Film Screening- Glasgow- Solaris Mon Amour, dir.Kuba Mikurda

Sat, 04 Oct, 2025 at 03:30 pm UTC+01:00

The Pyramid at Anderston | Glasgow

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Film Screening- Glasgow- Solaris Mon Amour, dir.Kuba Mikurda
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Presented by Borscht Film Club within the Samizdat Eastern European Film Festival, UK and Scottish premiers:
Solaris Mon Amour
A poetic found footage essay inspired by Stanisław Lem’s Solaris
Poland 2023, 47 min
Language: Polish with English subtitles
Preceded by Grandmamauntsistercat (Zuza Banasińska, 2024, 23 min)
Followed by an online Q&A with director Kuba Mikurda and Zuza Banasińska (live and online)
Date: Saturday, 4th October 2025
Time: 3:30 PM
Venue: The Pyramid at Anderston (Lower Hall)
759 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8DS, Scotland
Tickets: Pay What You Can (£2–£12), including free options:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/solaris-mon-amour-kuba-mikurda-2023-grandmamauntsistercat-tickets-1689574024389
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Borscht Film Club, presenting the finest Polish cinema in Glasgow and Edinburgh, invites you to a special double screening of Solaris Mon Amour and Grandmamauntsistercat — two hypnotic archival essay films that reimagine found footage as a medium of emotional and ideological resistance. The screening is part of the Samizdat Eastern European Film Festival.
Solaris Mon Amour, directed by Kuba Mikurda, is a poetic meditation on grief and memory, inspired by Stanisław Lem’s philosophical sci-fi novel Solaris. Constructed from over 70 educational films and radio adaptations from the 1960s, the film dissolves boundaries between fiction, documentary, and personal reflection. Rather than retelling Lem’s story, it evokes its emotional undercurrents: the impossibility of closure, the persistence of memory, and the haunting presence of the past. Visual textures and sonic layers intertwine to create a trance-like atmosphere of cosmic longing and psychological depth.
Preceding Solaris Mon Amour is Grandmamauntsistercat by Zuza Banasińska — a found footage film that reclaims matriarchal narratives from the archives of the Educational Film Studio in Łódź. Told through the eyes of a child, the film grapples with ideological systems and gender binaries embedded in communist-era educational materials. Baba Jaga, the Slavic witch, is reimagined as a prehistoric goddess, inciting layered reflections on kinship, identity, and resistance. The women in the family find home within the archive, transforming patriarchal and anthropocentric images into tools of freedom and self-making.
Both films share a commitment to reworking archival materials into poetic, emotionally resonant essays. They challenge dominant narratives and invite viewers to reflect on how memory, ideology, and representation shape our inner lives. This pairing offers a unique opportunity to experience two visionary approaches to found footage cinema — one cosmic, one familial, both deeply personal.
Curated by: Agnieszka Koperniak-Kerr and Dylan Beck
Guest of the screening: Kuba Mikurda and Zuza Banasińska (live and online)
Content notes: Archival footage with variable image/sound quality; themes include grief, trauma, and ideological critique.
Solaris Mon Amour
Poland, 2023, 47 min
Language: Polish, with English subtitles
Directed by: Kuba Mikurda
Edited by: visual artist Laura Pawela
Music and Sound Design: experimental composer Marcin Lenarczyk (djLenar)
A film by: Kuba Mikurda, Laura Pawela & djLenar
Produced by: Krzysztof Franek, Krzysztof Pijarski
Creative Producers: Dagna Kidoń, Stanisław Liguziński, Michał Matuszewski
Production: The Film School in Łódź / vnLab, Educational Film Studio, Adam Mickiewicz Institute
Grandmamauntsistercat
Poland / Netherlands, 2024, 23 min.
Language: Polish, with English subtitles
Directed by: Zuza Banasińska
Written, Edited, Sound Design & VFX by: Zuza Banasińska
Music Courtesy of: Martyna Basta, Julek Tarasiuk
Produced by: Zuza Banasińska, Waldemar Drozd, Jędrzej Hejduk
Production: Educational Film Studio in Łódź


Premiera brytyjska: Solaris Mon Amour w reżyserii Kuby Mikurdy
Premiera szkocka: Grandmamauntsistercat w reżyserii Zuzy Banasińskiej
Po pokazie odbędzie się spotkanie online z reżyserem Solaris Mon Amour, Kubą Mikurdą
Pokaz: piątek, 4 października o godz. 15:30
Bilety w formule „zapłać ile możesz” (£2–12):
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/solaris-mon-amour-kuba-mikurda-2023-grandmamauntsistercat-tickets-1689574024389
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Film w języku polskim z angielskimi napisami
Bilety dostępne na: Solaris Mon Amour (Kuba Mikurda, 2023) + Grandmamauntsistercat Tickets, Sat 4 Oct 2025 at 15:30 | Eventbrite
The Pyramid at Anderston 759 Argyle Street Glasgow G3 8DS Scotland, UK
Borscht Film Club zaprasza na hipnotyzujący podwójny pokaz dwóch archiwalnych filmów eseistycznych, które przekształcają materiały found footage w narzędzie emocjonalnego i ideologicznego oporu.
Solaris Mon Amour to poetycka medytacja nad żałobą i pamięcią, inspirowana filozoficzną powieścią science fiction Stanisława Lema Solaris. Film zbudowany jest z ponad 70 edukacyjnych produkcji filmowych i adaptacji radiowych z lat 60., przekraczając granice między fikcją, dokumentem a osobistą refleksją. To transowa podróż przez kosmiczną tęsknotę i psychologiczną głębię.
Grandmamauntsistercat odzyskuje matriarchalne narracje z archiwów Wytwórni Filmów Oświatowych w Łodzi. Opowiedziany z perspektywy dziecka, film przekształca postać Baby Jagi w prehistoryczną boginię, kwestionując binarność płci i ideologię epoki komunizmu.
To nasza druga premiera brytyjska — i ogromnie cieszymy się z powrotu do Pyramid po wakacyjnej przerwie. Z radością kontynuujemy również współpracę z Festiwalem Filmowym Europy Wschodniej Samizdat.
Kuratorzy: Agnieszka Koperniak-Kerr i Dylan Beck
Wspierane przez Film Hub Scotland (BFI Film Audience Network), Screen Scotland, National Lottery i Local Cinema
Część Beetroots Collective — promującego kulturę Europy Wschodniej w Szkocji
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