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Szapołowska, Szczepkowska, Baka, Zanussi and Zamachowski on The Golden Lions of Krzysztof Kieślowski. Celebrating 50 years of PFF in Gdynia!
To mark the 50th anniversary of the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia, we have included a special section – The Golden Lions of Krzysztof Kieślowski, featuring three films by the outstanding director that were honored with this prestigious award. The screenings will be accompanied by an open meeting with Krzysztof Kieślowski’s family and friends. More »

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 »

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Kilka stopni niżej

Kilka stopni niżej · dir. Mikołaj Walenczykowski
Poland 2007, 20’

This document focuses on a homeless man from Bydgoszcz, who fights with alcohol addiction, loneliness and poverty every day. Walenczykowski hadn’t choose this person accidentally. You can’t look at yourself only, have to look around — says the main character and it sounds too much optimistic as for person, whose life is a misery. There’s still a hope inside him.

Director:Mikołaj Walenczykowski
Cinematography:Mikołaj Walenczykowski
Editing:Mikołaj Walenczykowski

Mikołaj Walenczykowski is a young-generation documentarist from Bydgoszcz who stared filmmaking very soon — as a teenager was accepted for first course. He started studies on Łódź Film School this year. Bydgoszcz is the main character of his documentaries and mini-studios, Divadlo is the most interesting one — about people working in Polish Theatre. Walenczykowski has an unique seans of observation — if he can follow the path of artists like Cusky or Sauter, he’ll be much more better than today.