Thursday is set to be a day of heartrending scenes, perpetual melodrama, flames of passion and tear-jerking endings. One thing we love is to recommend the \u201cother\u201d films from Art Film Fest\u2019s programme; after all, we\u2019re three women here at the programme department, and even after 15 years working for Art Film Fest, we still think that if a film doesn\u2019t manage to pull at your heartstrings, it\u2019s nothing more than a banal moving picture.<\/p>\n
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First off, go and watch Pawe\u0142 Pawlikowski\u2019s Cold War<\/strong>. Dancer Zula and pianist Wiktor can\u2019t figure out how to live together, nor apart; neither in Communist Poland, nor in bohemian Paris.Full of marvellous songs, folkdance performances and gorgeous black-and-white images, this ill-fated 1950s romance is bound to break your heart. The film won Best Director at this year\u2019s Cannes.And we\u2019re only screening it once!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you couldn\u2019t make it to the opening ceremony, on Thursday you\u2019ll have a second chance to see the opening film: Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool <\/strong>from director Paul McGuigan. In an absolutely dazzling performance, Annette Bening plays aging Hollywood femme fatale Gloria Graham, while Jamie Bell plays a young, promising actor. And on top of their passionate (and tragic) romance, it\u2019s also a film about the basic decency of not leaving someone to die alone. This is your last chance to see this love story at the festival!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And finally, from the main competition, we\u2019d like to recommend Icelandic film And Breathe Normally <\/strong>from director \u00cdsold Uggad\u00f3ttir. It\u2019s the story of two women whose fates intertwine over the backdrop of today\u2019s refugee crisis, each of them trying to cope with the borderline situation they\u2019ve ended up in. And \u2013just between us girls \u2013 we think it\u2019s a serious contender for the grand prize!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n At a time when we increasingly hear strong women\u2019s voices demanding improvements in gender equality, both in life and in the film industry, these titles are shining examples of sensitive films that aren\u2019t just for women.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Prepare to be moved, friends.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Magdal\u00e9na Mezoughi Macejkov\u00e1, Ivana Petr\u00edkov\u00e1 and Zita Hossz\u00faov\u00e1<\/strong><\/p>\n Programme Department, Art Film Fest<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thursday is set to be a day of heartrending scenes, perpetual melodrama, flames of passion and tear-jerking endings. One","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11785,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n