IT'S A FREE WORLD
(POLAK POTRZEBNY OD ZARAZ)



2007, 96 min., Poland, Great Britain, Italy, Spain
English

DIRECTION:
Ken Loach
SCRIPT:
Paul Laverty
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Nigel Willoughby
ART DIRECTION:
Fergus Clegg
MUSIC:
George Fenton
EDITING:
Jonathan Morris
SOUND:
Kevin Brazier
PRODUCED BY:
Sixteen Films, BIM Distribuzione, EMC Produktion, Tornasol Films, Polish Film Institute
PRODUCERS:
Ken Loach, Rebecca O'Brien

CAST:
Kierston Warein (Angie), Juliet Ellis Rose), Leslaw Zurek (Karol), Joe Siffleet (Jamie), Colin Caughlin (Geoff), Maggie Russel (Cathy), Raymond Mearns (Andy)

Angie gets the sack from the recruitment agency for bad behavior in public. Seizing the chance, she teams up with her room mate, Rose, to run a similar business from their kitchen. The agency matches up mostly Eastern European immigrants with employers in the U.K. Angie is put to the test when she discovers that for her small business to survive, she has to start doing what everyone in her field does: hire illegal workers.

KEN LOACH.
Born in 1937 in Nuneaton, England. Attended King Edward School, Nuneaton; St Peter's College, Oxford. Began career as actor with repertory company in Birmingham. He joined BBC drama department as trainee in 1961; director with producer Tony Garnett, beginning with Up the Junction, 1965; Established with Garnett Kestrel Films production company in 1969; He has worked on a freelance basis, chiefly for Central Television since the 1970s. Recipient of British TV Guild Television Director of the Year Award, 1965; BAFTA Award, 1967; Cannes Festival Special Jury Prize, 1990.

SELECTED FEATURE FILMOGRAPHY

2008 It's a Free World; EIUC Award for the Best Screenplay at the Venice Film Festival
2006 The Wind That Shakes the Barley; Golden Palm Award at the Cannes Film Festival
2002 Sweet Sixteen; FIPRESCI Prize at the European Film Awards in Rome
2000 Bread and Roses; FIPRESCI Prize for the Best European Film at the IFF in Rio de Janeiro
1998 My Name is Joe;Audience Award for the Best Film at the Portland IFF
1993 Raining Stones; Jury Prize at the Cannes Film festival
1990 Hidden Agenda; Jury Prize at the Cannes Film festival
1986 Fatherland; UNICEF Award at the Venice Film Festival

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 at 7pm (PICKWICK THEATRE)
Thursday, November 20th, 2008 at 7pm (FACETS CINEMATHEQUE)