This is a past event
Part of the Polish-Scottish Mini-Festival
A weekend of Polish cinema with Oscar-nominated filmmaker Jan Komasa will take place in Aberdeen as part of the Polish-Scottish Mini-Festival and International Film Festival Tofifest.
Organised by the Polish Association Aberdeen with support from the University of Aberdeen’s George Washington Wilson Centre, the Department of Film and Visual Culture, and the Elphinstone Institute, the events will run 1–3 March 2024.
Friday, 1 March, 6pm, University of Aberdeen KCF7: Corpus Christi, followed by Q&A with the filmmaker. Free entry; no booking required.
Saturday, 2 March, 7.30pm, Phoenix Centre, Newton Dee: Warsaw 44. Book your ticket.
Sunday, 3 March, 4pm, Phoenix Centre, Newton Dee: Corpus Christi. Book your ticket.
Sunday, 3 March, 7.30pm, Phoenix Centre, Newton Dee: The Hater. Book your ticket.
Jan Komasa is an award-winning Polish director whose credits include feature films, documentaries, commercials and music videos. His film Corpus Christi was the Polish candidate for the Oscars (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences).
Mateusz Lagoda, President of the Polish Association Aberdeen said: ‘Jan Komasa is an extremely talented filmmaker who has received numerous awards at many of the most important film festivals in Poland and around the world. His films have been presented at festivals in Venice, Chicago, Tribeca, Los Angeles, Palm Springs, New York, Paris, Minsk, Luxembourg, and many others and we are delighted to be able to bring him to Aberdeen. The showing of Corpus Christi will be a highlight of this year’s Polish-Scottish mini festival’.
Silvia Casini, co-director of the George Washington Wilson Centre for Art and Visual Culture said: ‘I’m delighted that students of Film and Visual Culture - and beyond - at the University of Aberdeen will have the opportunity not only to watch a film by world-renowned filmmaker Jan Komasa, but also to take part into a Masterclass led by him. I hope this will further strengthen the collaboration between Film and Visual Culture, the Elphinstone Institute, and the Polish Association in Aberdeen’.
Nicolas Le Bigre of the University of Aberdeen’s Elphinstone Institute added: ‘I’m thrilled to help welcome Oscar-nominated filmmaker Jan Komasa to the University of Aberdeen where we’ll screen his powerful film in one of our beautiful historic buildings. As always, the Elphinstone Institute is pleased to work with internal and external colleagues and continue its long-standing support of cultural events that bring Polish and Scottish culture together’.
The International Film Festival Tofifest is one of the fastest growing film festivals in Poland and the mission of the Festival is to promote independent cinema.
- Speaker
- Jan Komasa
- Hosted by
- University of Aberdeen
- Venue
- King's College KCF7