Perspectives Competition – Polish Film Festival

Ada and Ewa, two young teachers in love, are informed that their block of flats will be demolished. Their journey through the  city in search of a new place to live becomes an absurd odyssey, during which they encounter other victims of the housing crisis. The film is the director’s full-length debut

Overwhelmed by life, Ania works at a dingy greengrocer’s owned by her bossy mother. Help comes, quite unexpectedly, from  a dropped cauliflower that starts to speak to her. Though it teaches Ania how to resist being bossed around, the line between support and manipulation quickly fades. Is the edible oracle her saviour or a lunatic voice pushing her to self-destruction? The film is the director’s full-length feature debut.

Antoni has done everything to be left alone: he found a quiet job and avoids people. Then Olga stepped into his life. First, she wrecked their workplace with a forklift truck, then decided he was her friend. Though he keeps her at a distance, she constantly crosses his boundaries. They have nothing in common, but one thing brings them together: Olga’s talent for baking bread.

All Milena wants is for her family not to fall apart. It is not easy, considering that her husband is in rehab, her grandmother attempts suicide, and her teenage daughter falls in love with the husband of Milena’s pregnant sister. To make matters worse, Milena meets a mysterious man who persuades her to escape her family. The film is the directors’ full-length debut

A young acting student becomes part of a psychedelic TV show in which he has to fight for the love of his life. With a looming moral decline, reality and fiction collide, leading him to a dark conclusion that will undermine his perception of the world. The film is the director’s full-length debut.

Eighteen-year-old Trina plans to escape her toxic mother, but the arrival of mysterious relatives from Kashubia disrupts her plans. The unexpected guests bring long-buried family secrets to light and force Trina to confront her dark legacy, introducing her to unsettling rituals rooted in old Kashubian folklore. The film is the director’s full-length feature debut.