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Misunderstanding

This Side of the Curtain. Heritage of Polish Queer Cinema

1978–1988 / Poland / 2 shorts

Polish, with Lithuanian subtitles, 44 min

The films will be presented by Weronika Adamowska, film festival organiser and programmer (Poland).

 

Screenings

September 10, 2022, 6.30 PM (preceded by an introduction)
Skalvija, A. Goštauto g. 2, Vilnius

Misunderstanding
Nieporozumienie

1978 / Poland / drama

Director: Piotr Majdrowicz
Cast: Paweł Grzedziński, Marek Adamski
20 min

Piotr Majdrowicz’s 1978 film tells the story of a young photographer in love with an athlete he photographs. Forced heterosexuality proved to be a barrier blocking homosexual fulfillment and as such became a sign of the repressive and alienating system of communist Poland.

The film is a part of the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw.

Transsex

1988 / Poland / documentary

Director: Andrzej Marek Drążewski
Polish, with Lithuanian subtitles, 24 min

Drążewski takes a look at the situation of transgender people in Poland in the late 1980s. He interviews trans people themselves and polls passers-by on the street about the topic they’ve given very little thought to. Among expressions of disgust and condemnation, there is only one completely different voice.

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