The special guest of this edition is Juliette Binoche. Her visit coincides with the celebration of the Year of Krzysztod Kieślowski whose “Blue “ proved to be a turning point for her career and brought her a Cesar Award. There was a special screening of “Blue” during the first day of Film Spring Open-Air and her cooperation with Kieslowski on this film was one of the main topics during the Q&A session at the workshop venue. The host of the meeting was Malgośka Szumowska, who directed and co-wrote a 2011 film “Elles” with Juliette as the main character Anne. During a Q&A Juliette answered questions from Malgośka and the workshop’s participants.

Ms. Binoche also took part in the press conference presenting this year’s programme of Film Spring Open-Air. Along her in the foyer of the Congress Centre ICE in Krakow sat also Slawomir Idziak – creator of the Film Spring Open-Air, Andrzej Kulig – Deputy Mayor of the City of Krakow for Social Policy, Culture and Promotion, Malgorzata Szumowska – director, lecturer at FSO, Tomasz Wasilewski – director , lecturer at FSO and Jacob Marczyński of Noble Parcel, a charity initiative cooperating with FSO for the second year in a row. At the conference there were also Izabela Helbin, Director of the Krakow Festival Office and Marta Mamon -Producer of Open-Air. The conference was hosted by Magdalena Goszczyńska, a spokesperson for the Open-Air.