Poland

“Fawns” is a Polish chapter of the feature-length anthology film titled “The Fourth Dimension.” The other two chapters of the movie were directed by Harmony Korine and Aleksei Fedorchenko.Read More »

Polish entry to this years academy awards.

Sunshine, a beautiful scenery and a good time with loved ones: a Ukrainian family is spending their last holidays on the island of Tenerife. Little do they know that the next day their lives will change forever when Russia attacks their homeland and their flight back to Kiev is being cancelled. From one day to the next, they are no longer tourists on the volcanic island, but refugees – trapped in paradise. This sensitive and authentic family drama shows us the effects of war without any battle scenes. ‘Damian Kocuur’s feature film debut is a breathtaker. No other feature film has managed to convey the helplessness and powerlessness of the Ukrainians with such sensitivity.’Read More »

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A politically correct social drama maintained in the convention of a social realist film. The film received the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

The work of Aleksander Ford, an artist of the pre-war avant-garde, the omnipotent “Red Tsar” of Polish culture in the postwar period and the director of “Krzyżacy”, the biggest Polish box-office success of all time.

A very good role of Tadeusz Janczar, who managed to put life into his otherwise rather conventional and flat character.Read More »

Young doctor is accused by the Saint Inquisition of desecrating dead bodies.Read More »

Set against the landscape of the Polish transformation from communism to capitalism, “Woman Of” spans 45 years of the life of Aniela Wesoły and her journey to find personal liberty as a trans woman.Read More »

When the student of Warsaw Academy of Music returns to his hometown for summer holidays, he gets involved in the conflict between the local youths and a group of foreigners.

8 wins, 11 nominationsRead More »

Lera has been living in Berlin for almost a year since the outbreak of the full scale invasion in Ukraine. Lera does not feel well in Berlin and makes an impulsive decision to go back to Kyiv for the first time since the war started. On her way, Lera finds out that her family is not in Kyiv and won’t arrive until the next day. So she meets her friend Kyrylo, with whom she spends the day, just like before the war. Next morning, Lera meets her mother and sister. She finally feels at home, but still doubts whether she will stay in Kyiv or go back to Berlin.Read More »

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Kazimierz Kutz realized with great attention to details a pathetic fresco about those dramatic events. His film, of unquestionable artistic value, is also a tribute to the courage and determination of miners who did not hesitate to give their lives for the ideals of August Uprising. Katowice, the night of December 12-13, 1981. Military units occupy strategic points in the city. General Jaruzelski is about to announce martial law on television. A group of henchmen, breaking union security, drag the chairman of the works committee of the Solidarity trade union in the “Wujek” mine out of his apartment. The news of this quickly spreads to the miners. Initially surprised, they soon react with a spontaneous protest. On December 14th a strike breaks out in the plant. The workers demand the lifting of martial law and the release of the chairman. Negotiations with the authorities end in a fiasco. The army, ZOMO and the militia prepare to storm the mine.Read More »

A bridegroom is possessed by an unquiet spirit in the midst of his own wedding celebration, in this clever take on the Jewish legend of the dybbuk.Read More »