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Polish Filmmakers Gear Up for New Political Reality: ‘Recent Years Have Been Very Difficult’
Polish film professionals, including Agnieszka Holland and Ewa Puszczyńska, gear up for the new political reality following government change.
Still, projects verging on the experimental side are harder to develop locally, says Amsterdam-based Zuza Banasińska, whose “Grandmamauntsistercat,” created from archival footage, will be shown at Forum Expanded as one of few Polish accents at this year’s fest. Justyna Mytnik’s debut “Wet Monday” will take on bold subjects as well, led by Lava Films, also behind Magnus von Horn’s “The Girl With a Needle” and Alireza Khatami’s “Things That You Kill.” All three are in post-production. Meanwhile, Madants — behind Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s “The Silent Twins” and upcoming “No Beast So Fierce” by Burhan Qurbani and “Varn” by John Skoog — is making a move into animation, starting with adult-skewing “Cherub.” “It’s based on folk beliefs and a fascination with magical realism.
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