12/05/2014 - The event organised from 25 May to 1 June will present a "Focus on the UK"

The Krakow Film Festival, whose 54^th edition will take place from 25 May-1 June 2014, will be hosting a focus on a country for the fifth time. After Israel, the Netherlands, Italy and Switzerland, the country chosen this year is Britain.

The programme of this "Focus on the UK" includes a conference of Polish and British sector workers. Documentaries recently made in Britain will also be featured, including London - The Modern Babylon [+see also:
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Among the British films selected, four films are centred on eccentric characters. Coach Zoran and His African Tigers by Sam Benstead tells the story of a charismatic Serb whose aim is to get a national football team going for one of the poorest countries in the world: South Sudan. According to the director himself, The Condemned by Nick Read plunges spectators into a colony of assassins in Russia. The British-Danish production I Am Breathing [+see also:
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To be noted: this edition of the Krakow festival includes competitive sections for musical films (10), documentaries (10 films of less than 60 minutes and 10 of over an hour), shorts (39) and a local competition of 41 films.

(Translated from French)