The Polish Film Institute celebrated the inclusion of several Polish films in the Berlin Film Festival at Berlin’s Academie Lounge Friday.
Welcoming guests at the Polish Party, where Variety was a partner, were Malgorzata Szczepkowska-Kalemba (above center), head of international relations at the Pfi, and Radoslaw Smigulski, the organization’s general director (right).
Among the guests were Nikolaj Nikitin (left), the Berlinale’s delegate for Central and Eastern Europe.The Polish films in the festival include two competition films, Malgorzata Szumowska’s “Mug” and Aleksey German Jr.’s “Dovlatov,” a co-production with Russia and Serbia.
Paulina Ziolkowska’s animated film “Bless You!” is among the 16 shorts in the Generation 14plus section, and Jagoda Szelc’s debut, “Tower.
A Bright Day,” screens in the Forum section.The Pfi co-financed German-Polish co-production “Whatever Happens Next,” directed by Julian Poerksen, which plays in Perspective Deutsches Kino.
The Panorama section features Ukrainian-Polish-Macedonian co-production “When the Trees Fall,” by debuting
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