Strawberry Wine

It’s not a film about love, though, love plays its part. It’s not a crime fiction, though, the main character is looking for a murderer. It’s not a comedy of manners, though, the colorful province is compelling. It’s not a musical, though, sensual Lubica expresses her longing with a dance. It’s not a ghost story either, though, a ghost has a chat with the main character. A few sips of...
Strawberry Wine

Taxi A

A businessman lead to bankruptcy by his wife buys a boat to swim to the middle of a lake and commit suicide. Before he pulls away from the shore, somebody asks him for a drive to the other side and pays for it. For the next months, an accidental boatman will be taking people across the river and become their most loyal confidant. A young lawyer intrigued by his story...
Taxi A

Testosterone

During a crazy wedding party after a wedding that didn’t take place, the characters of “Testosterone” try to understand the essence of human sexuality and differences between sexes. They wonder what is stronger: culture or nurture? What decides about our actions and choices? Free will? Or maybe selfish genes?
Testosterone

The Ballad of Piotrowski

Nieszawa lies seven kilometers on the south of Ciechocinek. A ferry on the Vistula River. They say it’s the widest spot. A beautiful bank. Cormorants. Dogs, hens and a small market. Two shops selling food, one sells clothes but is closed just like a mill. Mr. Marek is a director of a Nieszawa art foundation with bigger ambitions than abilities. He’s Piotr Piotrowski’s best friend, but the man doesn’t know...
The Ballad of Piotrowski

The Skylights

A phone call with Sygita, a friend from childhood, brings Beata to her hometown. Though the visit is not long, it brings back memories. Beata and Sygita were growing up together in a small town. Beata chose the life in a big city and a career she often paid for with loneliness and humiliation. Sygita, though her family life is not perfect, found her place in Maciejowice, by her husband...
The Skylights

The Very Short Strike

A docudrama. The film accounts for the events of 14th and 15th of December 1981. The University of Lodz students called to protest by the Independent Students’ Union organized a sit-down strike on the university area protesting against the imposition of martial law. They barricaded themselves in the Faculty of Law and Administration building, threw leaflets and hanged posters calling for revolt. Many of them came out on the streets...
The Very Short Strike

Tomorrow we’re going to the movies

The film tells the story about three friends – Warsaw high-school graduates of 1938 – full of big plans, hopes and dreams about adult life. They enter maturity when Poland is about to face the Nazi German invasion. Forced to confront cruel reality, all three learn a tough lesson of patriotism. The characters are inspired by the real people – screenwriter Jerzy Stefan Stawiński’s friends.
Tomorrow we’re going to the movies

Tricks

6-year-old Stefek challenges Providence. He believes that the provoked series of small events will allow him to get closer to his father who abandoned his mother for another woman. Stefek’s sister, 17-year-old Elka, teaches him how to bribe the fate with little gifts. But in a defining moment the children have nothing valuable to sacrifice. In his game with the fate, Stefek decides to dangerously rise the stake.
Tricks