Upcoming Events

"Not-So-Ordinary Amateur Cinema" - screening of selected home and amateur movies from Chicago’s Polish community with live music, preceded by a lecture and followed by a discussion, April 26, 2026, 5:00 PM, Damen Cinema at Loyola University Chicago. Presented as part of the Loyola Polish Film Showcase. Click here for more information about the "Not-So-Ordinary Amateur Cinema" program.

Screening of “Highlanders Wedding” (Góralskie Wesele, 1961) — presented from a new 16mm print, first time with English subtitles, with an introductory visual essay. May 15, 2026, 7:00 PM, Logan Center for the Arts, University of Chicago. Event page: https://filmstudiescenter.uchicago.edu/event/highlanders-wedding

Past Events

First screening of the restored version of “Highlanders Wedding” (Góralskie Wesele, 1961) with accompanying Polish Highlanders home movies and live music (Highlanders House / Dom Podhalan, Chicago, USA, 2026)

Not-So-Ordinary screening as part of “In Another Light: Cinema of Memory” (Music Box Theatre, Chicago, USA, 2026)

Lecture/screening as part of Warsaw's Home Movie Day (Kino Iluzjon, Warszawa, Poland, 2025)

Minority Identities and Vernacular Visual Culture (Univeristy of Chicago, USA, 2025)

From the Polonia‘s Movie Archives (Dwell Studio Chicago, USA, 2024)