Polish Documentary Film Festival with Hanna Polak and Marta Dzido at Yale University

A Relentless Eye: Polish Documentary Film 1956-2015 presents a taste of the rich documentary film tradition that developed in Poland shortly after the founding of the Łodź Film School in 1948, and which continues to flourish to this day.

We are honored to have two of Poland’s most talented filmmakers with us in person:

Friday, Dec. 4 at 7pm in The Loria Building, Room 250, 190 York St.:

HANNA POLAK presenting Something Better to Come (2014)

Saturday, Dec. 5 at 5pm in The Whitney Humanities Center, Room 208, 53 Wall St.:

MARTA DZIDO presenting Solidarity According to Women (2014)

All events are free and open to the public.

This event is made possible thanks to the generosity of: The Yale European Studies Council, with The Adam Mickiewicz Institute and The Russia Project, Yale University

Schedule

A RELENTLESS EYE: POLISH DOCUMENTARY FILM (1956 – 2015)

December 4-5, 2015, Yale University

Whitney Humanities Center Room 208, 53 Wall St., New Haven, CT

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4

4:30 pm Opening Remarks, Room 208 — Krystyna Illakowicz

• Welcome Address — John MacKay

5:00 pm Screening: “Black School” Documentaries and Beyond, Room 208

• Introduction: Izabela Kalinowska-Blackwood, Stony Brook University

Jerzy Bossak & Jarosław Brzozowicz: Warsaw 1956/Warszawa 1956 (1956) 6’

• Roman Polański: Break up the Dance/Rozbijemy zabawę (1957) 8’
• Kazimierz Karabasz: The Musicians/Muzykanci (1961) 9′
• Wojciech Wiszniewski: Elementarz/The Primer (1976) 9′
• Irena Kamieńska: Female Workers/Robotnice (1980) 16′

(The event moves to Loria 250, 190 York Street for the rest of the evening)

6:00 pm OPENING RECEPTION, Loria 250, 190 York Street.

7:00 pm Screening: Hanna Polak, Loria 250, 190 York Street

Introduction: John MacKay, Yale University

• Love and Rubbish (2012) 8’
• Children of Leningradsky / Dzieci z Leningradskiego (2004) 35’
• Something Better to Come (2014) 98’

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5

(All events take place at the Whitney Humanities Center, Room 208, 53 Wall St.)

10:00 Screening: Krzysztof Kieślowski’s documentaries

• Introduction: Conor Bagley; Kevin Dooney; Charlotte Juergens — Yale University
• Z miasta Łodzi / From the City of Łódź (1969) 17′
• Hospital / Szpital (1976) 20’
• From a Night Porter’s Point of View / Z punktu widzenia nocnego portiera (1977) 15’30

11:00 Marcel Łoziński’s documentaries

• Introduction: Masha Shpolberg, Yale University
• Happy End (1972) 16′
• Frontal Collision / Zderzenie czołowe (1975) 11′ ;
• 89 mm From Europe / 89 mm od Europy (1993) 11′
• Microphone Test / Próba mikrofonu (1980) 20′

12:00 LUNCH

1:00 Screening: Dariusz Jabłoński: Photographer / Fotoamator (1998) 76′

• Introduction: Krystyna Illakowicz, Yale University

2:30 Screening: Pawel Lozinski: Sisters / Siostry (1999), 12’

• Bartosz Konopka: Rabbit à la Berlin / Królik po berlińsku (2009)
• Introduction: Katie Trumpener, Yale University

4:00 Screening: Marta Dzido: Solidarity According to Women/Solidarność według kobiet, (2015) 103′

• Introduction: Hanna Hartowicz, director of the New York Polish Film Festival

6:00 ROUNDTABLE: Documentary Filmmaking Today

https://campuspress.yale.edu/polishdocs/

A Relentless Eye: Polish Documentary Film 1956-2015 presents a taste of the rich documentary film tradition that developed in Poland shortly after the founding of the Łodź Film School in 1948, and which continues to flourish to this day.

We are honored to have two of Poland’s most talented filmmakers with us in person:

Friday, Dec. 4 at 7pm in The Loria Building, Room 250, 190 York St.:

• HANNA POLAK presenting Something Better to Come (2014)

Saturday, Dec. 5 at 5pm in The Whitney Humanities Center, Room 208, 53 Wall St.:

• MARTA DZIDO presenting Solidarity According to Women (2014)

All events are free and open to the public.

This event is made possible thanks to the generosity of: The Yale European Studies Council, with The Adam Mickiewicz Institute and The Russia Project, Yale University

Schedule

A RELENTLESS EYE: POLISH DOCUMENTARY FILM (1956 – 2015)

December 4-5, 2015, Yale University

Whitney Humanities Center Room 208, 53 Wall St., New Haven, CT

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4

4:30 pm Opening Remarks, Room 208 — Krystyna Illakowicz

• Welcome Address — John MacKay

5:00 pm Screening: “Black School” Documentaries and Beyond, Room 208

• Introduction: Izabela Kalinowska-Blackwood, Stony Brook University
• Jerzy Bossak & Jarosław Brzozowicz: Warsaw 1956/Warszawa 1956 (1956) 6’
• Roman Polański: Break up the Dance/Rozbijemy zabawę (1957) 8’
• Kazimierz Karabasz: The Musicians/Muzykanci (1961) 9′
• Wojciech Wiszniewski: Elementarz/The Primer (1976) 9′
• Irena Kamieńska: Female Workers/Robotnice (1980) 16′

(The event moves to Loria 250, 190 York Street for the rest of the evening)

6:00 pm OPENING RECEPTION, Loria 250, 190 York Street.

7:00 pm Screening: Hanna Polak, Loria 250, 190 York Street

• Introduction: John MacKay, Yale University
• Love and Rubbish (2012) 8’
• Children of Leningradsky / Dzieci z Leningradskiego (2004) 35’
• Something Better to Come (2014) 98’

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5

(All events take place at the Whitney Humanities Center, Room 208, 53 Wall St.)

10:00 Screening: Krzysztof Kieślowski’s documentaries

• Introduction: Conor Bagley; Kevin Dooney; Charlotte Juergens — Yale University
• Z miasta Łodzi / From the City of Łódź (1969) 17′
• Hospital / Szpital (1976) 20’
• From a Night Porter’s Point of View / Z punktu widzenia nocnego portiera (1977) 15’30

11:00 Marcel Łoziński’s documentaries

• Introduction: Masha Shpolberg, Yale University
• Happy End (1972) 16′
• Frontal Collision / Zderzenie czołowe (1975) 11′ ;
• 89 mm From Europe / 89 mm od Europy (1993) 11′
• Microphone Test / Próba mikrofonu (1980) 20′

12:00 LUNCH

1:00 Screening: Dariusz Jabłoński: Photographer / Fotoamator (1998) 76′

• Introduction: Krystyna Illakowicz, Yale University

2:30 Screening: Pawel Lozinski: Sisters / Siostry (1999), 12’

• Bartosz Konopka: Rabbit à la Berlin / Królik po berlińsku (2009)
• Introduction: Katie Trumpener, Yale University

4:00 Screening: Marta Dzido: Solidarity According to Women/Solidarność według kobiet, (2015) 103′

• Introduction: Hanna Hartowicz, director of the New York Polish Film Festival

6:00 ROUNDTABLE: Documentary Filmmaking Today

https://campuspress.yale.edu/polishdocs/