age group: 9+ 4th-8th grade Imagine a world created by an unlimited imagination, where you can smell colours and hear their taste. It is a world drawn with a child’s mind, but just as every drawing has its outlines, even the most beautiful world has its rules. What if you break them? This fairy tale has just begun, and it’s written by outstanding Polish actors, including Tomasz Kot as Ambroży...

‘I have achieved all I wanted in life’, says Andrzej Seweryn, an eminent Polish actor who then grabs us on a dynamic journey through successive professional challenges, which he still takes up with youthful fervour. This is not a biography listing his professional achievements, such as hundreds of outstanding film and theatre roles, political activity or a long-term directorship of the Polski Theatre. The actor remains at the peak of...

Runa, a 16-year-old Kurdish girl, escaped from Iraq to avoid the attacks of ISIS. Together with her family, she had been stuck on the Polish-Belorussian border before she eventually arrived in Poland. She had to grow up at an accelerated speed – after her mother’s death she became the head of her family. Now, she needs to take care of her four younger brothers and father, who cannot cope with...

The film tells the story of one of the most colourful actresses of the Polish Riviera. In the fifty years of artistic activity, Krystyna Łubieńska played over two hundred roles. She performed alongside Adolf Dymsza in the film My Old Man, directed by Janusz Nasfeter. Her role as Ophelia, directed by Andrzej Wajda at Teatr Wybrzeże, is still well-remembered.

The story of Jerzy and Helena Kulej, the most vibrant married couple of the 1960s in Poland. He is a legendary boxer, a two-time European and eight-time Polish champion, the only Polish boxer to have won two Olympic golds, and though never knocked out in the ring, collapsing many a times in his private life. She is a strong woman, always there by his side, but refusing to stay in...

When Jan’s mother dies, he is unable to cry for her. The boy is not on good terms with the rest of the family, who show up at his mother’s apartment. Despite difficult circumstances, he must rise to the occasion and bid a respectful farewell to his mother. A minimalist, modest picture of family relations put to the test, set in chilly Eastern Europe.

An aimless 28 year-old Brooklynite lands in the hospital after drunkenly breaking her hip being stupid. An encounter with a cranky elderly Polish woman who speaks no English leads to a job caring for her. Neither likes it, but it’s time to grow up.

Emotionally challenged student Olga struggles in life. When she moves into her late grandmother’s apartment, she feels like a loser. Her roommate is annoying, and the neighbourhood she recognises from her childhood seems like a depressing hole. In the local Astoria bar, Olga discovers the estate has a strange yet fascinating community. Meeting up with old friends gives her hope to settle down for good for the first time. trigger...