Friday 11th of May | 7:00 p.m. | Kinoteka
Debate: Can one create a new identity?
after the screening of “The Prince and the Dybbuk” by Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosołowski
In Polish only
Partner: Zwierciadło
In the middle of the sixties prince Michał Waszyński dies. During a grand funeral ceremony Rome bids farewell to an aristocrat and producer of Hollywood hits who cooperated with Orson Welles, Sophia Loren, Claudia Cardinale and many others. Though he is perhaps not a prince at all, just a pre-war Polish film director known for cheap and hastily shot popular comedies and tear jerker films as well as his only masterpiece – the mystical “Dybbuk”? Or is he just a poor Jewish boy: Moshe Waks, the son of a Volhynian smith? One man, and yet so many life stories. “The Prince and the Dybbuk” by Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosołowski is a good starting point for a discussion about how people seek and forge new identities, and what life looks like after such changes.
The debate will include:
Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosołowski – filmmakers
Remigiusz Grzela – journalist, writer, playwright. Author of countless collections of interviews “Rozum Spokorniał” (“A Mind Humiliated”), “Hotel Europa”, “Wolne” (“Time Off”), “Obecność” (“Presence”), “Marian Kociniak. Spełniony”(“Marian Kociniak. Fulfilled”), “Było, więc minęło”. Joanna Penson – dziewczyna z Ravensbrück, kobieta Solidarności, lekarka Wałęsy”(“It was therefore it passes. Joanna Penson – girl from Ravensbruck, woman of Solidarity, Wałęsa’s Doctor”), “Bagaże Franza K., czyli Podróż, której nigdy nie było”(“Franz K’s luggage, an Adventure that Never Was”), “Wybór Ireny”(“Irena’s Choice”) and “Podwójne życie reporterki. Fallaci. Torańska”(“The Double life of a reporter. Fallaci. Torańska”).
Iza Falkowska Tyliszczak – psychologist and therapist from the Team of Psychotherapeutic Help. (Zespół Pomocy Psychoterapeutycznej)
The debate will be conducted by:
Zofia Fabjanowska-Micyk – journalist. Educated in Japanese Studies. She is head of the culture section of “Zwierciadło”, a monthly periodical. She co-authored the book “Cudowne lata. Opowieści o miejscach, w których dorastaliśmy”(“Wonderful Years. Tales of places, where we grew up”). “Banzai. Japonia dla dociekliwych”(“Banzai. Japan for the inquisitive”) is her first book for children.
