AGA DERLAK
Aga Derlak
A pianist, composer and educator, Aga is a graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston and the Music Academy in Katowice, where she trained under the guidance of Michał Tokaj, Paweł Tomaszewski and Danilo Pérez, pianist in the Wayne Shorter Quartet. She has won a number of prestigious awards, including a Fryderyk for her trio’s debut album (First Thought, 2015), and given concerts throughout Europe and also in the US, Turkey, Panama and Mexico. In 2017, the Aga Derlak Trio’s second album, Healing, was released and she is currently working on her third album, Parallel, which is due for release in autumn 2021.
FRIDAY | OCTOBER 22
18:30 | screening room: STOLICA
Festival opening
A Few Eiffel Towers and Bicycles from the First Decade of the Last Century
Scene from the Elevator Ascending Eiffel Tower | dir.: James White | USA, 1900 | 3’ | 35 mm
The Conquest of the Air / „À la conquête de l'air” | dir.: Ferdinand Zecca | France, 1901 | 1’ | 35 mm
The Riderless Bicycle / „La Bicyclette presentée en liberté” | dir.: Gaston Velle | France, 1906 | 3’ | 35 mm
A Ride on the Tandem Bike / „Une Promenade sentimentale" | dir.: ? | France, 1909 | 4’30” | DCP
MONDAY | OCTOBER 25
21:30 | screening room: MAŁA CZARNA
The Cabbage Fairy / „La Fée aux choux” | France, 1901 | 1’ | DCP
Madame’s Cravings / „Madame a des envies” | France, 1906 | 4’30” | DCP
The Consequences of Feminism / „Les Résultats du féminisme” | France, 1906 | 7’40” | DCP
Falling Leaves | USA, 1912 | 12’40” | DCP
Making an American Citizen | USA, 1912 | 11’ | DCP
Roads Lead Home | USA, 1913 | 10’35” | DCP
The Ocean Waif | USA, 1916 | 38’30” | DCP
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Photo: SiSi Jazzy Shots