2014, 58 min, Poland
Polish with English subtitles
Direction/Reżyseria
MICHAŁ BIELAWSKI
Script/Scenariusz
MICHAŁ BIELAWSKI
Cinematography/Zdjęcia
FILIP PAKUŁA
Music/Muzyka
PRZEMYSŁAW KSIĄŻEK
Editing/Montaż
GRZEGORZ MAZUR
Sound/Dźwięk
STUDIO SILENZIO
Produced by/Produkcja
UNLIMITED FILM OPERATION, POLISH FILM INSTITUTE, TVP,
EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY CENTRE, NATIONAL CULTURE CENTER
Producers/ Producenci
ŁUKASZ BORZĘCKI, MICHAŁ BIELAWSKI, MICHAŁ CHACIŃSKI
The agreement reached at the Round Table between the democratic opposition and the communist authorities led to the legalizing of “Solidarity” movement and holding the first free general election since World War II. It turned out to have been the commencement of political, economic and social shifts no one had been able to foresee. The situation forced the former opposition to take charge of rebuilding the economically devastated state which inevitably led to loosing public support. The year 1989 was a thrilling time, a time when the Poles confronted a new and unknown reality. “1989” is an author’s look on the transition triggered by the Round Table. The film depicts the morale of the people in that period with the use of both official and underground archival footage, photographs and eyewitness accounts.
MICHAŁ BIELAWSKI
Born in Warsaw in 1974. Director, screenwriter and producer. Graduated in Interdepartmental Studies in Humanities at the University of Warsaw. Since 2005, he has been working in cooperation with TVP Kultura Channel. For the TV program “One scene” – interviews with famous polish filmmakers, he was nominated for the prize of Polish Film Institute and Grand Press (2011). His documentary “Mundial: The Highest Stakes” (2012) won him many awards in Poland and around the world.
Gallery Theatre November 21 at 8:45 pm.
