical memory.
To celebrate the year of Tadeusz Kościuszko we present a historical film about the Battle of Racławice, which was one of the first battles of the Kościuszko Uprising against Russia. The Poles were attacked on two sides by the...
Following on from Man of Marble (1977) and the story of Mateusz Birkut’s heroism, is the story of his son, Maciej Birkut. A journalist is tasked with finding out what’s really going on with Maciej, the leader of the striking...
A young film student in 1970s Kraków is working on her diploma film. She focuses on the life of a bricklayer from the 1950s, Mateusz Birkut, who became a proletariat hero by advocating for workers’ rights and housing for everyone. Her...
