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202528 minPGdocumentary

The New Horizon

202528 minPGdocumentary

Five fleeting minutes mark the places in Sanok that shaped the New Horizons festival and influenced a generation of Poles born in the 1970s and ’80s.

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Five fleeting minutes mark the places in Sanok that shaped the New Horizons festival and influenced a generation of Poles born in the 1970s and ’80s.

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Tomasz Szwandirector

Tomasz Szwanwriter

Roman Gutekcast

Jakub Duszyńskicast

Jakub Gutekcast

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Roman Gutek returns to Sanok, the site of the first New Horizons festival. He revisits locations that briefly played a role in the festival's history. These places left a lasting impact on many Poles born in the 1970s and 1980s. The documentary runs for 28 minutes and captures Gutek's reflections on the festival's significance and its influence on a generation.

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