ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED
(POSZUKIWANY ROMAN POLANSKI)



2008, 99 min., USA, UK
English

DIRECTION:
Marina Zenovich
SCRIPT:
Marina Zenovich, Joe Bini, P.G. Morgan
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Tanja Koop
MUSIC:
Joe Rudge
EDITING:
Joe Bini
SOUND:
Shaun Brennan
PRODUCED BY:
Antidote Films, BBC, Graceful Pictures
PRODUCER:
Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Lila Yacoub

In 1977, Roman Polanski was arrested in Los Angeles on charges he gave drugs and had sex with a 13-year-old girl. Eleven months later, having pled guilty to one count, he fled to Europe before sentencing. This film examines that year-long period, using archival footage of the media frenzy and of Polanski's life before the charges, clips from his films, and contemporary interviews with many of the principles - attorneys, the victim, and Polanski's friends and associates. Polanski remains enigmatic, but portraits emerge of the machinations of justice and of a judge more interested in his image than his word or the law.

MARINA ZENOVICH
Director / Co-Writer / Producer, is best known for the documentary "Who Is Bernard Tapie?" (2001), Other films include: Independent's "Day" (1998), a look at the Sundance Film Festival and the world of independent filmmaking, featuring Steven Soderbergh, Neil Labute and Tom Dicillo, among others; and "Estonia Dreams of Eurovision!" (2002), All three films have aired on the Sundance Channel, BBC and around the world. She works as a director/producer on Gallery HD's series "Art-in-Progress" where she has profiled Julian Schnabel, Robert Wilson, David Lynch, Takashi Murakami and Vanessa Beecroft, among others.

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

2008 Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008 Robert Wilson: Video Portraits
2006 Tim Noble & Sue Webster: Now Here
2006 Vanessa Beecroft in Berlin
2002 Estonia Dreams of Eurovision!
2001 Who Is Bernard Tapie?
1998 Independent's Day (TV)
1997 Split Screen

Thursday, November 13th, 2008 at 7pm (PICKWICK THEATRE)
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 at 5pm (GALLERY THEATRE)