On Tuesday, December 10, 2024, at 6:00 PM Japan Standard Time, the National Film Archive of Japan in Tokyo hosted the opening of the exhibition Wajda. Joanna Rożen-Wojciechowska and Katarzyna Ślesicka represented the Wajda Film Centre (Centrum Kultury Filmowej im. Andrzeja Wajdy) during the vernissage.
The Japanese audience holds great admiration for Andrzej Wajda\u2019s artistry, his sense of romanticism, and his films\u2019 themes of sacrifice, nobility, and visual sophistication. “Andrzej Wajda convincingly demonstrated that to be an artist of international renown\u2014to be celebrated and understood worldwide\u2014one must first be deeply rooted in their own culture, with its unique language, metaphors, and ideology,” stated Rafał Syska, Director of the National Centre for Film Culture (NCKF) and curator of the exhibition.
Hisashi Okajima, Director of the National Film Archive of Japan, extended his gratitude to Minister Marta Cienkowska, Katarzyna Nowak, Director of the Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology, and Olga Wysocka, Director of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, for their contributions to organizing the exhibition.
Exhibition: WAJDA
Venue: National Film Archive of Japan, Tokyo
Curatorial Supervision: Hidenori Okada, Masao Fujiwara, Prof. Rafał Syska, Jędrzej Kościński
Project Coordination: Dominika Górowska
Exhibition Design: Prof. Tomasz Wójcik, Marta Gocał
Visual Identity: Kaja Gliwa
Duration: December 10, 2024 \u2013 March 23, 2025
Co-organizers: Adam Mickiewicz Institute, National Film Archive of Japan
Partners: National Museum in Kraków, Polish Institute in Tokyo
The exhibition is funded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and operates under the honorary patronage of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Hanna Wróblewska.
