March 22, 2023, 18:30
Forum Cinema, 5 Legionowa Street
tickets: 16/18 PLN – available at the Forum cinema’s box office (5 Legionowa Street), BCC/LZC’ box office (19 Warszawska Street) and on bilety.bok.bialystok.pl
VICTORIA
Amelia, an attractive middle-aged woman, has been married to an enthusiast of medieval battle reconstructions. Their relationship is slowly slipping into routine, and Amelia’s sexual needs remain unfulfilled. The 50-year-old is not even aware of what those needs are. A lifetime of her silenced desires will slowly start awakening when she finds a mysterious package on her doorstep.
FOLLOWERS. LIVE SHOOTING
How far can Adam, a student of a prestigious high school, go to get the number of his followers up? What can he show live online to attract the largest audience? In Jakub Radej’s film, a Polish school becomes the arena of events that seem unlikely, albeit not impossible, in Poland. Is a Polish student in the time of globalisation, so much different from a student in America, Asia or another European country? All of them are connected to one web and online transmissions break popularity records gathering larger audiences before screens than many popular TV programmes. It should be noted that another short fiction film focusing on a similar topic, Na żywo , has been admitted to the International Competition. Both pictures open up a discussion including tough questions.
SPARROW
Sparrow, a middle-aged man whose worsening alcohol addiction ruined his relationship with his wife and twelve-year-old son, lives in Jaśliska, a small vilage in Subcarpathia. A film crew arrives to shoot in the area and offers him a small role that may be his way out of crisis and back to his family. Will this experience change his life?