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Browse 33 movies from Gdyńska Szkoła Filmowa
Jun 2015
Jan 2025
Ewa takes her daughter to their lake house to prepare for her 18th birthday party. Unbeknownst to her mother, Julka brings along her boyfriend. The mother openly disapproves his presence and wants to get rid of him. However, the more she tries, the more obvious it becomes that the hardest battle she will have to fight is the battle with herself.
Dec 2017
Olga’s life is filled with strained relationships with her parents, a sugar daddy on his last legs after COVID, and labour rights protests held in bitter cold. But she has no intention of backing down.
Dec 2024
Sandra and Dawid are about to get married. First, however, Sandra has to terminate her pregnancy due to genetic defects in the fetus. The dramatic event calls into question their future as a couple.
Jun 2019
Emilia's son, when asked what his mother does, would reply that she rescues penguins. On the day Emilia leaves for another polar expedition, the boy tries to stop her.
Sep 2025
After a lousy evening with a younger lover, fifty-year-old Sabina takes a taxi. A minute later, a blue-haired girl, Anka, runs into the street and asks Sabina for help.
Aug 2023
During a national swimming championship, a teenage boy records his father in an intimate situation with a female team member. He rushes to help the girl on impulse, risking everything he dreams of.
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Jan 2020
Sara is on holiday in a beautiful palace belonging to her lover’s relatives, but the summer bliss quickly turns into a nightmare. Trapped in a web of family lies and manipulations, she faces a moral dilemma. Who can be trusted when the line between loyalty and betrayal begins to blur?
Dawid, a drug dealer, spends an intimate evening with one of his clients. As the night hours pass, Dawid's growing affection for Nadia is met with a sudden realization: Nadia is a transgender woman. This revelation hits him, causing an inner conflict between his feelings and beliefs and sets him off on a journey towards self-discovery and acceptance.
Apr 2024
Soon after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Nastya and Ira are staying at a temporary accommodation center for refugees in the seaside town Gdynia, north of Poland. The haven in Gdynia for them becomes a refuge and a time for reflection. It prompts them to ponder whether people are the smiths of their fate or whether are they subject to unpredictable events over which they have no control.
Jan 2024
Jan 2015
Jola lives in Podlasie, near the border with Belarus. Her son Marek works in the Border Guard and combs the forests looking for illegal immigrants. Jola is a taxi driver and does not want to interfere, but one day a car breakdown will force her to confront her own beliefs.
May 2025
Travelling is a violation of the rules when a player holding the ball moves one or both feet illegally. Fifteen-year-old Justyna, trying to escape her mom's life, falls into a fascination with the new neighbor. A short and intense relationship will push her to grow up quickly.
Sep 2015
10-year-old Magda loses her younger brother. The father is deeply grieved, the mother is cold and unavailable. Magda decides to revive Marcel and has a great idea for it that must work.
Sep 2022
Krystyna, the main character of the film, is a 60-year-old poor pensioner from the deep provinces, who sells homemade honey by the road. One day, Russian prostitutes start working on the same road. Krystyna does not like the new company. He soon comes into conflict with one of the girls and accidentally comes into possession of her wallet with the daily takings. Contrary to the heroines' expectations, further events bring the two women closer together.
Oct 2014
In Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, a mandala is a mystical symbol of the Cosmos. The circle combines harmoniously with the square. This is how the present and the past, reality and dream intertwine in the world of single mother Łucja. However, instead of harmony, there is arduous daily rehabilitation work and a nightmare as if from another dimension.
May 2024
Angelika (Maja Szopa) and Emil (Konrad Szymański) have the perfect relationship, eager to share their happiness with the world via social media.
Jan 2022
Marta works at her father’s automobile repair shop. After her boyfriend is arrested, Marta is faced with a difficult choice: to stay loyal to her father, or to do what it takes to get her boyfriend released.
May 2017