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Our documentary "8 Stories That Haven't Changed The World" will be presented at the XII Annual Polish Film Festival in Los Angeles on October 16 at 5 PM.

Director Ivo Krankowski will be present at Q&A following the screening. More information about the festival's program at www.polishfilmla.org

It's official. The US Premiere of the documentary film "8 Stories That Haven't Changed The World" by Ivo Krankowski and Jan Śpiewak will be held at the New York Jewish Film Festival on Wednesday, January 19 2011. Two screenings will take place at The Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, 165 West 65 Street, NYC. One at 1:30 pm and the second at 6:00 pm.

The 2011 New York Jewish Film Festival will be held from January 12 to the 27, at the Lincoln Center in NYC.

The New York Jewish Film Festival (NYJFF) is a preeminent showcase for world cinema that investigates, records, and celebrates the Jewish experience. Founded in 1992, the annual Festival is a collaboration between The Jewish Museum and the Film Society of Lincoln Center. The New York Jewish Film Festival presents a diverse program of narrative features, documentaries, and short films, including world, United States, and New York premieres.

See more at http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/NYJFF

The film festival season in Poland is slowing coming to end. Still to come is one of the biggest international film festivals for independent cinema - OFF Cinema in Poznan and LaCamera's production "8 Stories..." is in competition. During the past few months, the documentary "8 Stories That Haven't Changed The World" by Ivo Krankowski and Jan Śpiewak has been screened numerous times across Poland. Last month the film was presented for the first time in Israel, at the "Jewish Eye" Film Festival in Ashkelon.

The following are prizes and recognitions at film festivals in Poland:

BEST DOCUMENTARY - 7th Filmowa Gora Fim Festiwal in Zielona Góra, Poland
JURY'S MENTION - 4th Film and Art Festival "Two Riversides", Kaziemierz Dolny, Poland
GRAND PRIX - 2nd Solanin Film Festival in Nowa Sól, Poland
SPECIAL PRIZE - 3rd "Kameralne Lato" in Radom, Poland
AUDIENCE AWARD (The Warsaw Phoenix) and JURY'S SPECIAL PRIZE - 7th International Film Festival "Jewish Motifs" in Warsaw, Poland
JURY'S MENTION - 11th Festival of Amateur and Independent Cinema in Wroclaw, Poland

April 25th - it was a good Sunday for the creators of 8 Stories That Haven't Changed The World. Hours after receiving Jury's mention in Wrocław came two other awards. Director Ivo Krankowski and writer Jan Śpiewak accepted the Special Jury Prize, at the award ceremony, of the 7th International Film Festival Jewish Motifs in Warsaw. Few minutes later, they were back on stage, to receive The Audience Award!

The documentary film 8 Stories That Haven't Changed The World by Ivo Krankowski and Jan Śpiewak, received Jury's mention at the 11th Amatour and Independent Film Festival in Wrocław, marking the start of the festival tour in Poland.

The post-production work on the new picture carried out by LaCamera Independent is coming to an end. The official premiere of the documentary entitled "8 Stories That Haven't Changed The World" directed by Ivo Krankowski, will take place on Thursday, February 25th, at the Muranów cinema in Warsaw. The movie is based on the screenplay by Jan Śpiewak, an alumnus of the Humanity in Action Fellowship Program. Jan is the founder and the first chairman of The Polish Jewish Youth Organization, which produced the movie.

8 characters, Polish Jews born between 1914 and 1933, are taking us to the land of their youth, their first dreams and their adventures. The story refers to the characters’ earliest memories: what was the first book they read, how was their first day at school, when did they drink alcohol for the first time, what was the name of their first love?

These individual stories create together a vivid image of a lost world preserved only in black-and-white films and in the last witnesses’ memories. How do people who experienced the turbulent times of the 20th century history approach life today – how do they deal with their memories and their old age?

The film was shot in the summer 2009, in Wrocław, Łódź, Cracow and Warsaw. LaCamera Independent took care of the production. The project was carried out thanks to the support of the European educational programme called Youth in action, “Humanity in Action” a programme by the U.S. Embassy, and the grant from the Jewish Community of Warsaw. The film was made thanks to the support of the BOX Postproduction.

For further information about the movie, please visit its official website: www.8historii.pl and the exclusive blog: www.8historii.blogspot.com.