A RETROSPECTIVE OF FILMS BY SOEREN KRAGH-JACOBSEN
Soeren Kragh-Jacobsen (b. 1947) belongs to the group of best known contemporary film directors in Denmark. Polish spectators are familiar with such pictures as Mifune, based on DOGMA 95 principles, as well as The Island on Bird Street, a film shooted in Poland telling the story of a boy fighting for life in Warsaw ghetto during the War.
Soeren Kragh-Jacobsen graduated from the FAMU Film School in Prague, Department of Documentary Film. In Denmark worked for Danmarks Radio (Danish Radio and TV)where he was responsible for programs for children and young people. His film debut Wanna See My Beautiful Navel? is mainly directed to a teenage spectator, although due to the way he describes human relations, it can easily be recomended also to "former" teenagers. Kragh-Jacobsen is also the author of screenplays to many of his films.
Kragh-Jacobsen's another passion is music - he is an author of lyrics and music as well as a talented vocalist and guitarist with the output of 6 records.
The retrospective of film by Soeren Kragh-Jacobsen have come into being thanks to the cooperation with The Danish Film Institute (Det Danske Filminstitut), The Foundation Summer Film Academy in Zwierzyniec, The Cultural Center ZAMEK and the cinema KinoLAB.
During this year's Summer Film Academy in Zwierzyniec (6-15.08.2004) 9 films were presented, including the latest picture Skagerrak. The audience had the opportunity to meet the director, who gave a lecture on "All About Dogma". During the retrospectives in Poznan (Cultural Center ZAMEK, 2-10.09.2004) and in Warsaw (KinoLAB, 16-23.09.2004) following film will be presented:
- Wanna See My Beautiful Navel?
- Rubber Tarzan
- Thunderbirds
- Shower of Gold
- Emma's Shadow
- The Boys From St. Petri
- The Island on Bird Street
- Mifune
