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Katarzyna Warnke to receive the FLISAK Award from the President of Toruń at the 23rd edition of the BellaTOFIFEST International Film Festival!
Katarzyna Warnke — a film and theatre actress, film director and screenwriter, an unconventional and rebellious artist — is this year's winner of the oldest award given at the BellaTOFIFEST IFF! More »

Kazik Staszewski to Receive the Golden Angel Award for Artistic Insolence!
At the 23rd BellaTOFIFEST International Film Festival, the Golden Angel for Artistic Insolence will be presented to a bold, outspoken and uncompromising artist who possesses a remarkable ability to capture the mood of his audience and translate it into art. More »

FEMEN, a Belgian courtroom, and childhood in the Amazon rainforest. Meet the Main Competition films of the 23rd BellaTOFIFEST IFF!
We are pleased to announce the twelve titles selected for the ON AIR International Competition for First and Second Feature Films at the 23rd BellaTOFIFEST International Film Festival! More »

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Escape from the ‘Liberty’ Cinema

Ucieczka z kina Wolność · dir. Wojciech Marczewski
Poland 1990, 87’

The most important Polish movie made at the turn of 80s. Set just before Poland’s communist regime came to an end, and the central character is a provincial censor, a tired, sloppy and lonely man. For him, censorship is both an art and a game, but he does not enjoy it. During the screening of a sentimental Polish melodrama called Daybreak at the ‘Liberty’ cinema across the road from the censor’s office, the actors start to rebel on a screen and refuse to speak their lines…

Director:Wojciech Marczewski
Screenplay:Wojciech Marczewski
Music:Zygmunt Konieczny
Cinematography:Paweł Edelman
Editing:Elżbieta Kurkowska
Cast:Janusz Gajos, Piotr Fronczewski, Artur Żmijewski, Zbigniew Zamachowski
Awards:Najlepszy Film / Best Movie, Najlepszy Aktor / Best Actor (Złote Lwy, Gdynia 1990 / Golden Lions at Gdynia 1990)