An international conference, organised by Cornerhouse, Adam Mickiewicz Institute (Warsaw), Polish Film Institute and University of Central Lancashire (Preston) and University of Salford.
The conference is part of POLSKA! YEAR in the United Kingdom, organised by Adam Mickiewicz Institute and supported by Polish Cultural Institute in London and Polish Consulate in Manchester.
This conference will consider Polish cinema in an international context and feature contributions from both leading Polish, UK and international academics, as well as professionals involved with the production, distribution, archiving and promotion of Polish films. The conference will especially address the question of why, given Polish cinema under communism's wide dissemination and popularity, contemporary Polish cinema has much more difficulty in crossing international borders. The conference will be accompanied by a festival of Polish cinema, hosted by Cornerhouse and public discussions of Polish films. The conference is addressed to the academic community, as well as educators and promoters of Polish films and the public at large.
Please send abstracts of approximately 200 words to Ewa Mazierska by the 1st of September 2009 at: EHMazierska@uclan.ac.uk
Organising committee
Prof. Ewa Mazierska, School of Journalism, Media and Communication, University of Central Lancashire
Dr. Michael Goddard, Lecturer in Media, Salford University
Subjects of papers may include but are not limited to:
Polish émigré filmmakers
Polish international co-productions
International successes and failures of Polish films
Polish films at international festivals
Polish cinema in the context of Eastern Europe and East-Central Europe
Polish cinema and the European avant-garde
Influence of Polish cinema on foreign films
The marketing of Polish films abroad
Adaptations of foreign works by Polish directors
Foreign characters and places in Polish films
Film and Polish migrations
The international reception of Polish films before and after 1989
Polish cinema and international film and critical theory
Special guests
Andrzej Zanussi, who made films in Poland and France
Andrzej Żuławski, renowned director, who made films in Poland and France
Keynote speakers
Prof. Ian Christie, Birkbeck, University of London, leading expert on European cinema and avant-garde film and video
Dr. Peter Hames, Staffordshire University, leading expert on Eastern European Cinema
Dr. Iwona Kurz, Warsaw University, leading expert on Polish cinema, academic and film critic
Prof. Tadeusz Lubelski, Jagiellonia University, leading expert on Polish cinema, academic and film critic
Prof. Mirosław Przylipiak, Pomeranian Academy in Słupsk, leading expert on Polish cinema, film critic and documentary filmmaker
