50th Polish Film Festival

50th Polish Film Festival

Gdynia 22-27 September 2025

The Altar Boys

The Altar Boys

dir.

Piotr Domalewski

2025, 1 h 46 min

Frustrated with the indifferent attitude of adults and Church institutions towards social injustice, a group of teenage altar boys decides to implement their own untypical plan of moral renewal. Armed with their teenage rebellion and their own interpretation of the Holy Scripture they wire… a confessional to get to know their neighbours better. Masked like Zorro and as ambitious as Robin Hood, they become judges in their area: they help those in need and punish those who sinned. However, their mission turns into a dangerous game and as they apply their own idealistic code of honour the boys start treading a fine line between good and evil. The real life of the neighbourhood is mixed with a mission straight from comic books about superheroes, only the heroes do not wear capes but surplices.

written by: Piotr Domalewski  
director of photography: Piotr Sobociński Jr. 
music: Wojciech Urbański 
production design: Jagna Dobesz
costume design: Aleksandra Staszko 
make-up: Daria Siejak 
sound: Jerzy Murawski, Wojciech Mielimąka  
edited by: Agnieszka Glińska 
casting by: Nadia Lebik 
cast: Daria Kalinchuk, Tobiasz Wajda, Bruno Błach-Baar, Mikołaj Juszczyk, Filip Juszczyk, Kamila Urzędowska, Tomasz Schuchardt, Artur Paczesny, Sławomir Orzechowski  
production: Aurum Film

producers: Leszek Bodzak, Aneta Hickinbotham, Piotr Walter, Jarosław Jakubiec 
production manager: Marta Kapczyńska-Czwartosz
co-produced by: Mazowiecki Instytut Kultury, Mazowiecki i Warszawski Fundusz Filmowy
co-financed by: Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej, Województwo Mazowieckie, miasto stołeczne Warszawa, Creative Europe MEDIA 
distributed by: Next Film

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