“About the permanent film series accompanying theater events Divine Comedy we thought with the festival director Bartosz Szydłowski for several years. It was achieved in 2025. As part of the film section, we want to show cinema whose formula, courage to experiment, but also high quality refers to the main idea and leading theme of the event. (…) We will pre-premiere show titles that are already popular. Discussed, commented on, ambiguous” – says Łukasz Maciejewskicurator of the film section.
And the motto 18th edition of the Divine Comedy International Theater Festival this “Waiting for the Barbarians” – referring to a poem by the 19th-century Greek poet Cavafy, which reflects the anxieties of today.
So what films will be shown during the festival? The review will start on December 10 and will last two days. The screenings will take place in the Małopolska Garden of Art in Krakow.
On the first day of the review Krystian Lupa will show “Shelter” – a film shot during the creation of “The Trial” based on Kafka’s motifs, a famous play he produced in 2017.
“A man for everything” is a Polish-British project Anka Sasnal and Wilhelm Sasnalwhich premiered at the Rotterdam Festival. This time, the directing pair adapts Robert Walser’s novel. An expressive, original project with music by The Advisory Circle or The Smiths.
The review will end with a pre-premiere screening of the production from the Munk Studio “There are no ghosts in the house on Dobra Street” Emi Buchwald. This is one of the most widely commented and awarded debuts of this year’s 50th Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia. The film won, among others: Journalists’ Award, and Emi Buchwald received the award for directing.
December 10 (Thursday)
time. 18:00 – “Shelter”dir. Krystian Lupa – meeting with Krystian Lupa after the screening
time. 20:00 – “A man for everything”dir. Anna and Wilhelm Sasnal – after the screening, meeting with Anna and Wilhelm Sasnal
December 11 (Friday)
time. 16:00 – “There are no ghosts in the apartment on Dobra”dir. Emi Buchwald – screening preceded by an introduction by Łukasz Maciejewski