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	<updated>2012-05-17T21:42:35+02:00</updated>
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		<name>TOFIFEST International Film Festival</name>
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		<title><![CDATA["Tofifest 2012: Call for submissions"]]></title>
		<link href="http://www.tofifest.pl/en/news/105"/>
		<id>http://www.tofifest.pl/en/news/105</id>
		<updated>2012-05-10T01:27:43+02:00</updated>
		<content><![CDATA["The 10th International Film Festival Tofifest invites to apply films for three competitive programme sections: two of them are international competitions and one is national. The existing rules are the same as the previous year.
The International Competition for 1st and 2nd films named ON AIR Competiton mainly puts stress for European and Polish premiers. As the director of the festivals mentions, these films will have priority in the selection. Short Film Competition SHORTCUT invites the short forms from all over the world which lasts till 35 minutes. Polish Films presented in FROM POLAND Competition will present all faces of contemporary Polish movies.
As the amount of the films for three competitive section is limited the bests films which can’t be included into the competition will be presented in special section Out Of Competition. The films will struggle for Grand Prix Awards – Golden Angels.
The deadline for entries is on the 10th of September 2012, but  of online application decides the date of their receipt. Preview copies must be submitted to the Festival Office up to a week after the closing date of recruitment (to 17/09/2012).
Online application found here: http://www.tofifest.pl/en/submit.
Preview copies please send here:International Film Festival TOFIFESTul. Ducha Świętego 2a/2 (2nd floor)87-100 Toruń (competition@tofifest.pl)
We wait for your films!"]]></content>
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		<title><![CDATA["Kuyavian-Pomeranian Film Event of the Year 2011"]]></title>
		<link href="http://www.tofifest.pl/en/news/104"/>
		<id>http://www.tofifest.pl/en/news/104</id>
		<updated>2012-01-06T01:56:08+01:00</updated>
		<content><![CDATA["Kuyavian-Pomeranian Film Event of the Year 2011 is a plebiscite with big dose of fun, but with a serious base. We choose Film Event of the Year for the third time. We have only one goal — to give local filmmakers a sign that they ‘are not alone’, that we appreciate their work and results. Take a part in our ‘competition’. Let\'s choose FEoY 2011. The nominations are:
The ‘year of’ actor Piotr Głowacki in Polish cinema

Toruń’s ‘Film Spring’ — the whole city shoots films

David Marcinkowski’s internet film ‘Sufferossa’ nominated for the Webby Awards 2011(Internet Oscars)

Jim Sheridan received the ‘rebellious’Golden Angel at IFF Tofifest

Golden Lion of Polish FF in Gdyniafor actress Roma Gąsiorowska

‘The Movie Table’ at Bydgoszcz Culture Congress. Filmmakers talks about the futureof film in Kuiavia-Pomerania

Premiere of ‘Hakawati’, new film by Marcin Sauter

Roma Gąsiorowska, Magda Czerwińska andKuba Gierszał nominated toThe Zbig Cybulski Award for Young Actors

Jakub Gierszał choosen to Shooting Stars 2012

Animation ‘Paths of Hate’ by Damian Nenowon a official short list of Academy nominationsfor Oscar 2011

Krzysztof Nowicki and Koloroffon Film group attacks (new films, festivals and awards)
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		<title><![CDATA["Tofifest — the Event of the Year 2011? Why not! "]]></title>
		<link href="http://www.tofifest.pl/en/news/103"/>
		<id>http://www.tofifest.pl/en/news/103</id>
		<updated>2011-12-29T11:33:36+01:00</updated>
		<content><![CDATA["Radio Gra Group, Gazeta Wyborcza daily and Gazeta pomorska daily nominated our fetsival to the title of Event of the Year 2011 in Torun. We look forward to and, of course, asking you to vote for us and our guests this year, Jim Sheridan, Jiri Menzel and Jerzy Stuhr.
They hold high level — wrote about us Gazeta Pomorska, the biggest Polish regional newspaper. In category ‘film’ Tofifest International Film Festival is the best. Jiri Menzel, Jim Sheridan, Jerzy Stuhr, Robert Więckiewicz — this is just the beginning of a long list of celebrities visted Torun this summer. Vote here please :)

Famous guests at Tofifest — we can read in Gazeta Wyborcza, main Polish press title. Tofifest is one of the Poland\'s largest summer film festivals. In June of 2011 — during the ninth edition of — confirmed his class. Among guests: Jiri Menzel, Jim Sheridan, Dagur Kari, actors, Jerzy Stuhr and Robert Więckiewicz. The jury chaired by renowned critic Tadeusz Sobolewski says Wyborcza. Well, please vote for us here.

Stars on Tofifest — says portal of radio group Gra.fm. Portal noted that Tofifest honored (during the Opening Gala) with the special Golden Angel for Artistic Insolence, the virtuoso of Polish cinema Jerzy Stuhr. You can vote here.
Thank you in advance for the votes!"]]></content>
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		<title><![CDATA["“Barbakan” wins the TSFF"]]></title>
		<link href="http://www.tofifest.pl/en/news/102"/>
		<id>http://www.tofifest.pl/en/news/102</id>
		<updated>2011-12-12T13:32:53+01:00</updated>
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		<title><![CDATA["Quay Brothers and their “Mask” on TSFF"]]></title>
		<link href="http://www.tofifest.pl/en/news/101"/>
		<id>http://www.tofifest.pl/en/news/101</id>
		<updated>2011-12-06T14:47:22+01:00</updated>
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		<title><![CDATA["Paparazzi, cold room, Lebanon — welcome to the 3rd Toruń Short Film Festival"]]></title>
		<link href="http://www.tofifest.pl/en/news/100"/>
		<id>http://www.tofifest.pl/en/news/100</id>
		<updated>2011-12-05T15:50:14+01:00</updated>
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		<title><![CDATA["“Bud and magma monsters”. Trailer’s premiere"]]></title>
		<link href="http://www.tofifest.pl/en/news/99"/>
		<id>http://www.tofifest.pl/en/news/99</id>
		<updated>2011-08-23T13:49:26+02:00</updated>
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		<title><![CDATA["Poland wins IFF Tofifest 2011"]]></title>
		<link href="http://www.tofifest.pl/en/news/97"/>
		<id>http://www.tofifest.pl/en/news/97</id>
		<updated>2011-07-01T20:15:00+02:00</updated>
		<content><![CDATA["Marek Lechki’s debut “Erratum” won the main competition of the International Film Festival Tofifest in Toruń. The best short film was Belgian “Pour toi them ferai bataille / For You I Will Fight” directed by Rachel Lang, and the winner of the Polish competition – “The Mill and the Cross” by Lech Majewski. Special Golden Angels were presented to Jim Sheridan, Dagur Kári, Piotr Głowacki and Marcin Sauter.

Polish “Erratum” directed by Marek Lechki won the full-length debuts and second films competition ON AIR. It is one of the most interesting Polish debuts of recent years. It tells a story about trying to reverse the irreversible — one’s past life. Businessman Michał needs to stay a few more days in his native village, which he had so much wanted to escape. Memories, bandmates and dreams come back… “Maybe there are things that can still be reversed?”, he thinks.

The award for the best director and the Zygmunt Kałużyński award for the most inspiring scene in the competition films were given to Slava Ross, the director of “Siberia. Monamour”. Like a ruthless, savage dog attack, “Siberia…” is a moving story about life and death at the margins of Russian society. The film focuses on an area cut off from the world where the old farmer lives with his grandson. Both will have to fight a bloody battle with the forces of nature to survive until the first days of spring. The film is the second work of Ross, and screening in Toruń is the Polish premiere of the film.
On Air films were evaluated by the jury, on which sat: the creator of “The Dark House” and “Noi the Albino” — Icelandic director Dagur Kári; the winner of the Golden Lions in Gdynia director Borys Lankosz; the creator of “Mother Teresa of Cats” awarded in Karlove Vary, writer-director Paweł Sala; a distinguished film critic Tadeusz Sobolewski and popular Polish actress Marta Żmuda-Trzebiatowska.

The second competition is an international SHORTCUT devoted to short films. Golden Angel was awarded to Belgian “Pour toi je ferai bataille / For You I Will Fight” directed by Rachel Lang. It is a story of a girl who joins the French army to heal the wounds after a failed relationship. Contrary to the appearances, the film in a subtle and gentle way tells the story of a young woman looking for purpose in life.
SHORTCUT films were evaluated by the jury composed of eminent directors of the young generation: Katarzyna Klimkiewicz, awarded with the European Film Award and the Grand Prix of Tofifest 2010 and Rafał Kapeliński, the winner of Independent Golden Lions at Gdynia Polish Film Festival and of the Grand Prix of Tofifest 2006. The director of Vilnius Film Festival “Kino Pavasaris”, Santa Lingeviciute, also sat on the jury.

“The Mill and the Cross” directed by Lech Majewski won the Polish films competition FROM POLAND. Majewski’s mystical work animates “The Procession to Calvary”, one of the most classic images of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, sixteenth-century Dutch painter. Since its premiere a few months ago the film has met with expressions of admiration throughout the world. FROM POLAND’s award was granted by the audience of Tofifest.
Six special Tofifest awards were handed as well:
Golden Angel of Tofifest for his courage in taking on difficult matters and outstanding achievement in the world cinematography was awarded to Jim Sheridan. Irish director has scored six Oscar nominations and is an author of such masterpieces like “My Left Foot” and “In the Name of the Father”. Sheridan was in Toruń for a few days during which he met with the audience and led a masterclass lesson.
Icelander Dagur Kári received a Special Golden Angel for an Outstanding Young Artist of European Cinema. Kári is a creator of great “Dark Horse” and “Noi the Albino”. This award was given for the second time. Last year it went to Julia Jentsch.
Tofifest Raftsmen, awards for outstanding young filmmakers associated with the region of Kujawsko-Pomorskie, were given to actor Piotr Głowacki and documentary filmmaker Marcin Sauter. Głowacki, originating from Toruń, is known from such films as “Dark House” by W. Smarzowski, “Ode to Joy” by J. Komasa, TV series “Instinct” and “1920. War and love” and roles for which we wait — in “The Battle of Warsaw” by Jerzy Hoffmann and “In Darkness” by Agnieszka Holland. Bydgoszcz’s Sauter, a well-known documentary filmmaker, author of worldwide award-winning films “Walking Cinema”, “Behind the Fence”, “First Day” and full-length debut, which screened last year on Tofifest, “To the north of Calabria”. Raftsman is an award traditionally presented by the Mayor of Toruń, Michał Zaleski. It is the oldest and the only of its kind award in Poland.
Let us also recall two awards presented earlier.
Golden Angel for the Artistic Insolence was received by Jerzy Stuhr during the opening ceremony. A great Polish actor and director emphasized the importance of the Golden Angel to him: “For me this award will be a symbol of my whole creative life and of what I have managed to create”.
Special Golden Angel for Opening New Horizons and Artistic Contribution to the World’s Cinematography was received by Czech master Jiří Menzel, creator of “Closely Watched Trains”. The award was presented to him on Tuesday. He spoke on that occasion: “I am surprised that such a great feast was prepared for me. At least my wife will know that I am a great man” — as always, keeping a great distance from himself."]]></content>
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	<entry>
		<title><![CDATA["And the Golden Angel goes to…"]]></title>
		<link href="http://www.tofifest.pl/en/news/96"/>
		<id>http://www.tofifest.pl/en/news/96</id>
		<updated>2011-07-01T19:46:36+02:00</updated>
		<content><![CDATA["As most of you know, today at 9 p.m. in Baj Pomorski Theatre there will be a screening of the winner film of this year’s ON AIR competition. It will be the debut film of Marek Lechki — “Erratum”.
More information about another awards of this year’s Tofifest will follow shortly."]]></content>
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		<title><![CDATA["Thursday and Friday meetings"]]></title>
		<link href="http://www.tofifest.pl/en/news/98"/>
		<id>http://www.tofifest.pl/en/news/98</id>
		<updated>2011-07-01T18:00:00+02:00</updated>
		<content><![CDATA["Janusz Majewski: “We were no saints”
 
On Thursday, we hosted at the Tofifest Janusz Majewski, the director of “Mała matura 1947” (“Baccalaureate 1947”). This Polish movie is taking part in the FROM POLAND competition and it seems it’s doing very well taking on some renowned films. The confirmation of it is, for instance, its high rank in the audience poll.
“Baccalaureate 1947” has already managed to win a number of prestigious awards at film festivals. Now, time for it has come to take on the Toruń festival. This evening already we’ll get to know who’s won the award. The movie’s “assistant” at the festival is the director, Janusz Majewski, himself. The Tofifest audience was able to meet him at the Centrum cinema in the Centre of Contemporary Art.
Already at the very beginning, the director revealed to the spectators that some threads in his movie are reflections of his own youth experiences. “To a large extent, autobiographical elements are present in it. An important issue I wanted to stress in the movie was the protagonist’s trip from Lviv to Krakow at the psychological impact it has on him. Another problem was the constantly changing occupation. Once it was Soviet, a moment later: German, and next, Soviet again.”
 
Majewski himself admits that some of the “delights” of the Polish cinema appear in his film, meaning especially the roles of the teachers. “Marek Kondrat returned to the world of cinema for the sake of an old friendship. He did not, however, stay there for long. Still, this way I was able to get him for a while off the advertising contract he had signed with one of the banks. As for the rest of the actors, it was a joy to work with them. If one knows well the job of acting, like I do, it’s hard to fool him and therefore: fool his audience. The actors I’ve collaborated with know that within a short time I’ll see through their poses and reactions. Hence the challenge: “I need to keep searching for new creations and, first of all, I can’t allow that anyone feels embarrassed because of me”.
The above mentioned elements of the artist’s own past were subsequently confronted with nowadays’ reality: “Obviously, those days weren’t a period when it was the students who would allow putting rubbish bins on their heads. Back then there was more respect inside the schools. I have good memories of my own class. Every time I think of them, they bring me pleasant memories. Nowadays it’s different, but I don’t want to say it’s worse. We were no saints either”.
To the director’s mind, the young actors who starred in the movie undoubtedly deserve recognition. “The boys who played in ‘Baccalaureate 1947’ were brought up in completely different times. These young people approached the job in hand with a lot of enthusiasm. And they found a very good way to do it. Besides… from the very beginning I assumed the every person was able to play the role of him/herself. That’s why I did not hesitate making the decision to hire non-professionals to play the main characters. The youth is always the same, only the circumstances change. I realised they should have problems with playing themselves. And, at the end o the day, it is not a theatrical stage! When making a movie we can afford repeating some takes”.
Janusz Majewski, as an artist, is a prime example who doesn’t need repetitions in his work. Films with his signature have been awarded at prestigious festivals and each new picture is appreciated by the audience. Why should one repeat himself if he’s able to keep going forward?
This film was born of passion: Q&amp;A session with the makers of “Proste pragnienia” (“Simple wishes”)
 
The audience was joined by the director, Marek Stacharski, the producer, Maciej Kubiak and Aleksandra Nieśpielak who plays the main character.
 
“This film was born of passion of many people who chose to dedicate to it their time and energy. We’ll be showing the movie to the audience for the first time, it’s a very important moment for us. We’re happy that it’s going to happen in Toruń, because it’s a beautiful city” — with these words the director, Marek Sacharski, introduced the screening of his film on the sixth day of the Tofifest festival.
“Proste pragnienia” is a sad, austere story about the lives of ordinary, humble people who, day by day, struggle to improve their standard of living. Complicated domestic relations, unemployment and numerous other problems cause that the characters are lost and helpless in the face of what they come across.
“‘Proste pragnienia’ is about relationships between people. It’s a story about the need of proximity”, explains Aleksandra Nieśpielak who plays the main protagonist.
The movie wouldn’t have been made without the support from the city of Przemyśl (where the whole story is set). “The script was written with Przemyśl in mind: this town is one of the characters. It’s my hometown, that’s why I chose it. And it’s a story of people we know, people we pass every day on the streets”, the director said.
“Proste pragnienia” is not another colourful hyperexpensive blockbuster, the sort of movies that has recently flooded our cinemas. The charm of this picture is enhanced by the presence of the young characters, played by non-professionals, selected during a casting in Przemyśl.
“I like working with young people who are not professional actors. Working with them is completely different, because they play their roles acting instinctively. It’s great to watch them at the set.”
Tofifest is the first festival to invite the makers of “Proste pragnienia”. Reportedly, the crew is about to carry on with their journey and soon the audiences of other festivals will have an opportunity of seeing the movie. We’re keeping our fingers crossed and wish the crew good luck."]]></content>
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