Z dala od Acapulco i Londynu. Fenomen warszawskiego Festiwalu Festiwali Filmowych w latach 1958-1966
Far from Acapulco and London. Phenomenon of the Warsaw Festival of Film Festivals in 1958-1966

Summary/Abstract: The author describes the creation and development of one of the most important film events in the Polish People’s Republic. On the example of the first nine editions of the Festival of Film Festivals, renamed in 1967 as World Film Review – Confrontations, the author presents various aspects of the functioning of film culture during this period. Firstly, he recreates the backstage of the event, paying special attention to institutional restrictions and logistical problems closely related to the failure of the socialist state. Secondly, he analyses the festival’s repertoire policy, which reflected the tension between the organizers’ desire to show the most important trends in world cinema and the need to promote ideologically correct socialist films. Thirdly, he points to the programe assumptions of the event and refers them to the more general processes that took place in European film culture in the post-war period (the formation of institutions and discourses to promote and distribute artistic film).

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