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Browse 94 movies from Warszawska Szkoła Filmowa
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
A 70-year-old, wealthy Polish woman, Elżbieta, refuses to help her Ukrainian housekeeper, Oksana. When as a result of their conflict, Oksana leaves at night without a word, Elżbieta goes on a journey to find her. The expedition reveals the fate of Ukrainian war refugees who have arrived in Poland.
Nov 2024
Piotruś lives with his father, who takes great care of him. His father explains the world to Piotruś and warns him about the terrible dangers that lurk outside his home. Piotruś is 35 years old and one day he comes across an old, mysterious newspaper with crosswords that will open the door to independence for him.
May 2025
“Lena” tells a story of a young, pregnant girl who lives in a Warsaw’s tenement. Tired of being constantly left alone in her flat, she develops paranoia: she starts hearing someone breaking in and sees words written on the mirror telling her to abort the child.
Sep 2019
After 50 years, Zofia and Ania are deciding to go on their last journey together to fight for their old love.
Apr 2023
After a drug-related accident, a rising pop star in Poland finds herself in a women’s prison where she is assigned the arduous task of running the prison choir — although none of the inmates can sing. Simultaneously bleak, moving, and eccentric, Parzymies’ short film offers an amusing window onto the little-known world of prison life.
Sep 2020
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
Teenage Mila's suicide attempt is interrupted by a young refugee who fights for survival at all costs.
Sep 2023
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
Teresa is suffering from postnatal depression after the birth of her son. In an effort to find comfort elsewhere she temporarily moves back with her husband to her parents’ house. However, the young woman’s family home conjures up memories of a previous relationship and a past love that perhaps has yet to be extinguished.
Aug 2021
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.
Jun 2018
Short film that was later expanded into a feature film with the same name.
Jan 2006
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
A mother who has lost her parental rights, after two years without seeing her daughters, kidnaps them from school to spend the day with them, regain their trust, and prove that she is a good mother.
Jun 2024
Sep 2017
Maja, a waitress in a small village, aimlessly floats through life, while trying to come to terms with a much different past; until one day a strange woman, who is waiting for someone, comes into Maja's place of work.
Jun 2022
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
Superstitious 7 year old Lycke and her grandma go to pick chanterelles from their secret mushroom picking spot. On the way there grandpa tells the girl the tale of the Elf ring and it's dangers. The rowing trip back home doesn't go without trouble, and as they've already made their way back, mom says that grandpa's condition has worsened. Lycke desides to save her grandpa.
Jun 2023
Two young boys, K and M, are driving through the Polish province to reach the Pride Parade. They stop at the gas station in the middle of nowhere. They don't know that things that will happen will affect the fate of their relationship.
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