Franz + Q&A with director Agnieszka Holland and actor Josef Trojan
March 3 | 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Agnieszka Holland charts the burgeoning talent and tragically short life of the Czech writer.
Selected as Poland’s official Oscar submission, Agnieszka Holland’s bold and dynamic portrait of Franz Kafka finds a creative young man at odds with the world. Franz is torn between a stern father and the monotony of his job at an insurance company, and an overwhelming desire to write. What emerges is an author who transforms his lived experiences into a vision of a bureaucratic world that edges towards nightmare. Idan Weiss excels as the young Kafka with Josef Trojan skilfully playing his alter ego and Tomasz Naumiuk’s camera beautifully conjures up early 20th-century Prague.
Part of the 24th Kinoteka Polish Film Festival organised by Polish Cultural Institute.
Dir. Agnieszka Holland, Czech Republic-Poland-Germany-France-Turkey 2025, 127min, English subtitles
With: Idan Weiss, Peter Kurth, Jenovéfa Boková, Carol Schuler, Josef Trojan
