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Poland, 1990s. Sławek gets the gig of a lifetime. He needs a car, so he plans to borrow his father’s taxi. Unfortunately, his mother has a different plan. Sławek has no choice but to take his parents to “work.” They are joined by a gangster named Kris. When they arrive at the spot, the gig turns out to be a regular robbery.
Jun 2023
A con man pretending to be a healer gains unexpected power when he takes in a stray dog.
Jun 2017
Helina, a modest checkout assistant at the Butterfly retail chain, dreams about getting a better life for herself and her daughter. An opportunity presents itself when Helina becomes a store manager. However, she soon discovers that the price for better wages and an improved standard of living is dishonesty, employee exploitation, and fraud.
May 2012
Wojtek, despite turning 30, still believes in the legend of a big fish swimming in a nearby lake. He devotes all his time to catching it. This is of little interest to Wojtek's overprotective mother, Wanda, who, on her son's birthday, decides to arrange his life: find a girlfriend, buy an apartment and turn him into a marketing specialist for his own denim company. A fairy tale of maladjustment, dreams and sick love.
Jan 2010
Joanna returns to her native village for her father's funeral. Later that night, a brawl breaks out in the family - the woman decides to fulfill her father's dream of a secular burial, which her mother categorically refuses to do. Joanna, in order to achieve her goal, begins to learn the truth about her deceased father. And with it she discovers shocking facts about her parents' life.
Jun 2021
A small town somewhere in Poland. "Małolat", a member of a nationalist militia, is blackmailed into planting a bomb at an LGBT rally in Warsaw. However, he does not know that his gay brother will be at the demonstration. The mother of both characters will get involved in the whole situation. The young man faces a dramatic choice.
Apr 2024
A lonely maid peeps at hotel guests in a bid to fill an inner void. Her desires are stimulated by a romance from a soap opera she obsessively watches. When an actor from a freshly watched episode shows up at the hotel one day, the affection-hungry woman's dreams begin to stretch beyond her imagination. She will do anything to realize her wild fantasy and act out the serialized romance in reality.
Jun 2024
A story of a circus in decline which is approaching its imminent end.
Dec 2015
Adam unexpectedly visits his family house at Christmas after a few years of working abroad. No family member knows about his secret plans and the real reasons of his visit.
Nov 2017
United Europe, the Baltic Sea coast. It is the Day of Thanksgiving, the most important national holiday since the denazification of the late 1960s, carried out almost two decades after the end of World War II. A war won by the Nazis. Europeans denounced the crimes of Nazism and took on themselves the blames of the victors.
Sep 2025
Cezary still lives with his mother at 22 years old. He is in desperately in love with Emilia, a 20 year-old carefree rock singer. But he also has a dark secret. What will happen to Cezary, his mother and Emilia when they encounter the curse of the mythical nymph Ondine?
Oct 2019
Natalia and Malina lead completely different lives. Malina is a rebellious girl searching for her path and trying to figure out what she really wants. Natalia is a famous actress, and a respected mother and wife living in a luxurious residence. When, as usual, Malina turns to her sister for help, she meets with an unexpected refusal. But spending a few hours with Natalia helps her realize that her sister’s life is full of mysteries.
Oct 2023
In a contemporary world in one of the European cities, three friends, as they face a military conflict in their country, must modify their plans for the future.
May 2017
Agnes and Lucek take out a loan to buy an apartment. While paying it off, they grow further and further apart.
Jun 2008
In the city water pump there are 8 clams. The lives of millions of people depend on them. In case of contamination of water supply, the clams will close and automatically shut off the water for the city. The main scientist-malacologist watches over the system's operation. The film is a philosophical essay on dependence people from nature and the world around them.
A story about a boy who makes a living by extorting compensation from traffic collisions.
Sep 2016
A punk rock musician lives from party to party. An adventure for one night changes his everyday life.
Sep 2013
After “Heat”, it is the second short feature film directed by Agata Trzebuchowska, who is known as the leading actress in Paweł Pawlikowski’s “Ida”. Her proposal is unobvious and intriguing cinema, full of understatement, tension and a peculiar, inimitable atmosphere. The protagonist of “Vacancy” is Anna (Agnieszka Podsiadlik), a quite ordinary resident of a gated housing estate. One day, the woman takes a look inside an unfinished house opposite her own and makes a spontaneous decision to stay there. She begins to observe her family members and neighbours form her hiding spot. Not only does she discover their lesser and greater secrets but, above all, learns more about herself.
May 2019
Immigrant Ó finds himself in a world devoid of feelings and emotions, without inhibitions. There is no shame, joy, trust or sorrow. Feelings and emotions may be purchased as drugs. Ó meets Eliza, and together they indulge in a novel mixture – Love
Sep 2023
After his mother’s death, Adam finds his parents’ correspondence. We discover a love adventure entangled in the 20th century, when the world was cut in two and the war between Iran and Iraq marked the start of tragic conflicts in the Middle East. Mixing animation and found footage, we dive in a odyssey full of bombshells and secrets.
Apr 2020