The “50 Years Later” section is an introduction to the celebration of the 50th edition of Polish Film Festival in Gdynia, which will happen in just 2 years. After fifty years from the premiere we’ll watch Andrzej Kondratiuk’s The Ascended with the unforgettable duet of Himilsbach and Maklakiewicz.   The Ascended The tides turn for two mature men without much success in life when they hit the jackpot in a...

The story of seven-year-old Kazik, who struggles to come to terms with the fact that his beloved aunt Dagna can’t walk him to school any more.

The life of Michał Toporny, a peasant’s son, who receives a good education and climbs the career ladder, straying further and further away from where he comes from. He leaves his wife and son and marries a girl from a good home, but their marriage doesn’t last long. When the new wife gets bored and finds herself a lover, Michał starts looking after his sons from both marriages. One day,...

A story about a fifty-year-old writer, Zbigniew, whose best days are over: the man is grumpy, doesn’t like people and abuses alcohol. It’s a story about loneliness and the subversive power of imagination set between reality and dream. Suffering from writer’s block, Zbigniew struggles with trauma from the past. One warm summer night, he sees an unusual girl through the window. Her appearance will change his life.

A young married couple with two early-school children plans to spend the weekend in a colossal theme park, a perk that comes with a family package called “The Joy of Living”. On-site, the woman discovers her husband has attempted suicide in a hotel room. He convinces her not to change their plans and act like nothing happened in front of the children for the rest of the day. Though she...

In a post-apocalyptic reality, Ewa struggles with survival and painful loneliness, but prolonged isolation is not her only problem. A silly situation leads to a full-blown conflict with her only companion – Robot. She finds herself caught up in a battle of life and death with the machine equipped with artificial intelligence, a much bigger threat than the world around her. It is the first Polish film to address the...

Having lost his friend, almost forty-year-old Wiktor Ruben visits his aunt and uncle in the countryside, where he spent his youth in a manor house with a group of girls. A lot has changed since then. Julia gave birth to twin girls. Emancipated Jola got mar-ried. Fela died prematurely. Zosia and Kazia are not the same any more either. Little Tunia grew up into a beautiful young lady. Ruben’s visit,...

Against the backdrop of the seasonal changes and field work, the fates of the Boryna family and the beautiful and mysterious Jagna are at play. Women, especially the tragic character of Jagna, will take centre stage in the plot. The unique microcosmos of a village community will prompt a universal and incredibly up-to-date story. A story about tragic love and living in a small community where brutal game rules determine...