AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE OPENING NIGHT!

Join us for a complimentary drink and Polish delicacies before the Australian premiere of the most awarded Polish film of 2017 – SILENT NIGHT.

6:00pm -  Drinks and finger food on arrival    6:30pm – Film screening

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Hailed the best Polish film of the year, Silent Night is a Christmas-time family drama infused with black humour. This incredibly well received feature debut by Piotr Domalewski, with exceptional performances by Dawid Ogrodnik (Life Feels Good, The Last Family), Arkadiusz Jakubik (Life Feels Good, Carte Blanche, I’m a Killer), Agnieszka Suchora and Tomasz Schuchardt (Warsaw 44, Demon, Lullyby Killer) won in 10 out of 11 nominated categories at the 2018 Polish Academy Awards, as well as winning the Golden Lions for Best Film at Gdynia Film Festival 2017.

Silent Night is a fictional but painfully true story. Set during the most family oriented time of the year, it aims to show how economic migration that is meant to improve family standing and earn a better living often weakens family bonds, bringing outcomes different from intended.

On Christmas Eve Adam (Dawid Ogrodnik), who lives and works abroad, makes a surprise visit to his family home in the underdeveloped Eastern part of Poland. At first he keeps the real reason for his unexpected return to Poland to himself. Progressively he starts letting one relative after another in on his plans of starting his own company with money obtained by selling his relatives’ land. His father (Arkadiusz Jakubik), also a former emigrant, his estranged brother (Tomasz Ziętek), his sister (Maria Dębska) and her husband (Tomasz Schuchardt) all have a significant role to play in his scheme. During the traditional Christmas Eve supper, Adam learns that not everyone in his family is as enthusiastic about his plans as he is. Things get even more complicated when he announces that he’s going to be a father. At that point, in line with a time-honoured Polish tradition, alcohol appears on the table. Nobody in the family has the slightest suspicion that the ensuing events of that Christmas Eve are going to have a massive impact on their lives.

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