8th Day of Khamsin

Marek Hłasko – a writer, rebel, party animal and Polish James Dean – arrives in Israel at the end of the 1950s. This land and its people become his inspiration – and a trap.
8th Day of Khamsin

A Bear Named Wojtek

age group: 12+ 6th-8th grade and high school The story of Wojtek, a bear adopted by soldiers of the Polish Corps during the battle for Monte Cassino. The film artistically illustrates the wartime and post-war fate of the beloved ursine corporal and his guardian, Piotr Prendys.
A Bear Named Wojtek

A Great Worry

age group: 7-12 2nd-6th grade On a savannah, a bold and big-headed Sparrow meets a lonely and sad Rhino who dreams of flying like the birds. Experienced in flight, the Sparrow persuades the Rhino to learn to fly. The attempts end in spectacular disaster – the biggest SPLASH! in the world – when the Rhino falls into a lake and floods the savannah with mud. The disappointed Rhino is so...
A Great Worry

ABC Book

In symbolic images, the film parable presents a painful diagnosis of the Polish identity of the 1970s. Questions from The Catechism of the Polish Child resonate shockingly in the situations created by Wiszniewski, and the children who answer them leave the last and most important one unanswered.
ABC Book

An Orange from Jaffa

Mohammed, a young Palestinian, is desperately looking for a taxi to take him through an Israeli checkpoint. The trouble begins when the taxi driver, Farouk, discovers Mohammed has already failed to cross the checkpoint. trigger warning: guns
An Orange from Jaffa

Attraction

Hot summer holidays in the countryside put to the test the close relationship of teenage siblings. Charmed by her younger brother, Ania fights for his feelings.
Attraction

Ave Eva

Ewa is a vivacious, middle-aged woman living with her father. When his new partner moves into their home, a deeply hidden need for romantic love awakes in Ewa. Desperately seeking affection and intimacy, she confronts social norms and her inner confusion. When it comes to love, no one is any the wiser. But what about those we call ‘fools’? Does a ‘fool’ in our world have the right to love?
Ave Eva

Bad Luck

Grotesque and caricatural, the film depicts the fate of an unlucky opportunist who tries to please the authorities for over twenty years. All his attempts at ‘welcomed’ metamorphoses fail: Piszczyk remains an anti-hero. His successive ill-considered ‘transformations’ always come too late. The man wants to adapt to the requirements of the current political situation at all costs, but for various reasons, he fails to do so.
Bad Luck