THURS 29 APRIL 6.30PM
SAT 01 MAY 10.30AM
SUN 2ND MAY 7.00PM
THE HOSPITAL OF TRANSFIGURATION
Country: Poland Year: 1979
Dir: Edward Zebrowski
Runtime: 90mins Language: Polish/English
subtitles
Format: 35mm
Source: Polish Cultural Institute
Set in 1943, this is based on Lem’s first novel, it chronicles the experiences of a young doctor starting out in a mental hospital. But who is more crazy here the patients or the doctors?
The film will be introduced by Klimowski and a Q&A will follow the screening.
TEST PILOT PIRXA
Country: Poland Year: 1978
Dir: Marek Piestrak
Runtime: 104mins Language: Polish/English
subtitles
Format: 35mm
Source: Polish Cultural Institute
Can robots replace human beings? Pirxa is the commander of a spaceship with a human crew but finds out one of them could be a robot. Which one and what threat does he pose? Test Pilot Pirxa is a landmark film for Polish cinema it was the first time futuristic sets were created for a Polish film.
We screen this with:
X (2005, Dir. Raphael Wahl, Germany, 6mins) Inspired by Stanislaw Lem’s short stories about the spaceman Ijon Tichy, this film tells of a comical space travel adventure. Winner of the SCI-FI-LONDON Best Short Film Award 2006.
GOLEM
Country: Poland Year: 1980
Dir: Piotr Szulkin
Runtime: 92mins Language: Polish/English
subtitles
Format: 35mm
Source: Polish Cultural Institute
Replacing mysticism with genetic science this film is set in a dark future. Scientists have created and control a half-human, half-android population. But one of the creatures begins showing independent will. Should he be destroyed lest he influence the rest?
A rare opportunity to see this disturbing and powerful film.
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