ALCINE – Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares / Comunidad de Madrid, that will be held from the 5th to the 13th of November 2010 in Alcalá de Henares, is one of the most ancient film festivals in Spain and the most important for short films, as well as a meeting point for Spanish short film buyers and a number of festival programmers, which aims to promote business relations between Spain and the rest of Europe.
Since 4 years the festival is dedicating one of the festival days to the culture of one or several countries. This year the special will be dedicated to Poland. ALCINE will present the best recent Polish films – and especially short films.
The POLISH SPECIAL will be held on Friday the 12th of November and will basically consist of the following elements:
– An extensive programme of the best recent Polish short films drawn up with the support of the Krakow Film Foundation and the Polish Culture Institute in Madrid
– 3 different programmes have been created consisting of the following films:
WHAT THE DOCTORS SAY by Michał Wnuk
THE SCENT OF FLOWERS DOES NOT BLOW AGAINST THE WIND by Leszek Korusiewicz
POSTE RESTANTE by Marcel Łoziński
SIEMIANY by Philip James McGoldrick
CHARCOAL BURNERS by Piotr Złotorowicz
SON OF SATAN by Sandra Tomalka
THE LUCKY ONES by Tomasz Wolski
SIX WEEKS by Marcin Janos Krawczyk
WHERE THE SUN DOESN’T RUSH by Matej Bobrik
THE FENCE by Tomasz Matuszczak
MENTAL TRAFFIC by Marcin Wojciechowski
– A screening of one exceptional debut feature-length film, possibly GALERIANKI by Kasia Roslaniec.
– A concert given by Polish musicians.
– A reception to launch the POLISH SPECIAL hosted by the Polish Culture Institute and the Krakow Film Foundation, supported by the association Polónica based in Alcalá de Henares.
– An exposition of Polish film posters.
There are also several Polish films selected for the European Short Film Competition of ALCINE:
FOUNDATION by Rafal Kapeliński
HANOI-WARSAW by Katarzyna Klimkiewicz
PLAIN LANDSCAPE WITH A CRANDLE by Arkadiusz Biedrzycki
More information on: www.alcine.org