Kino Polska: New Polish Cinema features seven films, including three New York premieres, highlighting directors who are revitalizing contemporary Polish cinema. The series brings together the best new works by Poland’s boundary-pushing women filmmakers. The series opens with Agnieszka Holland and Katarzyna Adamik’s „Spoor” (2017). The critically acclaimed eco-thriller was Poland’s 2018 Oscar submission and winner of the Silver Bear…
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Polish-Jewish relations have once again become an important topic. In February this year, the Polish parliament passed a law making it an offence, with up to three years imprisonment or a fine, for anyone who accuses the Polish state or people of participating in the Holocaust or other Nazi crimes. This attempt to re-write history and criminalize historical discourse caused…
The Avalon Theater The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington, DC and The Polish Cultural Institute New York present: Loving Vincent By Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 8:00 PM Tickets: $12.5 general; $10 students, seniors; $8.25 members The Avalon Theater 5612 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC Tel: 202-966-6000 Loving Vincent is the world’s first fully painted…
On Friday, the lower house of the Polish parliament approved a bill which forbids people to link Auschwitz with Poland.