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Cinema: CiakPolska film festival kicked off in Rome

6th edition with a preview of 'Cold War' by Pawlikowski

02 December, 14:03
(ANSA) - ROME - The CiakPolska Film Festival kicked off in Rome and will feature till the 7th of December the best Polish cinema, allowing the audience to discover one of the most dynamic and renowned cinema industries in Europe. The 6th edition of the festival organized by the Polish Institute of Rome, has been inaugurated yesterday night at the "Casa del Cinema" with a preview of "The Cold War" by Pawel Pawlikowski, a poignant love story set in the post-war period that won the best director prize at the Cannes Film Festival, gaining five nominations for the European Film Awards. At the 'Casa del Cinema', until December 3rd, some of the most award-winning movies of the year will be screened, including the noir comedy 'Mug'- Silver Bear at the Berlin Festival - by Malgorzata Szumowska (guest of the festival along with the actor Mateusz Kociukiewicz), 'Reconciliation' by Maciej Sobieszczanski - who will also be a guest of the festival - dedicated to a little-known chapter in European history and awarded at the Locarno Film Festival, but also documentaries such as 'Over the Limit', a controversial investigation into state doping in Russia. 'Silent night' by Piotr Domalewski, dealing with migration, which is the winner of the Gdynia Festival, is also going to be screened, as well as 'Beyond words' by Urszula Antoniak. From December 4 to 7, the festival will move to the Trevi Cinema, where the centenary of Poland's independence will be celebrated, by screening ten Polish masterpieces by some of the world's greatest cinema masters, such as Roman Polanski, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Andrzej Wajda, Krzysztof Zanussi. (ANSA).

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