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Award-winning Quay brothers create Norwid film to promote poet’s work to foreign audiences

The Quay brothers’ short film, around 11 minutes long, premiered on Facebook last night. PAP/Public domain

Entitled “Vade-mecum” and named after Norwid’s largest poetry collection, the short film, around 11 minutes long,  premiered on Facebook last night.

Filmic new ad launched to promote Polish literature abroad

VIDEO: Produced by Polish filmmakers and directed and written by Grzegorz Jankowski (Christening, The Trail of Koberg), the video forms part of the Polish Book Institute’s international campaign to promote this year’s catalogue of ‘New Books from Poland’.

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