Film festivals this month
First up, the fourth edition of the "Ticket to Bollywood" festival bursts onto the local scene with the latest films (The Princess and the Emperor, You and Me, The Secret, The Thread) from India's bustling film capital. The festival runs through December 7 at Kino Muranów in Warsaw. Info: bollywood.pl.
December 5 also marks the start of the eighth edition of the Watch Docs Festival, hosted at KINO.LAB at the Centre for Contemporary Art through December 14. One of the biggest selections of human-rights-themed films in the world, it includes film competitions and other events to promote human rights awareness and activity. Info: watchdocs.pl.
KINO.LAB is also hosting an Ulrike Ottinger retrospective during the weekend of December 12 as a tribute to the German filmmaker, documentarian, photographer and painter. Ottinger was known for her strange and surrealist film-making style.
On December 19, KINO.LAB will show the last of this year's Future Shorts evenings, starting at 7 pm with a selection of the best international short films of the year. Info: kinolab.art.pl.
