Franz

Selected as Poland’s official Oscar submission, Agnieszka Holland’s bold and dynamic portrait of Franz Kafka finds a creative young man at odds with the world. Franz is torn between a stern father and the monotony of his job at an insurance company, and an overwhelming desire to write. What emerges is an author who transforms his lived experiences into a vision of a bureaucratic world that edges towards nightmare. Idan Weiss excels as the young Kafka with Josef Trojan skilfully playing his alter ego and Tomasz Naumiuk's camera beautifully conjures up early 20th-century Prague.

Part of the 24th Kinoteka Polish Film Festival in collaboration with the Czech Centre London.