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During the 2 Sports Film Festival, which will start in Warsaw and Krakow on Friday, 30.11, and in Wroclaw on Wednesday, 5.12, numerous meetings with representatives of the world of extreme sports, travellers, filmmakers and special guests are planned.

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In Krakow, on the occasion of the screening of the opening film – “Lost” – there will be a meeting with Leszek Cichy, who will announce the screening and meet with the audience afterwards. The outstanding Himalayan mountaineer, the first man to climb Mount Everest in wintertime, the first Pole to win the Crown of the Earth, along with Mount Kosciuszko, Carstensz Pyramid, Elbrus and Mont Blanc, will also meet with viewers in Warsaw. The meeting will take place on Saturday, 1.12, at Poludnik Zero (ul. Wilcza 25) – also after the screening of the film Lost.

The festival will also feature other well-known names, including Marek Kaminski, a traveller, polar explorer and discoverer. The meeting will be accompanied by the screening of four films: “Expedition Vistula”, “Whiteout – expedition beyond the shadow”, “Together to the Pole” and “With Pola through Poland.” On the occasion of the Warsaw screening of the film “Breath” we will meet Ola Sulkiewicz, multiple Polish record holder in breath-hold diving in pool disciplines and international AIDA judge. In Krakow the same film will be accompanied by a meeting with Mateusz Malina, world vice-champion and Polish record-holder; while in Wrocław the guest will be Bartosz Morawiec.

Another exceptional figure is Krzysztof Starnawski, one of the most famous Polish extreme sportsmen, diver and speleologist. During the meetings in Warsaw and Krakow, he will start from the Polish Tatras and reach new heights in Hranicka Propast and Mexico. The winner of the latest Polish record in deep diving, Elżbieta Benducka, will visit the festival clubs in Krakow and Warsaw – here she will be accompanied by Marcin Chochorowski from the support team.

As part of the Tatra Mountains section, under the patronage of the Tatra National Park, 10 titles will be presented. The screenings will be accompanied by meetings with invited guests, including Dr. Paweł Skawiński, Director of the Tatra National Park, and Szymon Ziobrowski and Filip Zięba also from the Tatra National Park. In addition, the meetings will feature: Andrzej Kruszewicz, director of the Warsaw Zoo, Rafał Ratajszczak, director of the Wrocław Zoo and representatives of the Krakow Zoo. On the occasion of the film “The Art of Freedom”, a meeting “Tatra Mountains – a pass to the high mountains” will be held in Krakow, during which Himalayists from Zakopane will take part in the discussion.

The “Sport without fiction” section includes four documentaries made by members of the sports editorial team of Canal+. The screenings of “In the frame – Korea 2002”, “Breaking the dream”, “Lazienkowska 2/3” and “One step from the cup” will be accompanied by meetings with their authors: Tomasz Smokowski, Grzegorz Milko, Marcin Rosłoni and Rafał Nahorny.

In addition to meetings with guests, viewers will also have the opportunity to watch amateur short films devoted to extreme sports. The projections are divided into two blocks: the first one is devoted to diving, the second one includes productions submitted to the competition organised as part of the festival. Prizes funded by sponsors and patrons await the winners: GoPro, EcoCar and Canal+.

The events will take place in festival clubs, which are: in Warsaw Południk Zero (ul. Wilcza 25) and Hidden City (ul. Noakowskiego 16), in Krakow Klub u Louisa (Rynek Główny 16), in Wrocław the Czech Film pub (ul. Kiełbaśnicza 2).

Source: Organiser