Krakow Film Festival kicks off 64th edition today!

The 64th Krakow Film Festival runs through 2 June

Krakow Film Festival (26 May - 2 June 2024) is one of the oldest events in the world dedicated to documentary, animated and short feature films. It core consists of three competitions of equal rank: documentary film competition, short film competition and national competition. During the eight festival days, the viewers have a chance to watch about 250 films from Poland and from around the world. They are shown in competition sections and in special screenings. The festival is accompanied by exhibitions, concerts, open-air shows and meetings with artists.

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News

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Films

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Director: Shoghakat Vardanyan

A loving reconstruction of a war hero's human aura as a counterpoint to mere martyrdom and anonymous statistics.

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Intercepted

Director: Oksana Karpovych

Contrasting quiet Ukrainian life compositions with intercepted phone conversations between Russian soldiers and their families.

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Life is Beautiful

Director: Mohamed Jabaly

Living in exile is hard, as we can experience in Mohamed Jabaly's award-winning Life Is Beautiful. Despite the hardships, this film is a feel-good story celebrating solidarity and friendship.

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Of Caravans and the Dogs

Director: Anonymous 1, Askold Kurov

Askold Kutov's compelling documentary Of Caravan and the Dogs details the final destruction of independent voices in Putin's Russia that oppose his war on Ukraine.

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Putin’s Playground

Director: Konrad Szolajski

Russian President Vladimir Putin blames the West for the war in Ukraine, but as Putin's Playground shows, the Kremlin has been subverting the west to suit its own agenda for years.

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Silent Trees

Director: Agnieszka Zwiefka

The plight of refugees trapped by geopolitical manoeuvres at the EU border.

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Smiling Georgia

Director: Luka Beradze

Tricked by cynical populists' fake commitments for their own obscure ends, the elderly residents of an entire village in Georgia are left toothless, figuratively and literally.

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Son of the Mullah

Director: Nahid Persson

Examining Iran's lack of free media and the risks faced by those, like Roohallah Zam, who dare to challenge the clerical elite's authority.

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