Letters to Santa
Country: Poland
Director: Mitja Okorn
This romantic comedy is set in the city of Warsaw on a snowy Christmas Eve. Like a Polish version of Love Actually, this heartwarming comedy with a few tears in the middle, is about multiple characters finding true love during the holidays. Its young Slovenian director, Mitja Okorn, could not get state funding in his native country for the film, so he went elsewhere – Poland. Now, the delightful film has become Poland's biggest box-office hit of the post-Communist era. Mitja Okorn is scheduled to attend both shows. (2011; 110 min) Presented in collaboration with the Pittsburgh Polish Council. A reception with the director follows the film on Saturday, Nov. 3 (special event ticket $15).