[Filmfestivalresearch] [nh] Friday at the New Horizons

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Friday at the New Horizons  
  The center of Wroclaw is bustling with festival life, but today we direct your attention to the peripheries – to the world, people and phenomena that rarely find their representation on screen. Our guide to the outskirts will be Alice Diop, the heroine of one of this year’s retrospectives. There will also be opportunities today to attend 13 meetings with 21 filmmakers (including Portuguese maestro Paulo Abreu), go on a cruise with Buster Keaton in The Navigator (NFM Organ Cinema), be swept away by the music of Rosalie., soak up the art at exhibitions, and officially kick off the weekend at the Festival Backyard. 
  Last September, Alice Diop left the Venice International Film Festival with two awards, and her feature debut, Saint Omer, was selected as the French candidate for an Oscar. However, Diop’s talent did not manifest itself suddenly – she has consistently built her career as a documentary filmmaker over the last several years. In her films, she portrays the lives of immigrants, refugees, and suburban residents; introducing black bodies, black voices, and the perspective of the periphery into French cinema. Her work proves that the margins are not only a product of the center, but also slowly and inevitably change and reshape it. Today, you can watch Diop’s Saint Omer (9:45) and Danton's Death (16:00). 
  View the Alice Diop retrospective program 
   
  We, dir. Alice Diop 
  Cinema? Art? Visual Front! 
  Those looking for an area where cinema and art intermingle are recommended to explore the Visual Front, one of the most important sections of the mBank New Horizons Festival for years. It is a space for experimentation, where artists work with film form, and filmmakers explore conceptual narratives. The Visual Front is saturated with dreams, revolutionary energy, and unfettered imagination. 
  View the Visual Front program 
  Decision to Leave at the Market Square 
  As part of the Cinema at the Market Square, we will screen the excellent Cannes award-winning thriller directed by Park Chan-wook, the undisputed master of the genre. The protagonist of the film is a policeman who, while solving the case of a certain death, falls in love with the main suspect – the widow of the deceased. He suffers from insomnia, and she knows how to lull his vigilance. The screening starts at 22:00, and admission is free, subject to seat availability. 
  Organ Cinema: The Navigator 
  Classics on the horizon! At 19:30, in collaboration with the National Forum of Music, we invite you to a screening of The Navigator (by Buster Keaton, Donald Crisp), featuring Karol Mossakowski, who will play organ to the film. The screening is part of the NFM's Organ Cinema series, and tickets for individual events within it (including the screening of The Navigator) can be purchased on-site or at the National Forum of Music website. Those with passes or accreditations for this year’s New Horizons can take profit of a 20% discount on the purchase of tickets for all NFM Organ Cinema events in July and August this year (the discount is valid only on-site at the NFM box office upon presenting a pass or accreditation). 
  Concert: Rosalie. 
  At 21:00 on dACH!, at pl. Dominikański 3, a concert by Rosalie. will begin. Rosalie. is an artist, composer, songwriter, and producer known for creating music in the r’n’b genre. Her latest album, IDeal, released in 2020, was awarded a Fryderyk for Best Album of the Year in the soul, r’n’b, gospel category. Since then, the artist has extensively toured and performed at Poland’s largest music festivals. Currently, she is focused on creating her next album, Motherlode. Admission is free upon presenting a pass, accreditation, or festival ticket (from on-site screenings only). 
  Meetings and Q&As 
  9:45, KNH4 – The Quiet Migration, dir.Malene Choi guest: Malene Choi 
  9:45, KNH7 – The Store, dir. Ami-Ro Sköld guest: Ami-Ro Sköld 
  12:30, KNH4 – Hommage: Paulo Abreu guest: Paulo Abreu 
  13:15, KNH7 – Piaffe, dir. Ann Oren guests: Ann Oren, Kristof Gerega (producer) 
  15:30, KNH2 – Eureka, dir. Lisandro Alonso guests: Lisandro Alonso, Ilse Hughan (producer) 
  16:00, KNH4 – Journey to the Sun, dir. Susana de Sousa Dias, Ansgar Schaefer + On That Day in Lisbon, dir. Daniel Blaufuks guests: Ansgar Schaefer, Susana de Sousa Dias, Daniel Blaufuks 
  16:00, DCF Warszawa – Lost Country, dir. Vladimir Perišić guest: Vladimir Perišić 
  16:15, KNH3 – Genderation, dir. Monika Treut guest: Monika Treut 
  16:15, DCF Lalka – Afterwater, dir.Dane Komljen guest: Dane Komljen 
  19:15, KNH3 – Horse Tail, dir. Justyna Łuczaj-Salej guests: Justyna Łuczaj-Salej, Małgorzata Szyłak (cinematographer), Remigiusz Pocica (actor), Mariusz Grzegorzek (artistic supervisor) 
  19:30, KNH4 – Love Dog, dir. Bianca Lucas guest: Bianca Lucas 
  21:45, KNH2 – Mammalia, dir. Sebastian Mihăilescu guest: Sebastian Mihăilescu 
  22:00, KNH8 – Captain Faggotron Saves the Universe, dir. Harvey Rabbit guests: Harvey Rabbit, Vanessa Júpiter (producer) 
  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. We also invite you to a walk connected with the Contrafactur exhibition – starting at 17:00 at the Old Town Hall. At the IP Studio, you can experience the new Ambient Room. 
  The later part of the evening is worth a visit to the Festival Backyard, where the crews of Recepcja and Surowiec clubs invariably have plenty of delights for you. At 22:00, Wojtek Furmaniak’s set will begin at Recepcja, while at 00:30 Lua Preta Soundsystem will take the stage. At 22:00, the Blue Jean / Queer 80s - Rainbow Friday event will begin at Surowiec. 
  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.