Welcome to the 1st Puma Media Polish Film Festival

The inaugural festival was presented to Australian audiences in October in Melbourne and Sydney.
Short selection of 5 films was also presented to the audiences in Canberra.

In Melbourne, the Classic Cinema in Elsternwick hosted the festival from 11 to 21 October.
In Sydney the Ritz Cinema in Randwick hosted the festival from 19 to 28 October.
In Canberra the Arc Cinema in Acton presented 5 films on 18, 19 and 20 of October.

List of Festival films:

MY FATHER'S BIKE (Mój rower),

THE FIFTH SEASON OF THE YEAR (Piąta pora roku),

IN THE BEDROOM (W sypialni),

ROSE (Róża),

LETTERS TO ST NICHOLAS - also known as "Letters to Santa" - (Listy do M.),

FEAR OF FALLING (Lęk wysokości),

MY NAME IS KI (Ki),

IN THE NAME OF DEVIL (W imieniu diabła),

MALL GIRLS (Galerianki),

ERRATUM (Erratum),

COURAGE (Wymyk),

THE MOLE (Kret)

YUMA (Yuma).

We did show not only current feature and a few short films, but also POLISH CINEMA CLASSICS from bygone days such as:

MANIA (Mania)

THE SANDGLAS SANATORIUM (Sanatorium pod Klepsydrą),

SEXMISSION (Seksmisja),

THE CONSTANT FACTOR (Constans),

PROMISED LAND (Ziemia obiecana),

PHARAOH (Faraon).

Many renowned Polish filmmakers were special guests at the festival: Krzysztof Zanussi - director, Jerzy Stuhr - director and actor, Agnieszka Milena Lebik - director and Paweł Pluciński - producer.