Polish audience picks 'Winter's Bone' for prize - Entertainment News, International News, Media - Variety
After reading this article on Variety I had many questions. First of all, I find it intriguing that Poland is having an American Film Festival. I would think that a country like Poland would have a film festival that exhibits their own films, and lets distributors find films that depict their culture and society. On the contrary, this festival exhibits films that come from the U.S. Second, I found it also intriguing that they chose the same film that won the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Sundance is probably the most acclaimed American Film Festival, and choosing a film that won that festival seems to me that Poland is trying to 'fit in' with American trends. What do you think?
Or, maybe the Polish have become so steeped in American films that they have started seeing film in the same way that the Sundance judges have. Although, I can't see why they would not want to have a festival to celebrate their own films. Maybe someone should poll the Polish (no pun intended).
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