Dot Dot Dot Connect

04/27/2026

Happy and honored to support "Listy z Wilczej" (Letters from Wolf Street) at the Indie Meme Film Festival this weekend!
Thank you to everyone who came out and showed your support 🤍
Sharing a few moments from the screening 📸..

04/26/2026

A big thank you to Indie Meme Film Festival for bringing this gem of a film to Austin! The full screening room at AFS Cinema erupted into applause as the credits for 𝑳𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑾𝒐𝒍𝒇 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒕 rolled. Everything about this documentary was outstanding – from the beautifully crafted cinematography to the smart, skillful editing, and the depth and honesty of the narrative.
Arjun Talwar, who came to study at the Polish Film School in Lodz from India over a decade ago, opens up about the foreigner’s journey to assimilate and find a new home in Poland. His film resonates deeply, touching us on many levels. "𝐷𝑖𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑔𝑖𝑎 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑦𝑒𝑡?" he asked. Did it?

We’re honored to have been a Community Partner for this screening with Indie Meme and are thoroughly impressed by their work. The festival is still going strong today – be sure to check it out!

View the schedule of in-person screenings, Q&As, mixers, and filmmaker events for the 2026 Indie Meme Film Festival! IMFF 2026 will take place April 22 - 26th, 2026 in Austin.

04/13/2026

Indie Meme presents 🎥 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 + 𝐐&𝐀: 𝘓𝑒𝘵𝑡𝘦𝑟𝘴 𝘧𝑟𝘰𝑚 𝑊𝘰𝑙𝘧 𝘚𝑡𝘳𝑒𝘦𝑡 / 𝐿𝘪𝑠𝘵𝑦 𝑧 𝑊𝘪𝑙𝘤𝑧𝘦𝑗 (2025 | 97 min.)

📅𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟓 𝐚𝐭 𝟏 𝐏𝐌
📍AFS Cinema - 6259 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX
🎟️𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐓𝐒 (Discount Code at checkout: 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐘) - https://tinyurl.com/TicketsListyzWilczej

𝑀𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑻𝑹𝑨𝑰𝑳𝑬𝑹: ℎ𝑡𝑡𝑝𝑠://𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑦𝑢𝑟𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝑚/𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠-𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚-𝑤𝑜𝑙𝑓-𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑡

After a decade of living in Warsaw, Indian filmmaker Arjun Talwar still feels like an outsider. In a witty and deeply personal attempt to finally "fit in," he turns his camera toward his neighbors on Ulica Wilcza (Wolf Street). What begins as a quest for integration quickly evolves into a soulful, cinematic exploration of a single kilometer in central Warsaw—a street that holds the secrets of both the past and the present.

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04/11/2026

Deeply moving, inspiring, emotional, intimate, personal — all of these, and still not enough to capture what last night at BookPeople felt. Iza Skrypczak has that rare gift of storytelling that immediately pulls you in — you simply can’t stay indifferent. With thoughtful, sensitive moderation from Dr. Rachel Merill Moss, Iza spoke about her 8-year journey of translating her grandmother’s memoir — not just as a literary project, but as a gift to her own daughter, an attempt to protect her from inheriting transgenerational trauma.
There was something incredibly honest in the way she and her grandmother’s story came through — a reminder that we do have a choice, that we can shape what we carry and how we move forward. It felt especially needed right now.
Between the reading from her translation of her grandmother’s memoir 𝑨 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝑮𝒊𝒓𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝑺𝒊𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂, the family photos, and a deeply personal video message from her babcia, there wasn’t a single person in the room who wasn’t touched.
And BookPeople was an ideal place for this beautiful evening.
We’re proud, at Dot Dot Dot Connect, to support this kind of creative work — rooted in memory, connection, and doing good.

04/10/2026

Tonight in Austin ❤️

Join us at BookPeople for a powerful and deeply moving evening— a reading and conversation about "A Polish Girl in Siberia".

This is more than a story of the past. It’s a story of resilience, survival, and the quiet strength of human kindness— one that still echoes in today’s world.

Iza brings her babcia’s incredible journey to life, and we truly believe it’s one worth hearing.

📅 April 10, 2026, at 7:00 PM
📍 BookPeople, Austin, TX
🔗 Free registration link: https://tinyurl.com/Register-BookPeople

Hope to see you there!
Iza Skrypczak

BookPeople welcomes Isabella Skrypczak in conversation with Rachel Merrill Moss to celebrate the release of A Polish Girl in Siberia.

04/08/2026

We’re honored to be a Community Partner with the 🎬Indie Meme 𝐹𝑖𝑙𝑚 𝐹𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙🎬 for the screening of 𝑳𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑾𝒐𝒍𝒇 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒕 (2025).

Join us on April 25 at Austin’s arthouse AFS Cinema for this award-winning documentary set in Warsaw.

🎟️TICKETS and more: https://tinyurl.com/letters-from-wolf-street

📽️ Directed by an Indian filmmaker who emigrated to Poland a decade ago, the film offers a witty and deeply personal portrait of life between past and present—exploring identity, belonging, and the search for home. A striking, intimate story that resonates far beyond borders.

03/31/2026

𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁-𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 📖𝑨 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝑮𝒊𝒓𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝑺𝒊𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂📖
Join us to hear from a young woman who has an important and inspiring story to tell. It is about the times past, but so relevant to what is happening today and a testament to human empathy and perseverance.

📅𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐚𝐭 𝟕:𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐌.
📍𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧, 𝐓𝐗
🔗Free registration link: https://tinyurl.com/Register-BookPeople

The story begins in April 1940, when six-year-old Ida woke to Soviet soldiers pounding on her door. She and her mother were loaded onto a cattle train and deported to Siberia. They endured brutal winters, starvation, and typhoid fever. Both survived against all odds, kept alive by their own resilience and the quiet kindness of strangers. After years in exile, back in Poland, Ida rebuilt her life from nothing— becoming a pioneering endocrinologist, founding a school in Białystok, and earning Poland's second-highest civilian honor.

Her granddaughter, Isabella, the book's translator, calls it a story of survival and human generosity. Kirkus Reviews calls it "a riveting account of a lesser-known aspect of WWII" with powerful echoes in Ukraine today.

𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙄𝙯𝙖 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙘𝙞𝙖'𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚.

03/18/2026

This weekend, we shared our love for Polish Poster Art and animated films with the SXSW audience. 🇵🇱

Great art brings people together — this time thanks to the Consulate General of Poland in Houston, who invited us to be part of the vibrant Polish presence at SXSW.

Surrounded by innovative Polish tech companies, it was inspiring to add art to the mix and celebrate Polish creativity — especially in a year when Polish-Canadian filmmaker and visual artist Maciek Szczerbowski won an Oscar for A Girl Who Cried Pearls! 🏆

03/17/2026

𝐖𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨-𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥!
𝐴 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝐺𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑆𝑖𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎 by Isabella 'Iza' Skrypczak is a remarkable journey connecting generations. Listen to a true story of a girl deported to Siberia as a 6-year-old child, her extraordinary will to survive and the kindness of strangers that made survival possible.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑼𝑻 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒓, 𝑫𝒓. 𝑹𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒍 𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝑴𝒐𝒔𝒔, 𝑸&𝑨, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈.

Translating her grandmother’s memoir was a deeply personal act for Iza. This is more than a book launch — it's a community gathering honoring Iza's 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑐𝑖𝑎 and the many threads of history that connect us. We hope to see you there!

12/08/2025

Wrapping up an inspiring 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙁𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝘿𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧 week in Austin, we want to extend our sincere thanks to everyone who joined us across the four events. It was an honor to host 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗦𝘇𝗮𝗯ł𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗸𝗶, and a pleasure to collaborate with so many brilliant minds.
Over the course of the week, we connected through a blend of storytelling, culinary experiences, historical insights, and vivid anecdotes.

We are grateful for the opportunity to share Polish culture with diverse communities—people of different backgrounds, ages, and life experiences. Showcasing the lesser-known, deeper layers of Poland’s culture and identity is what continues to motivate us at Dot Dot Dot Connect.

Thank you for being part of this journey with us. We look forward to many more meaningful conversations and cultural exchanges ahead. 🇵🇱✨

Photos by Kasia Ciężka-Niedzielska (and a few extra).

11/25/2025

Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Round Rock Public Library!
We had such a great afternoon listening to stories about Journeys, Conflicts, and Cuisine with Witold Szabłowski, in a conversation moderated by Dr. Erna Smith.

Huge thanks to Apolonia Catering, Pierogi and More for the delicious food reception and the cooking presentation — it added so much to the experience.

It was wonderful to see you all, and we hope to cross paths again at our future events!