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A short film that explores the identity of Black Poles and introduces the world to their experience living in Poland. The film was made in partnership with "SCOPES driven by Porsche" and premiered this October (2021) at the SCOPES festival in Warsaw.
Andrzej Fidyk’s and Anna Więckowska’s film tells a story of social and political system changes that have taken place in Poland after 1989.
The princes and princesses, according to the will of their father, King Fafala IV, try to defeat Captain Palemon, the king of the pirates. Will the bravery of the royal sons or the grace of the royal daughters defeat the famous pirate?
Henryk Roszponka, a thirty-year-old bricklayer, and his young helper, Toddler, wake up with a heavy hangover. They fail to make it to Grandma Stangreciak's funeral. When they reach the cemetery, the ceremony is over. By chance, Rapunzel discovers the abandoned grave of his friend and mentor, Staszek Swan, nearby. Feeling his debtor, he decides to take care of the grave. However, it is not easy when you don't have a penny ...
Held in the Kingdom of Eswatini, the titular reed dance is an annual ceremony where tens of thousands of unmarried women come to dance in extremely skimpy outfits in front of the king in the hope that he will choose one of them as his next wife.
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The sheriff appears whenever he is called by the citizens. He is extremely thorough, he muffles noise, cleans dirt and chases gangsters.
Documentary about three inhabitants of Grzybowska street in Warsaw. Their statements, photographs and film footage reveal the characters' relationship to their place of residence, describing the "here and now" of the Poles.
Marcel Łoziński tells the story of the crime committed by the NKVD in Katyn in 1940. He interweaves accounts of witnesses and survivors with images from the pilgrimage of members of Katyn Families to the place of murder, death and nameless burial of their loved ones.
Another rigging of the presidential election in Belarus in 2020 led to massive civil resistance which the country had never experienced before. Brutal suppression of the peaceful protests resulted in more massive marches. Yet, the peaceful protests, having lasted for several months, did not achieve Alexander Lukashenko’s resignation from the president’s post he’s been holding for 27 years. Instead, political repressions in Belarus increased dramatically and became the largest in the history of Europe since the 1970s. The documentary focuses on the lives of Belarusian families who try to continue living and carry on despite being traumatised. Looking at their lives, we can see the pain and hope, feel the fear and determination of these people. An extraordinarily moving film from a Belarusian director living in Poland.
The history of a legendary Polish pole-vaulter, Władysław Kozakiewicz. At the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games, he competed in a passionate showdown with the Soviet Union representatives in front of millions of viewers. In the final, he won the gold medal and broke the world record. Upset by the Soviet public, he also made an unsportsmanlike, derogatory gesture interpreted as a political provocation. That moment changed the athlete’s life in the blink of an eye.
Performances by Poland's most acclaimed jazz bands, punctuated by short interviews conducted by German music journalist Joachim-Ernst Berendt. Appearing consecutively are: Warsaw Stompers, Namysłowski Quartet, Andrzej Trzaskowski Quintet, Krzysztof Komeda Quintet, Bossa Nova Combo and Wróblewski Quartet. The concerts are crowned by the All Star Session, a joint finale with all the performers and the song Family Blues.
"Lolo" is a steampunk parable story about where the role exchange can lead. The title character is a cleaner who gets the chance to see how the world looks from a completely different perspective.
A melodrama about children living in an orphanage run by a local doctor, Jan Mankiewicz. One day, Jan witnesses a car accident. The victim is a famous actress, Lena Merwińska, who has injured her leg and stays in Zasielsk for a few days. Lena and the doctor fall in love. Lena passes Jan's research paper on to Professor Tomczyński, who paves the way for his great career. Jan moves to Warsaw, where he is to become the head of a children's clinic.
In 1978, Robakowski moved into a new flat in a newly-built high rise in the center of Łódź. That’s when he began filming the people and events he could see from his kitchen window. The film was made on the basis of a dozen or more hours of footage shot during 1978–1999. The artist filmed the front yard of his block of flats in a part of Łódź called “Manhattan”—a cluster of tall, cement housing buildings vaguely resembling New York’s skyscrapers. The images are accompanied by the artist’s commentary, which brings the viewer closer to his neighbors and family, including his then-wife, Małgorzata Potocka. The film comments on the gradual yet profound political and social transformations that took place in Poland over these two decades.
Rozalia is an actress. A professional opportunity makes it essential for her and her seven-year-old son, Kazik, to move from Warsaw to the small city of Wałbrzych in south-east Poland. The new city means a long-term contract of employment for her in the local theatre and a new school for Kazik. As they settle in, Rozalia begins to strike up a friendship with Kazik's new teacher, Darek. However, problems start cropping up at the school. Unexpected events in Rozalia's life become intertwined with her onstage role.
A young man lives constantly in a fantasy world, until he starts working for a railroad company.
In the town of Trajdarajda, lives Krawiec Niteczka. One day he finds out from a Gypsy woman that he will become the king. He sets off to meet his fate. Along the way, he meets Scarecrow and now they are wandering together. In the end, they come to the city, which is still raining. Princess promises her hand and kingdom to those who manage to remedy misfortune. Tailor Niteczka sees that it is because of the high castle tower, which spire torn and holds a huge cloud over the city is still raining. He orders to bring all the ladders, takes the needle and thread, climbs up to the sky and sutures the hole in the cloud. From here the sun shines over the city again, and as a reward, Krawiec Niteczka marries the princess and becomes king.
The box from the film strip becomes an arbitrary plot of action relating to the mysterious phenomena taking place in the Bermuda Triangle. Experimental short by Jerzy Kalina.
Examines the hopes and aspirations of a group of 18-year-old girls following their graduation from a college in Warsaw.
Amateur footage depicting a time of celebrating Peter Parma's 20th birthday spent with friends.
Don Blachu and his men must stop the evil Don Bear from destroying Christmas.
Eugeniusz Rudnik revolutionized the idea of music itself with a pair of scissors and a magnetic tape. As part of the legendary Experimental Studio of Polish Radio, he revealed hidden value in rough and rejected sounds long before the rise of the DJs. In an era of electronic music created in a workshop resembling a scientific lab, he composed music to reach and to portray other human beings. This movie is an attempt to hear the vision of his music.
Aleppo, a city that never sleeps for fear of the horrors that now rage within its walls. Sons fight alongside fathers in a place where everyone is a soldier and becoming a martyr is considered easier than living.
His name must be mentioned in any conversation about animated film. Jerzy Kucia is a film director, pedagogue and a total artist. He has received numerous international awards including the Dragon of Dragons for his contribution to the development of international animation.
The documentary presents the figure of doctor Zygmunt Klukowski, who was not only a great doctor, but also a social activist, writer, soldier and regional historian. His books describing the years of Nazi occupation of the Zamość region are an invaluable testimony of the horror of those days. After the war Klukowski was arrested for his activity in the underground movement, but was eventually granted amnesty and appreciated by the public.
The film follows a Polish filmmaker's journey to Ukraine two years after the start of the full-scale Russian invasion. On his first visit to Kyiv, he documents the resilience of the people who are trying to maintain a semblance of normality despite the war. In personal conversations with artists who have decided to stay or return, the film recounts their motivations, fears, and hopes. It shows how creativity and determination continue to thrive even in times of greatest darkness. The film is a haunting reflection on life under constant threat—a contrast between the fragile peace of the sky and the brutal realities of war. The film offers a powerful, deeply human perspective on survival and hope.
The documentary portrays discussions among the youth about ideals, aspirations, and everyday problems of the younger generation.
An animated impression devoted to the complicated relationship between a woman and a man.
Soul Cage is a non-verbal documentary, which shows the process of creation. The specially composed music builds the dramaturgy of the film on equal rights with the image. This “cinematographic sonata” explores the boundaries of documentary and operates with details, shadows and mystery. The film gets inside the art process of Johanna Forsberg, who lives in the north of Sweden. From the raw metal mesh, cold and resistant, through the fragile moment of creation, to the darkness of the workshop – where everything is possible and the creations have their own life and souls.
A story about the last days of the life of the poet Heinrich von Kleist and his beloved Henrietta Vogel.
Tomasz, an old peasant, tries to find himself in the new reality after the First World War.
Animation with coloured salt by Aleksandra Korejwo. Music by Johann Strauss performed by the Strauss Festival Orchestra.
Rex wants to play, but other animals (the cock, the pig, the goose, the turkey) don’t understand his bark. Rex decides to learn the languages of the animals on the farm. He joyfully gobbles, oinks, crows, honks, moos, and bleats.
The film is a portrait of Jerzy Orłowski, an armless graphic artist. Impressionistic scenes present the protagonist in various situations: when he has to deal with everyday chores, when he jumps into water, skis and draws. Even the simplest activity requires struggle, resilience and outstanding fitness from him. Many takes are in slow motion, contemplating the smallest detail, which the director is so skilfully able to bring out.
Unbearable heat. A young boy is doing to his friend unusual favor - pretended to be him, visited his grandmother who has senile. A woman takes him for a walk to a place that evokes memories and she tell him about the biggest mystery of her life.
A documentary about a housing situation of Nowa Huta workers. They weren’t lucky enough to get a flat in clean and modern estates. It’s a ‘black series’ documentary from the fifties.
Addresses the problem of sexual awareness of children. It draws attention to erroneous methods of awareness used by parents, often stemming from lack of knowledge or false perceptions.
A documentary film experiment consisting of repeating the same sequence of shots ten times, depicting a flowerpot falling from a tenement window. The shots gradually lengthen, revealing new details about the world depicted.
A filmed portrait of Professor Tadeusz Reichstein, discoverer of cortisone and holder of the patent for the production of vitamin C, a Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine in 1950. Born in Włocławek at the end of the nineteenth century, Professor Reichstein lectures in Basel and holds Swiss citizenship. A man of remarkable modesty who avoids the media, he nevertheless makes an exception for Polish journalists. In the film, he speaks about his life and scientific career.
A cinematic portrait of Gracjan Lepianko – a former boxer and inventor who, at the time of filming, was already an elderly man running an art repair shop. The film consists largely of shots from the workshop: close-ups of various artifacts, and an ironic off-screen narration, during which we learn interesting facts about Gracjan Lepianko's life.
Wartime Ukraine. Burdened by the promises made to his loved ones, a young activist resorts to illegal means to bypass the ban on men leaving the country.