A Little Polish Film Culture @ Kultura

Last night YouNxt along with Ekran hosted a reception in honour of the Polish films at this year’s Hot Docs (the Canadian International Documentary Festival)

The event took place at the posh Kultura restaurant in downtown Toronto.

On hand was Warsaw based Director Pawel Kloc of the much talked about Phnom Penh Lullaby as well as Toronto based filmmakers Natalia Kantor and Rafal Sokolowski.

A big thank you goes out to our sponsors:

Canada-Poland Chamber of Commerce

Fregata Restaurant

Ekran Toronto Polish Film Festival

And to Kultura for hosting us.

Here is a sneak peak at some of the photos. Thanks to Peter Calak from GravityBureau.com and Martin Terlecki for snapping these.

(FYI – both Polish feature docs still have showings so if you haven’t already make sure to check them out. Screening info is available here.)

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Join Us As We Toast Polish Films at Hot Docs 2011

After a hectic few days consisting of a  royal weddings, Papal beatification, fugitive assassination and federal election, it’s time to take a deep breath and relax.

And what better way to do that than with a nice glass of wine and some good company.

On Wednesday, May 4, YouNxt and Ekran (the Toronto Polish Film Festival) are hosting a reception in honour of the Polish films at Hot Docs. We’ll also be celebrating local filmmaking talent.

Please join us, as well as the Director of Phnom Penh Lullaby Pawel Kloc and Toronto based filmmakers as we raise a toast.

The event will take place at the posh Kultura restaurant – one of Toronto’s best. If you haven’t been there, check out some  photos below…

Date: Wednesday, May 4

Time: 7pm – 10pm

Location: Kultura Restaurant – 169 King St. E. Toronto

Attire:  Casual Chic

RSVP To: uterlecki@younxt.com or on our Facebook Events page.

We’re also very thankful to our financial sponsors without whom this would not be possible:  

Canada-Poland Chamber of Commerce

Fregata Restaurant

Ekran Toronto Polish Film Festival

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Counting Down to the 7th Day

This past weekend, Polish-Canadian newspaper Gazeta Gazeta featured a great interview with filmmaker Rafal Sokolowski. Check out their site to read the full interview. As we mentioned in our profile on Rafal, he is set to shoot his next film (Seventh Day) this September and will be hosting a fundraiser this Wednesday (tomorrow) to help finance it. YouNxt will be there to lend a hand with MC-ing duties. Hopefully, you’ll be able to join us to mingle, network and support Rafal’s talents. The evening will include the screening of his two short films, Lightchasers and Three Mothers. Here’s a short clip of the latter:

Among others, Three Mothers features actress and Gemini winner Kristin Booth who has appeared in a slate of Canadian shows like Flashpoint, The Listener and Producing Parker. Although, her funniest performance came in the 2007 breakout comedy hit Young People Fucking.

Kristin Booth at 2010 Genie Awards

If you’ve never seen it then check it out, it’s hilarious. Here’s Kristin in the trailer…

Hope you can join us on Wednesday. Here again are the details:

Wednesday, July 28th @ 7:30 pm
(Screenings start @ 8:00 pm)
Innis Town Hall
2 Sussex Avenue (NW corner of St. George St. & Sussex Av.)
Entry: $ 20.00 (or PWYC)

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