On Monday, 18 December, the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera in Warsaw hosted the gala premiere of “Kleks Academy”. The event drew crowds of stars eagerly awaiting Maciej Kawulski’s new film. “Kleks Academy” opens in cinemas across Poland on 5 January – and can be seen in selected cinemas from 25 December.
The gala premiere at the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera was attended by the film’s creators, including director Maciej Kawulski and producer Tomasz Wardyn, as well as cast members Antonina Litwiniak, Tomasz Kot, Piotr Fronczewski, Danuta Stenka, Sebastian Stankiewicz, Agnieszka Grochowska, Daniel Walasek and Konrad Repiński.
The premiere attracted throngs of Kleks fans. Both the older ones, who had waited 40 years to plunge back into their favourite fairy-tale world, and the younger ones, for whom Maciej Kawulski’s film is their first encounter with Jan Brzechwa’s iconic academy. On the red carpet, the biggest stars of the cultural world mingled with celebrated athletes. The guests included: Ralph Kamiński, Monika Brodka, Monika Olejnik, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Mamed Khalidov, Małgorzata Socha, Omenaa Mensah, Edyta and Cezary Pazura, Joanna Jędrzejczak, Julia Wieniawa and Nikodem Rozbicki, Jan Błachowicz, Olga Bołądź, IGO, Friz and Wersow, Małgorzata Ostrowska, Jarosław Bieniuk, L.U.C., Lotek, Łukasz Juras Jurkowski, Lexy Chaplin.
The magical evening was hosted by Olivier Janiak. The screening of “Kleks Academy” ended with a standing ovation.
What is “Kleks Academy” about?
Imagine a world created by boundless imagination. A world where you can smell a colour and hear its taste. It is a world drawn by a child’s mind – but just as every drawing has its outlines, so every world, even the most beautiful one, has its rules. What if you break them? This fairy tale is only just being written… And it is being written by outstanding Polish actors – including Tomasz Kot as Ambroży Kleks and Antonina Litwiniak as Ada Niezgódka. Piotr Fronczewski also appears on screen as the mysterious Doctor.
The screenplay, on the basis of which director Maciej Kawulski was able to create the fairy-tale world of “Kleks Academy”, was written by Krzysztof Gureczny and Agnieszka Kruk. The film is produced by OPEN MIND PRODUCTION and distributed by NEXT FILM.
“Kleks Academy” hits cinemas on 5 January, but viewers can already treat themselves and their loved ones to a special Christmas gift – tickets to the preview screenings, which begin on 25 December.
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KLEKS ACADEMY
Premiere: 5 January
Starring: Antonina Litwiniak, Tomasz Kot, Piotr Fronczewski, Danuta Stenka, Agnieszka Grochowska, Daniel Walasek, Konrad Repiński
Directed by: Maciej Kawulski
Screenplay: Krzysztof Gureczny, Agnieszka Kruk, Maciej Kawulski
Cinematography: Bartek Cierlica PSC
Casting: Marta Wojciechowicz
Editing: Marcin Drewnowski PSM, Maciej Kawulski
Producers: Tomasz Wardyn, Maciej Kawulski
Original music: Mateusz “Matheo” Schmidt, Patryk Kumór, Dominic Buczkowski-Wojtaszek, Andrzej Korzyński
Make-up: Karolina Kordas, Alina Janerka, Wanda Tatucha-Kędzierzawska
Costumes: Kaja Rogacz, Agnieszka Osipa
Production design: Daria Dwornik
VFX Supervisor: Szymon Kania
Sound design: Marcin Kasiński MPSE
Line producer: Piotr Bogusz
Production: Open Mind Production
Co-production: Grzegorz Pietraszewski, Bajka Pana Kleksa, Mazowiecki i Warszawski
Fundusz Filmowy, NEXT FILM, IBRA, Błażej Hermanowicz, JAKE VISION, Platinium
Towers Management, Flame Natalia Siwiec, Hollywood Hair, MSL
Co-financed by: Polish Film Institute
Film partners: InPost, Miasto Katowice, LEGO, Motus, Steakownia, Bakalland
Official carrier: LOT Polish Airlines
Charity partners: Omena Mensah Foundation, Rafał Brzoska Foundation
Social partner: Fundacja Avalon
Strategic partner: VISA
Media patrons: Onet, RMF, TVN, Filmweb, Empik
Premiere partners: Teatr Wielki – Opera Narodowa, Software Hub (4 Parents), Grupa Metrocars, Warsaw Free Spirits, Wikt Codzienny
Distribution: NEXT FILM
MEDIA CONTACT FOR THE FILM:
NEXT FILM:
Aleksandra Misiak
aleksandra.misiak@next-film.pl
tel.668 050051
