Eroica

The film is a combination of two short stories. Part one features a Warsaw slyboots Dzidziuś. Dragged against his will into the War- saw Uprising, he brings himself to make a heroic deed, however entirely pointless. Part two takes place at a German Oflag. There circulates a legend about an alleged prison break of Lieutenant Zawistowski. Few know the truth but won’t say a word not to rob their fellow inmates of hope.

Escape

Charles, a man of mixed race in his twenties, discovers that his mother has been lying about the true identity of his father. On her deathbed, she convinces Charles to go to Zimbabwe and find the missing parent. What awaits is much different from what the son expects.

Ether

The beginning of the 20th century, borders of the Russian Tsar Imperium. A doctor gives a mortal amount of ether to a young woman whom he wants to seduce. He gets employed in an Austrian-Hungarian fortress where he continues his experiments with ether. Their aim is to lower pain but also to manipulate human behaviour. The price of success is the loss of the soul but love can save the Doctor from eternal condemnation.

Farewell To My Country

Memories and stories of people who were forced to leave Poland due to their Jewish origins after the turmoil of 1968. A documentary about the silent elimination of the Jewish community by the ruthless Communist regime. Using some extraordinary, never-seen-before footage, Krakowski reveals the trauma of emigrants harassed by the state.

Fascinatrix

Dorota, accused of being a witch, runs away from the Inquisition. A musical about a runaway wanting revenge who, dressed up as a witch-hunter, comes back to the castle she had been dismissed from before.

For You

Marta has just graduated from prestigious vocal studies in England. She comes home after three years of absence. Family and friends welcome her with a surprise party, in order to celebrate her homecoming and success. At the party, the girl meets her old love whom she once abandoned for realizing her own musical ambitions. Only she knows that her education abroad finished with a failure. Marta avoids confrontation with her relatives’ expectations and searches for safety in the old relationship.

Frost

Two young Lithuanians, Rokas and Inga, volunteer to join a humanitarian aid convoy from Lithuania to Ukraine, but their plans change on the road. They cross Poland and western Ukraine to enter snowy Donbass. Led by curiosity, Rokas and Inga approach the frontline to experience dangers of war at first-hand.

Fugue

Alicja has lost her memory. Away from her home and family she has built herself anew as an independent and uncompromising woman. After two years she comes back to her former life. Her family expects her to return to the role of a wife, mother and daughter. Alicja doesn’t remember her love for her family. Her husband and son don’t recognise the woman who looks familiar but behaves like a stranger. Is remembering the old feeling a prerequisite for a happy life?