Affirmation, Acceptance and Rejection: Polish Contemporary Documentary Filmmakers and their Relation to Poland’s Documentary Film Tradition

• Authors: Katarzyna Mąka-Malatytńska
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

This paper attempts to define the complex attitude to the tradition in Poland of fact-driven cinema shared by members of the young generation of Polish documentary filmmakers. The examples of films by Marcin Koszałka and Wojciech Staroń, and Tomasz Wolski’s The Lucky Ones, discussed in greater detail, illustrate various shades of this complex attitude, oscillating between affirmation and opposition. The article argues against criticism that demands contemporary cinema take up certain issues and discard others. 

Keywords

PL

contemporary Polish documentary film; Tomasz Wolski; Marcin Koszałka; Wojciech Staroń; Krzysztof Kieślowski; dramaturgy; film tradition

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Images. The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 24
• Pages: 155-164

Dates

published

2014-06-13

Contributors

author

Katarzyna Mąka-Malatytńska

• Department of Film, Television and New Media at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/i.2014.24.17