The cinema appeared in her life by accident. Susan Seidelman She graduated from film school, won awards for her short metroes, and her debut “Smithereens” He was the first independent American film fighting for the Golden Palm in Cannes.
During this year’s American Film Festival (November 6-11) there will be a retrospective of creativity Susan Seidelmanthe director will visit Wrocław and meet with viewers.
The author from Philadelphian suburbs broke the bank financed from her own pocket “Smithereens” – a punk portrait of a growled girl (similar to the director herself), circling the dingy New York of the 80s and determined to find herself. Susan Seidelman led the faultless intuition to the set “Desperately looking for Susan” – The cult production today with the participation of stars: Rosanna Arquette, John Turturro, Giancarla Esposito, Laurie Metcalf and of course Madonny.
“Seidelman successfully continued her career, portraying women from the routine everyday life of American suburbs and small -town mentality. Her films are extremely stylish and full of kinophilic inspirations,” write the organizers of the American Film Festival.
As part of the retrospective, you will be able to watch:
“Smithereens” (1982)
“Desperately looking for Susan” (Desperately Seeking Susan, 1985)
“Perfect man” (Making Mr. Right, 1987)
“Devil” (She-Devil, 1989)
“Confessions of a suburban girl” (1992)
“The Dutch Master” (1993)
“Sex in the big city” (Sex and the City, 1998-2004; selected episodes)
During the American Film Festival, MasterClass will also take place with the director, in which Susan will talk about her experiences as a director’s woman creating in the 1980s and 1990s – the era dominated by the creators of the new Hollywood.
“She was one of the many girls that we remember today only occasionally. Although the second wave feminism seemed to wipe the trails to women trying their hand at masculinized competitions, the cinema turned out to be resistant to changes. In the 1980s, next to Seidelman, the career began, even Martha Coolidge, Penny Marshall, Lizzie Borden and Kathryn Bigelow – most of them, they realized most Hit films today remain in the shadow of your more famous colleagues (…).
The 16th edition of the American Film Festival will take place from November 6 to 11, 2025, traditionally in the Wrocław cinema Nowe Horizons.