| EVENING WITH POLISH MOVIES. The Embassy of the Republic of Poland is honoured to invite you to the screening of a Polish movie "Sztuczki" ("Tricks")/ English subtitles /
on Wednesday 30th of October 2013 at 7.00 pm
in the reception hall of the Embassy of Poland 7 Turrana Street, 2600 Yarralumla, Canberra
RSVP by 29th October: e-mail piotr.buszta@msz.gov.pl or phone no 62 72 1000
Director: Andrzej Jakimowski, Year of production: 2007, Duration: 95 min
Cast: Damian Ul, Ewelina Walendziak, Rafał Guzniczak, Tomasz Sapryk, Iwona Fornalczyk
"Sztuczki" is a family drama about a young boy living in a provincial mining town near Wrocław who does his best to tempt fate by connecting a handsome commuter with his single mother. Stefek (Damian Ul) is the six year-old sibling of Elka (Ewelina Walendziak), and the son of a pretty small town shopkeeper (Iwona Fornalczyk). His father abandoned the family when Stefek was just a few years old, so the wandering youngster spends most of his time following eighteen year-old Elka and her mechanic boyfriend Jerzy (Rafał Guzniczak) around town. While Elka has been studying Italian in hopes of landing a job at a local Italian firm, Jerzy does his best to remain faithful despite his attraction to shapely village strumpet Violka (Joanna Liszowska). One day, after pondering the manner in which his older sister attempts to shape her own fate though various quasi-magical means, Elka attempts to try his own hand at bargaining with destiny by secretly guiding a commuter who reminds him of his long lost father into the shop of his lonely mother.
Zwiastun filmu - Trailer
Recenzja - A Review
Kolejna recenzja - Another Review
This second feature by the Polish director Andrzej Jakimowski has won 30 prizes internationally, among which are: best film at the Giornate degli Autori/Venice Days section of the 64th Mostra Internazionale d’Cinematografica, Venice in 2007; Europa Cinemas Label for the best European film, Venice 2007; Lanterna Magica Award, Venice 2007; Special Jury Award, 56th Mannheim-Heidelberg IF 2007; Award for Best Actor for Damian Ul, 20th Tokyo IFF 2007; Special Jury Award, 31st Mostra of International Cinema of Sao Paulo 2007; Human Values Award, 48th Thessaloniki IFF 2007; FIPRESCI award, 9th Bratislava IFF 2007; The Golden Lions for the best film, XXXII Polish Film Festival, Gdynia 2007; Grand Jury Prize, Miami IFF 2008; Grand Jury Prize - Silver Caravel, 4th Funchal IFF 2008; and many others. | 
