In this particular case, it’s the Silesian dialect, thanks to which the sayings cited below sparkle with one of a kind local ...
Based on H.C. Andersen’s fairy tale Thumbelina, the Wrocław Mime Theatre’s production is a daring interpretation and an attempt to rethink the stereotypical passive heroine i ...
Sharp, irreverent, and deeply rooted in place, Silesian anecdotes capture the rhythms of everyday life through humour that is at once simple and unexpectedly profound. Passed from mouth to mouth, ...
Whittled down from over 160 pianistsin the final stages, the official jury has chosen the one and only winner of the 17th Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition. Seong-Jin Cho from Korea has beaten ...
Few filmmakers shaped modern Polish cinema as profoundly as Andrzej Wajda. A towering figure of the Polish Film School, Wajda spent decades exploring Poland’s history, identity, and moral dilemmas ...
Gardens are more than carefully arranged landscapes – they are spaces that speak, remember and shape human experience. Moving between Enlightenment parks, Romantic ruins and modern literary ...
A Polish version of ‘Apocalypse Now!’ or a communist take on ‘Before Sunrise’? Or perhaps a modern adaptation of ‘The Wedding’ half a century before Smarzowski made his? Let’s take a closer look at ...
Jesters were much more than just people who made a laughing-stock of themselves. Feigned stupidity became their life’s ...
How did soaked cardboard boxes transform into an image of turn-of-the-century Montréal? What’s the story behind the disproportionately large heads of the characters? How did the pandemic influence the ...
A Polish version of ‘Apocalypse Now!’ or a communist take on ‘Before Sunrise’? Or perhaps a modern adaptation of ‘The Wedding’ half a century before Smarzowski made his? Let’s take a closer look at ...
Where did Poland begin? From the island stronghold of Ostrów Lednicki to the royal hill of Wawel, the traces of the first Piast rulers still shape the country’s landscape. This journey through ten ...
This cultural journey traces the life of Andrzej Wajda from his childhood in Suwałki and Radom to the art schools of Kraków ...