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Aside from a full array of exciting, new works from all corners of the globe (fourteen Gala Presentations and 35 Global Vision offerings), the 36^th Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) pays tribute to contemporary Polish cinema.  Poland in Close-Up is brought to you by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute – a Polish governmental institution devoted to the promotion of national culture abroad.

The eleven featured titles, all produced in 2011, include:

• In Darkness by Agnieszka Holland


• The Mill & the Cross by Lech Majewski


• Black Thursday by Antoni Krauze


• Courage by Greg Zglinski


• Fear of Falling by Bartosz Konopka


• Rose by Wojciech Smarzowsk


• George the Hedgehog, a full-length animation by Wojciech Wawszczyk, Jakub Tarkowski, and Tomasz Leśniak.