Katarzyna Slesicka

When the state is oppressing you, you can count on your sisters.

Wika is the oldest DJ in Poland and probably in the world. This 80-year-old grandma of four is ruling the Warsaw clubs for young people and despite increasing health problems believes that “80 is the new 40”.

An intimate, creative and very immensely visual documentary, where couple of stories weave into one narrative in one night. In a big city, people are troubled by loneliness and they want to talk to someone.

In the summer of 1986, several dozen alpinists from all over the world met to climb K2, second highest mountain on the planet.

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.…

Superjednostka (Polish for Superunit) is a huge block of flats designed as a "housing machine". Up to three thousand people can live on 15 floors of the building. The lifts only stop every three floors so the residents…

"When I Am a Bird" tells the story of the attempt to change one's fate. MuLa, a Kayan refugee from Burma, has been living in Thailand for two years with her husband and all her sons. Her only daughter has been left on…

„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,…

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,…

"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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…