Short Notice: Visit Krakow, Poland in June 2010! KFF | Krakow Film Festival

I am partial to 'Holding Still' with its other-worldly hiss-pop music, and I am exceedingly fond of director Florian Riegel. I understand Krakow, Poland is quite the place to be. So....

Established in 1961 as a national short film competition, KFF is the oldest film festival in Poland. Given the planet's history in the last several decades, how did it do that? How did it persist? Must have been passion. The current iteration is an international festival dedicated to documentary, animation and other short film forms. Check it out: this event is a survivor, and the city is ready for a party. They're celebrating their 50th!

Florian Riegel's documentary film 'Holding Still' is in competition on June 3 at Mikro Cinema at 16:30 and on June 5 at Kujów.Centrum Cinema at 10:00.

The logo is cool as all getout. (I'm learning the awards are about creatures and critters and dragons and such — raar.)

If you're in Poland (and who isn't?), make plans to enjoy a week or so in and out of the dark. Do you remember real documentaries and love short films and animation? They still have them. In Krakow. Go now! Step into the flickering light.

We have a WINNER!

CONGRATULATIONS, FLORIAN!

First Prize of the NRW Competition

1,000 euros, sponsored by the NRW.Bank

Holding Still

Florian Riegel

Germany 2010, 26 min 30 sec, HDCAM, colour

Statement:

A film that develops its narrative slowly. Edited to reveal nothing predictable, it takes its audience right into the tensions of a moving story that gradually unfolds to achieve its full power. The fact that the author takes up this story and the way he does it, even though he came across it by chance, is testimony to his ability to recognise an impressive subject and treat it with respect. A thoughtful cinematography steers us through its own images and the protagonist’s, which are her means of access to her world via her laptop. At the end, the perspective expands once more to include the outside world and gives us a moment of respite.

   

                        

                              Rolling along......! 

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