Harris Theater Oct. 25-27, 2024
809 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Friday, October 25th
Feast of Fire (Święto Ognia) 2023 dir. Kinga Dębska
@ 7:00 pm – Opening Night Reception 94 min. Polish with English subtitles
Two sisters struggle with their bodies. One, pushed by her ambition, is testing where her body’s limits are, the other one – sees her own body as a prison. At the Gdynia Film Festival Paulina Pytlak received the Best New Actress award and Kinga Preiss Best Supporting Actress.
Saturday, October 26th
Kulej. All that glitters isn’t gold (Kulej. Dwie Strony Medalu) 2024 dir. Xawery Żuławski
@1:00 pm 148 min. Polish with English subtitles
A biopic about Jerzy Kulej, a two-time Olympic boxing champion and one of Poland’s greatest fighters.
Top Dog (Wodzirej) 1978 dir. Feliks Falk, Jerzy Stuhr retrospective.
@4:00 pm 104 min. Polish with English subtitles
Top Dog is a character study of an opportunist named Lutek who is a small-time event host working at parties. he’s also a sleaze and con man. An ironic look at a climber. Film won an award at the 1979 Chicago International Film Festival.
White Courage (Biała odwaga) 2024 dir. Marcin Koszałka
@ 6:00 pm 115 min Polish with English subtitles
Film explores a lesser-known aspect of World War II history – the collaboration of some highlanders from Poland’s Podhale region with the Nazis. The story of two brothers, who find themselves on opposite sides of a moral and ideological conflict. Winner of the Best director and screenplay at Gdynia Film Festival.
Sunday, October 27th
Mensch (2024) documentary dir. Paweł Wysoczański
@ 1:30 pm 80 min. Polish with subtitles
Fascinating life of Ludwik Hirszfeld, an eminent 20th century Polish bacteriologist and immunologist, who was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1950.
Camera Buff (Amator) 1979 dir Krzysztof Kieślowski, Jerzy Stuhr retrospective
@ 4:00 pm 112 min. Polish withEnglish subtitles.
The film is about a humble factory worker whose newfound hobby, amateur film, becomes an obsession, and transforms his modest life. Awarded at the Polish Film Festival, the FIPRESCI Prize, and at the Berlin International Film Festival .
Row House Cinema Nov. 8-10, 2024
4115 Butler St, Pittsburgh, PA 15201
Friday, November 8th
Big Animal (Duże zwierzę) 2004 dir. Jerzy Stuhr
@ 4:30 pm 80min Polish with English subtitles
Left behind by a circus, a camel wanders to the house of a middle-aged couple. The wife is initially bewildered by the strange animal, her husband immediately adopts it as a pet.
Doppelgänger (Sobowtór) 2023 dir. Jan Holoubek
@ 6:30 pm 115 min, in Polish & German with English subtitles
Apteka Restaurant reception.
A psychological thriller set in the late 1970s- the spy with the stolen identity from the Polish People’s Republic was sent to the West. Winner of multiple awards at the Gdynia Film Festival.
Saturday, November 9th
Big Animal (Duże zwierzę) 2004 dir. Jerzy Stuhr
@ 3:00 pm 80min Polish with subtitles
Girl with the Needle (Dziewczyna z igłą) 2024 dir. Magnus von Horn
Denmark-Poland-Sweden, Danish with English subtitles
@ 5:00 pm 115 min.
Karoline, a young factory worker, is struggling to survive in post WWI Copenhagen. When she finds herself unemployed, abandoned and pregnant, she meets a charismatic woman running an underground adoption agency.
The film was selected to compete at the 77th Cannes Film Festival and was chosen as the Danish entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards.
Sunday, November 10th
Kiler- 1997 dir. Juliusz Machulski, Jerzy Stuhr retrospective
@ 2:45 104 min. Polish with English subtitles
An innocent cab driver named Jurek Kiler is mistaken for a contract killer and imprisoned. Soon, he is hired by the mafia to kill a gangster (comedy).
Scarborn (Kos) 2023 dir. Paweł Maślona
@ 5:00 pm 118 min. Polish with English subtitles
The movie is set in 1794 and follows General Kosciuszko’s rebellion plan against the Russians in Poland. Winner of the Best Film award at the Gdynia Film Festival
