LasMóvi

We invite you to the next edition of Las Móvi - a forest cinema with a unique repertoire. We will present five films from the program of the 17th Lublin Film Festival. We guarantee a wealth of forms, conventions and themes. The films have been selected for you by LFF director Maciej Misztal, who also invites you to a discussion by the fire right after the screening.

From the curator:

I am not fond of the taste of mushrooms, but mushrooming has always intrigued me. Although not a practitioner myself, I have had many conversations with people who love spending long hours in the woods with basket in hand. They made me aware of the complexity and non-obviousness of the matter to which they pay so much attention. One of the most fascinating features of fungi to me is the mysteriousness. They usually grow in the shade, as if in hiding. You look for mushrooms, you can come across them by accident, mould can appear in completely unexpected places. When you go into the woods, you can never be completely sure of the outcome of your search. In a way, it reminds me of the work of a curator of film screenings. Although I am constantly looking for the most interesting ‘specimens’, I do not know when and where I will come across them. Sometimes it turns out at the end of the screening that I am dealing with an unique specimen, even though the first few minutes did not indicate this. With every such discovery I feel excitement and immediately want to share it with others. It is as if I have found a beautiful parasol mushroom in a place where I totally should not expect it. This year I have chosen five films that are not what they might initially seem. And it is not so much about unexpected twists but more about the use of forms and mediums that surprisingly evoke deep reflections on the world. These films invite us on a fascinating, sometimes crazy and full of uncommon aesthetic experiences journey into ourselves. And each of us may arrive at a different place at the end.... I invite you to an unique cinematic mushrooming.

Amok, dir. Balázs Turai (Hungary) 14’ (16+)

After losing his fiancée and his good looks in a freak accident, Clyde must confront his inner demon.

Nameless Heitor, dir. Vasco Saltão (Portugal) 30’ (15+)

Portugal, 1578. The time of King Sebastian's Moroccan crusade. The guards posted around the coast constantly stare at the sea. Their main task is to await the king's victorious return. A return that will never happen.

Wrought, dir. Joel Penner, Anna Sigrithu (Canada) 19’ (13+)

A stunning visual exploration of matter in various states of microbial transformation begs fundamental questions about human cultures’ complicated relationships with other species.

Hotel Centaur, dir. Lino Kafidas, Dimitris Kafidas (Greece) 24’ (15+)

An eccentric hotelier invites equally eccentric guests to his mountain hotel. One day, a Japanese man arrives at the hotel. He has been sending letters regarding seeing a centaur in the area for the past 10 years. He wants to fulfill his dreams.

Wife Carrying, dir. Mathias Rifkiss, Colas Rifkiss (France) 25’ (15+)

In the village, they say that Denis and Céline have a little problem with their relationship, as she is the one who supports them and he takes care of the house. Denis decides to enter a wife-carrying race to restore his sense of masculinity.

Films with Polish and English subtitles.

TOTAL SCREENING TIME: 115 min

Maciej Misztal - Initiator and director of Lublin Film Festival. Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School at the University of Silesia graduate in Organization of Film and Television Production studies. Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University graduate in Culture studies. Curator of film screenings at many festivals. For over 7 years, he has been developing his original method of building local communities by using the phenomenon of cinempathy. The author and host of the Warsaw Short Framing project. Production manager of award-winning documentaries and short films as well as many TV programs, including international co-productions. Instructor of film workshops for young people. Awarded of Medal of the President of Lublin.

ABOUT LFF:

Lublin Film Festival until 2016 known as the IFF Golden Anteaters, is one of the oldest international independent film festivals in Poland. Lublin Film Festival until 2016 known as the IFF Golden Anteaters, is one of the oldest international independent film festivals in Poland. The statuettes awarded to the festival’s winners bear the former name of the event to this day. The project, which was started in 2007, is a perfect place for those who like to ask questions and reflect on the answers. These are the people for whom we hand-pick films from all over the world. LFF combines the traditional film competitions with a modern approach and an openness characteristic for the city of Lublin. The festival is rich in various workshops, concerts and other events as well as long talks with Polish and foreign guests who eagerly blend into the festival’s community and always highlight the LFF’s unique vibe. For years, we’ve been cultivating and developing our philosophy of cinema as a pretext for meeting, discussing views and getting to know each other. We are fueled by passion, a passion that we want to spread. We love Lublin and we believe that there’s a community that can be created around cinema, one that we want to be a part of.