The Story of the Kowalski Family

In the autumn of 1942, Adam and Bronisława Kowalski from Ciepielowo hid their Jewish neighbors regardless of the fact that during World War II it was a crime punished with death. In the morning of 6th December 1942, the division of military police surrounded their house as well as the houses of Obuchowicz, Kosior and Skoczylas families… The feature attempt to recreate a life in a typical Polish town and...
The Story of the Kowalski Family

The Street

A short-story project by Defekt Masy artistic group. Four directors, four short films, one word – “the street”.
The Street

The Washing Machine

The story about a Polish People’s Republic washing machine – the bane of an unusual high school graduate living on a large housing estate. Dominated by the teaching mother, his father lives his Solidarity-ish past. At the graduate’s home, concentrate the metaphorical phenomena from the last thirty years of Polish history.
The Washing Machine

To the North of Calabria

The film attempts to create a place where life is good. In this town, people know each other, overlook flaws and meet to talk and spend some time together. To shoot this film, the creators decided to make a happening. The actors and people from the outside were introduced to a beautiful small town in Śląsk and together with the local community had been preparing a big feast for a...
To the North of Calabria

Vena Cava

Three teenagers set off on a journey to get the taste of freedom. An unexpected event change the holidays into a torture. The case lead by a lonely, frustrated policeman stops being a formal inquiry and becomes his obsessive search for a secret allegedly kept by each of the characters.
Vena Cava

Vis-a-vis

Since Wacek first saw Magda, he’s not capable of writing any horror. The bare sight of her makes the bloodiest of chillers a bedtime cartoon. Will Wacek succeed to win Magda’s heart in the world with no chainsaws and scalpels? The film refers to a romantic comedy formula, however, in the tone of pastiche and caricature.
Vis-a-vis

What the Doctors Say

"18-year-old, no disease, no addictions" – says doctor Ewa Glik preceding to determine brain death in a girl who a few hours earlier had an accident. The ideal organ donor. In a building next door, the operation of a patient who’s long been waiting for a liver is on… Dr. Glik is involved in both surgeries and attends them with a consequent, solid routine. But first, she has to confront...
What the Doctors Say

Zero

A big, modern city. The 24 hours composed with the crumbs of life of Broad-shouldered Businessman, Messy Fatty, Skinny Paper Man, Sweaty Taxi Driver, Tired Guy, Petite Blonde, Elegant Female Doctor and others. Sometimes their fates meet naturally, sometimes it’s a matter of coincidence. We follow into the depths of the story about love, hatred, betrayal, sex, aggression and all sorts of dirt.
Zero