17th of August
The first prison in Russia for those sentenced to life terms. A single cell. "Prisoner Boris Bezotechestvo. Life sentence. Article 102. Triple murder." Communing with a God who is indifferent to his fate. He prays,…
Albert Cinema
It all started 5 years ago, when a group of homeless men living in the Brother Albert’s shelter began to shoot films, in which they are the actors, scriptwriters, directors and cameramen. Their films have official…
Arabic Secret
One who doesn't have roots won't be able to grow wings–a documentary project about a man tracking his origins to the Middle East and establishing a connection with his father, whom he have never met before.
Father and Son
They share a name, a profession which is their passion and a strong and complicated bond, full of resentments and implicit meanings. Two acclaimed documentarists, Marcel and Paweł Łoziński, go on a car journey across…
Fugazi - The Centre of the Universe
Fugazi - The Centre of the Universe is a documentary and animated film depicting the short, though eventful history of one of the first independent music clubs in free Poland.
Insomnia
Leonard Borkowicz was born in 1912 into Jewish family settled in Vienna. In the fall of 1989 he committed suicide in Warsaw. As a young boy he was fascinated by the communist ideology. In the age of 16 he became a…
Jarocin. Rock for Freedom
In a small town, which no one in Poland heard of, a unique rock festival is born. This takes place in times of socialism in the 1980s. Tens of thousands of people arrive at Jarocin which becomes an island of freedom.
Kites
In 2006, at the Art School in Kabul, a film course "Kabul - My City" was held. Students were given cameras and professional help from a young polish director by the name of Jacek Szaranski. The students came up with the…
KwieKulik
Zofia Kulik has fulfilled her dream: her work, an autobiography “Splendour of Myself” was exhibited next to the Rembrandt´s paintings during the famous exhibition Documenta XII in Kassel. She is at the top of her…
Little Big Team
In a small Polish village there is a special football team that has lost its last 40 matches. Bohdan Kwaśniak, the CEO, coach and player all at once, still believes in the great success of the team.
Magic Mountain
Some say there is no evidence of ghosts and that magic is just the art of deception, in which case, nothing in this film is true and its all just a dream of a place that can never be found.
Maximum Pleasure
Extravagantly expensive massaging mats, rejuvenating ampoules with coenzyme Q10, a set of steam pots costing over 2000 EUR aggressively sold by young salesmen at suspicious commercial presentations for pensioners, a…
The Other Side of the Poster
This film is about one of the most important graphic movements of the XXth Century: the Polish Poster School. It became a phenomena world-wide in the 1960-70’s. Polish posters expressed the freedom of their creators in…
Planet Kirsan
13-year old Alehan and his brother Amir spend several hours everyday hunched over a chessboard. It’s his biggest dream to become the next World Chess Champion. The first step on the way to become a grandmaster is a…
Rotem
The documentary presents the story of Simcha Ratajzer-Rotem (aka Kazik), a man whose eventful life could serve as a basis for several films. He was a member of the Jewish Combat Organization, one of the last living…
Runners
Go beyond limits, join the extreme.
Slavic Film Odyssey 2012
Andriej Kudinienko, Ivan Vyrypayev, Xawery Żuławski. A triple portrait following the process of filmmaking in Belarus, Poland and Russia. In the background - the legendary studios: Belarusfilm, Lodz, Mosfilm.
A new…
Sometimes I Dream I'm Flying
Moving story about crossing the boundaries of one’s aspirations in order to fulfill ones dreams. The main character Weronika, is an young, outstanding and talented dancer. Since she was 10 years old ballet has been her…
To Survive Afghanistan
A full-length documentary about a Polish military mission to Afghanistan. The film is split into three chapters. The first one involves preparations for the mission, with the soldiers training and building their team.…
The Touch of an Angel
This poetic documentary is the personal story of Henryk Schönker, a Jew from Oświęcim (called Auschwitz by Germans). In 1939, his father was the chairman of the Jewish community, whose task was to organize the...
What Happened on Pam Island
A couple of Polish alpinists, Eliza Kubarska and David Kaszlikowski, take a lonely journey to the fjords of southern Greenland to reach the world's highest cliff. The vertical wall is reachable only from a boat. Despite…