Lights, Camera, Action! The 2nd Edition of Timeless Film Festival Warsaw Begins
Get ready for 8 days packed with timeless cinema! The big screens of four festival venues will come alive with masterpieces of world cinema, ready to be rediscovered.
Here’s a handful of practical tips that’ll come in handy not just today:
- Festival passes and accreditations can be collected at the Festival Center in Muranów Cinema starting today from 10:30 AM.
- Screenings take place at four locations: Muranów Cinema, Luna Cinema, Iluzjon Cinema, and Ziemia Obiecana Screening Room. Opening hours and addresses can be found here.
- Tickets are available for purchase on the festival website and at cinema box offices from April 7 to 14.
Opening in Musical Style!
At 8:30 PM tonight at the POLIN Museum, we’ll open the 2nd Timeless Film Festival Warsaw with a live concert by French composer and multi-instrumentalist Christine Ott, joined by Mathieu Gabry, performing a newly composed score to Robert Flaherty’s Man of Aran. Set on a storm-battered island off the coast of Ireland, Man of Aran portrays the everyday life of a fishing family in the 1930s. It’s a hymn to the courage of people united by solidarity in the face of relentless natural forces. The mood will be amplified by Ott’s performance on the ondes Martenot – a rare and haunting electronic instrument invented in 1928 by Maurice Martenot.
What Else Is on for Day One?
A true feast awaits! Our Cinema Lovers’ Feast section is a journey through decades of cinema filled with masterpieces that have shaped the history of the seventh art. Over 70 titles – from 1920s and 1930s classics to 1970s and 1980s gems like Spielberg’s The Sugarland Express (5:30 PM, Muranów Cinema), to modern classics like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by David Fincher (2:30 PM, Iluzjon Cinema).
David Lynch – A Night in Black and White
Tonight at 8:00 PM at Luna Cinema, join us for a night of monochrome Lynch. We’ll screen his early cinematic masterpiece Eraserhead alongside the unforgettable “Part 8” (“Gotta Light?”) from Twin Peaks: The Return. Silver, pitch black, and pure white will wash over the screen in this powerful double feature. The screening will be followed by a conversation with Michał Oleszczyk, host of the SpoilerMaster podcast.
And in the Evening…
Each night during the festival, join us for late-night talks about cinema and music-filled fun at the festival club in Bar Studio, located at Plac Defilad 1. Tonight we’re open until midnight.
Organizer: Timeless Film Foundation
Co-organizer: Documentary and Feature Film Studios (WFDiF)
Co-financed by: City of Warsaw, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, National Film Archive – Audiovisual Institute (FINA), Polish Film Institute (PISF)
Main Partners: Gutek Film, FINA
Partners: New Horizons Association, Mazovian Institute of Culture, 35mm, British Council, UK/Poland Season, Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Embassy of Sweden, Swedish Film Institute, Institut Français, Czech Centre, Národní filmový archiv, SpoilerMaster, Bar Studio, Kino pod Baranami, POLIN Museum, Coffeedesk, Mañana, Mediaboard, Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute
Partner Cinemas: Muranów, Iluzjon, Luna
Media Partners: Trójka Polish Radio, TVP Kultura, Rzeczpospolita, K MAG, Gazeta Wyborcza, Filmweb, Vogue, Zwierciadło, Kino Polska, MINT Magazine, Pełna Sala, Filmawka, Presto