THE OTHER SIDE OF THE POSTER

DRUGA STRONA PLAKATU




This film will be the first documentary about one of the most important graphic movements of the XXth Century: the Polish Poster School. It became a phenomena world-wide in the 1960-70’s. Polish posters expressed the freedom of their creators in the communist times. The posters, present in everyday life and linked to the cultural and historical events, also tell the story of post-war Poland, of censorship in the communist times and the ways artists found to bypass it, of the relationships of Poland with the rest of the world, especially with France, many of the famous Polish poster artists emigrated there and where many famous French graphic designers first studied in Poland. Now Poland has integrated the European Union, what is the place of the heritage of the post-communist countries in the contemporary culture, dominated by mass entertainment and the market laws?

FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION




  • Genre: Dokumentalny
  • Country: Polska
  • Running time: 52
  • Year: 2010

Director: Marcin Latałło

Script: Marcin Latałło

DOP: Marcin Latałło

Music: Agim Dżeljilji

Editing: Michał Januszaniec

Production company: TVP S.A., Studio Filmowe Kalejdoskop

About the director:

Marcin Latałło




Director producer and cameraman – born in Poland (1967), raised in France, where he studied directing at La fémis (National Film School). He attended a yearly course in cinematography at the Lodz Film School. Son of Stanisław Latałło, about whom he made his first documentary, A Trace (Honorary Mention at the IFF Krakow in 1996) and a book, The Unfinished Portrait. He collaborated with Andrzej Wajda, Agnieszka Holland and Krzysztof Kieślowski (for whom he translated the screenplays and dialogues of the Three Colors into French). He directed two short films: The First Time and Night’s Kiss. He directed the documentaries Constellations for Polish TV, Another Gaze for the Caravane des 10 mots and Our Street for Arte France. He is preparing two documentaries Ginczanka : a personal journey and The other side of the poster. He’s also currently working on the screenplay for his first feature film: A Sailor’s Tale. He founded his production company : Camera Obscura, that co-produced the feature-length version of Our street – cinema version, premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Idfa) in 2008.

At festivals:

Polish Film Festival in America, Chicago, USA, 2010 (screening)

13th Annual Polish Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)