Krzysztof Kieslowski - Retrospective, Toronto, Berkeley

On the tenth anniversary of Krzysztof Kieslowski’s untimely death
the Polish Cultural Institute,
Cinematheque Ontario in Toronto, and
Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley,
in association with the Polish National Film Archive,
present

KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI RETROSPECTIVE:

A retrospective of the lifetime achievement of the great European filmmaker Krzysztof Kieslowski,
tracing his evolution from student films, through subtly subversive social documentaries,
to the magic of The Double Life of Veronique and the Three Colors trilogy.

MAY 25 – JUNE 24, 2006

Cinematheque Ontario, Toronto
JACKMAN HALL, Art Gallery of Ontario
317 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON M5T 1G4, Canada

PROGRAM and TICKET INFORMATION: CINEMATHEQUE, ONTARIO, TORONTO

JUNE 1-27, 2006

PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
2575 Bancroft Way (bet’n College & Telegraph), Berkeley

PROGRAM and TICKET INFORMATION: PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE, BERKELEY

Pawel (to his father):

What remains after someone dies?

Krzysztof:

What a man has done.

from Decaloque, 1

>>>DESCRIPTIONS OF FEATURE FILMS

>>>KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI

>>>DESCRIPTIONS OF SHORT FILMS & DOCS >>>RECOMMENDED BOOKS

>>>PRESS >>>EXHIBITION OF KIESLOWSKI'S PHOTOGRAPHS

The Kieslowski retrospective will travel to more U.S. and Canada cities in the Fall of 2006

Organized by the Cinematheque Ontario, Pacific Film Archives, the Polish Cultural Institute in New York, the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and the Polish National Film Archive.

Special thanks to MK2/Paris (Marin Karmitz, Florence Stern, Birgit Kemner), Kino International (Don Krim, Gary Palmucci), New Yorker Films (Dan Talbot, José Lopez, Rebeca Conget), Miramax Pictures (Julie Fontaine, Janet Kim), Documentary and Feature Film Studio in Warsaw, Polish Television (Aleksandra Biernacka), Lodz Film School, Polish Film Institute, and Pawel Potoroczyn. Extra special thanks to Richard Pena, Annette Insdorf and Helena Dametka.