Feb 20th 730pm - The film tells inspiring story of Borys Voznytsky, longtime Director of Lviv National Art Gallery who in the face of Soviet tyranny fought relentlessly to preserve some twelve thousand works of sacred art, hidden at St. Bernard Monastery in Olesko, Ukraine until this day.
Discussion with Director Potocka and the Ukrainian Museum of Modern Art follows the screening. Tonight's reception compliments of Consulate General RP Chicago and Zywiec. The event is also sponsored by Polish Slavic Credit Union.
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February 20th, 2013 - February 20th, 2013
730p
The film tells the inspiring story of Borys Voznytsky, longtime Director of the Lviv National Art Gallery who in the face of Soviet tyranny fought relentlessly to preserve some twelve thousand works of sacred art, hidden at the St. Bernard Monastery in Olesko, Ukraine until this day. The Guardian of the Past garnered awards at documentary festivals in Los Angeles (2005), Kyiv (2006) and Moscow (2007).
Borys Voznytsky, longtime Director of the Lviv National Art Gallery, honorary member of the Academy of Arts of Ukraine, and doctor emeritus of the Krakow Pedagogical Academy, devoted his life to Ukrainian and Polish art, traveling around Ukraine and its abandoned churches in search of neglected treasures such as icons, liturgical objects, and other remnants of religious art. The expeditions in which he involved art historians and enthusiasts saved about twelve thousand museum-worthy artifacts, which otherwise would have been destroyed as a part of the Soviet campaign against religion. Among the artifacts Voznytsky saved were remnants of a Baroque altar by Johann Pinsel (Jan Jerzy Pinzel) in Horodenka and a relief sculpture by Karl Albert Thorvaldsen on the Poninski family tombstone in Horyniec-Zdroj. Late in his career, Voznytsky's search broadened to explore the churches of later eras.
He died tragically in a car accident on the way to one of his castles in spring of 2012.
Malgorzata Maria Potocka (b. 1953) is a Polish actress, director and producer. She studied acting (1975-78) and directing (1978-82) at the National Film School in Lodz, Poland. In 1985 she attended the Millenium Film Workshop in New York and lectured at the Boston Arts Academy and other universities across the US. She is most famous for her role in Andrzej Wajda's Everything for Sale (1968), and she starred in The Crystal Ball (1972) by Stanislaw Rozewicz and in the Circus is Leaving (1982), directed by Krzysztof Wierzbianski.
Ms Potocka is known as a producer of experimental films, as well as numerous music videos, TV programs, and photographs. Her works have been shown in Warsaw, Krakow, Paris, Budapest and New York. As a member of Society for Creators of Culture and the Polish Filmmakers Association since 1980, Ms Potocka is involved in promoting Polish art and culture abroad, and is renowned for her avant-garde films and art documentaries. For her acting, Ms Potocka has garnered multiple awards, such as Zbigniew Cybulski Award (1975), two awards at the Warsaw Film Festival (1986) as well as Critics Award at the Munich Film Festival (1997).
Discussion with Director Potocka follows the screening. Tonight's complimentary reception coutesy of Consulate General RP Chicago. The event is also supported by the Polish Slavic Credit Union.
Director
Malgorzata Potocka
Production
Producer - Andrzej Stempowski; Music - Borys Somershaf
Tags: Film, New Europe, 2013