Competition lectures and screening of the film “Secret Agent” /IV Tarnogorski Konkurs Speakers'

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:

“Secret Agent” is one of the most electrifying titles of recent years. Nominated for an Oscar in 4 categories (including Best Film), winner of two Golden Globes, two awards in the competition of the Cannes festival. The film by Kleber Mendonça Filho (“Aquarius”, “Bacurau”), belonging to the top of the most outstanding directors of modern world cinema, evokes the spirit of classic gangster cinema. At the same time, he bravely combines moral threads with epic pomp, humor with sex appeal, nostalgia with horror.

Mendonça Filho's film is set in Brazil in the 1970s during a carnival. Immersed in the scorching sun, the city of Recife is on the verge of madness: during a danced holiday, people die, somewhere on the beach a shark with a human leg in its belly was found, and among the crowds are two killers with a secret mission... Colors and joy are only appearances - these are the times of brutal military dictatorship. Marcelo, the protagonist of “Secret Agent”, is a man accidentally entangled in a web of political and criminal intrigues reaching the heights of power. He was honest, so he became the target of a corrupt system and now every next step could cost him his life. How do you save yourself and your family in a world of brutal violence, false identities, wiretaps and lies?

2025 | Brazil, France, Germany | dir. K. Mendonça Filho | 161 min | thriller | 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.