Peter Weir, an unquestionable icon of the Australian cinema as well as a renowned Hollywood filmmaker will be our guest at the OFF PLUS CAMERA festival.
The official Polish premiere of his newest film “The Way Back” starring Colin Farrel and Ed Harris will be held on April 8th in Kraków during the opening ceremony of this year's International Festival of Independent Cinema OFF PLUS CAMERA.
Peter Weir is an Australian with successful experience in Hollywood. He will join the special guests of our festival. He accepted the invitation by the festival organisers and the Polish distributor of his newest film – Monolith Films. The director will come to Kraków to personally promote and participate in the official premiere of “The Way Back”. He will also participate in a series of related events such as casting his hand in the Krakow Walk of Fame, meeting the students of the Jagiellonian University and the festival audience.
Peter Weir has won BAFTA awards, a Cesar, a Donatello Award (National Film Awards in Italy), the Australian Directors Guild Sammy Award, the Australian Film Institute awards.
05.03.2011 | OFF PLUS CAMERA's blog
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