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Jagna Janicka
Jagna Janicka (born 1959) is a Polish film and stage costume and scene designer.Jagna Janicka a profile at filmpolski.pl She graduated from the , Kraków, Department of Stage, Film and TV Scenic Design, in 1987. She is a member of the and the . Selected awards * 2012: |
Jan Matejko Academy Of Fine Arts
The Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków (, usually abbreviated to ''ASP''), is a public higher education, institution of higher education located in the centre of Kraków, Poland. It is the oldest Polish fine art academy, established in 1818 and granted full autonomy in 1873. ASP is a state-run university that offers 5- and 6-year Master's degree programmes. As of 2007, the Academy's faculty comprised 94 professors and assistant professors as well as 147 Ph.D.s. History The Academy of Fine Arts (ASP) was originally a subdivision of the Jagiellonian University's Department of Literature and was initially (1818–1873) called the School of Drawing and Painting (''Szkoła Rysunku i Malarstwa''). Among its original teachers were Polish Neoclassicist Antoni Brodowski, and Franciszek Ksawery Lampi, a world-renowned landscape and portrait artist in Congress Poland whose most notable students there were Wojciech Korneli Stattler (a teacher of Jan Matejko) and Piotr Michałowski, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Film Academy
The Polish Film Academy (Polish: ''Polska Akademia Filmowa'') is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures. History The academy was founded in 2003 on the initiative of the Independent Film Foundation (Polish language, Polish: ''Niezależna Fundacja Filmowa'', NFF) and is a national film academy equivalent to other national academies awarding such prizes as French César Awards, Czech Lion Awards or Spanish Goya Awards. It is composed of about 600 motion picture professionals from Poland. Membership in the Academy is by invitation only. Membership is based on being judged by all members – professional filmmakers as a nominated for distinguished achievements in filmmaking. The Academy organizes annual Polish Film Academy Awards, now officially known as The Eagle (''Orzeł''). In 2008 the first president of the Academy was Agnieszka Holland. The current president of the Academy is producer and director Darius ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Film Academy
The European Film Academy is a group of European film director, filmmakers who come together in Berlin on the occasion of the first presentation of the European Film Awards in November 1988. Every year, the European Film Academy honors films and filmmakers with the European Film Awards. The ceremony takes place every even year in a different European city and every odd year in Berlin. History The European Film Academy was founded in 1989 under the name ''European Cinema Society'' by Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, along with forty other filmmakers from across Europe, including Bernardo Bertolucci, Claude Chabrol, Dušan Makavejev, István Szabó, and Wim Wenders. Bergman served as the first president, and Wenders was appointed chairman. In 1990, the organization was renamed the European Film Academy and registered as a non-profit association. In 1996, Wim Wenders succeeded Bergman as president, and Nik Powell, a British producer, was elected chairman. Mike Downey, an Irish-B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gdynia Film Festival
The Gdynia Film Festival aka FPFF (until 2011: Polish Film Festival, Polish: ''Festiwal Polskich Filmów Fabularnych w Gdyni'') is an annual film festival first held in Gdańsk (1974–1986), now held in Gdynia, Poland. It has taken place every year since 1974, except in 1982 and 1983 when Poland was Martial law in Poland, under martial law. The organizers of the festival are the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland, Polish Film Institute (PISF), Polish Filmmakers Association, the Pomeranian Voivodeship Local Government as well as the port city of Gdynia. The Polish Film Festival award is the Grand Prix Golden Lions (Polish: ''Złote Lwy''), which is different from the Eagle (Polish: ''Orzeł''), awarded at the Polish Film Awards and the Seattle Polish Film Festival (Seattle is the sister city of Gdynia). Special awards include the Platinum Lions (''Platynowe Lwy'') conferred for lifetime achievements in cinema as well as the Audience Award. Agnieszka Holland hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Darkness (2011 Film)
''In Darkness'' () is a dual-perspective 2011 Polish drama film written by David F. Shamoon and directed by Agnieszka Holland. It was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards. Based on true events during German occupation of Poland, the film tells about Leopold Socha, a sewer worker in the Polish city of Lwów. He used his knowledge of the city's sewer system to shelter a group of Jews who had escaped from the Lwów Ghetto during the Holocaust in Poland. Plot During Nazi-occupied Poland, two Lvov sewer workers, Leopold Socha and Szczepek Wróblewski, loot successfully. They witness Nazis executing Jewish women in the woods before returning home. In the Lvov ghetto, Jews face persecution and humiliation by German SS men and collaborating Ukrainian police. Illegal trade and prostitution flourish under the ghetto walls, involving smugglers like Mundek Margulies. While working in the sewers, Socha and Szczepek encounter Jews attempting to escape to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Film Awards
The Eagles Polish Film Awards, or The Eagles () is the national film award of Poland. It has been delivered annually since 1999, with the first event held on 21 June, by the National Chamber of Audiovisual Producers (KIPA). Since 2003 they have been awarded by the Polish Film Academy. The award ceremony is held under the auspices of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of Poland. Their status in the Polish film industry can be compared with Academy Awards. The award depicts outstretched eagle's wings attached to a white socle twined by a ribbon which is reminiscent of a film stock. It was designed by Polish sculptor Adam Fedorowicz. The 26th Polish Film Awards took place on 4 March 2024. '' Green Border'', directed by Agnieszka Holland, was named Best Film. Awards List of main categories: * Best Film – since 1999 * Best Actor – since 1999 * Best Actress – since 1999 * Supporting Actor – since 2000 * Supporting Actress – since 2000 * Documentary – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago International Film Festival
The Chicago International Film Festival is an annual film festival held every fall. Founded in 1964 by Michael Kutza, it is the longest-running competitive film festival in North America. Its logo is a stark, black and white close up of the composite eyes of early film actresses Theda Bara, Pola Negri, and Mae Murray, set as repeated frames in a strip of film. In 2010, the 46th Chicago International Film Festival presented 150 films from more than 50 countries. The Festival's program is composed of many different sections, including the International Competition, New Directors Competition, Docufest, Black Perspectives, Cinema of the Americas, and Reel Women. Its main venue is the AMC River East 21 Theatre in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago, although it has dropped that venue during the most recent festival as of 2023 (59th), instead using the AMC Newcity 14. International Connections Program The International Connections Program was created in 2003 in order to ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Family
''The Last Family'' () is a 2016 Polish biographical film directed by Jan P. Matuszyński. The film won the Golden Lions for best film at the 2016 Gdynia Film Festival. Plot As renowned painter Zdzislaw Beksinski tapes everything with his camcorder, a 28-year family saga unfolds through his disturbing dystopian paintings, family feuds, near-death experiences, love-hate relations and consecutive funerals. The true story of the artistic Beksinski family: Zdzislaw, his wife Zofia and their talented yet trouble-making son Tomasz. Cast * Andrzej Seweryn - Zdzislaw Beksinski * Dawid Ogrodnik - Tomasz Beksinski * Aleksandra Konieczna - Zofia Beksinska * Andrzej Chyra - Piotr Dmochowski * Zofia Perczynska - Stanislawa Beksinska * - Stanislawa Stankiewicz * Alicja Karluk - Patrycja * Magdalena Boczarska - Ewa * - Helena Reception On Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes is an American review aggregator, review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clergy (film)
''Clergy'' () is a 2018 Polish drama film co-written and directed by Wojciech Smarzowski. The film stars Arkadiusz Jakubik, Robert Więckiewicz and Jacek Braciak as three priests united by an event that almost took their lives. Synopsis Three priests meet on the same date of a past event that could have taken their lives. Cast * Arkadiusz Jakubik as Priest Andrzej Kukula * Robert Więckiewicz as Priest Tadeusz Trybus * Jacek Braciak as Priest Leszek Lisowski * Joanna Kulig as Hanka Tomala * Janusz Gajos as Archbishop Mordowicz * Adrian Zaremba as Vicar Jan * Magdalena Celówna-Janikowska as Natalia * Antoni Barłowski as Czekaj * Jacek Beler as Priest Petarda * Stanisław Brejdygant as Priest Teodor * Bartosz Bielenia as Toady Release Box office Clergy was wide released in Poland on 28 September 2018 and grossed $29,913,342, breaking several box office records. About 935,000 viewers watched the film in its opening weekend, the best opening for a Polish film in Poland in 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Births
Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the vicinity of Earth's Moon, where it was intended to crash-land, but instead becomes the first spacecraft to go into heliocentric orbit. * January 3 ** Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. ** The southernmost island of the Maldives archipelago, Addu Atoll, declares its independence from the Kingdom of the Maldives, initiating the United Suvadive Republic. * January 4 ** In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana. ** Léopoldville riots: At least 49 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the ABAKO Party in Kinshasa, Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo. * January 6 – The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated. * January 7 – The United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Polish Scenic Designers
Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwriters * Kevin Polish, an American Paralympian archer Polish may refer to: * Polishing, the process of creating a smooth and shiny surface by rubbing or chemical action ** French polishing, polishing wood to a high gloss finish * Nail polish * Shoe polish * Polish (screenwriting), improving a script in smaller ways than in a rewrite See also * * * Polishchuk (surname) * Polonaise (other) A polonaise ()) is a stately dance of Polish origin or a piece of music for this dance. Polonaise may also refer to: * Polonaises (Chopin), compositions by Frédéric Chopin ** Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 (, ''Heroic Polonaise''; ) * Polon ... {{Disambiguation, surname Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
