5th GFF to Pay Tribute to Polish Director Krzysztof Kieślowski

The 5th edition of El Gouna Film Festival (GFF) will continue its tradition of paying tribute to renowned filmmakers and cinematic legends who left imprints on the seventh art.

The festival announced Sunday that it will pay tribute to the late Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski on his 25th death anniversary by dedicating its Special Presentations section to some of his most celebrated films.

GFF will also honor Kieślowski’s life and works in its annual retrospective exhibition.

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In a statement, Festival director Intishal Al Timimi, said that It has always been at the heart of their mission to stay committed to celebrating the past cinematic art by dedicating our retrospective program to remember the great masters of film.

"This year, we pay homage to the cinematic genius of Kieślowski’s—a visionary filmmaker who was able to dramatize intellectual concepts in a unique artistic manner and position himself as one of the strongest voices in Polish cinema.” added Al Timimi.

GFF is set to screen his movie "The Double Life of Véronique" (1991), which won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival, as well as the Best Actress Award for Irène Jacob.

The festival will also screen "Three Colors Trilogy: Blue, White, and Red"(1993-1994), which represented the colors of the French flag.  GIFF will also play "A Short Film About Killing (1988) that earned both the Jury Prize and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival, as well as the European Film Award for Best Film.

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Kieślowski was born in 1941 in Poland. He launched his career through an exclusive focus on documentary films.

He first drew the attention of the international film community in 1979 with his feature drama "Camera Buff". In 1988, Kieślowski began his ten-part television miniseries "The Decalogue". Using the vehicle of a group of tenants in a Warsaw housing project, each installment illustrated one of the Ten Commandments.

Later, he transformed two episodes of the critically lauded series into feature films "A Short Film About Love" and "A Short Film About Killing". These projects raised Kieślowski’s status internationally, which he later topped with "The Double Life of Véronique".

"The Three Colors Trilogy" is considered his most internationally celebrated and critically acclaimed work to date.