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GENIUS LOCI. PINKUS/PANUSZ

HaKoach, Poland, 2023, 50 min

WARSAW PREMIERE! The Pinkus tenement house gives rise to Kościuszki Avenue - the central thoroughfare of downtown Łódź. Before the war, the owners and residents looked out of its windows at the Reform Synagogue opposite. This is one of the many memories of Henryk Panusz, the grandson of Mendel Pinkus - the builder of the largest 19th-century tenement house in Łódź, a retired professor of molecular biology and a social worker. "Genius Loci" is a story about how great dreams and achievements are intertwined with the inexorable reality of t ... read more

29.10, Sunday | 13:00 | JCC Warszawa / JCC Warsaw

GOLDA

Guy Nattiv, UK, USA, ISRAEL, 2023, 100 min

POLISH PREMIERE. Faced with the potential of Israel's complete destruction, Prime Minister Golda Meir must navigate overwhelming odds, as millions of lives hang in the balance during the tense 19 days of the Yom Kippur War in 1973. 

On October 6th, 1973, under cover of darkness, on Israel’s holiest day and during the month of Ramadan, the combined forces of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan began a surprise attack on the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights. Surrounded, isolated, and frustrated by the infighting of her all-male cabinet, Isr ... read more

28.10, Saturday | 16:00 | KINO MURANÓW

GOLDA

Guy Nattiv, UK, USA, ISRAEL, 2023, 100 min

POLISH PREMIERE. Faced with the potential of Israel's complete destruction, Prime Minister Golda Meir must navigate overwhelming odds, as millions of lives hang in the balance during the tense 19 days of the Yom Kippur War in 1973. 

On October 6th, 1973, under cover of darkness, on Israel’s holiest day and during the month of Ramadan, the combined forces of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan began a surprise attack on the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights. Surrounded, isolated, and frustrated by the infighting of her all-male cabinet, Isr ... read more

27.10, Friday | 18:00 | KINO MURANÓW

GOLDA – OPENING FILM

Guy Nattiv, UK, USA, Israel, 2023, 100 min

POLISH PREMIERE, OPENING NIGHT FILM Faced with the potential of Israel's complete destruction, Prime Minister Golda Meir must navigate overwhelming odds, as millions of lives hang in the balance during the tense 19 days of the Yom Kippur War in 1973. On October 6th, 1973, under cover of darkness, on Israel’s holiest day and during the month of Ramadan, the combined forces of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan began a surprise attack on the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights. Surrounded, isolated, and frustrated by the infighting of her all-male cab ... read more

23.10, Monday | 19:00 | Muzeum POLIN

Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song

Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine, USA, Canada, 2022, 115 min

PREMIERA WARSZAWSKA
Singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen is seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, “Hallelujah.” The documentary weaves together three strands: Cohen and his times; the song’s dramatic journey from record label reject to chart-topping hit; and moving testimonies from major recording artists for whom “Hallelujah” has become a personal touchstone. The film accesses a wealth of never-before-seen archival materials including photographs, performance footage, and interviews.

17.11, Thursday | 18:00 | KinoGram

Housewitz

Oeke Hoogendijk, Holland, 2022, 71 min

Lous, the mother of filmmaker Oeke Hoogendijk, hasn’t left the house for decades. She has a recurring nightmare in which she doesn’t know how to get home, just like the day when as a Jewish girl she was deported. Scenes which at first sight seem very ordinary—an elderly woman in a living room watching television with her cat—gradually develop into the troubling portrait of an astute woman who has to live each day with the Holocaust as her housemate. Even the Christmas tree, which makes her as happy as a child, still reminds her of th ... read more

24.10, Tuesday | 20:00 | KINO MURANÓW

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