- Occupation
Producer, Director - Country
Poland
Fibiger Judyta
Beats of Freedom
"Beats of Freedom" is a captivating film about the birth of rock music in Poland. In the times when life was controlled by the communist regime, music became an extremely powerful phenomenon. The Iron Curtain could not stop rock music, thanks to which young people could find their space of freedom. From the very beginning, Polish rock stood in opposition to the reality. The songs broke stereotypes and formed bonds among people. One particular freedom enclave was the festival in Jarocin, colourfully shown in the film thanks to previously unpublished archival materials.
Political Dress
Political Dress shares the experiences of those who were singled out as ideological "saboteurs" by the socialist authorities. The documentary presents the stories and opinions of stylish personalities of the day, including photographer Tadeusz Rolke, designer Barbara Hoff, writer Janusz Głowacki, "Biba fashion" founder Barbara Hulanicki, musician Tomek Lipiński and painter Wilhelm Sasnal. The film explores a socialist republic in various stages and changes in its approach to fashion. From hard-headed Stalinist times, when colorful socks could get you reprimanded by the militia, through a fascination with Parisian style of the '60s, the progressive propaganda and flower children of the '70s, up to the martial law period and the punk-rock '80s.
"Beats of Freedom" is a captivating film about the birth of rock music in Poland. In the times when life was controlled by the communist regime, music became an extremely powerful phenomenon. The Iron Curtain could not stop rock music, thanks to which young people could find their space of freedom. From the very beginning, Polish rock stood in opposition to the reality. The songs broke stereotypes and formed bonds among people. One particular freedom enclave was the festival in Jarocin, colourfully shown in the film thanks to previously unpublished archival materials.
Political Dress
Political Dress shares the experiences of those who were singled out as ideological "saboteurs" by the socialist authorities. The documentary presents the stories and opinions of stylish personalities of the day, including photographer Tadeusz Rolke, designer Barbara Hoff, writer Janusz Głowacki, "Biba fashion" founder Barbara Hulanicki, musician Tomek Lipiński and painter Wilhelm Sasnal. The film explores a socialist republic in various stages and changes in its approach to fashion. From hard-headed Stalinist times, when colorful socks could get you reprimanded by the militia, through a fascination with Parisian style of the '60s, the progressive propaganda and flower children of the '70s, up to the martial law period and the punk-rock '80s.
Judyta Fibiger is the producer, screenwriter and director. She is the author of a book titled "You Don't Know Your Own, or, Poland through Foreign Eyes". She also produced the documentary film "Beats of Freedom" - the first flagship film of the Guide to the Poles documentary series, produced by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute. Fibiger's other production credits include coordinating production on the film "The Anti-Americans" - a documentary film for the American PBS television station - and "Ghost of the Baltic Sea" - Partisan Pictures for National Geographic production. Fibiger was also the co-script writer for a feature film about Pola Negri, entitled: "Negri" for which she won a screenwriting scholarship from the Polish Film Institute, as well as the co-creator of the TV series "Lost Portraits" about the banishment of Poles during the Second World War. She worked as a director for television channels such as TVP Kultura and Canal+ ("The Real Life of Roman Polański, "Lolalou" and "Gambling in Poland"). She is also reative editor at the Publishing and Design Group, where she co-created the magazines Pure and Futu. As a journalist, she has written for many Polish magazines.
2011 Political dress
ul. Mokotowska 25
00-560 Warszawa
Krakow Film Foundation
Basztowa 15/8a
31-143 Krakow
Basztowa 15/8a
31-143 Krakow