True Musicians Tournament - Film screening

A screening of the film “On the road” (pol. “W drodze”) directed by Krzysztof Rzączyński and a meeting with the film’s protagonists, the band Kapela Dobrzeliniacy z Żychlina.


A film camera accompanies the Żychlin musicians on their journey to the National Festival of Folk Bands and Singers to Kazimierz Dolny. A joint trip and performances at the festival allow us to get to know the members of Kapela Dobrzeliniacy: outstanding accordionist Sławomir Czekalski, drummer Franciszek Kowalski, and Maria Stępień, a classically trained violinist from Łódź. In recent years traditional rural music can be found less and less often, yet still it has found its recipients and followers among young people living in cities.

What prompts them to play with age-old musicians? Is traditional music needed in an up-to-date modern world? Can it be attractive for students of music schools and academies?

The meeting will be led by Piotr Baczewski – photographer and filmmaker documenting contemporary expressions of traditional culture, actively operating in folk culture.