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Warsaw Film Festival Spotlights ‘Brave’ Emerging Polish Directors: ‘Break the Silence and Stop the Shame’
Warsaw Film Festival is placing the spotlight on emerging Polish directors, from Bartosz M. Kowalski to Justyna Mytnik.
“I strongly hope we’ll make a difference,” adds producer Marta Gmosińska of Lava Films, the company behind Cannes premiere “The Girl With the Needle.” “I’m happy we’re not the only voice from our generation speaking about sexual violence and abuse, loudly and from a unique perspective. From Montean-Pańków, who hired acclaimed thespian Jan Englert in “The Crossroads” where peaceful existence of an 80-year-old is shattered by a car accident – “It was a lesson not only of filmmaking but also of life”– to Bartosz M. Kowalski whose horror “Night Silence” is set in a retirement home. To elevate the quality of Polish films, we need superior scripts but also a fundamental shift in how funders perceive, prioritize and resource screenplay development,” says the head of Warsaw Next, Eliza Subotowicz.
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