Discoveries from Poland World Cinema

A firefighter band wanders through the wasteland. Everyone marches cheerfully until they encounter various adventures.

On July 26, aliens came to Poland and I made a reenactment of this event - Barbara Rupik

Southern man's faith is put to test when the unexpected occurs.

A group of students are bored while spending their summer days in Warsaw on the Vistula River. At the suggestion of a friend, they decide to go on a cheap tourist trip to Yugoslavia. Together with them, we explore the Adriatic coast, including: the islands of Šolta and Brač. On the way back they visit Makarska, Savina Monastery and Belgrade. The film was produced by the Polish Academic Union of International Rapprochement "Liga" - an inter-university association dealing with, among others, organizing trips and foreign exchanges. In 2022, it was reconstructed based on two copies brought in the 1970s from the archives in the GDR and the USSR.

A game of visual associations between ‘whiteness’ and ‘blackness’; ‘freedom’ and ‘constraint’.

Creature born in cosmic space starts using language while having noone else who it could speak to; in order to find a person with a similar mind the creature develops a unique way of travelling accross galaxies, only to find out its place is as much everywhere as it is nowhere.

KSW 95: Wiklacz vs. Przybysz 5 was a mixed martial arts event that took place on Friday June 7, 2024 at the Urania Hall in Olsztyn, Poland.

Not only can the egg be smarter than the hen, but it is also possible for the hen to scatter into tiny pieces while the egg remains intact.

In 2019, the band Dżem celebrated the 40th anniversary in Katowice's Spodek with 27 songs.

A film about the act of creation, in which the representation of the artist's different emotions and her relation to environment shows how the creative process develops to its end.

In the fourth largest city in Poland, in the center of the city lives young people who have only themselves. Nobody helps them because nobody wants to help them.

A small contribution to the discussion on women's equality.

Docuemantary about a small town preparing for a bicycle race.

Joint film work by Sikorski and artist Asia Ciba documents the atmosphere of the first months following the imposition of martial law. The atmosphere of isolation, precariousness, waiting for it to end and the need to break away from the external, political and social realm. The film was made without any specific intention, on a certain “dead” afternoon, in a cramped basement in Radna St. in Warsaw, where the artist dwelt at the time.

The film takes a look at a diving school and shows what the divers do.

Esalen Institute and Boulder Colorado USA 1960's and 1970's. The Human Potential Movement Resulting from her studies Ida Rolf Ph.D. developed a program of postural re-patterning using fascial manipulation and movement education which she called Structural Integration and which is nowadays known in the public at large as 'rolfing'. She was convinced that a better physical structure would improve function on all levels - physical, psychological, emotional, spiritual. Milano, Prague, Warszaw 2018 - 2022. This movie tells the story of an adventure that will take the viewer into Ida Rolf's world of Structural Integration. At the heart of the movie are 8 students and their quest to understand Ida Rolf's philosophy during their 3 year Basic Trainings in Milano, Prague and Warsaw. The movie also explains the basic ideas behind Structural Integration and discusses some recent research into connective tissue and fascia.

An impression that bears traces of the filmmaker's subjective attitude towards the work of Gustav Klimt. The film uses, among others, the paintings "Turbulent Water," "Philosophy," and "Medicine."

An animated documentary about the life of the author's grandmother's relative, Zofia Sokolnicka, who distinguished herself during World War I. From 2019, when the idea was conceived at the encouragement of the author's grandmother, the entire concept and style changed over the next five years. Inspired by old photographs, the animation tells the story of this remarkable woman's life.

A simple story of a fisherman – a tale of excessive ambition and missed opportunities.

The wandering highlander sees strange things.

Inspired by the form and movement of liquids and micro scale, which resembles and brings the impression of the macro world. Just look inside the aquarium to see the cosmos.

Short animation

The movie observes a group of western left-wingers during their visit to Poland. The aim is to confront their common expectations regarding communism and the transformation of the former socialist countries with the reality. ‘Crazy Guides’ agency provides lots of attractions for heroes by stowing them into trabis and taking to Nowa Huta –The Perfect City according to Socio-Realism rules. The group not only admires the newest historical monuments but is also having a chance to feel how the villagers lived. Therefore, the heroes would milk a cow, plough up a field and tresh cereal filling their stomachs with potatoes during spare time. A visit to the metallurgical factory followed by an illustrating lecture and discussion with Nowa Huta’s true dwellers bring change to heroes’ attitude. The tourists notice that the perfect world had also it’s darker sides and that the central system of planned economy wasn’t such a brilliant idea at all.

The family dare not drink this peculiar bowl of soup.

A risky trade between the passengers of a cruise ship heading to Luxor and an Egyptian on-boat salesman goes wrong, becoming a metaphor of the gap between wealthy tourists and natives in need.

A young man takes a night bus to meet a girl. He falls asleep. He wakes up in the company of a strange man who turns out to be somewhat similar to him. The sequence of events makes the young man miss his stop and return to the same place from which he set out.

A girl from Youth Educational Center in Lodz will soon turn eighteen. After coming back home, she is planning to throw a birthday party.

Butter with Karton.

At the age of 77, Ernst Akramov is a living legend of medicine in Kyrgyzstan. He devoted 56 years of his existence to surgery. A real priesthood for which he sacrificed his private life. Where others would have chosen fame and money, Akramov feeds on the recovery of his patients. He chose to live in a small room in his hospital to give them his full attention. But what hides the loneliness of this man devoted to the human cause?

The plot is unknown and not much is known about the film. It's part of the 'French as Seen by...' collection

Chlebiotki is a small village in Poland where filmmaker Iga Łapińska grew up. She left, returned 20 years later, and saw how the village had changed. In her interactive web documentary you meet seven of the 60 current residents and a woman who left Chlebiotki long ago—Łapińska’s mother. They show you their world, often very intimately.

In the OHF center near refugee-camp Moria young refugees are taught the basic skills in film-making.

The film is a study of a son’s extraordinary love for his dying mother and the psychological cost he pays for sacrificing his life for her.

Three days before the winter solstice, preparations for the ceremony are underway in the Old Forest Valley. This year, its inhabitants have the unusual honour of taking care of the Spring Flower, thanks to which the season of snow comes to an end and life in the Tatras is reborn. Unfortunately, as a result of a scuffle caused by an argument between the Hare and the Bear, the Spring Blossom disappears. Despite their mutual resentment, guilt and the horror of eternal winter push the heroes to embark on a search. Their shared adventures, adversity and the adversaries they face cause the characters to discover the truth about each other and, despite their many quarrels, they manage to forge a deep friendship.

An account of the preparations for the staging of Régis Debray’s Notes on Gramsci directed by Stanisław Tym. A group of international students gathered at Warsaw’s 'Stodoła' club discuss philosophy and politics accompanied by the music of Włodzimierz Nahorny’s quartet.

Documentary portrait of the Polish artist Aleksander Dętkoś.

Stop-motion, sand-animated short film about a boy dreaming of another world. It is the official music video for the song "Kołyska" from the album "Uwoczenie" by the Polish folk music band "Kapela Ze Wsi Warszawa". The film took 6 months to make.

Lena returns to the place where she spent her childhood with her now-deceased brother.

A criminal with AIDS serving a 25-year prison sentence.

"Iridium 192 is stolen from a flaw detector on the premises of one of the large construction sites. The search for the deadly radioactive element is ongoing, and the police are conducting an intensive investigation. After some time, iridium is found in the back of a Fiat 125p seat belonging to engineer Kamiński. His planned trip to Warsaw in this car would have ended with his certain death due to radiation. Thanks to the help of Dr. Cwinar and the use of a Geiger counter, the intelligent Major Korta finally detects the perpetrator of the theft. It turns out to be manager Walczak, who wanted to get rid of his lover's husband by stealing iridium and placing it in Kamiński's car. "beautiful Irena."

Memories of "The Great Journey of Bolek and Lolek" come back to life. The boys decide to award the "Order of the Smile" to Jeremiasz Pittsbury. The members of the chapter unanimously accept this decision.

Distance traveled, distant friends, hopes and dreams. Time spent waiting quietly. A sense of incoming change.