[Filmfestivalresearch] [nh] Wednesday at the New Horizons

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Wednesday at the New Horizons 
  “Never having seen a Satyajit Ray film is like never having seen the sun or the moon” – Akira Kurosawa. On festival Wednesday, we urge you to listen to the words of the maestro of Japanese cinema and direct your attention to the maestro of Bengali cinema – Satyajit Ray. The retrospective of his work includes 12 films, and today you’ll have a chance to see Distant Thunder (13:00), The Home and the World (15:45) and The Stranger (22:00). Today also features 9 meetings with 20 filmmakers – including a Q&A session after the world premiere of Lipstick on the Glass by Kuba Czekaj, a SexedPL debate and guided tours of exhibitions. The evening is best transformed into Thursday morning at the Festival Backyard. 
  As Sebastian Smoliński noted in his curatorial text: “Satyajit Ray drew inspiration from Bengal, multilingual India and the West to build his own model of cinema: eminently auteurist, deeply embedded in the local culture and marked by an ambition to create a cinematic style to suit his homeland, independent since 1947. However, Ray’s works traveled the world from the very beginning, gaining popularity in the US, Europe and at prestigious festivals. The director’s unmistakable touch has ensured that his sensual and reflective cinema has been in the global canon for decades – not so much as a solitary Bengali island, but as a collection of images and stories that dialogue with the work of other masters of cinema.” SpoilerMaster is the media partner of the retrospective. 
  View the program for Satyajit Ray's retrospective 
   
  The Stranger, dir. Satyajit Ray 
  Lost Lost Lost – cinema from the outskirts 
  Experimental slow cinema, hybrid documentaries, convention-breaking features and film essays. On Wednesday, we also recommend checking out the program of the Lost Lost Lost section, which features the overlooked discoveries of the past few years; films by directors whose work is situated on the fringes of cinema. Today you can still see: Ubi Sunt I + Unrest (13:15), Sleep Has Her House (16:15) and Light in the Tropics (19:15). Pełna Sala is the section’s media partner. 
  View the program of the Lost Lost Lost Lost section 
  2001: A Space Odyssey at the Wrocław Market Square 
  Tonight, as part of Cinema at the Market Square, we are in for truly cosmic thrills. We’ll be screening the masterpiece of the science fiction genre, with which Stanley Kubrick set new perspectives on popular science films and redefined the boundaries of cinema, extending them to pure contemplation of the nature of humanity. 2001: A Space Odyssey – departure at 22:00. Admission is free, subject to seat availability. 
  Meetings and Q&As 
  10:00, DCF Lalka – Enys Men, dir. Mark Jenkin guest: Mark Jenkin 
  12:15, DCF Lwów – About Dry Grasses, dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan guests: Merve Dizdar (actor), Deniz Celiloğlu (actor), Erdem Şenocak (actor) 
  13:00, DCF Warszawa – Bones and Names, dir. Fabian Stumm guests: Fabian Stumm, Knut Berger (actor) 
  16:00, KNH8 – Orlando, My Political Biography, dir. Paul B. Preciado+ SexedPL debate panelists: Patrycja Wonatowska, Edmund Krempiński, Konrad Niedźwiecki 
  16:00, DCF Warszawa – VIKA!, dir. Agnieszka Zwiefka guests: Agniszka Zwiefka, Wirginia Szmyt (heroine) 
  16:15, KNH6 – Sleep Has Her House, dir. Scott Barley guest: Scott Barley 
  19:15, KNH3 – Life Lasts Two Days, dir. Leonardo Mouramateus  guest: Leonardo Mouramateus 
  19:15, KNH9 – Lipstick on the Glass, dir. Kuba Czekajguests: Kuba Czekaj (director), Paweł Kosuń (producer), Arek Gielnik (producer), Agnieszka Podsiadlik (actress), Laura Benson (actress), Lili Lubliński (actress), Mela Melak (art director), Baasch (composer) 
  22:00, KNH3 – The Face of the Jellyfish, dir. Melisa Liebenthal guest: Melisa Liebenthal 
   
  Life Lasts Two Days, dir. Leonardo Mouramateus 
  Art and the Festival Backyard on the horizon 
  Those craving non-film art will also find solace at the SiC! gallery of BWA and the BWA Studio gallery, where you can enjoy (respectively) the exhibitions From Within and Avec Plasir (at 17:00 enjoy a guided tour of the first one, and at 20:00 enjoy a curatorial tour of the second). We also encourage you to visit the Wrocław Old Town Hall, where Kasia Kmita’s exhibition, Contrafactur, awaits. You can experience the new Ambient Room at IP Studio. 
  The later part of the evening is worth a visit to the Festival Backyard, where the crews of Recepcja and Surowiec clubs always wait for you with various delights. At 21:30 at Surowiec you’ll be able to try your luck at games of chance by indulging in the magic of Bingo. Some amazing surprises and contests will also take place, adding extra spice to this special night. And from 23:00 – THAAAT'S MEEEEE IN THE CORNEEER, THAAAT'S ME IN THE SPOT-LIGHT, or simply karaoke at Recepcja. We’ll be singing till we drop! 
  Coffee, my glorious coffee 
  And more. A wide variety of savory and sweet snacks await you at the New Horizons Cinema bistro, including those from Dobra Kaloria, as well as NITRO cold brew, Fritz Kola and oodles of other refreshments. The cinema bistro is a perfect place to satisfy your non-film hunger in between screenings. 
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  Cinema at the Market Square is organized thanks to the support of the mBank New Horizons’ patron, the Municipality of Wroclaw. 
  The Polish films shown at the festival are screened thanks to our partnership with Dr. Irena Eris.