Andrzej Wajda. Master's Legacy: The Marble Man

“Andrzej Wajda. The Master's Heritage” is a series of meetings presenting the most famous works of the Director, including “Ash and Diamond”, “Canal”, “Promised Land”, “Man of Marble”. The film screenings will be accompanied by lectures and discussions with experts. An additional part will be film workshops, during which participants will learn about Andrzej Wajda's workshop and be inspired by it in their work during the creation of their own film etudes.

FILM DESCRIPTION: 1976. In the corridor of the Television building, Agnieszka — a graduate of the film school — convinces the editor of the need to make a film about Mateusz Birkut, a pioneer of work years ago, whose brilliant career ended suddenly and unexpectedly somewhere around 1952. After negotiations, the girl finally gets a tape and the necessary equipment. He begins a private investigation to determine the reasons for Birkut's success and downfall.

Before the screening, a lecture by film expert Dr. Radosław Osiński