Discoveries from Poland World Cinema

Before the war, there were 130 cottages in Wołowiec. Today, only eight remain. However, this dying village is not doomed to extinction—a completely new, ninth house is being built there. It is being constructed with the help of neighbors by a man known as "the pig," a traitor and a deserter. A traitor because he uprooted himself, a deserter because he abandoned his native Warsaw and moved to the countryside, claims poet Marcin Świetlicki. This is a misunderstanding, retorts the film's protagonist.

Darek and Michał bought copies of old Polish films on 16 mm tape and a projector from the school, and during the summer holidays they set off across Poland with their "mobile cinema." They visit small towns from the Baltic Sea to Silesia, offering screenings for adults and children. Along the way, they meet many interesting people, help with the harvest, and bring "the light of cinema to the thatched roofs."

A multifaceted portrait of science fiction writer Stanislaw Lem.

Alla wants to become a ballet dancer very much. It is her another attempt to be admitted to the famous Russian Waganowa Ballet Academy in Saint Petersburg. Entrance exams are extremely difficult for her. Alla needs to practice additionally to lengthen her legs since her proportions are not correct. 52% is an ideal ratio of legs to height.

The movie depicts the story of a young Mazurian boy named Mietek, who crosses the line between childhood and adulthood . He stands in close contact with nature; he decoys birds and feeds them, he catches fish. But above all he is attracted to the work of the woodcutters. He watches them as they fell the trees and he helps them load the timber onto rafts that float down the river and through the sluice-gates. Finally, he joins the raftsmen and when he receives his first salary and gives a girl his first bashful look, the time has come for him to say goodbye to his childhood.

Mauł returns to her hometown village to care for her grandmother, who’s suffering from cancer. Her grandfather distances himself from the illness. As her condition worsens, Mauł reconnects with her past and the wild nature surrounding her.

An impressionistic film about bidding farewell to departing army recruits and the end of freedom.

Agata has just gone through a painful breakup and, digging through the dusty corners of her memory and video archives, she desperately tries to piece together the reasons for her romantic failure. If our memory is a creation, then what is film?

Lech Majewski opens up the world of Jacek Malczewski, a symbolist painter from the turn of the twentieth century. In a wordless visual dialogue, the director recreates Poland’s history from the World War I to the present day.

short film by Petr Makaj

Documentary from Barbara Bialowąs.

A woman goes into space and gets back to Earth to bond with a man on a pedestal.

Messianic Judaism is a religious movement that differs from mainstream Christianity and from Judaism by combining elements of each into a single faith.

About Catholics exiled to Kazakhstan from Germany, Poland, and Ukraine during Soviet times.

A short story at a gay club by the Polish seaside.

“Stu” theatre rehearses “The Patients”, a play based on Mikhail Bulgakov’s “The Master and Margarita”.

The river Oder: A historical and cultural land-scape churned again and again by the tide of events of the past century. A tale told in concentric circles about a region which was and still is the scene of the beginning, end and open middle of voluntary and involuntary migrations. Virulent issues of daily life and politics that, asked with confident casualness, provide a robust account of the present.

A film about emotional boundaries, both individual and relationship-related.Two women and one man create erotic spectacle which reveals their involvement and loneliness resulting from getting lost in their relationship.

Can a horse save a life? In Clondalkin (Dublin) that’s exactly the case, in a district where there are a lot of problems and not a lot of prospects for the young.

Works of Jan Twardowski - a Polish poet, philosopher and a Catholic priest - as seen through the eyes of people who perceive them as a commentary to their own lives and the surrounding world.

Ceremonies marking the inauguration of Pope John Paul II's pontificate in Rome in October 1978.

Two men head out to go fishing. One of them thinks himself the obvious expert in the area and tensions rise beneath the surface. When a woman joins up from the beach, the course of events takes an unexpected turn in a visually appealing film with supernatural features.

When Count Charles Boratynsky leaves, his chauffeur begins claiming to be an aristocrat.

A brief history of the malice of inanimate objects.

Sexual abuses, mental manipulation and embezzlement: Tibetan Buddhism is shaken by serious scandals. An in-depth account that lifts the veil on the unspiritual underbelly of a religion venerated in Europe.

The film was created as a result of two worlds meeting. The first world consisted of young people from Ukrainian and Polish cities who came to Polesie in search of ancient songs; they wanted to record and learn them. The second world consisted of rural artists and singers from the Polesie villages of Perebrody and Stari Koni, situated on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border.

Vasyl follows his wife, who escaped to an Orthodox clergyman who is to heal her of infertility.

Krzysztof Jackowski, Poland's most famous clairvoyant, works in Poland and abroad. He lives in Człuchów in Pomerania with his wife and two children. He mainly searches for missing people based on their photographs and clothing. Hundreds of documents confirm the clairvoyant's achievements.

A very short film about a man leaving a night club, a street in dark, a guy offering his sexual services and his tears. The only demand. Intense, almost cruel, a precise portrait of refuges, loneliness, compromises and fall.

Andy Warhol's sex, life and death and work. Andy Warhol's Films are not pornography, they are an experiment.

A film based on an improvised narration by a young boy about war.

A young girl is adopted by Mrs. Slater, who hides a dark secret.

A young couple decides to divorce.

One hooker found hanging in a meat van, another is sawed in half while a policewoman is mercilessly slashed to pieces. A detective, haunted by his lack of results, vents his frustration by abusing the same women who are being preyed upon by the mysterious killer. For the police and the hookers of this small east European town, there seems to be no end to the sadistic nightmare.

A young biologist searches for the remains of wildlife once present in the infamous Los Angeles River, attempting to show that its ecosystem is still rich and worth fighting for.

West Coast of England, redshanks wander through wetlands in search of food while facing constant threats from loose dogs.

Portrait a girl who has been living in Poland for some time with her blind parents and four-legged friends. Although the family seems to be settling in well in their new country, actively participating in events organized by the Ukrainian community, they still long for their homeland.

Bill and John, two old cowboys, try to fight a duel. They are still distracted by many different things: a sneeze, a beautiful smell from the kitchen, a lady’s voice. The duel is postponed.

Student film of director Łukasz Karwowski, which received a nomination for a Student Academy Award.

The ugliest of King Fafula's daughters wins the heart of the corsair Palemon, and in the process, the royal crown.

There is a shop next to the building where social services are located. It is not an ordinary shop where you just come to do your shopping. Run by an open and friendly salesman, it creates a warm atmosphere where everyone knows each other, where you want to sing and dance.