The video cast from Wednesday, 22.02.06
On the 3rd day of the film marathon - and for the contestants, the 3rd day without sleep - the stress begins to be felt: the contestants have become more nervous, irritable or emotionally insecure. The organizers are still keeping the event under control.

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The updates on Day 4 (Thursday, 23.02.06)
12:30 - 13 contestants remaining / 44 contestants eliminated.
One contestant lost consciousness around 11AM and was taken out by the medical staff to the emergency room. The general mood remains still tense, and the stress is visible. The projection is now running 90min ahead of the published schedule due to the same “technical problem” as the day before.
00:20 - 7 contestants remaining / 50 contestants eliminated.

The update on Day 5 (Friday, 24.02.06)
10:00 - 6 contestants remaining / 51 contestants eliminated.

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This is the video cast on the day 2 (Tuesday, 21.02.06). The contestants are still doing well and the “technical problem” in the morning is more or less under control.

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The updates on Day 3 (Wednesday, 22.02.06)
13:00 - 29 contestants remaining / 28 contestants eliminated. The film projection itself continues without any further incident. The “long” films (i.e., more than 2 hours) have been replaced by other films from the backup selections, but most of the films are the same as the ones originally scheduled. The projection is now running approx. 16min ahead of the printed schedule.

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Starzy Singers (Old Singers)
24.02 - 20:00 (Friday)
FIRLEJ (ul Grabiszynska 56)
Tickets: 15 / 20zł
Neither simply punk nor rock.
Saszka – bas and vocal
Bartek Magneto- guitar
Dziemdzia- guitar
Macio - percussion
Monia – vokal and dance.
More information: www. starzy-singers.art.pl

LA LUZ
ul. Krainskiego 14 (former Baszta)
www.laluz.pl
26.02 - 19.00 (Sunday)
Norah Jones - “Live In New Orleans” (Concert on DVD)
27.02 - 19.00 (Monday)
Monday Evening Cinema (Great Romantic Films Series)
“Un homme et une femme” (1966, France) by Claude Lelouch

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On Monday, 20.02.06, at 10:00AM, the challenge finally started. We interviewed some participants about where they came from and how they prepared themselves for this film marathon. We also spoke with Maciek and Ola from WroFilm - the organizers of the film marathon - at the moment when the challenge began.

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AND
here are the updates on Day 2 (Tuesday, 21.02.06):
09:40 - 49 contestants remaining / 8 contestants eliminated. There was a talk of a “technical problem” earlier in the morning (to be clarified later on). At this moment, the films are projected 20min ahead of the published schedule.

11:30 - 48 contestants remaining / 9 contestants eliminated. More details about the “technical problem”: it seems that the distributor who provided the films in digital format either did not do “good compression” of the films or did the “wrong compression” (more info coming later today). Whatever was the case, some time in the morning, it appears that the film suddenly stopped and, then, 4 contestants left the cinema, believing that the projection would not continue. At this moment, with the fear of encountering another “technical problem,” the organizers are projecting relatively “shorter” films, instead of “very long” films, and also from the backup stock of films. The projection is no longer following the published schedule (at this moment, they are projecting “Dancer in the Dark” by Lars von Trier). We will get more updates later today.

15:00 - 47 contestants remaining / 10 contestants eliminated. The “technical problem” still exists but the organizers are doing their best to stick to the published schedule. They are also trying to re-synchronize the projections to the published schedule (the projection was still 20 min ahead of schedule). The details about this “technical problem” will be published in our next video podcast.

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