Three-part film centered around a film being made by a group of young directors. In the first a working-class girl finishes school and has her first love affair, which ends badly. In the second a provincial boy with dreams of life in the theater has an affair with his boss' wife. They meet during the film's screen tests.

This is a beautifully made and totally engrossing feature-length retrospective portrait of Kieslowski by a former student of his who is now one of Poland's finest documentary filmmakers. Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz gives a lot of attention to the beginnings of Kieslowski’s career: his studies at the Lodz Film School and his first documentary films. The film recounts as fully as possible the artistic path of Kieslowski and the character of the man, presenting a portrait of a fulfilled artist, of a director wholly engaged in the drama of the time of his protagonists. An important aspect of the documentary is how it tries to explain the phenomenon of Kieslowski’s reception in Poland and abroad, as well as an analysis what is the standing of his work today and who is following in his footsteps. The film is richly illustrated with archival material as well as excerpts from the student, documentary, and feature films of Krzysztof Kieslowski. Zmarz-Koczanowicz uses the late director's own words as well as scraps of memories kept by his friends and colleagues: Wim Wenders, Agnieszka Holland, Slawomir Idziak, Jacek Petrycki, Grazyna Szapolowska, Tadeusz Sobolewski, Irene Jacob, Zbigniew Preisner, Marcin Latallo, Juliette Binoche, Andrzej Titkow, Andreas Veiel, Krzysztof Zanussi, and others. Loved and admired, Kieslowski was a filmmaker's filmmaker: "Cinema is about drudgery. It is about getting up early, about not sleeping at night, about fretting, about rain. This is cinema, this is real cinema. And the moments of satisfaction happen seldom." LINKS:

本届柏林电影节将持续至2月17日，16日晚举行的颁奖典礼上将颁出金熊奖和银熊奖。 柏林国际电影节，原名西柏林国际电影节，创办于1951年，与戛纳国际电影节、威尼斯国际电影节并称为欧洲三大国际电影节（世界三大电影节），最高奖项是“金熊奖”。其目的在于加强世界各国电影工作者的交流，促进电影艺术水平的提高。主奖有“金熊奖”和“银熊奖”。“金熊奖”授予最佳故事片、纪录片、科教片、美术片；“银熊奖”授予最佳导演、男女演员、编剧、音乐、摄影、美工、青年作品或有特别成就的故事片等。

摘自 How is French cinema perceived around the world? Does French cinema really have a strong impact abroad as we would like to believe it does? Does it still serve as a reference point? Where does it stand in terms of world cinema? What emotions has it stimulated in filmmakers around the world? Has it influenced them, and if so, in what ways? Is it still a source of inspiration for them? To coincide with UniFrance films' 65th anniversary, we asked foreign actors, actresses, and directors to tell us what they love about our cinema. French Cinema Mon Amour is an ensemble film in which each contributor brings their own voice, their own particular approach, their culture, and their language to produce a portrait of French cinema. "French cinema is cinema. It changed my life, just as my first love changed my life," Alex de la Iglesia

In Stalinist Poland, cabaret singer Tonia decides to spend the evening drinking with a group of friends. The next morning, she awakes to find that, for reasons unknown to her, she has been jailed as a political prisoner. As prison officials interrogate, torture and humiliate her, she fights for survival and to maintain her innocence by refusing to sign a false confession. As her years of imprisonment pass, her relationship with her captors grows more complicated.