Discoveries from Poland World Cinema

The documentary depicts a community of stadium hooligans who arrange brawls, or so-called "setups," among themselves.

Hipis’ gang gives Oskar one last chance to stay alive. He has to pull off a big deal to buy his way out of their hands. It was supposed to be a quick job — but it turns out his partner is a complete lunatic.

A film about Frederic Chopin.

Kuba and Jurek are friends. They work together clearing the forest and spend their free time together, too. Both live in the village of Olchówka where life goes by at its own unhurried rhythm - people know each other very well, the atmosphere is bucolic and leisurely. One day Kuba wakes up after a passionate night and finds himself in the middle of a field, accompanied by cows. Then he cannot find his mate. So he decides to look for the girl that they both met that night.

Jack, an old and experienced pirate, notices a young sailor nearby. The sailor fishes out a bottle. It turns out that the bottle contains a map of a treasure island. The protagonists try to eliminate each other, but they will reach the island together.

A boy comes home from school and reluctantly starts doing his homework. Suddenly, a large blot appears on the book's page. Grandpa Bibliophile comes out, orders the book to be cleaned, and shrinks the boy to microscopic size. The boy falls into the abyss and enters the world of letters. He meets Curiosity, who explains to him the meaning of words and their mutual relations. First, he comes to the word "beach," then to the word "winter," and finally to the word "garden." Curiosity promises the boy further extraordinary journeys.

The documentary shows the work of journalists and the importance of the press in building socialism. It is an exemplary implementation of the socialist-realist convention imposed on Polish cinema in 1949, in which all elements of the film structure were subordinated to the persuasive function.

A potrait of Budyń – an extraordinary, talented artist and stage personality, known for exceptional, poetic lyrics and passion for music.

With a running camera adult siblings dissect their relations with parents and with each other. The protagonist of the film, affluent businesswoman, who still hasn't come to terms with the death of their mother and father, becomes the director's conscience. He is trying to get closer to his dead parents in his own way - filming the last moments of patients in a hospital.

A young married couple and their everyday hardships. Unemployed Wojtek decides to sell grilled chicken from a street stall. His wife Agata is a film student making a documentary on her husband.

A predator tracked down by hunters is spared its life when it turns out to be a mother breastfeeding her babies.

A story about passion and fighting against adversity. 25-year-old Paweł, dreams of becoming a coach of Arsenal London but at the moment he coaches Red Dragons, the worst football team in the whole country.

A film from the "Impressions" series, made using cartoon and combined animation techniques. The author of the film brings rock paintings from several thousand years ago to life. In the flickering light of a campfire, he shows the interior of the Lascaux cave. He reveals details and fragments of surviving paintings to the viewer. He shows animals frozen in motion, just as they were captured on the stone walls by the first painters. The paintings come to life to recreate dramatic hunts and herd migrations—scenes that fascinated and inspired the artists of the time.

The 2018 Polish winter expedition to K2, led by the legendary Krzysztof Wielicki, lives and undergoes all kinds of experiences during two intense months.

The outstanding actress Klara Naimska (Zofia Mrozowska) is celebrating her artistic jubilee. Final preparations are underway for the premiere of "Women's House" for its benefit performance. The artist is besieged by journalists, directors and documentary filmmakers. The anniversary makes her reflect on the meaning of her own life and work. The actress, although surrounded by admirers and friends, feels lonely and misunderstood. Her reflections are contrasted with the manner of the manicurist Angelika (Emilia Krakowska), a woman not burdened with popularity and the stresses and sacrifices associated with her. Klara's deliberations are interrupted by a call for the jubilee premiere.

A young, well-off engineer decides to leave his current life and seek what he deems a "manly" adventure.

This documentary explores the changing faces of the old Polish city of Lodz, and how its modernization, both physically and culturally, affects the older, more conservative residents, many of whom lived through World War II and are confused and somewhat resentful at the changes they're seeing.

Hard-boiled detective Philip Marlowe is hired to protect casino employee Miss Hunt from a wealthy heir’s scheming father, and soon finds himself unraveling a deadly inheritance plot.

Short documentary about the flooding that struck Poland in the spring of 1947.

Max wants to make a movie so badly that he does not hesitate to get involved in all possible major sins, and as we know there are seven of them...

A certain inhabitant of Lailonia named Tat, very much wants to become a famous man. He ponders for a long time what to do, especially since there are people more famous than him in all fields of science, culture and art. He comes to the conclusion that he can become famous by doing the worst thing in the world. However, he wins only temporary applause from the crowd or exposes himself to ridicule. Finally, he comes to the conclusion that he will gain fame by becoming the least famous man in the world. This is what he does. Soon everyone forgets about him and Tat achieves his goal.

Podhale, Poland. Winter of 1939. Magda, an excellent skier, joins the Polish Resistance and helps by bringing documents and fugitives across the mountains into Slovakia. One day she learns that a group of 23 pilots urgently need to cross the border, as Gestapo is on their heels. She comes up with a risky plan.

After the tragic death of her fiancé, the countess of Leipzig finds out that she is with hope. The threat of a moral scandal forces her to marry the son of her father's servant - a very promising future doctor.

A perverse story of an audacious theft of an extremely important letter

Satire branding unhealthy interest in the lives of others and gossip.

Documentary made entirely out of private home recordings of artist Zdzislaw Beksinski, which show him, his family, his work and everyday life.

Silesian-born Jörg and his friend Andreas return after years to visit their old pals Gienek and Jerzy in an Upper Silesian village - Jörg arrives full with gifts, convinced that life in Poland must still be hard. To his surprise, he discovers that much has changed, and Poland is no longer the poor country he remembered.

A study of the legendary Polish cinemagician, whose exquisite model animations include the featurette The Tale of the Fox (1931), in which a typical 3-minute sequence required up to a quarter of a million different puppet scenes. Providing a window on his working methods, this documentary includes extracts from Starewicz's films and interviews with his collaborators.

A heartfelt story of Wojciech Szczesny - his life, family, and rise to the top. The film shows unseen archives, the behind-the-scenes of his FC Barcelona transfer and comeback, portraying him also as a father, husband, and son.

A film in the experimental convention of a documentary fairy tale, in which reality merges with the world of the imagination of a poet in love.

30 Sound Situations is a performance which maps the acoustic properties of numerous divergent environments. In each situation, the artist stands in front of the camera (at various distances) and claps two pieces of wood against one another with sweeping gestures. The resulting sounds relate directly to the presented spaces, including: classroom, library, staircase, woodshop, backyard, and park, among others. Waśko taps into various sound effects in order to examine the potential for creating a new representation of space in film.

Old women prepare for an event. They are told how to walk, they wear numbers and try to succeed in the selection process. These women are Holocaust survivors. And the event is a beauty pageant.

Kasia is studying at a prestigious French school for future master chefs, whilst her father, Otar, runs a restaurant in Poland serving Georgian specialities. When the girl is expelled from the elite course, she returns home but does not reveal the cause of her sudden arrival to her father.

A light, comedy etude by Krzysztof Zanussi about a husband jealous of his wife's secret admirer.

This documentary wants people to stop armament. Instead of that, we should focus on humanitarian aid, education and healthcare. There is no commentary in the film, some images of the modern world spread the message. On the one hand, it is industry; on the other hand – famine.

After many years, director Bryła reveals hidden family secrets.

The document shows the staging of the Catholic Mystery of the Passion, which takes place every year in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska.

Dag Kaszlikowski, a physicist and filmmaker, created a short, sensuous essay on perception. It focuses on the scientific idea of the so-called Boltzmann brain, which posits that a human can only be a fleeting fluctuation of particles, an illusion emerging from the chaos of the dying universe. In his picture, this Polish artist working in Singapore blurs the boundaries between what seems certain and what is labile. Reality cannot be captured.

Three bandits disguised as Santa Claus and Elves enter a kindergarten to abduct 6-year-old Brajan for ransom. Ingenious children will make the criminals' task very difficult.

Hens ask Rex to investigate the case of their missing eggs. The dog catches a fox red-handed. He follows the traces of the fugitive. It turns out that the fox breeds chicks in its cave. Rex finds the pit and frees the chicks.

The second part of a trilogy of Silesian westerns by Jozef Klyk - an amateur, a great film lover, who has been making amateur productions since 1967, the most famous of which are westerns. In them, Klyk combines western mythology with Silesian mythology. The film covers the period 1881-1886.

An interpretation of Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen," which is presented in an artful form with a twist.

Seemingly quiet, war-damaged street in an anonymous city. A lonely, several-year-old boy inadvertently chooses her as his shelter from the cruelty of war. People are like the places they live, and those whom he meets will treat him as the war has treated their street.

A livestreamer looking for his big break in the world of social media takes his viewers for a hike in a supposedly haunted forest. When he stumbles upon something he shouldn't have seen, it turns out that ghosts might be real.

When Natalia's husband is imprisoned, she tries to save her marriage.

A young boy finds out that the video game his father had just bought him takes place not only on the computer screen, but also in real life, as two evil men kidnap his father he must win the game to get him back.

One of the last Yiddish films made in Poland before the Nazi invasion, this film tells the story of a mother's persistent struggles to support her three children in pre-war World War II Polish Ukraine. After her family is pulled apart by severe poverty and the turmoil of war, she and her children make their way to New York and turn to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society for help.