Poland’s official entry at the 2024 Academy Awards, "The Peasants" is an extraordinary, hand-painted animated film that has astonished audiences around the globe. In a 19th century village, a free-spirited young woman finds herself caught between the desires of the richest farmer, his eldest son, and other leading men.

FILM SCREENING
"The Peasants"
7 p.m. Friday, February 14
Page Hall - University at Albany Downtown Campus
135 Western Avenue, Albany NY 12203
Free and open to the public
Presented by the NYS Writers Institute
Watch the trailer at our website.

(Poland, 2023, 114 minutes, animated, color, Rated R)
Directed by DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman. Starring Kamila Urzedowska, Robert Gulaczyk, Miroslaw Baka.

NOTE: Join us on March 29th at the Albany Film Festival for a virtual conversation with Sean M. Bobbitt, the film’s producer, based in Poland. An American former Peace Corps volunteer who served in Poland (1991-3), he has lived in Poland for the past 34 years. His previous films as producer include the Oscar-nominated animated feature, "Loving Vincent" (2017), the world’s first fully hand-painted film.