Competition lectures and screening of the film “Love that stays” /IV Tarnogórski Konkurs Speelgencki

Giving a good talk before a movie is quite a challenge. The screenings of films in the Discussion Film Club “Giant” are usually preceded by an introductory word prepared by our guests or TCK staff, this time we invite you to give a lecture before the selected film and participate in the Tarnogórski Speaker Competition. As part of the event, films of high artistic merit will be presented, and the competition itself is aimed at disseminating the art of speech as a method of popularizing knowledge about film.

The contestants will give lectures before the Icelandic drama “The Love That Stays”, the critically acclaimed thriller “The Secret Agent” and Emelie Blichfeldt's film “The Ugly Sister”.

About the film:

Hlynur Pálmason's new film (White, White Day, Godland) combines Nordic restraint and a huge dose of inimitable, northern humor. It is a story about the breakup of a family, a surprising hybrid of emotions and styles: it is intimate and melancholy, but at the same time full of momentum; extremely affectionate, but at the same time mocking and slapstick.

Pálmason paints the bardo of life — the state of suspense in which his characters find themselves: a married couple and their three children. Magnus is a sailor on fishing vessels, and Anna is an artist dreaming of a career breakthrough. Each of them tries to glue the family together on their own, but it is Magnus who feels the one thrown overboard. The study of separation is an opportunity for Pálmason to look — with irony and tenderness — at men, drifting, lost, looking for new roles for themselves. Navigating between the seasons (the film depicts a full year in the family's life), portraying the harsh landscape of Iceland, obsessively looking at machines, the director flawlessly finds visual equivalents of emotional and existential upheaval. This poignant and irresistibly funny film is one of the greatest tributes of complex love that cinema has created.

2025 | Iceland | H. Pálmason | 115 min | Drama | 15+ | SUBTITLES

The screening of the film will be preceded by lectures by the participants of the competition

JURY OF THE COMPETITION:

Karolina Kostyra

Filmologist and cinematographer, assistant professor at the Department of Filmology and Media Studies of the University of Silesia. Author of the publication “Spring exuberance of grasses. Images of nature in films about growing up” nominated by the Polish Society for Film and Media Research for the Debut of the Year award. Co-editor of the portal “Final Girls — a magazine about cinema” dedicated to genre cinema.

Michal Oleszczyk

Film critic, translator, script consultant. Assistant Professor at the Faculty of “Artes Liberales” of the University of Warsaw. His reviews are published in Poland and the United States, in periodicals such as “Kino”, “Dwutygodnik” and “Rogerebert.com”. Winner of the Krzysztof Mętrak Award and a scholarship holder of the monthly “Polityka”.

Peter Ochman

Long-time honorary President of the Discussion Film Club “Giant” operating in the Tarnogorskie Cultural Center. Lover of Czech culture and cinema. He actively participates in the life of the Ternogorje DKF, participates in discussions and debates about cinema, which take place in “Giant”.

Coordinators: Katarzyna Filak, Aleksandra Jasiurkowska

Tickets: 13/16 zł

The Tarnogórski Speaker Competition was co-financed from the funds of the Polish Institute of Film Art.