A Cupboard
In the late 1960s, four strong men from a local bar in Wroclaw carried a 150 kg German-made vitrine from one side of Zgodna street to the other. A very personal film on the mysterious Polish "March of 1968".
Andrzej Wajda: Let's shoot!
A record of a few months of struggle on the set, showing an atmosphere of work and a picture of immense film machinery, and at same time presenting the truest and intimate portrait of the Master of Polish Cinema, the…
At the Datcha
This was/is holiday in the East: while the wife carries out precision work in white overcoat operating a machine at work, the deaf husband pushes a sack barrow. But at the Datcha he is the one in command. The Datcha is…
A Woman Sought
The film is a portrait of people searching for love. A French aristocrat hires a professional matchmaker to help him find a wife from Poland. Meetings with successive candidates reveal the women’s fears, expectations…
Behind the Fence
One of the main reasons for making this film was an attempt to return to the time of childhood, vacation, and hot summer. I remember the feeling when the indefinite number of noteworthy details, things to discover,…
The Booth of Fortune
The Booth of Fortune captures the last few days of an old lottery booth located on the track of a future subway line. It has to be demolished, along with the close ties of its regular customers.
By the river
At dawn, workers along the bank of the river are carrying piles of branches, doing their best not to let the river overflow…
Decrescendo
"Decrescendo" tells the story of the blossoming friendships that take place between the young psychologist Tomek and his patients from a retirement house, each of whom has their own touching and tragic story. Each day…
Direction: Iceland
Three women - grandmother, mother and daughter - go to Iceland to find the grave of the Grandmother's father who died during the 2nd World War. Discovering Iceland makes them learn more about themselves and changes…
The Dog Hill
A story about three men of different age who spend six months each year working as shepherds, away from their families and civilization. They have a lot of time to talk about the most important and leaving aspects of…
The End of the Street
A short street somewhere in Upper Silesia where everybody knows everybody. Houses here are called "familioks". A place where the tradition deeply engrained in people`s consciousness has remained unaffected by radical…
The Football Father
Marcin works as a masseur in a soccer club. Instead of going to the match with the team, he prefers the risky way of getting there with the hooligans. Although he is blind himself, he starts taking his partially sighted…
Gadjo
Music becomes a reason for the meeting of Gypsy boy and old Silesian man. Rebellious hip hop texts contrast with idyllic songs played on the old man's guitar. The confrontation of those two distinct worlds leads to the…
Getting On
A film about a complicated relationship between a mother and daughter. 90-year-old Nina and her single daughter Alice live together in a cramped flat. Between their beds is a black piano – a symbol of Alice’s…
Get Together
Ania and Krzys are in their thirties. They are full af energy and have good jobs. They spend most of their time working. They are together for 5 years, but their opinions on common life are quite different. Do they know…
I Am You Are
"I Am You Are" is a lyrical portrait of a moment in time. It depicts a few summer days in the long term friendship between Natalia, a filmmaker in her 20’s, and Andrzej, a painter in his 60's., as they unravel their expe
III. Remember the Sabbath Day to Keep it Holy
A film from the Decalogue series. In a few months Staś is going to take his First Communion. It is an intensive period of preparations, spiritual and material ones. Each person in the family experiences it differently.…
Little Bride
There is about 2.5 million Turkish minority members in Germany. Every year there is at least a dozen of Turkish women beaten to death by their husbands or other family members. The actual scale of those crimes in…
Losing Sonia
„Losing Sonia“ shows how a seemingly rigid monastery can be a place full of life, beauty and artistic expression. Sonia, a young nun, paints icons at night and then sleeps until noon. She has a dog, cats, exotic birds,…
Medical Treatment
Ciechocinek, a famous spa in Poland is visited each year by thousands of people. In a short period of time they want to be cured and feel better - both physically and emotionally. The characters of a film meet in one…
My House Without Me
Two women, one house. An intimate story about a Pole and a German positioned by war on enemy sides, while their parallel lives were accidentally brought together. The film reflects on the concepts of invaders, victims,…
North from Calabria
The film is an attempt to create a place – a town, where living is easy. Where people know each other, tolerate their faults, meet each other to talk and just be together. Making of this film was a kind of a happening.…
One By One
An afternoon in a small town of Wielkopolska. Suddenly some of the inhabitants - an old tailor, a woman, a priest and a boy - abandond their mundane chore and set off. What will make them meet?
Paparazzi
Following the life of a Polish paparazzo who tracks down the rich and the famous, the film depicts a world in which values are confused and rules are flexible. Yet it also shows that there is always a second chance for…
People of Success
Portrait of people of success: born in 1970, communist times, fought their way into big corporations in 90's, what price they pay now?
PRL de Luxe
Crazy Mike from Krakow specializes in organizing guided tours that are anything but typical. He drives the tourists to Nowa Huta in a dilapidated Vee Dub and allows the relics of the past - the "Stylowa" restaurant, the…
The Reflection
There are some people, for whom values like freedom, honesty, fair play are more important then their private life. Let’s see the short story of a glazier, who proved by his choices that life and work can by beautiful.…
Rendez-Vous
Two people on a date in a restaurant - a quite regular occasion, but for them - a very special moment.
Rings of Burma
Having fled from junta-governed Burma Madzi and Lame hoped for freedom and better life in Thailand. But the fear for their daughters, who stayed behind, is overwhelming. With determination and strenght they fight to…
Shepherd's Song
Somewhere in the high mountains of Armenia, there lives a blind shepherd Khachik. In spite of all the adversities, he has set up a family and leads a quiet life, single-handedly herding his goats on the steep slopes.…
The Shopkeeper
An all-goods store at the local social care institution. All sorts of customers visit the store - some just to do shopping, others, for instance, to sing a song.
Silence I
First task of the documentary students, taking part in the first Documentary Course was to make the three-minute short films entitled “Silence”. Each of them interpreted this term differently. Six of the shorts were…
Silence II
"Silence" was meant to be a set of études made by students of Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing. Six of the shorts were chosen and put together in a set.
Son of the Streets
A thirteen years old child tries to enroll in school but he can not due to lack of identification documents.
Stiepan
Interview with 75-years-old Rosjanin recorded on the occasion of encounter by the cashier on the Terespol railway station.
Symphony of the Ursus Factory
With sounds and body memory, the ex-workers of the Ursus Factory re-enact one day of work in a plant that no longer exists.
Viva Maria!
The great Polish opera diva Maria Fołtyn created her greatest performance in Stanisław Moniuszko’s „Halka”, with which she toured worldwide – she was applauded by Stalin and admired by Castro. Today, when she is losing…