Thursday, May 19 | 7:30 p.m. | Warszawa screening room
Presentation of the Mayor of Gdynia Award and the ETNOMATOGRAF Award. The Award Ceremony will be followed by the screening of the film BECOMING COUSTEAU, dir. Liz Garbus
In Polish only
Oscar® nominee Liz Garbus, known for her biographical documentaries about Nina Simone and Marilyn Monroe, in Becoming Cousteau examines the epic life of Jacques Yves Cousteau, the ocean explorer who spanned the globe with a misfit crew of divers and filmmakers. The film features fragments of Cousteau's extraordinary underwater films, as well as previously unknown archival footage. Extracts from his diaries are read by Vincent Cassel, whereas Louis Malle talks about his directorial talent, which earned him a Palme d'Or and an Oscar®. The Frenchman who first sounded the alarm to save the oceans. But was it too late?
