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    A Sunday in the Country 2022 Poland

    This year’s 11th edition of the European Film Academy’ networking activity A SUNDAY IN THE COUNTRY for young film critics & journalists returned to Lower Silesia in Poland. Organised in co-operation  with the New Horizons International Film Festival Wroclaw, the workshop brought together a group of eight participants.

    They spent the days watching films and discussing them, cinema and cinephilia in general, and life as a film journalist. In between there was cooking and eating together, and networking in a cottage by the Bystrzyckie lake. Expert for this edition was the Hungarian critic Géza Csakvari.

    After an introduction circle on Friday night, the screening programme kicked off on Saturday with A LITTLE LOVE PACKAGE. The Argentinian director Gastón Solnicki joined the group to share his passion for improvisation and working without a script.

    After breakfast on Sunday, the group watched THAT KIND OF SUMMER by Canadian director Denis Coté. The Québécois filmmaker who started his career as a film critic himself, generously shared his experiences and was stunned by the cross-border international openness of the event, something Canadians can only dream of, he said. He stayed for the final film, SILENT LAND by Aga Woszczyńska from Poland. The debut director brought lead actor Dobromir Dymecki and together they embarked on a passionate discussion about film criticism, its effects and audiences.

    The participants were Aleksander Kmak (Poland), Dora Leu (Romania), Igor Kierkosz (Poland), Ira Zubenko (Iceland / Ukraine), Manon Portos Minetti (the Netherlands), Marta Medina del Valle (Spain), Martina Ventura (Italy) and Sabrina Schwob (Switzerland).

    The project was organised by the European Film Academy and New Horizons Association with the support of the Polish Film Institute, the local cultural institutes and the Krzysztof Mętrak competition for young film critics.

    A Sunday in The Country 2022