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POLISH FILM FESTIVAL

Presented By The Permanent Chair Of Polish Culture
At Canisius College

NOVEMBER 10-13, 2011

All films will be screened at Canisius College, Montante Cultural Center and Regis North in the Student Center, 2011 Main Street, Buffalo, NY

November 10
7 PM
WYGRANY The Winner (Drama, 2011)
The story of a young pianist.  After losing everything, an accidental meeting with his former math teacher and  avid horsetrack gambler helps him find his way in life. Dir. Wieslaw Saniewski
November 11
7 PM
SLUBY PANIENSKIE War of Love (Comedy, 2010)
The early 19th century comedic play by Aleksander Fredro, still popular in Polish theatres, brought to the big screen. Dir. Filip Bajon
November 12
7 PM
CZARNY CZWARTEK Black Thursday (Drama, 2010)
This film is dedicated to the workers' strikes that swept over Polish coastal cities in December of 1970, only to be brutally crushed by communist authorities. Czarny czwartek (Black Thursday) focuses on the story of the family of Gdynia shipyard worker Brunon Drywa.  Dir. Antoni Krauze

November 13
3-3:15 PM -- Introduction to Labyrinth  by Fr. Ron Schmidt, S.J., Producer

3:30 PM -- LABIRYNT (Documentary, 2010)
Memory, art and hell collide as an Auschwitz survivor finally confronts the horrors of his past after 50 years of silence. The Joseph J. Naples Conversations in Christ and Culture Lecture and Performance Series and the Polish Legacy Project.
November 13, 4 PM

JOANNA (drama, 2010)
The during WWII under Nazi rule, a young woman whose husband has gone missing during the war is taking care of a small Jewish girl. MEET THE DIRECTOR: Feliks Falk

BONUS DAY- free admission

November 7
7 PM
Regis North Room in the Student Center

IRENA SENDLER: IN THE NAME OF THEIR MOTHERS (Documentary) 95-year-old Polish heroine Irena Sendler tells the unknown story of a conspiracy of women who outwitted the Nazis and rescued thousands of Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto during WWII.  MEET THE DIRECTOR: Mary Skinner, The Polish Legacy Project.


Admission $5-Tickets available at the door

Free Parking across Main Street, Lyons Parking Lots #1,2,4

All films have English subtitles and are subject to change. For information, contact the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures & Cultures at 716-888-2835.