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Emily Cries
Credits
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Country: Poland
Year: 2006
Running Time: 33:00
Writer/Director: Rafael Kapelinski
Cast: Marta Chodorowska, Andrzej Szewczak
Category: Narrative Short
Language: Polish with English subtitles |
Film Description
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Katowice, Poland,
1982. The communist government has imposed Martial Law
to crush the Solidarity movement. Food shortages and
political arrests are everyday occurrences. Against this
backdrop, a teenager falls in love for the first time.
Screenings: Cannes
Film Festival, Oberhausen International Short Film
Festival
Awards: Grand Prix
of Independent Film, Polish Film Festival
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Filmmaker Information
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Rafael
Kapelinski was born in Torun, Poland. He completed
his short film, EMILY CRIES, after training at the
London Film School. EMILY CRIES won First Prize in the
Independent Film section at the Gdynia Film Festival in
2006. Since then, the film has gone on to win numerous
prizes at Polish film festivals and abroad. Rafael has a
Master’s in American Literature from the University of
Nicholas Copernicus in Torun, Poland and a Master's in
Business Administration from the University of
Washington in Seattle. His current film project, THE
BALLAD ABOUT PIOTROWSKI, is currently in
post-production.
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Screening Information
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Day: Saturday, March 29
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Independence Hall,
UACCB
Admission: $5 / $4 Seniors &
Students / $3 Members |
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