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MANUSZ WILCZYNSKI: KILL IT AND LEAVE THIS TOWN (2020)

Sick Polish soul in hand animation

VARIETY: the style still recalls the politicized caricatures of George Grosz or the ghouls of Otto Dix...

SUPERNOVA (Bartosz Kruhlik 2019)

A terrible hit and run on a country road and all the immediate emotional consequences unfold in this accomplished feature debut.

MR. JONES (Agnieszka Holland 2020)

The venerable Polish director tells the story of the Welsh reporter in 1932 who discovered Stalin's grain massacre in the Ukraine - state imposed mass famine in...

I NEVER CRY/JAK NAJDALEJ STAD(Piotr Domalewski 2020)

A 17-year-old girl, a "Euro-orphan," becomes the family head when her foreign worker dad dies in Dublin.

I never cry

NEVER GONNA SNOW AGAIN (Malgorzata Szumowska 2020)

A strangely appealing foreign masseur (Alec Utgoff) dominates a gated community in this beautifully made and well acted film.

BARTOSZ KRUHLIK: SUPERNOVA (2019)

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MARCIN HYCNA IN SUPERNOVA

A finely crafted disaster on a country road

In movies, a shitstorm can be a thing of...

AGNIESZKA HOLLAND: MR. JONES (2019)

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JAMES NORTON IN MR. JONES

A heroic young journalist

In 1932 a young Welsh journalist, Garreth Jones (James...

PIOTR DOMALEWSKI: I NEVER CRY (2020)

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ZOFIA STAFIEJ IN I NEVER CRY

Ola wants a car

I Never Cry is the gut-wrenching, heartbreaking, sometimes...

MALGORZATA SZUMOWSKA: NEVER GONNA SNOW AGAIN (2020)

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ALEC UTGOFF IN NEVER GONNA SNOW AGAIN

Manipulation

This very enjoyable movie is a sly and...

Kino Polska: New Polish Cinema Apr 30—May 6, 2021
FILM SERIES

GENERAL FILM FORUM COVERAGE

From Friday, April 30 through Thursday, May 6 BAM presents the fourth edition of Kino Polska: New...

Kino Polska: New Polish CinemaApr 30—May 6, 2021
FILM SERIES

FILMLEAF FESTIVAL COVERAGE

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ALEC UTGOFF IN NEVER GONNA SNOW AGAIN

BAM (Brooklyn Academy...

MARILYN AGRELO: STREET GANG: HOW WE GOT TO SESAME STREET (2021)

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Letters, numbers, and racial equality

A look inside the minds and hearts of the...

NICK STAGLIANO: THE VIRTUOSO (2021)

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ANSON MOUNT IN THE VIRTUOSO

The big mouth

It's another one for the video shelf for Stagliano, for whom The...

BURHAN QURBANI: BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ (2020)

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WELKET BUNQUÉ AND ALBRECHT SCHUCH IN BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ

Boatload from the south

This screen...

GRÍMUR HÁKONARSON: THE COUNTY/HERAÐIÐ (2019)

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In The County/Héraðið, Arndís Hrönn Egilsdóttir plays Inga, a farming wife who suddenly becomes a widow. ...

S.J. CHIRO: EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS (2021)

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TOM SKERRITT IN EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS

Nothing to lose

This vehicle for Tom Skerritt (you might remember him...

DANNY MADDEN: BEAST BEAST (2020)

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SHIRLEY CHEN AND JOSE ANGELO IN BEAST BEAST

The young people today, oh my

American teen life has long had alcohol,...

CHRISTOPHER KAHUNAHANA: WAIKIKI (2020)

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DANIELLE ZALOPANY IN WAIKIKI

A pretty film about poverty and homelessness in Honolulu's tourist center
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ROY ANDERSSON: ABOUT ENDLESSNESS (2019)

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OPENING SCENE OF ABOUT ENDLESSNESS

Gloom as high art and profound philosophy

In Swedish, the title is Om...

DANNY MADDEN: BEAST BEAST (2020)

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SHIRLEY CHEN AND JOSE ANGELO IN BEAST BEAST

The young people today, oh my

American teen life has long had alcohol,...

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STILL FROM maɬni - TOWARDS THE OCEAN, TOWARDS THE SHORE

Opened yesterday, April 2, 2021 at Metrograph in New York

Two meditative interviews with...

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ND/NF 2021: Descriptions of the films

Aleph ( Iva Radivojevic) Structured as a labyrinth-like game and inspired by Jorge Luis Borges, Aleph is a...

There are also shorts:

Beyond Is the Day dir. Damian Kocur
Binh dir. Ostin Fam
Heaven Reaches Down to Earth dir. Tebogo Malebogo
Hola, abuelo dir. Manuela Eguía
I Am Afraid to Forget Your Face...

It starts later this year due to the pandemic; the 2020 series was delayed till Dec. This is the 50th anniversary of ND/NF, so there is a retrospective series of selections from early years,...