The First Day of Freedom

Freed Polish soldiers are trapped in a small town in Germany during the last days of World War II. A

Blind Chance

Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influ

Man of Marble

A young Polish filmmaker sets out to find out what happened to Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer who beca

Old Women's House

This film is focused on elderly women spending their last years of life in a nursing home in Krakow.

A Generation

Stach is a wayward teen living in squalor on the outskirts of Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Guided by an avu

Wizja lokalna 1901

More documentary in its approach than dramatized history, this is a compelling story about a 1901 ch

Two Hours

Follows the lives of people shortly after World War 2 as they try to adjust to their new lives. Comp

The Attempt

Set in the occupied Warsaw, the film tells the story of the mission carried out by the student under

Zabijaka

A moral story about two people who have completely different attitudes to life and people. The duel

Daimler-Benz Limousine

Two brothers living in 1939 Poland decide on a whim to steal the limousine of a German consul. The s

Mansarda

After returning to Poland, the painter Aleksander Gierymski encounters a lack of understanding of hi

Trzy kobiety

Three women, ex-prisoners of a Nazi death camp, decide to live together after the war.

Barrier

A dream-like meditation on post-industrial life in Communist Poland.

Passenger

A German woman on a ship returning to Europe notices a face of another woman which brings recollecti

Kanal

In the last few days of the Warsaw Uprising during World War II, a modest group of Resistance member

Soldier of Victory

Two-part biopic about General Karol Świerczewski, living embodiment of the party line, and the group

Seychelles

A small-time racketeer Stefek evades mob bosses by passing himself off as a mentally unstable clepto

Hands Up!

The reunion of a group of former medical students results in a flood of bitter memories.

The Dancing Hawk

A peasant’s son rises through the ranks of post-war Polish society like none of his ancestors ever c

The Birth of a City

On the 10th anniversary of Nowa Huta, documentary filmmakers go back to the beginnings of the town's

Warsaw Main Station

Warsaw Central Station, 1958. A place of greetings and farewells, an intersection of people from dif

The Border

Zenon Ziembiewicz, a young, budding journalist, comes to his parents' manor house for a vacation. He

Gwiazda Wytrwałości

Officers of the 5th Horse Rifle Regiment of the 1st Armored Division go to Brussels, where they meet

Rewizor

Master Nikifor

A documentary devoted to the paintings of Nikifor Krynicki, who was a representative of primitivism.

Wiano

A peasant girl is abandoned by her fiancé after she has talked her father into giving her his land a

Colonel Wolodyjowski

In 1668 Polish colonel Michał Wołodyjowski, who recently retired to a monastery, is recalled to acti

Five Boys from Barska Street

In war-ravaged Warsaw, five juvenile delinquents are given probation for stealing, to rehabilitate t

The Deluge

During the Swedish invasion of Poland, the brave warrior Andrzej Kmicic, considered a traitor to the

The Housemaster

A small village during the period of agricultural reforms in 1945. The two protagonists, a terminall

Miłość z listy przebojów

Peter and Eliza are vacationing in the Mazury region. After an argument with her boyfriend, the girl

Innocent Sorcerers

A young doctor is tired of being sought by women. One night he meets a young girl who all but forces

The Contract

Bearing traces of the old Anton Chekhov play The Wedding, The Contract is set during an "arranged" c

Decalogue VIII

Zofia, a professor of ethics, is visited by Elżbieta, an American researching the fate of Jews who s

Makbet

A staging of William Shakespeare's tragedy, directed in 1969 by Andrzej Wajda. The roles of Macbeth

The Lost Bridge

Lieutenant Mosura fights the groups of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. Suddenly, he manages to capture

Listy naszych czytelników

A television short by director and actor Stanisław Latałło.

Alone in the World

The first documentary realized by Danuta Halladin after her studies announces one of the main themes

On the Roads of Armenia

A reportage created by a well-known duo of documentary filmmakers - Jerzy Hoffman and Edward Skórzew

Then There Will Be Silence

Two Polish Army soldiers, both from different political backgrounds clash while fighting the Germans

The Doctor Speaks Out

A serious Swiss melodrama/documentary about abortion, marketed as a sexy exploitation movie in the U

Pension Sunshine

When a renowned Berlin architect pays a visit to his birthplace, a Polish village which was part of

Back to Life Again

Three idealists - a communist secretary, a former RAF pilot and a female political activist - need t

Chronicle of Amorous Accidents

Set in the summer months preceding the September 1939 outbreak of World War II in Polish part of Lit

The Stone Sky

The Warsaw Uprising. Five people hiding in a basement under an apartment complex get buried by the r

From Powisle

A documentary depicting the Warsaw district of Powiśle where time has stopped. One of several films

All of Me

Orlanda is a person between male and female. Their profession is diseuse, a performer who entertains

30 Door Key

A young writer in 1939 Warsaw faces the conflict of acting his age or relapsing into childhood durin

The Depot of the Dead

In the rugged mountain gorges and ravines of southeastern Poland, a new boss and his wife become a c

Akcja pod Arsenałem

In Nazi-occupied Warsaw, teenage scouts Alek, Rudy, and Zośka risk their lives pulling down a swasti

The Killer Leaves a Trace

In the last days of WW2, Polish military looks for the murderer of prosecutor responsible for storin

Kontrybucja

A bank robbery conducted by Polish Underground members goes awry and the brother-in-law of the group

Głos ma prokurator

A prosecutor takes on the case of a peasant accused of murder.

Where the Devil Says Goodnight

A look at the poorest district of Warsaw. Targówek looks as if the war ended just yesterday - the pl

The House of Fools

The feature film debut of director Marek Koterski. Thirty-year-old Adaś Miauczyński visits his paren

Wherever You Are, Mr. President

Stefan Starzyński, the mayor of Warsaw, organizes life in the capital in September 1939 and lift the

Time Past

Fram is in a German POW camp where brutal, cold-hearted Gestapo officers like Weber or Von Steinhage

A Slip-Up

A young man strikes up an ill-fated romance with a married woman.

The Eighth Day of the Week

Zbigniew Cybulski and Sonja Ziemann play lovers struggling to find happiness and privacy in overcrow

The Possessed

Russia, 1870. A group of young anarchist revolutionaries set out to overthrow the Czarist regime thr

Lava

On the eve of the Day of the Dead, among mysterious old rituals of the Vilnius region, ghosts of the

Two Brigades

A social drama that depicts a conflict between a young factory collective and a sympathetic but back

The Steel Hearts

In occupied Silesia, resistance is organizing. In close contact with the miners and led by an engine

Nagrody i odznaczenia

1944. Three wounded officers from both sides of political conflict meet in the hospital where the st

Stajnia na Salvatorze

WWII. Zyga, one of the Resistance soldiers in Kraków is arrested by Gestapo. Soon later the Germans

Pan Dodek

A cinematic ode to actor Adolf Dymsza, one of the biggest stars of pre-war Polish cinema. The film c

Eroica

Tells two tales set during WWII: A seemingly feckless and selfish man finally takes up arms in the n

Załoga

Antek is an inexperienced seaman favored by his teachers. On his first trip to the sea he learns the

The People From an Empty Zone

The film belongs to the so-called Black Polish documentary series about a group of young people from