LOKIS: AN MANUSCRIPT OF PROFESSOR WITTEMBACH (1970)
Janusz Majewski, Poland

Our second film to explore Eastern European folklore of shapeshifters, Polish folk horror classic Lokis follows Wittembach, a young pastor and folklorist studying local customs in a remote part of 19th-century Lithuania, who is invited to stay with a young nobleman who the locals believe to be the son of a bear. As he begins to uncover the mystery, will Wittembach survive the secrets of the Szemiot family?

The film will be introduced by Eastern European folk tales from Lithuanian storyteller Daiva Ivanauskaitė.

At the Cameo Cinema

Event starts: 6.15pm

Event duration: 1 hr 58 mins