WOJCIECH STAROŃ RETROSPECTIVE AT THE FESTIVAL DEI POPOLI
On November 27, starts the 56th edition of the festival Dei Popoli in Florence. During the event, Wojciech Staroń retrospective will be held, as well as the director's master class.
Wojciech Staroń is a recognised director, scriptwriter and cameraman, the winner of many awards, among others, the Silver Bear at Berlinale. His latest documentary film, "Brothers," won the Grand Prix award at the DOK.Leipzig festival - the Golden Dove - and the main award of the section La Semaine de la Critique at the festival in Locarno.
In Florence, in a special retrospective, "The Trades of Cinema 2015: Homage to Wojciech Staroń," the following films by the director will be shown: "Argentinian lesson," "For a while," "El Misionero" and "The Siberian lessons." The viewers at the festival Dei Popoli will also have a chance to see films on which Wojciech Staroń worked as cameraman: "Glass trap" by Paweł Ferdek, "Six weeks" by Marcin Janos Krawczyk, "Cisza, ciemność" by Paweł Kędzierski, and "Refugiade" by Diego Lerman and "El Premio" by Paul Markovtich.
The retrospective is accompanied by meetings with the director. On December 1, Wojciech Staroń will give the master class "The Emphatic Camera" within the frames of the workshops Doc At Work.
Krakow Film Foundation is the co-organiser and partner of this event.
Detailed schedule of the screenings is available on the festival's website.