„Joanna” by Feliks Falk

The next screening of “Joanna” will take place on December 7^th, at 6 pm at the Kino Kultura. It will be followed by the debate “Rescuing of Jews. Film and history”.

This event is part of the cycle of meetings organized by the project “Polish Righteous – Recalling Forgotten History” of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews. All the meetings are devoted to the subject of rescuing Jews from the Holocaust.

In the debate will participate the director of the film Feliks Falk, Tadeusz Sobolewski (film critic, “Gazeta Wyborcza”) and Dr. Bartosz Kwieciński (Centre for Holocaust Studies, Jagiellonian University). It will be moderated by Dr. Małgorzata Pakier from the Museum of the History of Polish Jews.

The film’s plot is located in Kraków during the Second World War. Joanna (played by Urszula Grabowska) meets a little Jewish girl (Sara Knothe) in the church. She decides to help her.

This is when the dramatic story of hiding begins. Joanna is soon denounced. During the search, a Nazi officer discovers her secret. He is willing to keep it under one condition. The heroine is forced to collaborate with the invader…

At the 35^th Feature Film Festival in Gdynia Feliks Falk received for “Joanna” the individual award for direction and the award for the best screenplay.

The 8^th Warsaw Jewish Film Festival will start on Tuesday, November 23^rd with the screening of the film “Ajami” by Scandar Copti and Yaron Schani. The festival, during which about 30 films will be presented, will end on November 28^th.