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Two high school students are fascinated by a mature, attractive woman named Żaklina. The boys' friendship, strengthened by the common passion of filmmaking, seems to be indestructible until both of them try to seduce her.
Apr 2012
Jez Jerzy is a skateboarding hedgehog who likes to drink beer and fondle breasts. He finds it hard to pursue his passions, however, while being tormented by neo-nazi skinheads, mad scientists and a drooling, flatulent clone of himself.
Mar 2011
Bartek's mother wants to prepare her son for what is worst and at the same time inevitable: her own death. She secures his financial and legal future and teaches him what to do and how to do it when the time comes. Although the boy listens to her carefully, there are completely different thoughts running through his head and heart.
May 2024
When the war in Ukraine breaks out, five women representing various generations and attitudes engage in a desperate fight to save themselves and their loved ones. Thrown together by life, they are protagonists in an uplifting story about life, courage, sacrifice and the power of human spirit.
Feb 2025
A young woman becomes close with a mechanic who feels responsible for the death of her brother.
Jun 2019
Kira, a 30-year-old Ukrainian, flees to Poland at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, after losing her husband. Her thoughts remain with her war-torn home, but here a new challenge awaits her: Kira finds out that she is pregnant.
Sep 2025
After 50 years, Zofia and Ania are deciding to go on their last journey together to fight for their old love.
Apr 2023
Raised by an alcoholic father, a sheep breeder, Kuba is growing up in a small village where nothing ever happens. One day, an old friend from the big city arrives.
Sep 2021
A woman with limited hopes due to dwarfism toils in a rundown motel in rural Poland, as a maid. Will the repeated visits of an interesting man, a truck driver, change the loneliness of her situation?
Jun 2020
One country. Four directors. Six comedy-dramas. Each of them works as a separate story, together they form a coherent whole. All of them are based on seemingly mundane situations that take a perverse turn, bringing the heroes to the brink of their endurance.
Aug 2021
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Piotr comes home on the day of the 16th birthday of his daughter Kamila. He finds the girl unconscious, in a pool of blood. Doctors’ diagnosis is a shock for the man. From now on, their life will not be the same. The father takes care of his daughter in the cruel world.
Jun 2018
Vera, a Ukrainian woman working illegally in a Polish factory tries to help Masha - a friend who suffered in an accident at work.
Sep 2020
They are the experts of their job. Over a hundred thousand professionals. They are brave, courageous yet simple Russian men. Their families await them but for their country they simply do not exist. In their homeland they are unemployed.
Sep 2009
The meeting of Adam and his father Piotr forces both men to confront their not always pleasant feelings and accusations, as well as look back at one generation: at their grandfather and his decisions.
A mother and daughter are going through hard times in a refugee camp. The father has disappeared while fighting for Ukraine’s freedom, leaving them among other women with similar fates. Fear, uncertainty, and crushing loneliness are emotions almost all of them know well. Yet even growing closer to one another carries risks – not all of which they are aware.
Nov 2025
Based on a true story, a film about teenage Luka who goes to a religious rehab centre led by a self-proclaimed priest, Antonio. The despotic regime enforced with moral and physical torture make him realise that escape is the only way to survive.
Ryszard - a sixty years old farmer living in a small, Polish village in complete seclusion takes care over his wife, who struggles with Alzheimer's. A young girl from a big city who he stumbles upon by accident introduces him to a world of techno music which, for at least a brief moment, helps him forget about the grave responsibility he has to carry on his shoulders.
On a hot summer day, in a rougher town in Bulgaria, Alex a quiet 16 year old boy, gets convinced from his friend to steal alcohol for tonight's big party, from his lonely father who likes to drink. This night changes their relationship forever.
A young hospital worker meets a patient awaiting abortion procedure. Their childhood stripped away from them too early, the two form a bond which might help them survive.
Sep 2015