Just over a year ago I posted details about the second instalment of the Imperial War Museum’s enterprising Polish Paths to Freedom season – a series of films illustrating aspects of twentieth-century Polish history from various perspectives, fiction and non-fiction, contemporary and historical, you name it.
They’ve just announced the line-up for part three, ‘Sparks of Hope’, which covers the period from the rise of Solidarity to the present day. A complete list of titles is here – they include rare big-screen showings of Krzysztof Kieślowski documentaries, including 1981’s drama-documentary A Short Working Day (Krótki dzień pracy), which as far as I’m aware is one of the few Kieślowski films that has yet to be released on DVD.
Other screenings include Andrzej Wajda’s Man of Marble (Człowiek z marmuru, 1977) and Man of Iron (Człowieka z żelaza, 1981) and Wojciech Marszewski’s Escape From The ‘Liberty’ Cinema (Ucieczka z kina Wolność, 1990), which I reviewed here – plus lots of other rarities.
The season runs from June 1st to July 15th – and the best news of all is that admission is free.
An excellent set of films – I’ve seen the Wajda’s but would love to see the Kieslowski documentaries – just waiting for the exact dates to be announced.