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Browse 173 movies from Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich
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
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
Staff at the vacation home are preparing to welcome refugees.
Sep 2018
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
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
'North from Calabria' is about a dream place to live, where living is easy and people know each other, tolerate their faults, like to meet to talk and just be together. For one summer, Sauter's film crew mingles with the inhabitants of a small town to enact an almost Italian comedy. It appears that all they needed was a few classes of Italian cuisine and the art of carpe diem to turn this Polish province into Calabria alike. A documentary midsummer night's dream.
Nov 2010
A man awakes in his apartment but is stopped from leaving by an invisible line.
Jan 2006
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
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.
Oct 2019
A story of a circus in decline which is approaching its imminent end.
Dec 2015
Aaron is an Israeli singer who comes to Poland for a guest performance in a provincial theater. The artist is warmly welcomed by the management and the theater team. During one of the rehearsals, Aaron spots backstage what he thinks looks like Adolf Hitler. Attempts are stopped and the hosts are accused of anti-Semitism. A chain of absurd situations follows, and the revealed prejudices lead to an escalation of the conflict.
Jan 2014
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 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
Ten-year-old Olaf lives in a world where hiring family members and friends is common practice. For the right money, anyone can create the illusion of ideal happiness for themselves. When the Rent A Life company holds auditions at Olaf’s school, he doesn’t hesitate for a moment. He has every intention of being cast as a friend at a birthday party for a little girl from a rich family. It quickly turns out that the cost of taking part in the illusion is a high one.
Jun 2020
A con man pretending to be a healer gains unexpected power when he takes in a stray dog.
Jun 2017
Nina, in her teenage tremors, perceives the world as if she had no protective layer. What she would most like to feel is that she is accepted and belongs - so she goes to mass and faithfully supports the local football team. When the club's flag is desecrated, Nina comes up with an idea for a spectacular revenge that earns her the respect of the team and the heart of the boy she has a crush on.
Sep 2024
Two friends, cab driver Lala and stewardess Vera, dream of going to America. However, each of them has a different idea of how to make this dream come true. Lala, believing that the "american dream" is a state of mind, decides to attend a casting call for a movie with superstar Jack Monday. Thus begins her journey in search of herself and her place on earth.
Feb 2024
Ania and Bartek, two stuttering teenagers undergoing speech therapy, are learning to like themselves and stop being afraid.