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Another journey into the world of the most interesting silent films from around the globe, accompanied by excellent live music. ILUZJON Cinema, from 22–30, October.
As every year, the school is a Partner.
"Voyages" will be the theme of the next, 17th edition of the Festival of Silent Cinema. Another journey into the world of the most interesting silent films from around the globe, accompanied by excellent music performed live by artists such as the Maciej Obara Quartet, RGG and Atom String Quartet featuring Marcin Albert Steczkowski.
ILUZJON Cinema, Warsaw, 22–30 October.
The programme includes a trip to a dormant and depopulated Paris, hundred-year-old travelogues from Poland and abroad, films of cinema pioneers and unique pictures of pre-war Poland.
The nine-day festival combines the most interesting and best silent films from countries such as France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Hungary, Canada, Sweden and Japan.
The innovation in the implementation of this year's edition will be live streaming of selected films and concerts on the ninateka.pl portal
By implementing the project in such an innovative formula, we have given the event a national and even global ranking. Streaming will be a fundamental supplement to the classic formula of a film festival, and it will be aimed at promoting silent cinema. Thanks to the streaming, we would like to enable Poles living abroad and using Ninateka to participate in the Silent Cinema Festival.
One of the hallmarks of the festival since its inception is its diverse and live music. Over twenty musicians, soloists and bands will set off on this year's film trip around the world. Following the storyline, they will land in Japan and the Pacific Islands, in the hot jungle and in the cold Canadian North. They will travel by train, ship and dog-sled, and face dramas typical of the cultures and epochs presented. The artists who will perform live music are among others: Maciej Obara Quartet, Moon, Atom String Quartet feat. Marcin Albert Steczkowski, RGG, Kasia Pietrzko Trio and JAAA! featuring Irek Wojtczak.
The journey that will transport them not only through space, but also through the ages, lost worlds and through the history of cinema will begin with a wander around dormant Paris with its deserted streets and heroes balancing on the edge of the Eiffel Tower, as seen in the opening film entitled ‘Paris is asleep’ (1925) by René Clair.
During the Silent Cinema Festival, there will be films of cinema pioneers. Among them the films of the first female director in the history of cinema, Alice Guy-Blaché, who during her long career (1896–1920) directed and / or produced nearly 1,000 films, including 150 films with synchronized sound (Gaumont's chronophone), and Lois Weber - the first American female director, and at the same time, the best-paid creator at Universal.
A highlight of the programme will be the premiere of the unknown film "Szkice z Polski" (1920–1931) found in 2018, which will be presented in its digitally restored version. It is an amateur documentary by a Belgian Maurice Bekaert, which is an invaluable and very touching picture of pre-war Poland, its architecture and inhabitants.
The films presented during the festival will also take viewers to unbelievable places like the "Lost World" (Harry O. Hoyt, 1925) and the land inhabited by dinosaurs, and together with Saturnin Farandola, the protagonist of one of the craziest films of the era, wherever it is possible to experience unforgettable adventures - to the seas, land, into the air and underwater.
Buster Keaton, well known to the general public, will take viewers on a journey through time, including to the Stone Age and the Roman Empire, and the youngest audiences will go with Georges Méliès to the Moon and to the lands visited by Gulliver and Robinson Crusoe. The filmmakers, whose films will be shown during the nine-day Silent Cinema Festival, will also include internationally recognized and recognizable directors, including Carl Theodor Dreyer, Jean Renoir, Jean Epstein, Alexander Korda and Yasujirō Ozu.
The event is organized by the National Film Archive - Audiovisual Institute.
The detailed programme of the festival is available on the website: swietoniemegokina.pl
Information about tickets: iluzjon.fn.org.pl
Contact for media:
Iga Harasimowicz – programme coordinator (films), tel. + 48 577 010 384, Iga.Harasimowicz@fina.gov.pl
Aneta Norek – programme coordinator (music), tel. + 48 668 378 588, Aneta.Norek@fina.gov.pl
Beata Żurawska – PR, tel. + 48 662 099 200, promocja@fina.gov.pl
ILUZJON CINEMA, whose characteristic sign is a purple neon, is under the care of the National Film Archive - Audiovisual Institute (FINA). It is located at 50a, Narbutta Street in Warsaw, in a beautiful part of Old Mokotów, in the historic building of the former Stolica cinema.
Iluzjon offers an ambitious repertoire - a combination of classics, coming among others from the archive resources of FINA, new releases, as well as a selection of extraordinary film events: special screenings, meetings with artists, multimedia exhibitions, shows with live music, festivals and reviews. Iluzjon belongs to the Studio and Local Cinemas Network. Film buffs will not be deterred by the lack of popcorn. On the contrary, they will be encouraged by an unbeatable programme, attractive ticket prices, friendly environment, close proximity to the metro station and delicious coffee served at the Iluzjon Café Bar. Iluzjon enjoys unflagging interest from the public and the media, such as when it was hailed by "Gazeta Wyborcza" a magical place, awarded by the Council of the Capital City of Warsaw with the "Zasłużony dla Warszawy" badge, awarded with Wdecha (the culture award of "Gazeta Co Jest Grane 24") in the 2008 Place of the Year category, and is recommended in the alternative guide "Zrób to w Warszawie".
More on: iluzjon.fn.org.pl
"Voyages" will be the theme of the next, 17th edition of the Festival of Silent Cinema. Another journey into the world of the most interesting silent films from around the globe, accompanied by excellent music performed live by artists such as the Maciej Obara Quartet, RGG and Atom String Quartet featuring Marcin Albert Steczkowski.
ILUZJON Cinema, Warsaw, 22–30 October.
The programme includes a trip to a dormant and depopulated Paris, hundred-year-old travelogues from Poland and abroad, films of cinema pioneers and unique pictures of pre-war Poland.
The nine-day festival combines the most interesting and best silent films from countries such as France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Hungary, Canada, Sweden and Japan.
The innovation in the implementation of this year's edition will be live streaming of selected films and concerts on the ninateka.pl portal
By implementing the project in such an innovative formula, we have given the event a national and even global ranking. Streaming will be a fundamental supplement to the classic formula of a film festival, and it will be aimed at promoting silent cinema. Thanks to the streaming, we would like to enable Poles living abroad and using Ninateka to participate in the Silent Cinema Festival.
One of the hallmarks of the festival since its inception is its diverse and live music. Over twenty musicians, soloists and bands will set off on this year's film trip around the world. Following the storyline, they will land in Japan and the Pacific Islands, in the hot jungle and in the cold Canadian North. They will travel by train, ship and dog-sled, and face dramas typical of the cultures and epochs presented. The artists who will perform live music are among others: Maciej Obara Quartet, Moon, Atom String Quartet feat. Marcin Albert Steczkowski, RGG, Kasia Pietrzko Trio and JAAA! featuring Irek Wojtczak.
The journey that will transport them not only through space, but also through the ages, lost worlds and through the history of cinema will begin with a wander around dormant Paris with its deserted streets and heroes balancing on the edge of the Eiffel Tower, as seen in the opening film entitled ‘Paris is asleep’ (1925) by René Clair.
During the Silent Cinema Festival, there will be films of cinema pioneers. Among them the films of the first female director in the history of cinema, Alice Guy-Blaché, who during her long career (1896–1920) directed and / or produced nearly 1,000 films, including 150 films with synchronized sound (Gaumont's chronophone), and Lois Weber - the first American female director, and at the same time, the best-paid creator at Universal.
A highlight of the programme will be the premiere of the unknown film "Szkice z Polski" (1920–1931) found in 2018, which will be presented in its digitally restored version. It is an amateur documentary by a Belgian Maurice Bekaert, which is an invaluable and very touching picture of pre-war Poland, its architecture and inhabitants.
The films presented during the festival will also take viewers to unbelievable places like the "Lost World" (Harry O. Hoyt, 1925) and the land inhabited by dinosaurs, and together with Saturnin Farandola, the protagonist of one of the craziest films of the era, wherever it is possible to experience unforgettable adventures - to the seas, land, into the air and underwater.
Buster Keaton, well known to the general public, will take viewers on a journey through time, including to the Stone Age and the Roman Empire, and the youngest audiences will go with Georges Méliès to the Moon and to the lands visited by Gulliver and Robinson Crusoe. The filmmakers, whose films will be shown during the nine-day Silent Cinema Festival, will also include internationally recognized and recognizable directors, including Carl Theodor Dreyer, Jean Renoir, Jean Epstein, Alexander Korda and Yasujirō Ozu.
The event is organized by the National Film Archive - Audiovisual Institute.
The detailed programme of the festival is available on the website: swietoniemegokina.pl
Information about tickets: iluzjon.fn.org.pl
Contact for media:
Iga Harasimowicz – programme coordinator (films), tel. + 48 577 010 384, Iga.Harasimowicz@fina.gov.pl
Aneta Norek – programme coordinator (music), tel. + 48 668 378 588, Aneta.Norek@fina.gov.pl
Beata Żurawska – PR, tel. + 48 662 099 200, promocja@fina.gov.pl
ILUZJON CINEMA, whose characteristic sign is a purple neon, is under the care of the National Film Archive - Audiovisual Institute (FINA). It is located at 50a, Narbutta Street in Warsaw, in a beautiful part of Old Mokotów, in the historic building of the former Stolica cinema.
Iluzjon offers an ambitious repertoire - a combination of classics, coming among others from the archive resources of FINA, new releases, as well as a selection of extraordinary film events: special screenings, meetings with artists, multimedia exhibitions, shows with live music, festivals and reviews. Iluzjon belongs to the Studio and Local Cinemas Network. Film buffs will not be deterred by the lack of popcorn. On the contrary, they will be encouraged by an unbeatable programme, attractive ticket prices, friendly environment, close proximity to the metro station and delicious coffee served at the Iluzjon Café Bar. Iluzjon enjoys unflagging interest from the public and the media, such as when it was hailed by "Gazeta Wyborcza" a magical place, awarded by the Council of the Capital City of Warsaw with the "Zasłużony dla Warszawy" badge, awarded with Wdecha (the culture award of "Gazeta Co Jest Grane 24") in the 2008 Place of the Year category, and is recommended in the alternative guide "Zrób to w Warszawie".
More on: iluzjon.fn.org.pl