"My Warsaw" - Description
On 14 May 2004 European Cultural Television ARTE and Channel 2 TVP S.A. screened a thematic evening devoted to Warsaw. The documentary of Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz, and co-produced documentary of Dmitrij Kabakow "Warsaw - the look from the East", were the main part of the evening.
In the special show of the documentary in the Warsaw Łazienki on 10 May 2004 took part: minister of culture RP Waldemar Dšbrowski, ambassador of Germany Reinhard Schweppe, president of ARTE Jerome Clement, president of TVP S.A. Jan Dworak, vice-president of ARTE Gottfried Langenstein, vice-president of TVP S.A. Piotr Gaweł, deputy programme director of ARTE Hans Robert Eisenhauer, director of French Institute in Warsaw Marc Nouschi, director of Austrian Cultural Forum in Warsaw Andreas Stadler, culture counsellor of the French Embassy Jean-Yves Potel, director of Film Agency of TVP S.A. Andrzej Serdiukow, director of International Co-operation and Trade Office of TVP S.A. Maciej Domański, director of Film Production Company (WFDiF) Włodzimierz Niderhaus, director of Łazienki prof. Marek Kwiatkowski, manager of artistic editorial of channel 2 TVP S.A. Jerzy Kapuściński, director of Warsaw Film Festival Stefan Laudyn, producers co-operating with ARTE: Stanisław Krzemiński, Wojciech Szczudło, Agnieszka Traczewska, directors: Andrzej Fidyk, Dariusz Gajewski, Robert Gliński, Paweł Kuczyński, Marcel Łoziński, Wojciech Michera, screenwriter Cezary Harasimowicz, many journalists and other distinguished guests.
Among the characters are: Anna Beata Bohdziewicz - a photographer, Malgorzata Baranowska - a poet and literary historian, Grzegorz Jarzyna - a theatrical director, Tadeusz Sobolewski - a film critic and journalist and also members of the hip hop groups "Hemp Gru" and "Molesta Ewenement".
The film is enriched by a variety of songs about Warsaw, some hip-hop - written by our characters, as well as the old ones, which together with the numerous material from the archives talk about the old Warsaw.
Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz endeavoured to describe the city, loved by some, detested by others, but impossible to ignore, because, as she wrote herself - "the film - like a periscope follows the city of different attitudes, people, generations and situations".