CABARET POLSKA

POLISH TITLE: KABARET POLSKA

REPRESENTED BY KFF

„Cabaret Polska” is a creative documentary movie combining documentary and cabaret genres. It is a reflection on the events of March 68’ in Poland. By putting personal testimonies next to made up cabaret scenes, the movie examines the memory of March 68’ and its contemporary influence. It is an odyssey into the Polish and Jewish cultures through personal stories, history, food, languages, songs, and music. The documentary part is made up of interviews and archived materials. The key interviewee is Mr. Ryszard Wójcik – a Polish documentalist who witnessed the events with his camera and recorded testimonies of his friends shortly before their emigration. The interviews with emigrants examine the personal aspect of the March 68’ events, whereas the creative part turns to the metaphorical aspect of the stories told. The cabaret starts when, one day, a cabaret group pays the documentalist Wójcik a visit in his house. They plan to celebrate the 40th anniversary of March 68’. During the day they are dressed as carol singers, but in the evening, just as they enter Mr. Wojcik’s house, they perform as a Cabaret. Its members are: Trio Kolombina, Mr. Żurek, accordionist Fink, who are assisted by Turoń and the citizen of Siam. Later on in the evening they are joined by a secret agent and a puppet of Gomułka. 

FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION

GENRE:
documentary
RUNNING TIME:
49'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Nir David Zats, Zuzanna Solakiewicz
SCRIPT:
Nir David Zats, Zuzanna Solakiewicz
EDITOR:
Nir David Zats, Zuzanna Solakiewicz
PRODUCTION:
Instytut im. Adama Mickiewicza, Transfax Film Production

Nir David Zats »

He spent the years 1999-2003 in New York, where he studied film in the Hunter College and was Artist in Resident at Film & Video Art. His last film ‘State of Unbelonging’ was screened, among other places, at the Jerusalem Festival 2006. He currently lives and works in Jerusalem, and is a student of the Sam Spiegel Film and TV School.

Zuzanna Solakiewicz »

Writer and director. She graduated in Humanities, University of Warsaw. Between 2005 and 2009 lived in Israel and studied film directing at the Sam Spiegel Film & TV School in Jerusalem. Completed an internship at the Lodz Film School

Her feature-length creative documentary "15 corners of the world" won Festival del film Locarno 2014 – Critic’s Week Award, Best Documentary Award at Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival, and many others.