1409 BARTENSTEIN SCANDAL

On the outskirts of the State of the Teutonic Order, there is a small and neglected Bartenstein Castle. Its residents are an especially special sort of Teutonic Knights. Their swords are extremely dangerous… for themselves. Nearby flourishes a village of clever craftsmen. The forest is a home to Polish-Lithuanian partisans. The search of an ancient treasure coincides with the visit of the Great Master and one even less expected visitor…
1409 BARTENSTEIN SCANDAL

A DILEMMA: GOMBRO IN BERLIN

A docudrama about Gombrowicz’s stay in West Berlin. Invited by the Ford Foundation, the writer stayed there for a year since May 1963. “In a divided Berlin, he looks from the window of his apartment at the eastern part of the city. The Polish border is less than a hundred kilometers away. Gombrowicz, a Pole, stands before a choice: to go or not to go? Come back? A dilemma. The...
A DILEMMA: GOMBRO IN BERLIN

A FEW PEOPLE, A LITTLE TIME

Jadwiga Stańczakowa is blind. She lives with a possessive father whose overprotectiveness made her dependent. The friendship with Miron Białoszewski, a bit eccentric man, poet and exceptional prosaic entirely changes her life. His clumsiness in everyday matters challenges and emancipates Jadwiga who becomes his secretary, records the texts he dictates and transcribes them on a typewriter. The poet gives back by giving her advice and correcting the diary she writes....
A FEW PEOPLE, A LITTLE TIME

After the Season

The action takes place in a Masurian guesthouse usually empty of tourists in January. The owner makes an exception for a young woman who comes here every year, so is basically a family member, and for an older man – her friend. Between the after-season tourists develops a friend/love relationship.
After the Season

An Angel in Love

Giordano, the angel known from “An Angel in Krakow”, still lives in Krakow after his friend Hanka’s death and helps people. Though he can’t go back to heaven, he can always count on some discrete support. Each month, he finds a wallet with money and a can of a magic dust spray which mends what’s broken or heals what’s sick. But the heaven has a limited budget and has to...
An Angel in Love

Brand New World

Do we live in a Huxleyan society based on mental manipulation, brainwashing pop-culture and never-ending consumption? Have the prophecies form Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World” come to life in the form of advertisements, anti-depressants and television? The authors attempt to answer these questions with the help of most prominent literary experts in Huxley’s biography and writings, Swedish consumers, Welsh children and hermits from both sides of the English Channel. Besides,...
Brand New World

Destined for Blues

Year 1993. A summer morning in Tychy, Silesia. Rysiek Riedel, the front man of Dżem, sets off with his group on a concert to Warsaw. It’s a special day and a special show in the life of this 37-year-old singer. Biography of the legendary Dżem leader. The story about an attempt to run away from the grim reality of the PRL into the world of music and then, unfortunately, drugs....
Destined for Blues

Emily

A girl like all others but a bit… different. Her attempts to help people bring more harm than good and she herself gets involved in funny situations. Emilie? Amelia?
Emily