The 34th edition of Polish Film Festival in America (PFFA), the world’s most extensive showcase of Polish film and the largest annual Polish cultural event outside of Poland, will take place from Saturday, November 5 to Sunday, November 20, 2022 in four prominent venues in the Chicagoland.
One of the highlights of the program will be EO directed by Polish master Jerzy Skolimowski (Barrier, Walkover, Deep End). The movie by veteran filmmaker is Poland’s submission to the Academy Award in Foreign Language Film category. This is his second submission after Essential Killing (2010).
Called “brilliant” by The New York Times, the movie debuted at the Cannes Film Festival where it received Jury Award. Made from the script written by Skolimowski with Ewa Piaskowska has numerous autonomous creators. Cinematographer Michal Dymek provides staggering images with acrobatic camerawork. The score by the director’s regular Pawel Mykietyn is also a significant factor in impacting a viewer. Sandra Drzymalska, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Lorenzo Zurzolo and Isabelle Huppert are secondary cast to the protagonist donkey.
The world is a mysterious place when seen through the eyes of an animal. EO, a grey donkey with melancholic eyes, meets good and bad people on his life’s path, experiences joy and pain, endures the wheel of fortune randomly turn his luck into disaster and his despair into unexpected bliss. But not even for a moment does he lose his innocence.
See a trailer HERE.
EO will be presented at a screening on November 12, 2022 @ 7:00 PM. in AMC Village Crossing 18 (7000 Carpenter Rd, Skokie). Tickets can be purchased HERE, at www.pffamerica.com or by phone @ 773-486-9612. Free unlimited parking is available. Seats are unnumbered.
The movie is in English, Polish, French and Italian with English subtitles. Running time is 88 minutes
EO will be released widely in U.S. theatres later in November.
In addition to AMC Village Crossing 18, regular PFFA screenings will be held in well-known AMC Rosemont 12 (9701 N. Bryn Mawr Ave., Rosemont), AMC NewCity 14 (1500 N. Clybourn Ave., Chicago), and Gallery Theatre (1112 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago), the festival’s primary location for showings of documentary films. All theatres offer free or validated parking.
Occasional screenings are planned for another cultural centers, schools and universities in Illinois and Indiana. Selected films will be available by streaming online.
Festival Passes and Opening Night Gala Invitations are on sale now and can be purchased HERE. Tickets for singular screenings can be purchased from October 18, 2022. Complete program and a listing of the PFFA Official Guests will be announced on October 12, 2022. The program is a subject to change.
For more information, please call the PFFA at 773-486-9612, visit the official website www.pffamerica.com or send an e-mail to pffamerica@pffamerica.com
The 34th Polish Film Festival in America is organized by The Society for Arts, a non for profit 501 © (3) organization. Other major sponsors are Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland and Startech Glass.
All donations to PFFA are tax-exempt.
