14-year-old Dawid takes care of his younger brother and tries to meet the expectations of his mother - a woman who wants to break away from a toxic past and start anew, without her imprisoned husband. Although the boy has talent and strength, it is increasingly difficult for him to maintain control in his everyday life stretched between school, home and the streets. Everything becomes even more complicated when Konrad, the...

Poland, March 1981. Eleven-year-old Irek and his mum, Hanna, board a bus for a company trip to Budapest. It’s Irek’s first journey abroad — and his first without his dad. Tensions rise when he realises that the real reason Hanna chose to go on the trip is very different from what she told him. Their confrontation leaves Irek torn between his love for his mum and his loyalty to his...

Paris, 1835. Frédéric Chopin is twenty-five and a favourite of Parisian salons, aristocrats and the French king. No important event can take place without him there. We see him during his nighttime escapades and concert afterparties. He’s usually bursting with energy and covers his illness with jokes. His life is ebbing away, but Frédéric keeps on running. He creates his greatest masterpieces, sometimes as commissioned works, and teaches piano for...

‘To know where your heart is headed, you need to know where it set out from. So you don’t lose your way.’ In the north-eastern corner of Poland, on the lakeshore there stands a women’s house – a house of mothers, daughters and sisters. From generation to generation the women pass down their unapproachability, steadfastness and family secrets. 20-year-old Łucja will be able to begin her independent life only after...

The life of Sisi, a visually impaired young woman, is filled with loneliness. She spends her days indoors under the supervision of an overprotective aunt. Longing for more, Sisi takes matters into her own hands and plans a secret date.

Two underage brothers hide from the world the fact that their father suffers from frontotemporal dementia. They must take care of him and manage the household to stay together.

A multidimensional portrait of one of the most distinctive artists in the history of Polish cinema. In Wojciech Jerzy Has’s life, there were moments of cinematic triumph and personal tragedy. An uncompromising individualist devoted entirely to his work, he was willing to make the ultimate sacrifices to make his artistic visions come to life. He prioritised his professional career over his family life and fatherhood. A solitary artist, always on...

Sambor, a transgender man, tries to win over a group of skaters.