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REGULAR ADMISSION $10, STUDENTS $8 NOV 17TH SCREENING WITH DIRECTOR AND RECEPTION $15

303 SQUADRON DYWIZJON 303 Thursday Nov 15, 7:00pmA film tells the story of the legendary Squadron 303 of Polish pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain during the Second World War. Based on real events, the film is inspired by Polish writer Arkady Fiedler’s 1942 bestselling historical novel “Squadron 303”, documents and memories of the legendary pilots. In English and Polish with English subtitles. (Denis Delić; 2018, 100 min)

BREAKING THE LIMITS NAJLEPSZY Friday Nov 16, 7:00pmAn An extraordinary true story of Jerzy Górski, a drug addict, who found himself on a verge of self-annihilation only to overcome his addictions and became a triathlon champion. His story is full of incredible ups and downs, tremendous effort, and unbelievable strength. In Polish with English subtitles. (Łukasz Polkowski; 2017, 110 min)

FALCONS OF FREEDOM SOKOŁY WOLNOŚCI Saturday Nov 17, 4:30pm, Q&A with directorUnique documentary film that uncovers the pivotal role of the U.S., Canada and the Polish-American community in the fight for Poland’s independence. The story is told through the perspective of a young Polish- American who embarks on ajournjourney to discover his Polish heritage. In English and Polish with English subtitles. (Robert Wachowiak; 2018, 57 min). Screens with the short "Animated history of Poland" (Animowana historia Polski) (Tomasz Bagiński; 2010, 8 min.)

THE BUTLER KAMERDYNER Saturday Nov 17, 7:00pm, Q&A with director and reception ($15)A period film that examines the history of the Kashubia region from 1900-1945. The complicated fate of three nations in the old Polish-German region of Kashubia, where the artificial line of the border drawn at Versailles after the First World War divided not only the land, but also the people. In Polish with English subtitles. (Filip Bajon; 2018, 150 min)

WWARSAW 44 MIASTO 44 Sunday Nov 18, 5:00pmJan Komasa's big-budget production, relives the days of the most intense and tragic revolt organized against the Germans. A beautiful story about youth, love, friendship, and the pursuit of adventure during the bloody and brutal reality of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. In Polish with English subtitles. (Jan Komasa; 2014, 122 min)

ASHES AND DIAMONDS POPIÓŁ I DIAMENT Newly Restored! Sunday Nov 18, 8:00pmA masterpiece of A masterpiece of Polish cinema, the 1958 drama Ashes and Diamonds is perhaps the best internationally known work of Andrzej Wajda. It's May 8th, 1945, and Nazi Germany has just surrendered. The war is over, but not in Poland. As the German army scatters and retreats, the remaining Russian forces and Polish resistance fighters must work out the hierarchies of power in "liberated" Communist Poland. In Polish with English subtitles. (Andrzej Wajda; 1958, 97 min)

MAN OF MARBLE CZŁOWIEK Z MARMURU Newly Restored! Monday Nov 19, 7:00pmMan of Marble is one of the most important films in the history of Man of Marble is one of the most important films in the history of Polish cinema. It is also one of the most compelling attacks on government corruption ever made, the Polish equivalent of the “Citizen Kane”. In 1976, Agnieszka, a young woman in Krakow is making her diploma film, which examines the life of a 1950’s bricklayer, Birkut, who was briefly made into a proletarian hero. In Polish with English subtitles. (Andrzej Wajda; 1976, 160 min)

VOLHYNIA (WOŁYŃ) Tuesday Nov 20, 7:00pmHistorical dHistorical drama is set in a small village inhabited by Ukrainians, Poles, and Jews, located in the southwestern part of Volhynia, a region that straddles Poland, Ukraine, and Belarus. Film tackles one of the thorniest questions in Polish-Ukrainian relations - the Volhynian tragedy of 1943. In Polish with English subtitles. (Wojciech Smarzowski; 2016, 149 min)

THE PROMISED LAND (ZIEMIA OBIECANA) Newly Restored! Wed Nov 21, 7:00pmIt is set in 19th-century Łódź, where three friends decide to ride the industrial It is set in 19th-century Łódź, where three friends decide to ride the industrial wave by pooling their resources and establishing a modern textile factory. Their gambit is successful beyond their dreams, but it extracts a high price from each of them. This movie is regularly counted among the greatest Polish films ever made. In Polish, German and Yiddish with English subtitles. (Andrzej Wajda: 1975, 179 min.)

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