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Polish Oscar hopeful 'Leave No Traces' to hit US cinemas in February

17.12.2021 09:45
Director Jan P. Matuszyński’s drama “Leave No Traces,” Poland’s contender for an Oscar in the foreign-language film category, is set to hit cinemas in the United States in February, the Polish Film Institute has announced.
Polish film director Jan P. Matuszyński.
Polish film director Jan P. Matuszyński.Photo: PAP/Rafał Guz

The film, which tells the story of a young man who witnesses the fatal beating of his friend by the communist police in 1980s Warsawentered cinemas in Poland in late September.

Earlier that month it was picked as Poland’s official entry for Best International Feature Film at the 2022 Academy Awards.

Leave No Traces is based on real-life events surrounding Grzegorz Przemyk, a Warsaw high school student who was beaten to death by communist police in May 1983, during martial law imposed by the authorities to crush the Solidarity freedom movement.

The film, co-produced by France and the Czech Republic, had its world premiere at the International Film Festival in Venice on September 9.

A shortlist of movies competing for an Oscar in the foreign-language film category is expected to be announced on December 21.

The American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will hand out the Oscar awards on March 27.

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Source: PAP