The 2015 Polish language film, Karbala, is about the 2004 Battle of City Hall in Karbala, Iraq, in which 32 Polish and 16 Bulgarian soldiers defended the place against attack for 4 days during the Gulf War. The American premier for the film will take place in Pittsburgh as part of the Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival

March 20th, 3pm, 2016, at CMU’s McConomy Auditorium (5032 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213).

The Polish Consulate in New York will participate in the event.

For more information about the festival, please visit:  http://www.cmu.edu/ faces/.​​ If you would like to co-present the event with CMU please visit http://www. cmu.edu/faces/sponsors.html  and/or contact the director, Jolanta Lion at jola@cmu.edu.