The ninth annual edition of the Polish Film Festival, produced by the Society for Arts, runs from Saturday, November 1, through Tuesday, November 11. Film and video screenings will be at the Gateway Movie Theatre, Copernicus Foundation, 5216 W. Lawrence. Tickets for most programs are $7, $6 for Society of Arts members. Tickets for the opening night on Saturday are $15, and tickets for video presentations are $4. Festival passes, good for 15 screenings (excluding opening night) are $75. For more information call 773-486-9612.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2
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A mother of three who writes children’s literature is killed in an accident; the remainder of Teresa Kotlarczyk’s 1996 fantasy parallels the mother’s existence in heaven, described as “a kind of storeroom,” with her family’s struggle to live without her. With Danuta Stenka, Zbigniew Zamachowski, and Ewa Gawryluk. (2:00)
Brute
Deceptive Charm
Adek Drabinski directed this comedy- thriller about a small-time actor who, returning to Poland after 12 years in the U.S., finds himself unemployed, ridden with gambling debts, and pursued by gangsters. Filmed partly in Chicago; with Joanna Benda, Boguslaw Linda, Zbigniew Zamachowski, and Leon Niemczyk. (8:45)
Two short films from 1996: Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz’s Bonk-a-Bonk and Konrad Szolajski’s A New Tale of a Real Man. (7:05)
