FILM SUMMER LIKE NEVER BEFORE
This year's TME Polówka Film Festival includes as many as 140 films in 20 locations. The screenings will take place from June to the end of September. The grand opening will take place during Midsummer Night at Józef Piłsudski’s Park (Park na Zdrowiu). On Saturday (24 June) you will be able to watch three films simultaneously:
- Triangle of Sadness (2022), directed by Ruben Östlund – the main opening movie
- Midsommar (2019) directed by Ari Aster
- Shrek (2001), by Adamson Andrew, Jenson Vicky – you will be able to watch it directly from one of the pools in Fala Aquapark during the Night Swim!
This year, the screenings will take place in various locations – both those known from previous years (Julianowski Park, EC1, Fuzja) and new ones: the Museum of Cinematography and Monopolis.
The full programme can be found on the Festival website.
NOT ONLY "SHEAR MADNESS"
"Lato w Teatrze Powszechnym w Łodzi" [Summer at the Powszechny Theatre in Lodz] began on 16 June and during this year's edition of the project you will be able to see as many as 45 performances! The offer includes not only "Shear Madness" by Juliusz Machulski known to the majority of Lodz residents, but also "I wanted to be" by Wojciech Malajkat and many others.
This season was marked by the great return of the audience to the theatre after the pandemic. A very intense time is behind us, but we are not leaving for holiday after the last school bell. We will be performing until the end of July – we will present a dozen or so plays, there will be several dozen performances on two stages. As always, as part of the "Lato w Teatrze Powszechnym w Łodzi" – at special holiday prices. This way, we want to thank the audience for this joint, record-breaking season. This alliance with the audience always gives wings
– says Ewa Pilawska, Director of the Powszechny Theatre in Lodz
The full repertoire can be found on the theatre website.
JAZZ NEWCOMERS AND WORLD STARS
Summer Jazz Academy 2023 will start on 11 July. On the stage of Wytwórnia Club you will be able to see the legends of Polish and world jazz – the well-known and respected musicians as well as jazz newcomers. Who will perform this year? John Scofield Solo, Tropical Soldiers in Paradise, Skalpel, Suzanne, Bastrada Trio & João de Sousa, Goran Kajfeš Subtropic Arkestra, Les Freres Smith, Piotr Damasiewicz…
Additionally, on 23-27 July, INTL Jazz Platform creative workshops will take place. Thanks to them, jazz musicians can perfect their skills under the watchful eye of qualified international staff. The workshops are accompanied by master concerts, also available as part of a pass for the 16th Summer Jazz Academy. This year, performers include PESH, Maciej Obara, Mary Lattimore, Hoshii and Linda Fredrikssen.
Tickets for selected concerts, as well as passes for all the events of the 16th Summer Jazz Academy are now available for sale. Details on the Wytwórnia and Summer Jazz Academy websites.
THE CINEMATIC BEAUTY OF LODZ
Filmowa Uroda Miasta 60/600 [Cinematic Beauty of the City 60/600] is an undertaking which is to integrate various social groups and celebrate the jubilee of granting city rights to Lodz. The event will consist of numerous film screenings, lectures and meetings devoted to the history of the city and its presentation in the film, as well as an analysis of the contemporary identity of the city.
The festival programme will include screenings of feature films and documentaries about events and themes from the history of Lodz, including productions by Wytwórnia Filmów Oświatowych, the former Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych at Łąkowa, and etudes of great Polish directors and films produced by graduates of the Lodz Film School or teams and film studios that make up the legend of film Lodz to this day. Screenings of feature films are planned, in which Lodz plays an important role, both as one of the main characters and as a recognisable place for the audience.
The first screenings took place on 15 and 16 June. Information about further events will be available on the Charlie Cinema website.
Edit: Bartosz Kałużny (Communications and PR Centre, University of Lodz)
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