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Theatre Cinema / December 2011

Tadeusz Kantor

 

  • Grotowski Institute Cinema Room, 27 Rynek-Ratusz

    Free admission

 

 

 

1 December {Thu} 6 pm

Gdzie s± niegdysiejsze ¶niegi...
dir. Andrzej Sapija / 1984 / 25’
Film in Polish – English subtitles.

Shot in 1984 at the student club Stodo³a in Warsaw, the film records a short piece by Teatr Cricot 2 created between Dead Class and Wielopole, Wielopole. It premiered in 1979 at Palazzo delle Espozisioni in Rome.



8 December {Thu} 6 pm

Istnieje tylko to, co siê widzi
dir. Andrzej Sapija / 1992 / 21’ 
Film in Polish – English subtitles.    
The film takes its title from a caption under one of Tadeusz Kantor’s drawings. This is the story of the life journey of a great artist told through several hundred drawings and excerpts from the artist’s private diary.



15 
December {Thu} 6 pm

Kantor
dir. Andrzej Sapija / 1985 / 71’  
Film in Polish – English subtitles.                                                
Kantor was made during rehearsals for the piece May the Artists Die. It contains a wealth of archival footage, and has Tadeusz Kantor reminiscing about his childhood, the Nazi occupation, the founding of Teatr Cricot 2 and the later stages of his artistic journey.



22 December {Thu} 6 pm

„Powrót Odysa” Tadeusza Kantora. Notatki z prób
dir. Andrzej Sapija / 1988 / 59’
Film in Polish – English subtitles.    
The film was made during rehearsals for I Will Never Return Here. It premiered in April 1988 at Teatro Studio in Milan. Tadeusz Kantor counted it among the best films about his work. The Return explores the most important ideas in Kantor’s art, giving voice to the artist’s writings, notes and interviews.