WAJDA: re-visions | Ashes and the Diamond – screening with lecture
About the event
On March 13, as part of the “WAJDA: re-visions” series, we invite you to a special screening of the film “Ashes and the Diamond” – one of the most famous titles in the history of Polish cinema.
The opening of the series will be accompanied by a lecture by Joanna Najbor, whose texts have appeared, among others, in Dwutygodnik, Vogue.pl, Filmweb, the magazine EKRANy and the monthly “Kino”.
It’s an excellent opportunity to better understand the historical, political and artistic context of the film’s creation and to reflect together on its relevance today.
You are warmly invited!
Film: “Ashes and the Diamond” (1958)
Data i godzina: 13 marca | 19:00
Bilety: 14 zł
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A few words about the lecturer:
Asia Najbor – film critic, PhD candidate at the Doctoral School of Social Sciences at Jagiellonian University. Winner of the Grand Prix in the 26th Krzysztof Mętrak Competition (2023). She has published reviews and essays, among others, in Dwutygodnik, Vogue.pl, Filmweb, the magazine EKRANy and the monthly “Kino”. She works at the Institute of Social Sciences at SWPS University in Warsaw. She plays the cello and comes from Zakopane.
About the film:
The final days of World War II. A young Home Army soldier, Maciek Chełmicki, must carry out one more order – to shoot a communist apparatchik who has arrived in a provincial town to seize power. As hours pass, the protagonist sees less and less sense in continued fighting, begins a romance with the bartender of the local hotel and witnesses a celebration by the prewar establishment, rejoicing in the end of the old times. After the years of war, Maciek mainly wants to live and love, but he still has to fight, remember the fallen and sacrifice his own life.
Screening schedule:
- MARCH – Ashes and the Diamond (1958)
- APRIL – The Wedding (1972)
- MAY – Innocent Sorcerers (1960)
- JUNE – Man of Marble (1977)
- JULY – Brzezina (1970)
- AUGUST – A Chronicle of Amorous Accidents (1985)
- SEPTEMBER – Landscape After the Battle (1970)
- OCTOBER – Without Anesthesia (1978)
- NOVEMBER – The Promised Land (1974)
- DECEMBER – Everything for Sale (1968)
Organization:
- Organizer: Association of Art House Cinemas
- Series curator: prof. Rafał Syska
- Poster: Maks Bereski
- Main Partner: Documentary and Feature Film Studios
- Partner: Polish Film Institute
- Project funded by: Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
- Media patrons: Filmweb, KINO, RMF Classic, Filmawka, Kultura Wokół Nas
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