The tenth edition of Polish Days, the New Horizons International Film Festival’s leading industry event, will once again present the majority of the most highly anticipated forthcoming titles from the national film industry. Polish Days will happen entirely online from 27-29 July, even though New Horizons IFF itself won’t run on its original dates and has been postponed to 5-15 November 2020 (you can also read the interview with the festival’s artistic director, Marcin Pieńkowski). The selection of 24 film projects includes titles at every stage of production, as six completed films, eight works in progress and ten projects in development will be showcased.

Magnus von Horn’s sophomore feature, Sweat [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Magnus von Horn
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intervista: Grzegorz Jaroszuk
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intervista: Grzegorz Zariczny
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intervista: Malgorzata Szumowska
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intervista: Małgorzata Szumowska
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scheda film]. The selection is rounded off by cinematographer and writer Jan Holoubek, who will be presenting 25 Years of Innocence. The Case of Tomek Komenda [+leggi anche:
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Among the eight works in progress are Autumn Girl, the sophomore feature by Katarzyna Klimkiewicz (Flying Blind [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Maciej Barczewski
scheda film] by Maciej Barczewski, which follows the true story of boxer Tadeusz “Teddy” Pietrzykowski, who was imprisoned in Auschwitz. Also, five years after his feature debut, Klezmer [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Piotr Chrzan
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intervista: Paweł Łoziński
scheda film] by Paweł Łoziński explores the diversity and complexity of our contemporary world, as seen from a balcony. Also, documentarians Ola Jankowska (I Was Here) and Jakub Piątek are having their first crack at fiction features, with the claustrophobic thriller Prime Time [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] and the drama Anatomia, respectively. After being featured in the recent KVIFF Eastern Promises Industry Days, Piotr Złotorowicz has been selected with his debut feature, Faithbreaker, a visual poem that adopts a non-linear form of storytelling. Finally, debutant Sylwester Jakimow is presenting his comedy We’ll Be Fine and rounds off this section’s selection.

Finally, most of the projects that are currently in development are by established filmmakers, and the selection includes: Fucking Bornholm by Anna Kazejak (The Word [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Jacek Lusiński (Carte Blanche [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Andrzej Jakimowski
intervista: Tomasz Gąssowski
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intervista: Kuba Czekaj
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Here is the complete selection of the projects participating in New Horizons Polish Days 2020:

Completed films

25 Years of Innocence – Jan Holoubek
Dear Ones [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Grzegorz Jaroszuk
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Love Tasting – Dawid Nickel
Magnesia – Maciej Bochniak
Simple Things [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] – Grzegorz Zariczny
Sweat [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Magnus von Horn
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Works in progress

Anatomia – Ola Jankowska
Autumn Girl – Katarzyna Klimkiewicz
The Balcony Movie [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Paweł Łoziński
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The Champion [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Maciej Barczewski
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Faithbreaker – Piotr Złotorowicz
Masters of the Planet – Piotr Chrzan
Prime Time [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jakub Piątek
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We’ll Be Fine – Sylwester Jakimow

Pitching of projects in development

Fears – Łukasz Ronduda
Fucking Bornholm – Anna Kazejak
Dangerous Men [+leggi anche:
intervista: Maciej Kawalski
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Goat Mountain – Andrzej Jakimowski
Norwegian Dream – Igor Devold
Sorry, Poland – Kuba Czekaj
Backwards [+leggi anche:
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Trackers – Maciej Mądracki, Michał Mądracki, Gilles Lepore
Wanna Be Yours – Grzegorz Mołda
Whilst the Heart Still Burns – Agnieszka Mania