Szkoła Filmowa im. Krzysztofa Kieślowskiego - Uniwersytet Śląski

A youngster ends up in a rehab centre for young deaf people struggling with addiction. A budding feeling, difficult to name, that draws him to a long-term resident starts to get in the way of his therapy. The film is told entirely in sign language.

A barrier grew between Staszek and Alina, and the intimacy disappeared as time passed. He locks himself in a shed with his rabbits and sorrows. She indulges in relaxing baths. Everything changes when Alinka takes a job as a cuddler at the Honey Bunny salon.

Ewa is a middle-aged woman full of life, living with her father. When her father's new partner moves into their house, Ewa's deeply hidden need for romantic love is triggered.

Nikodem serves his sentence under a new penitentiary programme involving work at the house of Maja and Łukasz, who have full power over him. The household members are surprised when Nikodem's appeal is successful and he regains his freedom. Despite the fact that they could have parted ways and never met again, they stay together for one more day.

In a Polish village in the early 2000s, young motocross riders spend the summer immersed in their passion. The idyll is violently disrupted when the infamous Henryk returns to the village. His arrival sets off a chain of events that leads to an inevitable confrontation.

Tomek is a psychotherapist who requires help himself. His professional and personal life is in disarray and he needs to put it together again from scratch. His frustration is intensified by renovation work next door, an excessively difficult climbing route and an exceptionally well-informed patient - a stand-up comedian who approaches him with a surprising request.

Cyprian, 10 years old orphan, raised by his beloved grandmother, dreams to become a real hero. Suddenly his grandmother dies and a threat of an orphanage hangs over Cyprian. Now he has to confront with the real loss and realize what it means to be a hero in the face of suffering.

K., together with his inseparable mother, wins a grave-digging contest, which he shouldn't have won.

It’s 1968. Jacob, a student in Czechoslovakia, pays an unannounced visit to his family in Poland. The seemingly idyllic atmosphere of seeing each other after a long time is gradually disturbed by the real reason for Jacob’s visit.

Alicja is counting weeks to the birth of her daughter. She’s looking forward not only to her child but also to her husband, who works abroad. Oksana, a young Ukrainian, arrives to help her bring the long-awaited daughter to the world, but their life under the same roof is becoming harder than they expected.

Looking for redemption, Patryk tries to arrange his life with Maja and become a father to her two-year-old son Mati. In order to get money for the wedding, he decides to participate in drug smuggling.

Ania experiences despair after the death of her husband, an avid sports fan. Unexpectedly, her beloved shows up at home to watch the final of the last competition...

Szczepan is desperate enough to undergo experimental therapy at an insomnia treatment clinic, where he endures strict discipline and fierce rivalry.

A new boy goes to a boarding school for deaf children. He does not speak, he cannot sign, there is no contact with him. A deaf girl helps him find himself in the new world but it soon turns out that the boy doesn't fit in here either.

After the suicide of her younger brother, Maks, Wanda returns home to collect the recordings he left her in his will. The videos reveal hints of a long-buried family secret.

In a quiet village, a puppeteer works peacefully on a new project. This gains unexpected momentum when he decides to take in refugees from eastern Ukraine. Łukasz's bold project allows the family to distract themselves from the difficult reality. He gains companions who want to support him in his unconventional work.

Local show-off Baltazar desperately fights for his father’s attention, competing with his beloved brother, Teofil. One day, he decides to participate in a televised talent show — his father’s favourite programme. What he doesn’t know is that Teofil has also applied. Baltazar must face rejection and disappointment.

Bound by the experience of illness, a mother and daughter invite us into an intimate story of tenderness, closeness, and courage. Marysia—a young artist—seeks to come to terms with the difficult emotions surrounding her mother’s battle with breast cancer through her art. She sculpts a bust of her mother and tattoos her chest, transcending the boundaries of touch, skin, and silence. Their collaboration becomes an act of intimacy, yet also a confrontation with painful realities: shame, fear, and unhealed memories.