Painting in Andrzej Wajda's Films | Polish Film Academy | Iluzjon Cinema

As part of another edition of the Polish Film Academy, we invite you to Iluzjon Cinema for a unique series in which we will discover the painterly DNA of Andrzej Wajda’s work.

The director abandoned the Academy of Fine Arts for the Łódź Film School; nonetheless, painting never left his work. Frames from his films come alive with images by Matejko, Malczewski, Wróblewski – the master of cinema transforms the canvases of great artists into moving, pulsating scenes.

From February to June at Iluzjon Cinema we will present 13 masterpieces by Wajda. At each meeting, respected film scholars will guide viewers through cinematic quotations, juxtaposing frames with the original paintings: Wyspiański, Grottger, Gierymski, Hopper, Goya. Thanks to academic lectures, course participants will have the opportunity to see how Wajda built mood, symbolism and emotion through dialogue with painting.

This year marks the centenary of Andrzej Wajda’s birth. We invite everyone, not only students. It is a special opportunity to learn more about the director and his work.

Schedule (Tuesdays, 17:00):

• 17 February — "Generation", dir. Andrzej Wajda, 1954, 83 min.
• 24 February — "Ashes and Diamonds", dir. Andrzej Wajda, 1958, 97 min.
• 3 March — "Lotna", dir. Andrzej Wajda, 1959, 85 min.
• 10 March — "Ashes" part I, dir. Andrzej Wajda, 1965, 103 min.
• 17 March — "Ashes" part II, dir. Andrzej Wajda, 1965, 123 min.
• 24 March — "Canal", dir. Andrzej Wajda, 1956, 91 min.
• 31 March — "Everything for Sale", dir. Andrzej Wajda, 1968, 94 min.
• 14 April — "The Birch Wood", dir. Andrzej Wajda, 1970, 99 min.
• 28 April — "Landscape After the Battle", dir. Andrzej Wajda, 1970, 101 min.
• 5 May — "The Wedding", dir. Andrzej Wajda, 1972, 102 min.
• 19 May — "Man of Marble", dir. Andrzej Wajda, 1976, 153 min.
• 26 May — "Danton", dir. Andrzej Wajda, 1982, 130 min.
• 2 June — "Tatarak", dir. Andrzej Wajda, 2009, 83 min.

Tickets: 15 zł for everyone

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