Polish Film Institute Celebrates Berlin Festival Films at Academie Lounge

The Polish Film Institute celebrated the inclusion of several Polish films in the Berlin Film Festival at Berlin’s Academie Lounge Friday. Welcoming guests at the Polish Party, where Variety was a partner, were Malgorzata Szczepkowska-Kalemba (above center), head of international relations at the PFI, and Radoslaw Smigulski, the organization’s general director (right). Among the guests were Nikolaj Nikitin (left), the Berlinale’s delegate for Central and Eastern Europe.

The Polish films in the festival include two competition films, Malgorzata Szumowska’s “Mug” and Aleksey German Jr.’s “Dovlatov,” a co-production with Russia and Serbia. Paulina Ziolkowska’s animated film “Bless You!” is among the 16 shorts in the Generation 14plus section, and Jagoda Szelc’s debut, “Tower. A Bright Day,” screens in the Forum section. Up-and-coming Polish director Marta Prus is one of Variety magazine’s Ten Europeans to Watch, who were presented to the industry at the Medienboard Reception on Saturday.

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