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The Krakow Film Festival is the oldest event of its kind in Poland. Despite the flourishing of younger, brasher film festivals in the city, the KFF remains the big brother of them all. Highly regarded globally, the KFF’s competitions are recognised by the European Film Academy and the Academy of Motion Picture…
Posted: May 21, 2013, 9:42 am
There is a rather poignant joke doing the rounds in Krakow. A boy is watching the football on TV with his father. “Dad,” he asks, “What’s the Champions League?” Dad replies: “I don’t know son, you’ll have to ask your uncle in Łódź”…
Posted: May 19, 2013, 10:52 am
Small wonder that Andrzej Jakimowski’s latest offering received a chorus of praise at the Toronto International Film Festival. It is indisputably one of the most impressive artistic statements on blindness in recent years…
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Posted: May 17, 2013, 9:07 am
With Krakow Photomonth straddling this and next month, now is the perfect time to introduce the Krakow Photography Group. Created by David McGirr, the Krakow Post’s Managing Director and resident photographer, the Krakow Photography Group is a recently established forum…
Posted: May 16, 2013, 10:46 am
Krakow is now the best place in Europe to sample Polish craft beers, and brews from independent beer makers around the world, but just five years ago it was almost impossible to find anything on tap other a handful of bland, gassy lagers. It has been a lightning revolution that shows no sign of fizzling out…
Posted: May 14, 2013, 3:42 pm
Krakow is an impressively photogenic city that also happens to host one of the major photography events in Europe – Krakow Photomonth. The festival has grown from humble beginnings in 2002 and now attracts major exhibitions from world famous practitioners…
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Posted: May 11, 2013, 6:20 am
While students don’t get to enjoy (or is that endure?) too many meetings, unless you count lessons, we teachers meet in various groups with the aim of oiling the wheels of our educational bus and either speeding it on its way to academic improvement…
Posted: May 9, 2013, 8:53 am
As well as commercial players such as Deutsche Telekom, Krakow’s lively startup scene has also grabbed the attention of non-commercial support organisations. One such is Startup Pirates, a non-profit initiative active around the globe…
Posted: May 9, 2013, 8:33 am
As property prices in Poland stabilise at their lowest levels since 2007, foreign visitors to Krakow will inevitably be tempted by the idea of a real estate investment in a highly attractive location at prices well below those back home…
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Posted: May 7, 2013, 9:42 am
First exalted as the perfect socialist city, then suffering decline in the post-Communist era, Nowa Huta has been Krakow’s poor relative for decades. Now, an agreement between Krakow’s mayor, Jacek Majchrowski, and the Marshall of Małopolska, Marek Sowa…
Posted: May 6, 2013, 12:13 pm
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