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American Tournee + Be a Woman in the a Himalayas

2019, 45 min, Poland
Polish with English subtitles
dir. PIOTR JAWORSKI

A collection of metal film cans is discovered among Stanisaw Wislockis belongings a few years after his death, and it creates a sensation. Wisocki was a pianist, composer, and conductor of the Polish National Philharmonic. Forgotten for 48 years, the film cans contain 16mm footage of the Philharmonics 1961 tour of the USA and Canada that Wisocki shot. 1961 was a significant time, the year that the Berlin Wall was built. Film creates a universal story of the sociological, moral, and political picture of this unique time.

2018, 44 min, Poland
Polish with English subtitles
dir. ELIZA KUBARSKA

The story of Wanda Rutkiewicz and Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, two women who dare to oppose the prevailing order and influence the next generation of mountaineers in Poland and Nepal. More than love of the highest mountains connects the women. Both Wanda and Pasang pursue their dreams, challenged not only by altitude and bad weather, but also by their own weaknesses. Each of them opposes the masculine order of the world in which they live. 25 years after the disappearance of Wanda and Pasang, Kinga Baranowska and Maya Sherpa appear on the world stage. They are the successors of the tradition of women mountain climbers inspired by the brave heroism of the last century.