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🎙 EKOLOŠKA SOLIDARNOST - „The Soil / Ziemia / Zemlja“, režija Zuzana Solakjevič
Kao što se navodi u promotivnim materijalima filma, „The Soil“ je feministički dokumentarni mjuzikl koji nas iznenađuje svežim pristupom temi života žena u ruralnim područjima. U intervjuu sa rediteljkom Zuzanom Solakjevič, razgovaramo o kontinuitetu tradicije i njenom značaju danas, o takozvanom „folk zaokretu“ u kulturi i šire, diskutujemo o terapeutskoj ulozi tradicionalnih pesama i razmatramo svakodnevni život žena na selu nekada i danas, kao i širi društveni kontekst. Rediteljku pitamo i o njenim ličnim iskustvima kao osobe koja je mnogo godina živela u poljskom selu. Ideja solidarnosti ovde odjekuje na mnogim nivoima - ne samo kao solidarnost prethodnih generacija sa prirodom već i kao čin stvaranja zajednice, osećaja sigurnosti koji se gradi kroz pripadnost tradiciji i prilagođavanje svakodnevnih aktivnosti večnom ritmu prirode. Diskutujemo i o liku Eve Grohovske, protagonistkinje filma, pevačice koja služi kao vodič kroz svet tradicije, i to ne samo muzičke.
🎥 Celuloidna solidarnost: Savremeni poljski reditelji i rediteljke o jedinstvu u svojim filmovima.
Ovaj podkast serijal deo je projekta Solidarnost na ekranu - Filmski pregled poljskog predsedavanja Savetom Evropske unije, posvećenog promociji poljskih filmova na temu solidarnosti i njihovih autora.
Celuloidna solidarnost sastoji se od 5 epizoda - narativnih monologa nastalih na osnovu temeljnih intervjua sa najzanimljivijim rediteljima sa spiska filmova programa Solidarnost na ekranu.
Intervjuisani filmski stvaraoci spadaju među najvažnije savremene poljske reditelje, prepoznate i nagrađivane na brojnim filmskim festivalima.
U razgovorima, govore o svojim metodama, filmovima i o tome šta za njih znači solidarnost. Uvode potpisuje Nikola Radić - istaknuti srpski filmski kritičar, esejista, književnik i prevodilac. Njegovi komentari pomažu da se razume kontekst nastanka svakog filma i skreću pažnju na one kvalitete filmova koji su relevantni i gledaocima van Poljske.
Podkast je nastao pod pokroviteljstvom Instituta Adam Mickjevič u okviru kulturnog programa poljskog predsedavanja Savetom Evropske unije 2025. godine.
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🎙 ENVIRONMENTAL SOLIDARITY - „The Soil / Ziemia", dir. Zuzanna Solakiewicz
As we read in the film's promotional materials, ‘The Soil’ is a feminist documentary musical that surprises us with a fresh approach to the subject of women living in the rural areas'. In an interview with director Zuzanna Solakiewicz, we ask about the continuity of tradition and its value today, about the so-called ‘folk turn’ in culture and beyond, we discuss the therapeutic role of traditional song, and we inquire about the everyday life of women in the countryside in the past and present and about the social context. We are also interested in the director's view of her personal experiences from the perspective of someone who has lived in the Polish countryside for many years. The idea of solidarity resonates here on many levels - not only as the solidarity with the natural environment, implemented by previous generations, but also as the act of creating a community, a sense of security built through belonging to tradition and shaping everyday activities around the eternal rhythm of nature. We also discuss the character of Ewa Grochowska, the protagonist of the film, a singer who becomes a guide through the world of traditions, not only musical ones.
🎥 Celluloid Solidarity: Contemporary Polish Filmmakers on Unity in their Work.
The podcast series is part of the project Solidarity on Screen - Polish Presidency Film Review, dedicated to the promotion of Polish films with a solidarity theme and their creators.
Celluloid Solidarity consists of 5 podcasts - narrative monologues created on the basis of in-depth interviews with the most interesting directors from the list of films of the Solidarity on Screen program.
The invited filmmakers are among the most important contemporary Polish filmmakers, recognized and awarded at numerous film festivals. In interviews, the filmmakers had the opportunity to talk about their working methods, their films and what solidarity means to them.
The announcer of the program is Nikola Radić - a prominent Serbian film critic, essayist, author, and translator. The statements of the protagonists are accompanied by his commentary, allowing a better understanding of the context of the creation of the work and drawing attention to the qualities of the films, relevant from the point of view of a non-Polish viewer.
The podcast series was created by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of the foreign cultural program of the Polish Presidency of the Council in the European Union 2025.
🎙 EKOLOŠKA SOLIDARNOST - „The Soil / Ziemia / Zemlja“, režija Zuzana Solakjevič
Kao što se navodi u promotivnim materijalima filma, „The Soil“ je feministički dokumentarni mjuzikl koji nas iznenađuje svežim pristupom temi života žena u ruralnim područjima. U intervjuu sa rediteljkom Zuzanom Solakjevič, razgovaramo o kontinuitetu tradicije i njenom značaju danas, o takozvanom „folk zaokretu“ u kulturi i šire, diskutujemo o terapeutskoj ulozi tradicionalnih pesama i razmatramo svakodnevni život žena na selu nekada i danas, kao i širi društveni kontekst. Rediteljku pitamo i o njenim ličnim iskustvima kao osobe koja je mnogo godina živela u poljskom selu. Ideja solidarnosti ovde odjekuje na mnogim nivoima - ne samo kao solidarnost prethodnih generacija sa prirodom već i kao čin stvaranja zajednice, osećaja sigurnosti koji se gradi kroz pripadnost tradiciji i prilagođavanje svakodnevnih aktivnosti večnom ritmu prirode. Diskutujemo i o liku Eve Grohovske, protagonistkinje filma, pevačice koja služi kao vodič kroz svet tradicije, i to ne samo muzičke.
🎥 Celuloidna solidarnost: Savremeni poljski reditelji i rediteljke o jedinstvu u svojim filmovima.
Ovaj podkast serijal deo je projekta Solidarnost na ekranu - Filmski pregled poljskog predsedavanja Savetom Evropske unije, posvećenog promociji poljskih filmova na temu solidarnosti i njihovih autora.
Celuloidna solidarnost sastoji se od 5 epizoda - narativnih monologa nastalih na osnovu temeljnih intervjua sa najzanimljivijim rediteljima sa spiska filmova programa Solidarnost na ekranu.
Intervjuisani filmski stvaraoci spadaju među najvažnije savremene poljske reditelje, prepoznate i nagrađivane na brojnim filmskim festivalima.
U razgovorima, govore o svojim metodama, filmovima i o tome šta za njih znači solidarnost. Uvode potpisuje Nikola Radić - istaknuti srpski filmski kritičar, esejista, književnik i prevodilac. Njegovi komentari pomažu da se razume kontekst nastanka svakog filma i skreću pažnju na one kvalitete filmova koji su relevantni i gledaocima van Poljske.
Podkast je nastao pod pokroviteljstvom Instituta Adam Mickjevič u okviru kulturnog programa poljskog predsedavanja Savetom Evropske unije 2025. godine.
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🎙 ENVIRONMENTAL SOLIDARITY - „The Soil / Ziemia", dir. Zuzanna Solakiewicz
As we read in the film's promotional materials, ‘The Soil’ is a feminist documentary musical that surprises us with a fresh approach to the subject of women living in the rural areas'. In an interview with director Zuzanna Solakiewicz, we ask about the continuity of tradition and its value today, about the so-called ‘folk turn’ in culture and beyond, we discuss the therapeutic role of traditional song, and we inquire about the everyday life of women in the countryside in the past and present and about the social context. We are also interested in the director's view of her personal experiences from the perspective of someone who has lived in the Polish countryside for many years. The idea of solidarity resonates here on many levels - not only as the solidarity with the natural environment, implemented by previous generations, but also as the act of creating a community, a sense of security built through belonging to tradition and shaping everyday activities around the eternal rhythm of nature. We also discuss the character of Ewa Grochowska, the protagonist of the film, a singer who becomes a guide through the world of traditions, not only musical ones.
🎥 Celluloid Solidarity: Contemporary Polish Filmmakers on Unity in their Work.
The podcast series is part of the project Solidarity on Screen - Polish Presidency Film Review, dedicated to the promotion of Polish films with a solidarity theme and their creators.
Celluloid Solidarity consists of 5 podcasts - narrative monologues created on the basis of in-depth interviews with the most interesting directors from the list of films of the Solidarity on Screen program.
The invited filmmakers are among the most important contemporary Polish filmmakers, recognized and awarded at numerous film festivals. In interviews, the filmmakers had the opportunity to talk about their working methods, their films and what solidarity means to them.
The announcer of the program is Nikola Radić - a prominent Serbian film critic, essayist, author, and translator. The statements of the protagonists are accompanied by his commentary, allowing a better understanding of the context of the creation of the work and drawing attention to the qualities of the films, relevant from the point of view of a non-Polish viewer.
The podcast series was created by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of the foreign cultural program of the Polish Presidency of the Council in the European Union 2025.



![Podcast: Stories From The Eastern West #18 - SHOETOPIA
Journey to a utopian city built over 100 years ago.
The Czech shoe-maker Tomáš Bata was a visionary. A deep believer in capitalism, he dreamt up a unique functionalist city and started building it around his factories in the small town of Zlin. It became more succesful than he could have imagined. Bat’a moved on to redesigning how his workers engaged in relationships, spent free-time and were educated – the very way they lived. It seemed that before WWII, Zlin was a unique place, a sort of... living UTOPIA!
Our producer Wojciech travelled to Zlin to do a reality check. How was the city doing almost a century after the death of its ‘founder’? Does it still live the utopian dream? What happened to the shoe factories and functionalist twin houses?
This episode is a Stories From The Eastern West co-production with About Building and Cities, a highly-respected podcast about architecture.
Further reading at Culture.pl:
https://culture.pl/en/podcast/SFTEW-18-SHOETOPIA
More episodes:
https://culture.pl/en/stories-from-the-eastern-west
Time stamps:
[01:07] Early days of the Bata Company
[02:43] The Bata ground rules
[06:50] Luke & George from AB+C break down Zlins utopian architecture
[14:02] Almost a hundred years apart, can we still judge the Batian system?
[19:20] Is it possible to export a city?
[24:06] Thanks & credits
Thanks to:
Mariusz Szczygieł for writing Gottland, the book that was stuck in our producer’s head for over a decade and inspired the whole journey. He is an highly-renowned journalist and writer.
Vit Jakubicek for spending many hours with our producer and explaining the Batian system in great detail. Vit is a curator at the Zlin Regional Gallery and a lecturer at Tomas Bata University in Zlin.
Sonia Zhuravlyova for sharing her Zlin contacts with us. Sonya wrote an absolutely great article about Zlin for Monocle titled Standing On Solid Ground. She’s a freelance journalist, sub-editor and copywriter based in London.
Pavel Velev for inviting us to the Bata Foundation villa and kindly devoting to us a good portion of his last day at work before he went on vacation. Pavel is director of the Tomas Bata Foundation.
Dr Zdenek Pokluda for beautifully telling us the story of Batian business adventures. He is the author of a trilogy about Batian Zlin and a scholar at Tomas Bata University in Zlin.
Milan Balaban for interpreting our interview with Dr Pokluda. Milan is a scholar at Tomas Bata University as well as a very helpful and kind man.
Lucie Smardova for warmly inviting us to a local event and later to her home in one of the Bata houses. Lucy is an art historian and activist, she organises events popularising knowledge about Zlin’s original architecture and history. Together with her husband, she runs the Bata Infopoint, a good place to start discovering Zlin’s residential area.
Episode credits:
Wojciech Oleksiak: script, scoring, sound design, mixing
Adam Zulawski: host, editing
Nitzan Reisner: host, guidance and protection
Luke Jones (AB+C): co-host
George Gingell (AB+C): co-host
Stories from the Eastern West is a podcast from Culture.pl telling little-known histories from Central & Eastern Europe that changed our world. It was brought to you by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute. Podcast: Stories From The Eastern West #18 - SHOETOPIA](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mkqoawge284/mqdefault.jpg)





![4# FLIS: Między sceną a fortepianem [Konkurs Moniuszkowski spotyka Konkurs Chopinowski]
❔ Czy słuchanie tak wielu wykonań odbiera czystą radość ze słuchania muzyki?
❔ Która opera Stanisława Moniuszki jest najbardziej lubiana przez Johna Allisona?
❔ Dlaczego to akurat „Halka”?
🎶 Zapraszamy na wysłuchanie rozmowy z Johnem Allisonem, krytykiem muzycznym, redaktorem „Opera Magazine”, przewodniczącym jury XII Konkursu Moniuszkowskiego, a także jurorem XIX Międzynarodowego Konkursu Pianistycznego im. Fryderyka Chopina.
🎹Ostatni odcinek podcastu FLIS o Moniuszce zapowiada kolejny sezon, który będzie poświęcony Konkursowi Chopinowskiemu – a właściwie wszystkiemu, co go otacza. Zapraszamy do słuchania nowych odcinków.
👂Słyszymy się we wrześniu!
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❔ Who is Who w jury Konkursu Moniuszkowskiego? Przeczytaj artykuł Filipa Lecha, w którym przybliża skład gremium oceniającego uczestników i uczestniczki 12. Konkursu Moniuszkowskiego.
▫️https://culture.pl/pl/artykul/who-is-who-w-jury-konkursu-moniuszkowskiego
❔ Kto wygra XIX Konkurs Chopinowski? Eliminacje zakończone. Kim są pianiści i pianistki, którzy w październiku wezmą udział w chopinowskich zawodach?
▫️ https://culture.pl/pl/artykul/kto-wygra-xix-konkurs-chopinowski
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📎 Rozdziały:
(00:00) Wstęp, zapowiedź kolejnych odcinków.
(02:25) John Allison o swoich wrażeniach z Konkursu Moniuszkowskiego.
(03:26) Redaktor Opera Magazine o swoich kontaktach z polską muzyką i kulturą.
(07:33) Muzyka Europy Środkowej: z Czech, przez Estonię, do Ukrainy.
(14:45) O łączeniu roli krytyka, redaktora i jurora.
(18:31) Rola konkursów muzycznych we współczesnym świecie.
(24:02) Czy jurorowanie nie zabiera czystej radości ze słuchania muzyki? John Allison o ulubionych utworach Moniuszki i Chopina.
(29:28) Co wyróżnia dobre wykonanie muzyki Chopina?
(33:07) John Allison o Warszawie.
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📎 Autorzy:
⚪️ Scenariusz, produkcja i prowadzenie: Filip Lech, Izabela Smelczyńska
⚪️ Jingiel: Izabela Smelczyńska. 4# FLIS: Między sceną a fortepianem [Konkurs Moniuszkowski spotyka Konkurs Chopinowski]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qXwRST1l-kk/mqdefault.jpg)
