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In
2000, Puma Press became the first organization to launch
regular showings of Polish films in Australia. Puma Press
undertook this non-commercial activity to bring Poland
closer to Australia and to promote Polish cinema to the
Australian community.The
films have appeared regularly in cinemas in major cities
in Australia.
For
some of the screenings we invite famous Polish film directors
and actors to meet with the audiences.
Most of our films have English subtitles.
In 2000 Puma Press featured:
w
Operation Samum (Operacja Samum);
w
The Right of the Father (Prawo ojca);
w
Boys Don't Cry (Chłopaki nie płaczą);
w
The Primate - Three Years in a Thousand
(Prymas - trzy lata z tysiąca).
The showing of The Primate held in Sydney on the
eve of the 2000 Sydney Olympics, was a world premiere.
The first three films, with English subtitles, were also
featured in a Polish Film Marathon held in Melbourne in
November 2000. The overwhelming response by the public
spurred Puma Press to organize similar festivals in other
Australian cities.
The 2001 season started with the film A Week
In the Life of a Man (Tydzień z życia mężczyzny).
After the screening in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and
Canberra, the audiences met with the leading female actress
Gosia Dobrowolska. Subsequently in 2001 Puma Press presented
the following films:
w
The Big Animal (Duże zwierzę);
w
Money is not everything (Pieniądze to
nie wszystko);
w
Young Wolves 1/2 (Młode Wilki 1/2);
w
Love and Basketball (6 dni Strusia).
After the screening of this film in Melbourne and Sydney
the audiences had the opportunity of meeting the Director
Jaroslaw Zamojda who came to Australia on our invitation.
In September 2001, we organized a retrospective
of films by the acclaimed director Krzysztof
Zanussi. The following films were shown:
w
In Full Gallop (Cwał);
w
The Silent Touch;
w
Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease
(Życie jako smiertelna choroba przenoszona drogą płciową).
After the screening of this film Mr Zanussi met with the
audiences in Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne. In October,
November and December we screened one of the Polish greatest
film productions The Spring to Come (Przedwiośnie).
In 2002 Puma Press screened the film Weiser
by well known Polish director Wojciech Marczewski. Due
to considerable interest in films directed by Krzysztof
Zanussi - in November 2002 Puma Press invited him again
to Australia with his latest film Supplement as
well as with Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease.
Since March 2003, all
film promotion, distribution and production activities
have been conducted under the name of PUMA FILM
In March 2003 Puma Film screened
one of the Polish super-productions Revenge (Zemsta)
with Roman
Polanski in the leading role. After the screening,
one of the lead actors of this film,
Janusz Gajos, who visited Australia on our invitation,
met with audiences in Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Adelaide
and Perth.
In May and June 2003 Puma Film presented three
of the latest and the best Polish films:
w
Eddie (Edi) -
winner of three prizes at the Berlin Film Festival and
Poland's 2003 Oscar contender. Subsequently this film
was presented to Australian audiences at the Melbourne
International Film Festival 2003;
w
There and Back
(Tam i z powrotem);
w
An Angel in Cracow
(Anioł w Krakowie). After the screening of the film An
Angel in Cracow in Melbourne and Brisbane, audiences had
the opportunity of meeting the Director Artur Wiecek,
who came to Australia on our invitation.
In November
and December 2004 Puma Film presented a smashing thriller
comedy VINCI
In November and December 2008 Puma Film presented
the film A Warm Heart (Serce na dłoni) by Krzysztof
Zanussi
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