Tag: polish science fiction

BETWEEN STARS AND STORIES, ORBITING IDEAS: ASTRONOMER VALENTIN D. IVANOV, THE COSMOS AND THE GREAT EUROPEAN SF CONTINUUM

INTERVIEW WITH VALENTIN D. IVANOV– CRISTIAN TAMAȘ CRISTIAN TAMAȘ: As someone working at the European Southern Observatory, you operate in one of the most international scientific environments in Europe. Why do you think European science fiction — unlike European science — remains so fragmented along national lines? Valentin D. Ivanov: A great aspects of working at the large international institution is that one does not feel...

“EMPIRE AT SEA”: THE FUTURE FLOATS

2026 VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: VENICE IMMERSIVE ACHIEVEMENT PRIZE There are moments in cinema when the screen stops being a window and becomes a portal. "Empire at Sea", Peter Flaherty’s twenty‑two‑minute SF solarpunk odyssey, doesn’t just invite you to watch—it drags you, salt‑sprayed and blinking, into its shimmering world of steel, algae, and ghosts of the mainland. The film opens on the Aurora rig, a floating sanctuary...
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POLCON, The 2016 Polish National Science Fiction&Fantasy Convention : Thursday the 18th – Monday the 22nd of August 2016

POLCON, the Polish National Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention and a SF Euroconference will be held in Wrocław between  18-22 of August in the Centennial...

In Memoriam Andrzej Żuławski (22 November 1940 – 17 February 2016)

"To please the majority is the requirement of the Planet Cinema. As far as I'm concerned, I don't make a concession to viewers, these...

Interview with the Polish Editor and Writer Jerzy Rzymowski by Cristian Tamas

Cristian Tamas : ”Let’s recognize, Poland has never been so rich, safe and free ! Poland is one of Europe’s shining successes. Alone in...

A Dialogue with the Polish Writer Jacek Dukaj by Cristian Tamas

"The horror comes from the recognition of underlying truth about human nature. That’s just how our brains work." - Jacek Dukaj Cristian Tamas : "Let’s recognize,...

2015 POLCON (Polish National Fantastika Convention) – Poznań, Poland (20-23 August 2015)

Adapting to the zeitgeist aka transforming itself into a mainly fantasy & multigenre convention featuring entertainment like LARPs, RPGs, videogames, anime/manga, comics, etc., POLCON...

Jacek Dukaj, Considered Poland’s Best Living Science Fiction Writer – Paweł Kozioł

©Jacek Dukaj Jacek Dukaj (born 1974) is one of Poland's most interesting contemporary prose writers, whose books are always eagerly anticipated events. He is the...

The 2014 Polcon (Polish National SF Convention), 4th-7th of September 2014, Bielsko-Biała, Poland

Polcon  is the oldest Polish science fiction Convention, organized each year in a different place by a different local science fiction club. The Janusz...

Pyrcon : 21st -23rd of March 2014, Poznan, Poland

Pyrkon Fantastika and Popular Culture Festival (Pyrkon Festiwal Fantastyki i Kultury Popularnej) is a Polish convention, held annually in Poznań the first weekend after...

Awards season in Poland

Two main prizes for Polish fantastic fiction published in 2012 were lately awarded. Robert M. Wegner won a double Janusz A. Zajdel Award: for a...

Marathon Reading of Stanisław Lem’s “Solaris”

Marina Abramovic Institute and "The Atlas Review", had organized a marathon reading at the Wythe Hotel (80 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, USA) on...