We have now been cooperating with the pageant for years. Till now, as a part of the Oslo / Reykjavik part, we’ve organized joint screenings of Norwegian and Icelandic movies. As a result of the truth that this yr a brand new version of the Swiss-Polish Cooperation Program, the so-called Swiss Funds, has began, we determined to increase this cooperation to incorporate Swiss cinema.
– stated the Deputy Minister of Funds and Regional Coverage Konrad Wojnarowski.
The twenty fourth New Horizons Worldwide Movie Pageant will happen in Wrocław on 18-28 July 2024. The Norway and EEA Grants and the Swiss-Polish Cooperation Programme would be the foremost companions of the pageant. A few of the movies from each sections will probably be accessible on-line at https://www.nowehoryzonty.pl/. Pageant movies may be watched on-line till August 4 this yr.
6 Movies from the North, or the Oslo / Reykjavik Part
This yr’s sixth version of the part consists of 6 movies. These will probably be 4 Norwegian and a couple of Icelandic movies, which will probably be accessible to observe in-person:
- Armand / dir. Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel / Norway / 2024 /, 117′,
- The Undead / dir. Thea Hvistendahl / Norway / 2023 / 99′,
- Natatorium / dir. Helena Stefánsdóttir / Iceland, Finland / 2024 / 105′,
- Six / reż. Day Johan Haugerud / Norway / 2024 / 125′,
- Pure Wild at Coronary heart / dir. Silje Evensmo Jacobsen / Norway / 2024 / 84′,
- Tomorrow at Daybreak / dir. Runar Runarsson / Iceland, Netherlands, Croatia, France 2024 / 82′.
The part will open with a screening of the movie Armand, which gained the hearts of viewers and critics on the 2024 Cannes Worldwide Movie Pageant. The manufacturing acquired the Digital camera d’Or there. That is an award for the perfect cinematic directorial debut.
Two movies will probably be accessible on-line: The Undead and Natatorium. Moreover, a gathering with the creators of Natatorium is deliberate for Friday, July 26 and Saturday, July 27.
Descriptions of the sections and particular person movies, info on screening dates and tickets for on-line movies may be discovered at:
The Norwegian and EEA Funds and the New Horizons pageant have additionally ready a small bonus for the youngest viewers. Kids can watch the Norwegian animated movie “The Thriller of Klara Muu” in shops and on-line as a part of the Younger Horizons part. The movie’s description may be discovered on the web site:
Insurgent Cinema, or Alain Tanner’s Retrospective
As Małgorzata Sadowska writes on the New Horizons pageant web site, Alain Tanner is “a key artist for the ’68 technology, co-founder of Grupe 5, which created the Swiss New Wave within the late Sixties, reformer of native cinematography, one of many aces of European cinema, and on the similar time one of many lesser-known movie auteurs.”
Cinema lovers will have the ability to see 8 movies by the Swiss director in particular person. These will probably be characteristic movies and documentaries:
• Messidor / Alain Tanner / Switzerland, France 1979 / 123′,
• Metropolis of Chandigarh / Alain Tanner / Switzerland 1966 / 55′,
• Charles, lifeless or alive / Alain Tanner / Switzerland 1969 / 94′,
• Salamander / Alain Tanner / Switzerland 1971 / 124′,
• Return from Africa / Alain Tanner / Switzerland 1973 / 113′,
• The Heart of the World / Alain Tanner / Switzerland 1974 / 111′,
• Jonasz will flip 25 in 2000 / Alain Tanner / Switzerland 1976 / 111′,
• Within the White Metropolis / Alain Tanner / Switzerland, Portugal 1983 / 108′.
The movies will probably be screened on the Decrease Silesian Movie Centre and the New Horizons Cinema.
The part will open with a screening of the movie Messidor. The work takes us on a journey via Switzerland with two younger ladies – Jeanne and Marie. At first, an harmless escapade seeking freedom turns right into a combat with the risks lurking for the vacationers.
4 movies will probably be accessible on-line: “Messidor”, “Salamandra”, “The Heart of the World” and “Jonasz will flip 25 within the yr 2000”.
Descriptions of the retrospective and particular person movies, info on screening dates and tickets for the movies on-line may be discovered at:
Concerning the cooperation of the ministry with New Horizons
The Ministry of Funds and Regional Coverage, which is accountable for investing the Norwegian and EEA Funds and the Swiss-Polish Cooperation Programme (the so-called Swiss Funds), has been cooperating with New Horizons since 2018.
The results of this cooperation is:
- 6 Oslo / Reykjavik sections throughout New Horizons festivals in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024,
- Alain Tanner’s retrospective on the New Horizons Pageant in 2024,
- 3 sections Between the Fjords through the Kids’s Cinema festivals (2020 and 2021) and Younger Horizons in 2023.
The cooperation additionally consists of, amongst others, the promotion of the Norwegian and EEA Funds model and the Swiss-Polish Cooperation Programme through the pageant and the organisation of conferences with filmmakers.
Data on the present cooperation between the ministry and the pageant may be discovered at: https://www.eog.gov.pl/strony/zapoznaj-sie-z-funduszami/jak-promujemy-fundusze/kino/.
About funds
Norway and EEA Funds – cash that Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway allocate for the event of a dozen or so so-called new EU international locations (becoming a member of the Union in 2004 and later) and for Greece and Portugal. Poland has been utilizing these funds since 2004, i.e. for 20 years. The third version of the Norway and EEA Funds is at the moment ending. Poland is its largest beneficiary. Our nation acquired EUR 809.3 million for investments regarding, amongst others, entrepreneurship, innovation, scientific analysis, the setting and justice.
Extra details about the third version of the EEA and Norway Grants may be discovered at: https://www.eog.gov.pl/.
The Swiss-Polish Cooperation Program (colloquially: Swiss Funds) is a program underneath which funds allotted by Switzerland for the event of our nation are divided (a dozen or so different international locations even have their packages). We at the moment have the second version of the Swiss Funds for Poland. Switzerland has granted our nation 320.1 million for the event of cities and scientific analysis and innovation. The implementation (eligibility of expenditure) of the second version of the Swiss-Polish Cooperation Program will finish in December 2029.
Extra details about the 2nd version of the Swiss-Polish Cooperation Programme may be discovered at:
