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Mój Nikifor
''My Nikifor'' () is a 2004 Polish drama film directed by Krzysztof Krauze. It is based on the life of Nikifor, a folk art, folk and Naïve art, naïve painter. Cast *Krystyna Feldman as Nikifor *Roman Gancarczyk as Marian Włosiński *Lucyna Malec as Hanna Włosińska *Jerzy Gudejko as Ryszard Nowak *Artur Steranko as Doctor Rosen *Jowita Budnik, Jowita Miondlikowska as Cleaning Lady Kowalska *Marian Dziędziel as Budnik Reception Basing on 8 critics, ''My Nikifor'' holds an 88% rank on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, with an Weighted arithmetic mean, average rating of 6/10. Wally Hammond of ''Time Out (magazine), Time Out'' gave the film 3 out of 5 and called acting as "solid". In a review for ''Variety (magazine), Variety'', Leslie Felperin wrote: "Though in most respects a conventional painter's biopic, ''My Nikifor'' has some interesting warps in its canvas". According to Thomas Dawson of BBC, the film "is a spare yet affecting cinematic portrait". Awards *2 ...
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Krzysztof Krauze
Krzysztof Krauze (2 April 1953 – 24 December 2014) was a Polish film director, cinematographer and actor, best known for his thriller ''The Debt (1999 film), The Debt'' (1999).Marek Haltof]''Polish National Cinema'' Berghahn Books, 2002. Life and career Krauze was born in Warsaw and completed his cinematography studies at the National Film School in Łódź in the 1970s.Krauze profile
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He left Poland in 1980, but returned in 1983. In the 1980s and early 1990s he worked for various production studios in Poland. In 1997 he was named "Man of the Year" by the Polish magazine ''Życie''. He also acted in several films by other Polish directors.


Death

Krauze was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2006, and died on 24 December 2014, aged 61.
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Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American trade magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933, ''Daily Variety'' was launched, based in Los Angeles, to cover the film industry, motion-picture industry. ''Variety'' website features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, plus a credits database, production charts and film calendar. History Founding ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville, with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. He subsequently decided to start his own publication that, he said, would "not be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father-in-law, he launched ''Variety'' as publisher and editor. In additi ...
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2004 Films
2004 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. ''Shrek 2'' was the year's top-grossing film, and ''Million Dollar Baby'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Evaluation of the year American film critic and professor Emanuel Levy described 2004 as "a banner year for actors, particularly men." He went on to emphasize, "I can't think of another year in which there were so many good performances, in every genre. It was a year in which we saw the entire spectrum of demographics displayed on the big screen, from vet actors such as Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman, to seniors such as Al Pacino, Pacino, Robert De Niro, De Niro, and Dustin Hoffman, Hoffman, to newcomers such as Topher Grace. As always, though, the center of the male acting pyramid is occupied by actors in their forties and fifties, such as Sean Penn, Johnny Depp, Liam Neeson, ...
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GamesRadar+
''GamesRadar+'' (formerly ''GamesRadar'') is an entertainment website for video game-related news, previews, and reviews. It is owned by Future plc. In late 2014, Future Publishing-owned sites ''Total Film'', '' SFX'', '' Edge'' and '' Computer and Video Games'' were merged into ''GamesRadar'', with the resulting, expanded website being renamed ''GamesRadar+'' in November that year. Format and style ''GamesRadar+'' publishes numerous articles each day, including official video game news, reviews, previews, and interviews with publishers and developers. One of the site's features was their "Top 7" lists, a weekly countdown detailing negative aspects of video games themselves, the industry and/or culture. Today, they also publish "best games" lists segmented by genre, platform, or theme. These are divided into living lists, for consoles and platforms that are still active, and legacy lists, for consoles and platforms that are no longer a target for commercial game development. ...
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Total Film
''Total Film'' was a British film magazine published 13 times a year (published monthly with a summer issue added, between the July and August issues, every year since issue 91, 2004) by Future Publishing. The magazine was launched in 1997 and offered cinema, DVD and Blu-ray news, reviews, and features. ''Total Film'' was available both in print and interactive iPad editions. In 2014, it was announced online that ''Total Film'' would be merging into ''GamesRadar+,'' alongside ''SFX (magazine), SFX'', ''Edge (magazine), Edge'', and ''Computer and Video Games''. In October 2024, Future announced that the publication of ''Total Film'' would be ending on issue 356, with the publication joining ''All About Space'', ''Total 911'' and ''3D World'' as titles axed by the company at the same time. Features Each month, ''Total Film'' provided a range of features, from spotlight interviews with actors and directors to the making of on-set pieces for new and future releases. Each issue alway ...
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The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust Limited. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in its journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. S ...
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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 ...
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Polish Academy Award For Best Cinematography
The Polish Academy Award for Best Film Cinematography is an annual award given to the best Polish cinematography Cinematography () is the art of motion picture (and more recently, electronic video camera) photography. Cinematographers use a lens (optics), lens to focus reflected light from objects into a real image that is transferred to some image sen ... of the year. Winners and nominees References External links Polish Film Awards Official website {{Polish Film Awards Awards for best cinematography Polish film awards Awards established in 1999 ...
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Polish Academy Award For Best Actress
The Polish Academy Award for Best Actress is an annual award given to the best lead actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ... in Polish picture. Winners and nominees Multiple awards and nominations References External links Polish Film Awards Official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Polish Academy Award For Best Actress Film awards for lead actress Polish film awards Awards established in 1999 1999 establishments in Poland ...
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2005 Polish Film Awards
The 2005 Polish Film Awards ran on March 5, 2005. It was the 7th edition of Polish Film Awards, Polish Film Awards: Eagles. Awards nominees and winners ''Winners are highlighted in boldface.'' Polish Academy Award for Best Film, Best Film * ''The Wedding (2004 film), The Wedding'' - Wojciech Smarzowski * ''Mój Nikifor'' - Juliusz Machulski * ''Pręgi'' - Wlodzimierz Otulak, Krzysztof Zanussi, Iwona Ziulkowska Polish Academy Award for Best Actor, Best Actor * ''The Wedding (2004 film), The Wedding'' - Marian Dziedziel * ''Pręgi'' - Michał Żebrowski * ''Ubu król'' - Jan Peszek Polish Academy Award for Best Actress, Best Actress * ''Mój Nikifor'' - Krystyna Feldman * ''Pręgi'' - Agnieszka Grochowska * ''Ubu król'' - Katarzyna Figura Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Supporting Actor * ''Pręgi'' - Jan Frycz * ''Symetria'' - Borys Szyc * ''The Wedding (2004 film), The Wedding'' - Arkadiusz Jakubik * ''Zerwany'' - Krzysztof Globisz Polish Academy Award for Best Supp ...
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Best Director Award (Karlovy Vary IFF)
The Best Director Award is one of main awards of the Feature Film Competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (, KVIFF) is an annual film festival held in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has become Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern Eur .... Since 1990, it is conferred on the best director. Best Director Award winners References External links The official festival site / History {{Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Czech film awards International film awards ...
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