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Play Poland 2012

Special Screenings - Platige Image

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12 films · 5 reviews

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Ark (The Ark, Arka)

Review preview for Ark

Takes on a great deal in a small space, not altogether successfully.

Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
An unknown virus has destroyed almost the entire human population. Oblivious to the true nature of the disease, the only remaining survivors escape to the sea. In great ships, they set off in search of uninhabited land.

(Country: Poland; Year: 2007; Director: Grzegorz Jonkajtys; Writer: Grzegorz Jonkajtys)

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The Cathedral

An explorer has strange encounters in the ruins of a gothic cathedral.

(Country: Poland; Year: 2002; Director: Tomasz Baginski; Writer: Tomasz Baginski, Jacek Dukaj, Jacek Dukaj; Stars: Jola Rzebuska, Maria Kucharska, Marcin Jaskowski, Piotr Widlarz)

Chick

Male-female relationships, infatuation and its consequences form the basis for this animation.

(Country: Poland; Year: 2008; Director: Michal Socha; Writer: Michal Socha) , Official site

City Of Ruins (Miasto Ruin)

Review preview for City Of Ruins

A simple idea delivered with a punchy electronic soundtrack, this is a surprisingly effective form of comment on the horrors of war.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
Poland's first digital 3D re-creation of the city of Warsaw, destroyed in the Second World War.

(Country: Poland; Year: 2010; Director: Damian Nenow; Writer: Damian Nenow)

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Fallen Art

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The animation is well textured and the story’s pace satisfyingly builds up to the ghoulish pay off.

Paul Griffiths · 4 out of 5
Danse macabre look at the madness of war.

(Country: Poland; Year: 2004; Director: Tomasz Baginski; Writer: Tomasz Baginski; Stars: Arkadiusz Jakubik, Marcin Kudelka, Dariusz Toczek)

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Jan Matejko's "Battle of Grunwald" in 3D

The reconstruction of Jan Matejko’s famous painting Battle of Grunwald with the use of stereoscopic technology.

(Year: 2010; Director: Rafał Kidziński, Tomasz Bagiński)

The Kinematograph

Francis is an inventor. His invention is supposed to change the world. He forgot about one thing: dreams always cost too much. He is focused only on himself and his work and realizes the gravity of the situation only when it is too late.

(Country: Poland; Year: 2009; Director: Tomasz Baginski; Stars: Tim Everett, Melanie O'Connell, Max Baldry, Ben Bishop, Annika Boecker, Julia Boecker, Jack Reeves)

Mantis

Story of a lonely robot, trying to find his perfect companion.

(Country: Poland; Year: 2000; Director: Grzegorz Jonkajtys; Writer: Grzegorz Jonkajtys)

Moloch

Review preview for Moloch

Big on atmosphere but low on specifics.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
War erupts on an industrial wasteland.

(Country: Poland; Year: 2006; Director: Marcin Pazera; Writer: Marcin Pazera)

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Teaching Infinity

A vast ship with a confused human cargo plots a course to challenge the inevitable

(Country: Poland; Year: 2008; Director: Jakub Jablonski, Bartlomiej Kik; Writer: Jakub Jablonski, Bartlomiej Kik)

Undo

The story of a man who finds himself in an unusual library where every book is a description of someone's life.

(Country: Poland; Year: 2003; Director: Marcin Waśko; Writer: Marcin Waśko)