The Great Way

A grand second premiere of the film restored by the National Film Archive – Audiovisual Institute. The life of an engaged couple – Adam i Irena – divided by war and tossed by fortune from the Siege of Lwów in 1939 through the establishment of Anders’ Army in the USSR, deserts of Iran, Iraq, Palestine and Egypt to the Italian campaign.
The Great Way

The Hatcher

Karol is a teenage offender released on parole and put into a training apartment. Electronically monitored, he turns over a new leaf. He can always count on his “life coach”, Marta. Their relationship deepens and gives hope for more as days go by. Marta’s lessons become increasingly unconventional, and the two develop an ambiguous bond. The film is a full-length directing debut.
The Hatcher

The Issa Valley

Several lives intertwine in the Lithuanian Issa valley at the end of the 1990s. There is little Tomaszek, a priest romantically involved with a housekeeper, and Barbarka – a maid whose master doesn’t reciprocate her feelings. There is Baltazar, a mad gamekeeper with existential anxiety that urges him to commit a crime. There are also devils and demons known from Lithuanian legends that accompany all of them in their earthly...
The Issa Valley

The Lottery

A notary arrives at a hotel to host a secret lottery. The air is thick with tension. He needs to make difficult choices in an obscure game no one wants to win.
The Lottery

The Perfect Number

What makes life matter: success or love? Joachim, a fulfilled man in the winter of his life, and David, a mathematical genius, ask themselves this question. Zanussi revisits the themes central to his filmography, but this time the answers he gives are tricky and far from obvious.
The Perfect Number

The Silent Twins

A true story of June and Jennifer Gibbons – black twins who became mute for the outside world when they were children. At the same time, in the isolation of their room they would hold a creative literary dialogue. With time, however, their bond turned into a toxic relation – a danger both to them and the people around them.
The Silent Twins

The Time Busters

A documentary about a beautiful life. About a good life. Protagonists teach us what it is and what it could be if we stopped for a moment to see, talk, hug and take a deep breath. Maybe we need a lot less to be happy than we thought? Maybe all that matters is close by, within arm’s reach? The film also talks about love. When you love, miracles happen.
The Time Busters

The Weather Forecast

Autumn of 1981. A group of nursing home patients hear a ghastly weather forecast for the upcoming winter. Considering the economic crisis, the elderly may not survive. The very same night, a truck delivers a transport of coffins. Watching the caskets moved to the attic, the patients connect the dots with an increasing fear: it seems that the management is unable to help all of them through the winter and...
The Weather Forecast