Panopticon
Panoptikon · dir. Marcin Gładych
Poland 2012, 90’
Screenings
10/23, 21:30 · Od Nowa – large hall
Panopticon is a fictionalised documentary, presenting the history of Toruń, starting in 1901 and ending in 1989. The screenplay is based on five events of paramount importance to the city and their protagonists (victims or perpetrators) were prisoners of Remand Centre (the so-called “Okrąglak”). It is a unique building, based on the concept of the Panopticon — an ideal prison, designed by Jeremy Bentham, an English philosopher, in 1787. The innovative idea of this Englishman was to provide such building structure, which would make guards watch prisoners, without the latter knowing that they are observed. And although Bentham never managed to build a real Panopticon, his concept inspired the founders of prisons in London, Philadelphia and — of course — in Toruń.
| Director: | Marcin Gładych |
| Screenplay: | Marcin Gładych, Marceli Sulecki, Radosław Garncarek |
| Music: | Rafał Kołacki |
| Cinematography: | Jacek Banach, Adam Fisz |
2013 Programme
- Downloadable programme
- Films from A to Z
- Opening gala
- ON AIR
- SHORTCUT
- FROM POLAND
- LOCALIZATIONS
- The Worlds of Ulrich Seidl – a retrospective
- Martin Šulík’s retrospective
- Forward!: Małgośka Szumowska
- Focus: Syria
- Phenomena: Bruce Lee
- Woman in Russian Cinema
- New Romanian Cinema
- Forum 2012/2013
- The Best of Sofia IFF
- The Best of Jameson CineFest
- 3 × Colombian Cinema
- Special screenings
- Open meetings with the guests of the festival
- Masterclasses
- Accompanying events