My Nikifor | DIGITALLY RESTORED
Date
Hour
Place
08/08/2015
10:00
THE PGE CINEMA ELECTRIC


Mój Nikifor
reż|dir Krzysztof Krauze | PL | 2004 | 96 min
prod|pro Juliusz Machulski scen|wr Krzysztof Krauze, Joanna Kos-Krauze zdj|ph Krzysztof Ptak muz|mus Bartłomiej Gliniak mon|ed Krzysztof Szpetmański ob|cast Krystyna Feldman, Roman Gancarczyk, Jerzy Gudejko, Lucyna Malec, Marian Dziędziel dys|dis SF Zebra/TVP

DESCRIPTION

Two painters: the first one graduated from the Fine Arts Academy and has painted several paintings, and the other one is an ingenious amateur, a real artist, author of thousands of paintings. And one difficult friendship. Krauze's film is a story about a life ruled by an obligation: for Nikifor Krynicki, a social outsider, it's the talent he received from God, and for Marian Włosiński – taking care of the lonely genius.

The film, which took years of preparation, is one of the most extraordinary and distinct Polish films, awarded at many festivals. Unconventional and full of mysticism, it is a biography of a distinguished representative of primitivism; a universal story that poses questions about the source of talent and inner freedom. Picturesque cinematography by Krzysztof Ptak, Krystyna Feldman in the role of her life, and amazed audiences almost all around the world.

Special screening of the digitally restored film.


AWARDS
2004 Polish Film Festival in Gdynia – Best Actress (Krystyna Feldman), Best Editing, Best Costume Design (Dorota Roqueplo)
2004 IFF in Karlovy Vary – Crystal Globe Grand Prize, Best Director, Best Actress, the Don Quixote Award - Special Mention
2005 IFF Chicago – Grand Prix (Gold Hugo), Best Actor (Roman Gancarczyk)

DIRECTOR
Krzysztof Krauze (1953-2014) Prominent Polish director and screenwriter. In the beginning of his career he worked with the Se-ma-for studio, where he used to shoot short animated films. After this period he made documentaries and teleplays. The films that brought him popularity and recognition are “The Debt” and “Saviour Square,” which portray Polish society in the transformation period. In the biographies he made, “My Nikifor” and “Papusza” (which he made with his wife Joanna, just like “Saviour Square”), he brings back the atmosphere of Poland from many decades ago in a refined and very illustrative way. He died in December 2014. Together with his wife he was preparing a fact-based story about the genocide in Rwanda, “Ptaki śpiewają w Kigali”; Joanna Kos-Krauze continues to work on the film which is to premiere in 2016.

FILMOGRAPHY
2013 Papusza (z | with: Joanna Kos-Krauze)
2006 Plac Zbawiciela | Saviour Square (z | with: Joanna Kos-Krauze)
2004 Mój Nikifor | My Nikifor
1999 Dług | Debt, The
1996 Gry uliczne | Street Games
1988 Nowy Jork, czwarta rano | New York, 4 A.M.

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