Festiwal Filmow Przyrodniczych

The Włodzimierz Puchalski International Nature Festival, with its motto ? The promotion of European nature and landscape? is not only the biggest presentation of nature films in Poland, but above all, it is a great festival of ecologists, filmmakers- naturalists, photographers and painters, who are aware of the issues of the present world and the nature surrounding us. The Festival has been held every second year in Lodz since 1980, and in 2001 it changed its status to international.

liscThe goal of the Festival is promoting Polish and international nature films, evaluation of the present state and future prospects of the nature film development, defining the possibilities of using nature films in educating the young and honouring the most valuable films and TV programs dealing with nature issues. The films which participate in the Festival are short or medium ? length, dealing with problems of nature, environment protection, the coexistence of man and nature, and related topics.

The main prize of the Festival is Włodzimierz Puchalski Grand Prix for the best film participating in the competition. The total amount of the festival prizes is ? 12,000.
The Festival is known internationally. The Selection Committee receives films from all over the world. Producers and filmmakers, as well as organizers of film festivals from many countries arrive in Lodz during the Festival film competition.

The Włodzimierz Puchalski International Nature Festival belongs to the ECOMOVE International organization, which has been formed for nature film festivals from Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, Portugal, Japan and Italy, thus promoting Polish cinematography, especially this particular branch ? the nature film.

Apart from competition viewings the Festival offers various, unique accompanying events. The participants of the Festival take part in photography and picture previews with talks, meetings discussing the presented films or field trips where they can see what is done in real life to save the environment. The workshops conducted during the Festival aim to teach the youth how to express their emotions and knowledge, how to use various artistic means of expression : there are photography, film and art classes.

The Festival is named after Włodzimierz Puchalski, who was born in 1909 in Mosty Wielkie near Lvov. He was an engineer of agronomy, studied at the Academy of Agriculture in Dublany, at the Department of Agriculture and Forestry. He assisted professor Witold Romer at the Department of Photochemistry of Lvov Polytechnic, where he developed a method of making nature films. His great love for nature together with his skills as a photographer and filmmaker resulted in renowned photography albums and nature films. They brought him popularity and recognition in Poland and abroad. In 1937 he received the  gold medal at the Great Hunting Olympics in Berlin for his photography ? Wild Boar in Winter?, and the premiere presentation of his nature film ?Bloodless Hunt? in 1939 was a sensation. ?A Film Poland Has Never Seen? ? that was the title of one of the reviews. In the 1950s he began his cooperation with the Educational Film Studio in Lodz. He made 58 films; won many awards at Polish festivals and abroad. He died in 1979 on King George Island, during the film expedition in the Antarctic. 

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17th Włodzimierz Puchalski International Nature Film Festival is subsidized by:

The Regional Fund for the Enviromental Protection and Water Management in Łódź
Regional Directorate of State Forests in Łódź
The Minister of Culture and National Heritage
The Polish Film Institute
The State Forests Information Centre
The City of Łódź

  

The awards for the prize winners are sponsored by:

The Minister of Culture and National Heritage Piotr Gliński
General Director of Polish Film Institute Magdalena Sroka
Board of Directors of the Regional Fund for the Environmental Protection and Water Management in Łódź
Regional Directorate of State Forests in Lódź
President of the Polish Filmmakers Association Jacek Bromski
Mayor of Tomaszów Mazowiecki Marcin Witko
The Polish Society of tree Surgeons
Radio Łódź

The 17th edition of the Włodzimierz Puchalski International Nature Film Festival

7-11.06.2017

    07.06.2017 – WEDNESDAY – The march: „The Forest Wandering Through the City”

09.00  

 the opening of two exhibitions:

- the “Forest colours” exhibition showing the work of the students from
Włodzimierz Puchalski Secondary Schools Complex No. 7 – the cinema hall in
the Łódź Culture Centre, 18 Traugutta Street, Łódź.

-the “At the Edge of the Forest” exhibition by Sebastian Sołtyszewski and Barbara Pluta – the
“Łódka” Gallery, the Łódź Culture Centre, 18 Traugutta Street, Łódź.
09.30  

the vernissage of two exhibitions – the Columned Hall of the Łódź
Culture Centre, 18 Traugutta Street, Łódź:

“The Nature of the Białowieża National Park” – the exhibition prepared by the
Białowieża National Park;

“The Białowieża Forest – natural forests or the cultural heritage of the local
People” – the exhibition made available by the Ministry of the Environment.
10.00-17.00  

the competition screenings – the “Szpulka” cinema at
the Łódź Culture Centre, 18 Traugutta Street, Łódź.
10.30  

“Reksio* and Nature - 50 years have passed” -
The “Przytulne” cinema at the Łódź Culture Centre, 18 Traugutta Street, Łódź.

*”Reksio” is the name of the dog which is the main character of the iconic Polish cartoon produced in Łódź
11.00  

the inauguration of the ecological education workshops – Secondary Schools Complex No. 7, 1/3 Minerska Street,  Łódź
11:00   “The Pharmacy on the Forest Meadow and in the Home Garden” – didactic classes, the Botanic Garden in Łódź, 36/38 Krzemieniecka Street, Łódź.
12.00   the screenings of the digitalized films of Włodzimierz Puchalski produced at the Educational Film Studio in Łódź  – the “Przytulne” cinema at  the Łódź Culture Centre, 18 Traugutta Street, Łódź
13.30   Special Screenings - the “Przytulne” cinema at  the Łódź Culture Centre, 18 Traugutta Street, Łódź
16.30   The Festival inauguration – the march: ”The Forest  Wandering Through The City ” – the festival participants walk between galleries
16.30   the vernissage of  Włodzimierz  Puchalski photography exhibition - “Forest People” -  from the collection of the Niepołomicki Museum –  the “Tłustym Drukiem” Gallery, 18 Więckowskiego Street, Łódź
17.00   the private viewing  of Karina Sławińska painting exhibition - “Havens” – Kazimierz Dejmek New Theatre in Łódź, 15 Więckowskiego Street, Łódź
17.30   meeting with the authors of the nature photography exhibition - “The Tale of the Forest”, Curator: Marek Trzeciak – the gallery of the Łódź Photography Association named after Eugeniusz Haneman, 102 Piotrkowska Street , Łódź
18.00  

the vernissage of the Tomasz Ogrodowczyk nature photography exhibition - “Forest Life” – the “Olimpijka” Gallery, 132 Piotrkowska Street, Łódź
18.30  

the vernissage of the “Forest Life Scenes” exhibition presented by members of the Łódź District Polish Nature Photographers – Teachers’ Club, 137/139 Piotrkowska Street , Łódź. The vernissage includes a piano concert of Marcel Baliński. Invitations only

08.06.2017 - Thursday – A trip to the Spala's Forests

08:30   Educational Trip for workshop participants and festival guests to Spała’s Forests. Presentation of everyday forester’s work and wildlife protection issues
09.00  

the opening of Piotr Wypych’s exhibition - “Trees in the landscape. The Association of Lodzkie Region Landscape Parks” – the University of Łódź, Management Department, 22/26 Matejki Street, Łódź
10.00-17:30   the competition films viewing – the “Przytulne” cinema at the Łódź Culture Centre, 18 Traugutta Street, Łódź
20.00   the meeting of the participants of the “Green Studio” workshops for professionals - at the Łódź Culture Centre, 18 Traugutta Street, Łódź

 

09.06.2017 – Friday - The Youth Nature Films Competition and the “Green Studio” workshops

09.00  

a Field trip for ecology workshop participants, Botanic Garden in Łódź, 36/38 Krzemieniecka street, Łódź
09:30-18:30   the competition films viewing – the “Szpulka” cinema at the Łódź Culture Centre, 18 Traugutta Street, Łódź
10.00  

Meeting with the authors – nature photographers at the Brodnicki Landscape Park exhibition prepared by “The Art of Nature” Festival from Toruń – the Film Museum in Łódź, 1 Zwycięstwa Square
10.30   the Youth Nature Films Competition– the competition films viewings – the “Kinematograf”cinema of the Film Museum in Łódź, 1 Zwycięstwa Square
11.00   the “Green Studio” workshops for professionals – Botanic Garden in Łódź, 36/38 Krzemieniecka Street, Łódź.
13.00  

film workshops “Green Studio” for children and teenagers – at the Botanic Garden in Łódź, 36/38 Krzemieniecka Street, Łódź
14.00   the story and presentation of the photographs of King George Island, Włodzimierz Puchalski Secondary Schools Complex No. 7
17.00  

the opening of Włodzimierz Puchalski ‘s photographs exhibition “Polish Forest” from the collection of the Niepołomicki Museum - at the Palm House of the Botanic Garden, 61 Pilsudski avenue, Łódź
17:30  

the opening of the Brodnicki Landscape Park exhibition prepared by “The Art of Nature” Festival from Toruń – the Film Museum in Łódź, 1 Zwycięstwa Square
19.00   the vernissage of the nature photography exhibition “Peewees and Giants” by Magdalena Sarat and Łukasz Łukasik at the “Zarzewska” Gallery – “Zarzewie” Culture Centre, 4 Wandurskiego Street, Łódź

              

10.06.2017 – Saturday – panel discussions, gala and awards ceremony.Strefa Industry /Panele tematyczne:

Room 221, II floor, the Łódź Culture Centre, 18 Traugutta Street, Łódź

10.00   “Forest Value” – held by the Regional Directorate of the State Forests
10.30   “The Białowieża Forest” - reminiscences about Simona Kossak. Panel discussion: Joanna Kossak, Bożena Walencik and Beata Hyża- Czołpińska
12.00   The Antarctic - polar station, glaciers, penguins!” – the show of slides by Piotr Horzela
13.00  

“The Authorial Nature Film – The Green documentary film”. The “Honey Hunters” directed by Krystian Matysek - film case study. Moderator: Dorota Roszkowska, panelists: Dagmara Rajcanova, Bożena Walencik, Roman Dębski, Monika Zawadzka.
18.00   the Award Gala Event – the “Szpulka” cinema at the Łódź Culture Centre, 18 Traugutta Street, Łódź.
20.00   a visit to the Botanic Garden for the festival guests and participants
21.30  

the open-air presentation of the Grand Prix films of the 17th Włodzimierz Puchalski International Nature Film Festival and the feature film directed by Jan Jakub Kolski - “Forest – 4 a. m.”, the Botanic Garden in Łódź, 36/38 Krzemieniecka Street, Łódź

  

11.06.2017 – SUNDAY
 viewing of the laureate films of the 17th Włodzimierz Puchalski International Nature Film Festival

15.00  

Radio Łódź, ul. Narutowicza 130, Łódź
17:00   the „Charlie” cinema, ul. Piotrkowska 203/205, Łódź.
19:30   the  „Kinematograf” cinema of the Film Museum in Lodz, 1 Zwycięstwa square, Łódź.