Mug

SYNOPSIS:

Jacek loves heavy metal, his girlfriend and his dog. His family, his small hometown, his fellow parishioners all see him as an amusing freak. Jacek works at the construction site for what is supposed to become the tallest statue of Jesus in the World. When a severe accident disfigures him completely, all eyes turn to him as he undergoes the first facial transplant in the country.

MUG (TWARZ) is a blackly comic, biting and emotional drama from award-winning director Ma?gorzata Szumowska (Body, Elles, In the Name Of) which won the Silver Bear Jury Grand Prix at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival and features stunning performances from Mateusz Ko?ciukiewicz, Agnieszka Podsiadlik and Ma?gorzata Gorol.

Director:

Ma?gorzata Szumowska

OUT NOW ON DVD & DIGITAL HD:

PREVIOUS SCREENINGS

PREVIEWS

London, BFI Southbank + Extended Intro from Director/Cast ? Wed 5 Dec
London, ArteKino Festival @ French Institute – Thurs 6 Dec

FROM 7 DECEMBER 2018

London, ICA
Dalston, Rio Cinema
Brentford, Watermans
Cleethorpes, Parkway
Glasgow Film Theatre
Nottingham, Broadway Cinema
Belfast, Queens Film Theatre
Sheffield, Showroom
Peterborough, Showcase
Bristol, Showcase
Feltham, Cineworld
Luton, Cineworld
Aberdeen Union Square, Cineworld
Norwich, Cinema City
Southampton, Harbour Lights Picture House
Perth, Playhouse (11 Dec only)

FROM 14 DECEMBER

Inverness, Eden Court
Ashford, Picturehouse
Northampton Filmhouse (18 and 20 Dec only)

FROM 21 DECEMBER

Manchester, Home

FROM 1 JANUARY 2019

Bristol, Watershed (1, 2, 3 Jan 2019)
Dundee Contemporary Arts (3 – 9 Jan)
Kilburn, Kiln Theatre (4 & 10 Jan)
Portsmouth, No 6 Cinema (17 Jan)
Colchester, Firstsite (23 Jan)
Saffron Walden, Saffron Screen (28 Jan)
Stoke Film Theatre (31 Jan)
Haverhill Arts Centre (7 Feb)
Hereford, The Courtyard (11 – 13 Feb)

UPCOMING SCREENINGS

Dumfries Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre (25 Feb) BOOK HERE
Hackney Wick Das Kino Film Club (21 Mar)? INFO HERE
Edinburgh, Filmhouse (12 Mar) BOOK HERE
Chester, Storyhouse (20 Mar) BOOK HERE
Hitchin Film Club (24 May) INFO HERE
Walingford, Corn Exchange? (29 Jul) BOOK HERE

This film has been released with the support of the Creative Europe Programme – MEDIA of the European Union.