Saturday 4 April 2009, 15.00

Jerzy Skolimowski , Poland 1964, 78 min

This revolutionary film was immediately acclaimed by critics as heralding a 'Polish New Wave'. Made piece-meal budget during his years at the Łódź Film School, the film features Skolimowski himself in the main role, as the immature and purposeless Andrzej Leszczyc. Skolimowski exploited the system of the Polish film industry to make his film, utilizing the amateurishness of student-filmmaking as a subversive tool. The film might be perceived as a first independent production in socialist Poland.

Tate Modern  Starr Auditorium
£5 (£4 concessions), booking recommended