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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:
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Operation Samum (Operacja Samum);
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The Right of the Father (Prawo ojca);
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Boys Don't Cry (Chłopaki nie płaczą);
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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:
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The Big Animal (Duże zwierzę);
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Money is not everything (Pieniądze to nie wszystko);
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Young Wolves 1/2 (Młode Wilki 1/2);
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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:
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In Full Gallop (Cwał);
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The Silent Touch;
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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:
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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;
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There and Back (Tam i z powrotem);
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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
In
2008 at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia Puma Film introduced
the Australian Award THE GOLDEN KANGAROO.
Australian Jury - actress Gosia Dobrowolska - film director Jerzy
Domaradzki - Puma Film owner Ted Matkowski - awarded first two Golden
Kangaroos to:
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Director Jacek Blawut for his film It isn't
the evening yet (Jeszcze nie wieczór)
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Actor Jan Nowicki for the
best leading role in It isn't the evening
yet (Jeszcze nie wieczór).
March 2009 - The showing of
It isn't the evening yet (Jeszcze nie
wieczór) held in Perth, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and Adelaide,
was a world premiere - 6 weeks prior to the official Polish premiere.
After each screening of this film, the audiences had the opportunity
of meeting the Director Jacek Blawut and 2nd Director Jacek Piotr
Blawut, who came to Australia on our invitation. |
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Director Jacek
Blawut
(on the right) with the founder
of the Golden Kangaroo Award
Ted Matkowski
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Golden Kangaroo
Award
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Actor Jan Nowicki
holding
the diploma of the Golden
Kangaroo Award
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March 2009 - Director
Jacek Blawut & 2nd Director Jacek Piotr Blawut sightseeing
in Australia
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September
2009 - at the 34th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia, the
Australian jury awarded
2 GOLDEN KANGAROO awards to the film director Jacek Borcuch
for the film
"All that I love" ("Wszystko co kocham")
and to the actor Borys Szyc
for Excellence in Acting. |
Jacek Borcuch - film director and
actor |
Borys Szyc |
| May 2010
- at the 35th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia, the Australian
Jury awarded the GOLDEN KANGAROO to Mr Wlodzimierz Niderhaus
(Producer) and Jan
Kidawa-Blonski (Director) for the film LITTLE
ROSE (Rozyczka). Director Jan Kidawa-Blonski and producer Wlodzimierz
Niderhaus accepted Puma Film's invitation to visit Australia and
they will be present at the screening of the film Little Rose in
Melbourne and Sydney. Click here for
more details |
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