Natan Gross, in Memoriam - meeting with Jerzy RIDAN, Prof. Aleksander SKOTNICKI and Roman WŁODEK, and film presentation: Natan Gross - Tango by J. Ridan.

An evening dedicated to the late Natan Gross, writer, filmmaker and journalist, born in Cracow, who passed away on October 5th, 2005, in Tel-Aviv.

Chopin's Afterlife - documentary film by Ophra YERUSHALMI (52 min., in English).

Chopin's Afterlife is a pianist's search for Frédéric Chopin. The director, Ophra Yerushalmi, a pianist, for whom Chopin has been a constant source of inspiration, is joined by musicians and non-musicians, dancers, poets and visual artists. They are young and old, masters and students, all with a special affinity for the composer. Together they investigate different layers hidden under the seeming simplicity and sheer beauty of the music .

Kantor - documentary film by Andrzej SAPIJA about Tadeusz Kantor, on the 15 th anniversary of his death (75 min., in Polish with English subtitles).

DEMOCRACY AND TOLERANCE

Wiele twarzy Ukrainy / Ukraine's Many Faces - presentation of a book (in Polish) by Izabela CHRUŚLIŃSKA and Piotr TYMA.

Simon Wiesenthal, in Memoriam - documentary films: The Price of Life (Cena życia) by Jadwiga Wolska, and Simon Wiesenthal in Cracow (1994) . (in Polish)

Jewish Students of the Jagiellonian University - lecture by Prof. Mariusz KULCZYKOWSKI, author of a book under the same title (in Polish).

Meeting with Alicja KOBOS-KAMIŃSKA, Polish poet living in Sweden, and presentation of her recent books of poetry: Oddech ziemi and Czas idzie, czas biegnie. (in Polish)

NEW YEAR'S EVE

CONCERT

2005 / 2006

Chamber music concert

(violin)

and

Beata Musialska

(piano)

After the concert we invite you

to toast the New Year

with a glass of champagne.

The reception will end

around 11:00 p.m.