Małe Instrumenty & Mariusz Wilczyński

Music for Mariusz Wilczyński's Films

Presented in association with ArtPolonia.

Małe Instrumenty (Small Instruments) are a band exploring new sounds using a wide array of (very) small instruments. The instruments used in their sonic experiments feature an ever expanding array of strange musical inventions, children's toys and anything they can find that makes a sound. In this highly visual multi-media concert, Małe Instrumenty responds to the internationally renowned work of Mariusz Wilczyński, a leading Polish animation filmmaker. Alongside the musical response of Małe Instrumenty to Wilczyński's exisiting work, the concert will include live animation by Wilczyński with an improvised response from Małe Instrumenty.

Chrysanthemums and the Full Moon

Presented in association with Ireland Literature Exchange in cooperation with Poetry Ireland.

Throughout the Festival period, Ireland Literature Exchange will host a Polish literary translator who will work on a series of Irish poetry in translation. The residency will culminate in a public event at which Irish and Polish poets will read from their work and discuss contemporary poetry practice. The reading will be followed by a debate on the cultural and linguistic challenges experienced by poetry translators.

Death of Civility
New Polish Cinema at the IFI

Reflecting issues addressed in the Polish shows in the Festival, the IFI and the Festival are delighted to present a season of new Polish cinema, curated by Polish film critic and scholar, Michal Oleszczyk. Taking as his theme, a perceived social crisis within Polish society, Oleszczyk has selected four contemporary Polish films, including Zero (2009)   that seen together form a fascinating narrative about the effect Poland's extraordinary political transformations through the 20th century has had on its citizens. 

Lost and Found in Translation

The Forum on Migration and Communications (FOMACS) and Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival present a day-long symposium exploring the cultural and creative impact of immigration in Ireland and the role and responsibilities of artists and arts organisations in achieving social justice in the context of transcultural dialogue.

Chopin Balkan style - Sarakina in Dublin

This event is proudly supported by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage as part of Fryderyk Chopin - Promesa programme.

Joy, madness, rapture all bursting in flames in a masterly interplay between double bass, clarinet, accordion and percussion! Sarakina are young, clasically-trained musicians from Poland, Czech Republic and Bulgaria that have enchanted audiences with their own very special take on ethno/jazz/classical fusion music. The band will perform their latest Chopin-inspired album Fryderykata - marking the 200th anniversary celebrations of the birth of Chopin - which sees themes from Chopin's oeuvre magically transported to where they came from in the first place - Eastern European folk music. Pulsating now with the Klezmer heart, now the delightful excess of Balkan funeral marches, now echoing Astor Piazzola's tangos, now resounding with a Bulgarian folk air, now almost Middle Eastern - this emotional and joyous music would make Chopin smile and will surely enchant Irish audiences fond of homegrown bands such as Txutxukan, North Strand Kontra Band and Yurodny.