Sunset Kino – Karol Radziszewski
28. 8. 24, 9 p.m. – 11 p.m.

The Sunset Kino 2024 offers a unique blend of outdoor avant-garde cinema inthe garden of the Salzburger Kunstverein. Each 90-minute screening isintroduced by the invited artist and followed by a Q&A, providing insightfulcontext to the films. The programmers this year are Neha Choksi (USA),Sarker Protick (BD), and Karol Radziszewski (PL).Guests can enjoy picnic tables and an on-site bar, with the option to bringtheir own food or purchase meals from our restaurant. Screenings begin after9 PM, and in the event of rain, they will be held inside the SalzburgerKunstverein. Admission is free.

Faggots in the Shadow of the Red Star
Short documentary films by Karol Radziszewski (PL).
28.08.2024 21:00
Introduction by Karol Radziszewski. Followed by a Q&A with Karol Radziszewski and Martina Berger-Klingler, Interim Head of Salzburg International Summer Academy.

Kisieland, 2012, 30 min
Afterimages, 2018, 15 min
Mon chéri Soviétique, 2021, 27:46 min
Karol Radziszewski’s short experimental documentaries portray queer life before the fall of communism in Poland. The films are based on archival material that the artist collects, researches and animates as part of his ongoing Queer Archives Institute project.

Kisieland, 2012, 30 min
A documentary featuring an artist's meeting with Ryszard Kisiel, the creator of "Filo"—one of the first gay zines in Central and Eastern Europe. The film is set against the backdrop of Kisiel's previously hidden archive, which consists of dozens of color slides documenting photoshoots organized by Kisiel and his friends in a private apartment.

Afterimages, 2018, 15 min
A short story about a single roll of film from Ryszard Kisiel’s archive. The developed negative from the late 1980s serves as the starting point for both Kisiel’s personal history and a portrait of the gay scene during the final years of the Polish People’s Republic.

Mon chéri Soviétique, 2021, 27:46 min
The film is composed of hundreds of photographs telling the story of the last Soviet soldiers departing from Poland in the 1990s. The narrator of the film, an elderly anonymous citizen of Wrocław, describes a world caught between communism and capitalism, focusing on the relationships between Polish gays and Soviet soldiers: their queer friendships, thrilling love affairs, as well as gossip and legends.

In collaboration with Salzburg International Summer Academy.