Q&A with Przemysław Kamiński
3-rd June 2017
After the screening of "The Gift" Q&A session with the director Przemyslaw Kaminski will be held.
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Masterclass
3-rd June 2017
3rd of June at noon Michał Oleszczyk will give an open Masterclass lecture entitled "From zero to one hundred: the first minutes of the film as an introduction to the story" which will be held in the ESC’s Temporary Exhibition Hall.
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I’m a Killer (2016) joins our programme!
2-nd June 2017
I’m a Killer directed by Maciej Pieprzyca has been added to the programme of the 15th Gdańsk Doc Film Festival. On the grounds of public displays injunction of a documentary film I’m a Killer… from 1998 we cannot present it during the festival. At the director’s request we will show a feature film from 2016. The showing will take place in the historical BHP Hall of the Gdansk shipyard during Maciej Pieprzyca’s Retrospective which begins at 2 p.m. Having shown two documentaries and the feature film we will hold a meeting with the author with whom, among other things, we will discuss the reasons of judicial embargo on the documentary from 1998. Admission to the displays in the BHP Hall is free. Awarded with Silver Lions at the Gdynia Film Festival I’m a Killer is a thriller inspired by the true story of Zdzisław Marchwicki sentenced in the circumstantial trial in the renowned case of the “Vampire of Zagłębie”. The roles played with bravura by Arkadiusz Jakubik and Agata Kulesza were awarded with Eagles, the Awards of the Polish Film Academy.
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Teleconference with Tal Amiran
2-nd June 2017
After the screening of "Sand Men" teleconference with the director Tal Amiran will be held.
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Q&A with Agnieszka Elbanowska
2-nd June 2017
After the screening of "First Pole on Mars" Q&A session with the director Agnieszka Elbanowska will be held.
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Teleconference with Pawel Ziemilski
2-nd June 2017
After the screening of "K2 and the Invisible Footmen" teleconference with director Pawel Ziemilski will be held.
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Review of Maciej Pieprzyca’s Film
2-nd June 2017
Maciej Pieprzyca’s movies will be presented 2nd of June at 2 p.m. in the historic Sala BHP of the Gdańsk Shipyard. After the screening of "By Knockout" (1995), "A Legend Will Remain" (1998), and a feature film from 2016 "I’m a Killer", there will be z meeting with the director, during which we will talk about his documentary and feature work.
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Teleconference with Barak Heymann
2-nd June 2017
After the screening of "Who’s Gonna Love Me Now?" teleconference with directors Barak Heymann
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Teleconference with Marco Speroni
1-st June 2017
After the screening of “2 Girls” teleconference with director Marco Speroni
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Q&A with Anna Zamecka
1-st June 2017
After the screening of "Communion" Q&A session with the director Anna Zamecka will be held.
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Irena Kamieńska In memoriam
1-st June 2017
The historic Gdańsk Shipyard’s Sala BHP in ul. Popiełuszki 6 will be the location of special screenings. 1st of June at 2 p.m. there will be In memoriam screenings of the films by the eminent Polish documentary maker, Irena Kamieńska, who died on 3rd April 2016. After the directors documentaries: "Workers" (1980), "Day After Day" (1988) and "Voices From Far Away" (1992) there will be a meeting with a film historian and theoretician, Prof. Mirosław Przylipiak, a university professor and an author of many publications on documentary cinema.
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Teleconference with Mary Zournazi
1-st June 2017
After the screening of ">Dogs of Democracy" teleconference with director Mary Zournazi
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Screening of „Mr. Gaga” at opening of the 15th edition of Gdańsk DocFilm Festival
31-st May 2017
The opening of the 15th edition of Gdańsk DocFilm Festival will take place on Wednesday, May 31 at 19:00. After the opening gala a documentary film about Ohad Naharin Mr. Gaga, will be shown.
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Teleconference with Jasna Krajinovic
31-st May 2017
After the screening of "My Daughter Nora" teleconference with director Jasna Krajinovic
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Maciej Pieprzyca
29-th May 2017
Maciej Pieprzyca – the Chairperson of the Jury A scriptwriter and director, born on 5th May 1964 in Katowice. He graduated from journalist studies at the Faculty of Social Science at the University of Silesia in Katowice. Graduate of Film and Television Directing at the Faculty of Radio and Television at the University of Silesia in Katowice. For his picture Splinters, he received an Award for Directing Debut at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia. His two subsequent feature films: Life Feels Good (2013) and I'm a Killer (2016) were awarded Silver Lions at the same festival. His films have received many awards, not only at Polish but also at international film festivals in Houston, New York, Chicago, Montreal or Moscow, etc. He made the She is Different, By Knockout, A Legend Will Remain, I Am a Murderer documentaries which have been appreciated at multiple documentary festivals. Apart from that, he is the author of the following TV theatre productions: Hairdresser, Down, Family Show and Who Do You Believe.
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Screening of the Grand Prix winner
26-th June 2016
Screening of the Grand Prix winner will be held after the Awards Ceremony at 20:15
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14th GDDF Award Ceremony
26-th June 2016
14th GDDF Award Ceremony will begin on June 26 at 7:30 PM
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Q&A session with director Karolina Bielawska
26-th June 2016
After the screening of "Call Me Marianna" Q&A session with the director Karolina Bielawska will be held.
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Q&A session with director Piotr Małecki
26-th June 2016
After the screening of "Out of the Blue" Q&A session with the director Piotr Małecki will be held.
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Special screening: Liberating a Continent – John Paul II and the Fall of Communism
26-th June 2016
The last day of the festival will begin screening of document Liberating a Continent: John Paul II and the Fall of Communism.
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Teleconference with director Gábor Hörcher
25-th June 2016
The last show of the third day of the Festival will end with a teleconference with director film "Drifter" Gábor Horcher
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Masterclass: Interpretation of history in documentary
25-th June 2016
Masterclass led by producer Klaus Schmutzer
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Teleconference with director Monika Pawluczuk
25-th June 2016
After the screening of "End of the World" teleconference with the director Monika Pawluczuk will be held.
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Paweł Woldan’s movies review
25-th June 2016
Following Paweł Woldan's movies will be screened:: 14:15 Education 14:30 Group 14:45 Mr. Szperlik 15:10 Opportunity for girls After the screening there will be a meeting with the director Paweł Woldan.
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Teleconference with director Hrvoje Mabic
25-th June 2016
After the screening film "Sick" teleconference will be held with the director Hrvoje Mabic
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Krzysztof Kieślowski in Memoriam
25-th June 2016
As part of the "Krzysztof Kieślowski in Memoriam" tribute in the historic Hall of BHP following Kieślowski's films will be shown: 11:30 Workers 1971: Nothing About Us Without Us 12:20 Curriculum Vitae 12:50 Talking Heads After the screening of "Talking Heads" film a meeting with the director of photography Jacek Petrycki, a regular contributor to Krzysztof Kieslowski will be held.
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Teleconference with director Ester Gould
24-th June 2016
The last screening of the second day of the Festival will end teleconference with the director film "A Strange Love Affair with Ego" Ester Gould.
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Q&A session with director Aleksandra Maciuszek
24-th June 2016
After the screening of "Casa Blanca" Q&A session with the director Alexandra Maciuszek will be held.
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Teleconference with Andrei Erastov
24-th June 2016
After the screening of Airport Donetsk teleconference with director Andrei Erastov
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Special screening: Cartel Land
23-rd June 2016
After an Opening Gala film "Cartel Land", will be shown.
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Festival Opening Ceremony
23-rd June 2016
On Thursday, June 23, 2016 by 19:00 in the Europejskim Centrum Solidarności the opening of 14th edition of Gdańsk DocFilm Festival will take place.
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Teleconference with Iara Lee
23-rd June 2016
After the screening of K2 and the Invisible Footmen teleconference with director Iara Lee
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(PL) Paweł Woldan – przewodniczący Jury
2-nd June 2016
He graduated from the Faculty of Economics and Sociology at the University of Łódź in 1980. From 1979 to 1981 studied philosophy at the same university. In 1984, he obtained a degree in Directing at the Department of Radio and Television at University of Silesia in Katowice. During his studies Woldan submitted four student etudes – Krzysztof Kieślowski was his artistic supervisor. Woldan is the author of over 60 documentaries. He made five films for the Educational Films Studio and one for the Karol Irzykowski Film Studio. Since 1989 he has been working for Polish Television (Telewizja Polska) and directed over 50 documentaries for them, such as films about famous Polish writers: Adam Mickiewicz, Jerzy Andrzejewski, Stanisław Dygat, Adam Zagajewski, Jan Józef Szczepański, Kornel Filipowicz, Tadeusz Nowakowski, Marek Nowakowski, Włodzimierz Odojewski, Jerzy Ficowski, and Bolesław Prus. He has also made films about priests (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński, Cardinal August Hlond, Father Jerzy Popiełuszko, Father Ludwik Wiśniewski, Father Jan Góra, and Father Janusz Pasierb). Among His other protagonists are: Karolina Lanckorońska, Professor Stanisław Swianiewicz, Professor Stefan Swieżawski, and Marek Skwarnicki. He authored seven television dramas (Mystery Play of Saint Adalbert, Betrayal, Alek, Góra Góry, Primate in Komańcza, Thief in a Habit, Faithfulness). Woldan has received numerous prestigious film awards, such as JANTAR 85 at Koszalin Film Meetings; "Bronze Dancer" at the International Short Film Festival in Huesca, Spain; Grand Prix during the International Catholic Film Festival in Niepokalanów, Poland; and a Special Prize at the International Short Film Festival in Cracow.
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Klaus Schmutzer
2-nd June 2016
Klaus Schmutzer – a TV and film producer. Born in 1950 in Reichenbach (Vogtland) in Germany. In 1978, he graduated from Film Production Department Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF in Potsdam. In 1978 - 1981, the Vice Chairman of DOK Leipzig, the International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Short Film. In 1998-2003, the Speaker of the Association of German Cinema. Since 1991, Manager of the Berlin Association of Filmworkers. One of the owners of the à jour Film- & TV-Production PLC. The producer of a cycle of documentaries on children from the Golzow village directed by Barbara and Winfried Junge. So far, since 1961, 18 films were made. It is the oldest cycle in the world history of documentary. He often cooperates with Andreasem Voigtem, the director. He was the producer of his TV feature film, Meeting Krzysztof Kieślowski (1995). He produced "Po-lin" (2008), a famous documentary by Jolanta Dylweska. He also completes commission productions, mainly for Saxonia Media PLC Leipzig.
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Magda Sendecka
2-nd June 2016
Magda Sandecka graduated from Film Studies at the Jagiellonian University and works as a film journalist. Sandecka is an editor of a monthly magazine "Kino" ("Cinema") and the "Film Pro" quarterly. She works for the TVP Kultura TV station ("Tygodnik Kulturalny" – "Culture Weekly"), Channel 2 of Polish Radio, and since 2012 she curates theatrical programme in a Lublin theatre Teatr Stary. Sandecka is also an expert for Polish Film Institute, juror for screenwriting contests and psychotherapist.
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