Five Polish films made in 2013, including Paweł Pawlikowski 2015 Oscar winner Ida, will be screened in Balti within the CinePolska – Polish Film Days on April 2-6. The event is organized by the Polish Institute in Bucharest and the Balti State University “Alecu Russo”, IPN reports.
According to a press release of the Polish Institute in Bucharest, Balti, alongside Galati, Brasov, Cluj, Iasi, Oradea, Tirgu Mures and Timisoara, is one of the stations of the CinePolska caravan that in the autumn of 2014 travelled to Bucharest and to Chisinau. Staged on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the fall of Communism in Central Europe, the event will take place under the theme “Films about freedom”. It is about not only the political freedom that the Polish people gained a quarter of century ago, but also about all the dimensions of freedom.
The festival will be opened by Ida, which won over 40 awards, including Oscar for best foreign language film. It is a black and white movie about the travels of a young Jewish woman who, when she meets her aunt, a Communist prosecutor, discovers together with her the tragic story of her family. Another film is The Doll, which is a biography about the life of the first Roma poet in Poland and the price she paid for her talent.
The film I Want to Live will take the spectators into the world of a young man who, even if he suffers from cerebral palsy, teaches those around him how to lead a really free life. Baby Blues is about a teenage mother who learns what responsibility is keeping simultaneously her wish to live. One Way Ticket to the Moon is a road-movie comedy about life in Poland under Communism in the 1960s.
All the screenings will take place at the Balti State University “Alecu Russo” located at 38 Pushkin St, starting at 1pm. Entrance is free of charge. All the films are subtitled in Romanian, while Ida and The Doll – also in Russian.
CinePolska – Polish Film Days is an event staged by the Polish Institute in Bucharest and the Polish Filmmakers Association with the support of the Polish Film Institute.
