Movies

The 47th Krakow Film Festival is closed. The verdict is in. "The Grand Prix -- The Gold Horn" went to Jeroen Berkvens of The Netherlands for his film, "Jimmy Rosenberg -- The Father, the Son and the Talent." This year's festival of new feature-length documentaries was a success. Ten films contended for the Gold Horn Award, and the festival included three world premieres, such as Marcin Koszalka's, "The Existence." The film was the most spectacular event of the festival and broke the festival record for number of viewers attending at Kijow Cinema on Sunday.

A good deal for movie buffs with limited Polish is that most movies in Krakow and other cities are in their original language with translated subtitles.The exception is animated films and cartoons, which are dubbed into Polish.Krakow has many cinemas to choose from, ranging from big, modern multiplexes to small, cozy places with long histories.

Imagine a colorless world of dirt, unhappiness and tears. A contemporary world which did not change a lot through the last hundred years. A world of aggression, cruelty and poverty. A world with no hope...