American in Poland
A few months ago, working on another project, we found in the archives of the Polish secret police the file concerning the now completely forgotten visit of Robert Kennedy in Poland in the remote sixties.
Robert Kennedy…
The Antarctic Syndrome
The forgotten, pioneering experiment of psychologist Dr. Terelak, who studied limits of human psyche under the conditions of the Antarctic isolation.
The Brass Band
Deta Huty orchestra was founded in 1953. When Tadeusz Sendzimir, new patron, occured, not only the name, but also its reportoar changed. From that moment on, they began to play Hindu and Asiatic music as well...
Call Me Marianna
Marianna is an attractive 40-year-old woman who has just sued her parents in order to obtain a sex change. Alienated by her mother and neglecting her best friends, she seeks refuge in a theatre group where she...
Children of Solidarnosc
In 1980, workers from a Gdansk shipyard began a strike against the totalitarian Polish regime. A wave of intellectuals joined in with this first impulse and the Solidarity movement came into being with the mass support…
Dudi
Jerzy Dudziski is an active artist in Poland and in the USA. "The problem is that he is brilliant at everything," says Janusz Gowacki. He draws, he paints, makes emballages and organizes artistic actions. The cartoon…
The Eagle Pharmacy
A nostalgic reminiscence of the Pod Orlem pharmacy that was located in the middle of Krakow's ghetto in plac Zgody (Concord square), which is now plac Bohaterów Getta (Krakow's Ghetto Heroes Square) and of its owner,…
Fanatics: The History of Polish Animated Film
100 years of Polish animation—from early experiments to the digital age. Discover how visionary artists shaped a global phenomenon, reflecting social change and redefining imagination.
Hakawati
In the Arab tradition Hakawati is a master of storytelling, a brilliant raconteur who tells stories to everybody willing to listen. Hakawati played a very important role in the Arab culture: they managed to gather…
Home at the Mississippi
A film about the adoption of five Polish siblings in the US. Second Part of the film titled "Daddy, I Love You." We return after 6 years the children spent in the US.
If It Happens
Tomek is now eighteen years old. Exactly twelve years ago, when he was six, we started shooting our film. What happened during this time?
I Still Love You
The hero of the documentary is quite an old hippie, in his fifties, living with his wife and 8 children in a small village near Warsaw. He is nicknamed "The Rebel". His whole life, he has been witing a diary. "The Rebel…
Joy of Saturday
The film is about a famous Archive of Ringelblun, that stores material from the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland. A Polish girl who is a teacher of Yiddish looks for a part of that archive.
Just Hear Me Out
18-year-old Gosia, who has been struggling with schizophrenia since she was 12, longs for an ordinary life - for independence and for love. Will she fulfill her dreams in a world where "otherness" is often rejected?
Komeda - Soundtrack for a Life
Krzysztof Komeda – jazz pianist and film composer. With compositions like the lullaby for “Rosemary´s Baby” by RomanPolanski, Komeda succeeded in writing his own chapter in the history of soundtracks. As a jazz pianist…
Leaders
Leaders is a children's political thriller. Students of a primary school are candidates for the students council. Their battle for the leadership triggers off great emotions. That election campaign shows, like in a…
Never-ending Dream
The film is a story of an eminet artist, stage and film designer, Jerzy Skarzynski. He and his wife Lindia Minticz made their name as visionary designers of the best Wojciech Has`s feature films. Jerzy Skarzynski was a…
The Other Side of the Poster
This film is about one of the most important graphic movements of the XXth Century: the Polish Poster School. It became a phenomena world-wide in the 1960-70’s. Polish posters expressed the freedom of their creators in…
Poste Restante
Church bells ring over a beautiful world of harmony which is underpinned with emptiness. Something is missing here. Is it sense? Or an aim? Or bonding? This documentary, which seemingly resembles an educational movie…
The Promise of a Happy Childhood
The arrival of an American couple at the children's home in Przesieka near Szklarska Poręba in the summer of 1997 caused a commotion. It was even greater when Rita and Robert Jurotich decided to adopt five siblings, a…
The Reshuffle
Gilles Renard came from France to Poland 16 years ago. Now he decided to go back and visit old places, find old friends. He begins his sentimental journey by paying a visit to Pierre Etaix, an eminent French film…
Sometime Ago in Africa
Sometime Ago in Africa is an attempt to describe a certain idea, mad as it may have been at the time, which was however most earnestly pursued. The idea originated in inter-war Europe (inter alia in Poland, Austria and…
Tell Me Why
Jurek lives in Tel Aviv, Stella — in Boston. They met in 1936 in Otwock and fell in love from the first sight. They were divided by the war — Jurek went to Auschwitz, Stella was sent to work in Germany. The last letter…
To Survive Afghanistan
A full-length documentary about a Polish military mission to Afghanistan. The film is split into three chapters. The first one involves preparations for the mission, with the soldiers training and building their team.…
The Travelling Cinema
Darek and Micha bought from a school the copies of old Polish 16 mm films and a projector. During holidays they tour around Poland with their 'travelling cinema'. They arrive at small towns stretched from the Baltic Sea…
Travels of Daniel Szczechura
A documentary about the world famous director of animated films, a professor in the Acadamy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and Film School in LódĽ, Daniel Szczechura. In 2000, media called him "The Pope of the Polish Animated…
Vanuatu - Bungee's coming home
Martyna Wojciechowska - one of the most famous TV journalist in Poland. Her passion for extreme sports led her to go to Vanuatu to find about Naghol land diving. Martyna "brings bungee back home" by showing the…
Welcome to the Rich Men's World
Papua New Guinea, Sandaun province. Interior covered with impenetrable forest. A film about the secret murder of wives of the chieftain leads us directly to a conflict of two tribes. Imbiniss people are clearing their…