Krakow Film Festival 2023
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The Krakow Film Festival is one of the oldest and most recognisable events devoted to documentary, animated, and short films. During the festival, audiences have a chance to see over 200 international films presented in various competition and non-competition sections.
The 63rd Krakow Film Festival takes place from 28 May to 4 June 2023 (on-site) and 2 to 18 June (online)
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NEWS
Krakow Film Festival announces international competition titles for 63rd edition
First titles for 2023 Krakow Film Festival have been announced
INTERVIEW
Festival Director Krzystof Gierat on the role of the festival in the crowded continental landscape, the evolution of Polish documentary, and its continued focus on music documentaries.
FILMS
Motherland
Director: Alexander Mihalkovich, Hanna Badziaka
An insight into the militarisation of Belarusian society.
Onlookers
Director: Kimi Takesue
In the age of over-tourism, Onlookers asks what it is we seek when we travel?
Signs of War
Director: Juri Rechinsky, Pierre Crom
A compellingly grim account of the country's descent into war.
Silent House
Director: Farnaz Jurabchian, Mohammadreza Jurabchian
The fortunes of three generations of an upper-middle-class Iranian family tracked across forty years of turbulent Iranian history.
Songs of the Earth
Director: Margreth Olin
Life, death, nature, and presence amidst the primordial forces of the earth.
The Natural History of Destruction
Director: Sergei Loznitsa
Sergei Loznitsa’s sombre documentary, The Natural History of Destruction, re-examines the heavy bombing of British and German cities during World War Two, posing the question – ‘is it morally acceptable to kill civilian populations as a means of war?’
The Visitors
Director: Veronika Lišková
It's more than icebergs and permafrost vanishing in the Arctic as a young anthropologist discovers in Svalbard, Norway.
We Will Not Fade Away
Director: Alisa Kovalenko
An achingly tender film about growing up and a moving contemplation on life itself.
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