Can a master create a school where students are encouraged not to follow in his footsteps, but to find a cinematic language of their own? Andrzej Wajda believed in cinema rooted in dialogue, curiosity about the world and attentiveness to others. Founded by Wajda and Wojciech Marczewski as the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing (today Wajda School), it became a meeting place for successive generations of filmmakers, a space where the experience of established artists helps emerging filmmakers develop their own ideas and ways of looking at the world. As part of ‘Fall for Films in the Kujawy Pomorze Region – Cinematic Confections: Andrzej Wajda’, we take a closer look at the films that have grown out of this idea.
Thanks to the support of the Regional Government of Kujawy and Pomorze and our excellent collaboration with Wajda School and Wajda Studio, we will present two programmes of short fiction and documentary films at ToruńCAMERIMAGE, made by filmmakers associated with Wajda School and Wajda Studio. The selection brings together early works by artists who have since made their mark on Polish and international cinema, alongside films by representatives of younger generations. Together, they paint a portrait of a school where mastery has never meant following a prescribed path, but having the courage to seek one’s own.
Aria Diva, dir. Agnieszka Smoczyńska © Wajda School and Wajda Studio
Following the screenings, we will invite audiences to meet the filmmakers. Festival guests will include Agnieszka Smoczyńska, a graduate of Wajda School, whose Aria Diva will be presented as part of the retrospective, and Filip Marczewski, director, screenwriter and lecturer at Wajda School. During the Q&A sessions, they will discuss their experiences, their work on films and the idea of creative dialogue that has been one of the School’s foundations from the very beginning.
Mecenasem wydarzenia jest Samorząd Województwa Kujawsko-Pomorskiego.
Współorganizatorem wydarzenia jest Fundusz Filmowy Kujawy Pomorze.
