Jarocin: Rock For Freedom

Jarocin: Rock For Freedom

(Jarocin: Po Co Wolnosc)

Jarocin: Rock to Freedom, is a music documentary about one of the most important festivals of alternative music organized in Jarocin, central Poland, its roots going back to the 1960s. Jarocin Festival originated as an oasis of freedom and was of particular importance in 1980s Poland, a time of change for the Polish people and one of the few normal places of the time. Jarocin: Rock to Freedom explores the universal theme of freedom – the freedom of the individual in a totalitarian world, artistic freedom, the freedom of creation and self-expression.


Director: Marek Gajczak, Leszek Gnoinski

Screenplay: Marek Gajczak, Leszek Gnoinski

Cinematography: Marek Gajczak, Wojciech Słota, Jerzy Pawleta

Music: Michał Fojcik

Film Editor: Marek Gajczak

Runtime: 109 minutes minutes

Release Year: 2015

Genre: Documentary

Playing at

SIFF Cinema Uptown