The Linnet

The Linnet 1982

6.65

Kaziuk, a stubborn peasant and his pregnant wife live in a backwood village, unaffected by the civilization. The village is once visited by a couple of wanderers, and strange things start to happen afterward. A new schoolteacher is sent to the area. She stirs erotic fantasies in Kaziuk. In a stir of frustration Kaziuk cuts down a family tree - a sacrilegious act in the eyes of his family. Going a step further and using a scythe for cutting the rye instead of a sickle brings the whole village against him.

1982

Kup teraz

Kup teraz 2008

4.80

Brothers Peter and David spend an evening together, lavishly sipped on alcohol. They complain about everything, most of all about their partners. Peter would like his beloved to be more romantic, while David dreams of a fiancée who is determined and demanding. They decide to put their girlfriends up for auction online to see which one is worth more. When they realize in the morning what they have done, they try to undo everything. It's not so easy, as the auction is very successful.

2008

The Egg

The Egg 1984

6.33

It tells a story of a bird-monster from South America originally treated as god by Incas. Long believed to be extinct, due to genetical experiment gone awry its egg fossil hatches and the monster starts to search for females to impregnate.

1984

Yesterday

Yesterday 1985

5.30

Set in the 60's in a provincial town: four high school teenagers approach graduation, but all they think about are The Beatles.

1985

Gromada

Gromada 1952

5.00

The struggle between poor villagers, who are eager to build a co-operative mill and a cultural centre, and the village wealthy men - the miller and the kulaks - who are desperate to stop the farmers.

1952

Jest sprawa...

Jest sprawa... 2002

3.88

The post-state farm village of Piaski in Pomerania. A deputy minister shows up in the village. He is interested in finding a bust of Lenin, in which the now deceased former secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party smuggled a diamond of enormous value, the "Eye of Siberia." The confidential conversation between the deputy minister and the village head accidentally overhears the unemployed Stanislaw Michalek. He informs his friends about the case. The three men decide to find the secretary's treasure. The problem is that the secretary had a collection of busts of Lenin, which are now strewn all over the village.

2002

Korczak

Korczak 1990

7.00

The story of Polish pedagogue Janusz Korczak and his dedication to protecting Jewish orphans during the war.

1990

I Am Burning!

I Am Burning! 1968

7.50

Ja gorę! tells the story of a Pogorzelski nobleman who settles in a ruined castle in Samsonów, determined to restore it, only to be haunted by the ghost of its former owner. A parody of gothic horror literature and cinema, the short is based on a tale by Henryk Rzewuski and was produced as part of the Polish television series Opowieści niezwykłe (1967–1968).

1968

Wielka ucieczka

Wielka ucieczka 2006

1

Słonko is an average guy who earns a living by appearing daily in the weather forecast. He is responsible for the place on the map where it is supposed to be sunny. Nothing special, in other words, he acts as a backdrop. And so it has been every day for several years. He is fed up with this monotony and boring job, he wants something more from life. One day, he decides to break out of this gray reality. A coincidence causes the Sun to jump from the screen into the interior of a "black box." There, he finds a surreal world full of metal, cables, and electronic components. It turns out that the Sun is not alone in the TV. The escape begins. ..

2006

Camera Buff

Camera Buff 1979

7.50

Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local Party boss. His horizons widen when he is sent to regional film festivals with his first works but his focus on movie making also leads to domestic strife and philosophical dilemmas.

1979

Winter of the Crow

Winter of the Crow 2026

1

Warsaw, December 13, 1981. Martial law shuts down the country. Overnight, a country turns into a prison. Taxis have been replaced by tanks. Citizens are treated like criminals. And visiting British Professor Joan Andrews finds herself trapped. After witnessing the murder of a young student by the secret police (the "Crows"), Joan herself becomes the target.

2026

Zofia

Zofia 1976

5.30

Zofia is an elderly woman living in an retirement home. Separate from the rest, she talks seldom and then only about visiting her daughter's family for Christmas. When she comes to her daughter's home unannounced, her stay is spoiled by the damage to her son-in-law doctorate bookmarks which she removed unknowingly during dusting. She then spends Christmas in an empty restaurant, surrounded by waiters and musicians waiting to be tipped.

1976

Shivers

Shivers 1981

6.40

A boy comes of age under an oppressive, cruel socialist government and watches as it slowly but surely distorts his family, his school and even his own thoughts.

1981

Rozdroże Café

Rozdroże Café 2005

5.00

A group of young friends from the country decides to toss out their morals and go for the gold in this Polish-made drama. Believing that money is the only thing they need to be happy, the ambitious pals engage in serious crime, eventually causing some of them to wonder if the prize was really worth the price.

2005

Klingert's Diving Suit

Klingert's Diving Suit 2021

8.00

Six-year-old Bi has been afraid of water since the flood took her younger brother. Her father, Karl Klingert, dedicated himself to working on the world's first diving suit. Bi thinks the suit is the monster that took over her father. With the help of Peter, a young bully from the river, she tries to destroy it before the whole family leaves Wroclaw forever.

2021

The Miracle

The Miracle 2024

1

The life of a young man, a hedonist and a sinner, turns upside down when his wife becomes pregnant. He tries to escape, but it does not bring relief, on the contrary, it makes his life even more confusing. He can no longer separate reality from a drunken hallucination colored with biblical stories and folk songs.

2024

Koncert

Koncert 1982

1

A free interpretation of Rockowiska '81. A recording of concerts and audience behavior, similar in form to a music video.

1982

Operation Arsenal

Operation Arsenal 1977

6.60

In Nazi-occupied Warsaw, teenage scouts Alek, Rudy, and Zośka risk their lives pulling down a swastika and hoisting the Polish flag atop the German “Zachęta” cultural center and then blowing up a mobile propaganda cinema.

1977

Influence

Influence 2015

4.10

A story about the key events of the Wielkopolska Uprising - a dramatic arrival of Ignacy Jan Paderewski in Poznań, and the people who prepared the uprising, fought in it and won.

2015

Foreign Body

Foreign Body 2014

5.14

A dashing young Italian in Poland finds himself caught between two women — a novitiate nun and a ruthless corporate ladder-climber — in this lacerating vision of contemporary Poland from master filmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi.

2014

Stawiam na Tolka Banana

Stawiam na Tolka Banana 1973

7.00

A series for young people, dealing with important educational problems, characteristic of the so-called difficult youth. The protagonists of the film - four boys and a girl aged 12-14 - are in constant conflict with the social order; they are only a step away from the hooligan lifestyle. The film shows the need for the existence of ideals, noble myths and models of behavior in the lives of young people. The characters' dreams are embodied in the romantic character of Tolek Banana, his mysterious personality stimulates their imaginations. The film presents the adventures of a youth "gang" changing their behavior under the influence of Tolek Banana. Thanks to him, the heroes learn friendship and honesty, according to the principle "one for all, all for one".

1973

Dictators’ Hideouts

Dictators’ Hideouts 2024

8.00

Explore Europe's recent past through the lens of its Dictators. Delving into the worlds of these uncompromising and tyrannical minds of the Cold War era we discover their secrets and where they planned their final stand - their hideout.

2024

Ballada o Januszku

Ballada o Januszku 1988

6.30

A single mother, blinded by the love for her trouble-making son Januszek, makes more and more sacrifices for him.

1988

19+

19+ 2016

1

2016

Nights & Days

Nights & Days 1970

1

At a time when Poland has long been absent from the map of Europe, Barbara Ostrzeńska – a proud, but impoverished noblewoman – learns that her great love is marrying another woman. Determined to escape spinsterhood, she marries Bogumił Niechcic, a modest former insurgent and property manager. His peace of mind and sense of fulfillment that his work gives him contrast with her restless nature. Over the thirty years shown on screen, they build a life together in the countryside, but Barbara's yearning for passion and lost status constantly clashes with her daily reality. Disappointed with life, yet in a sense fulfilled in it, Barbara remains a constant challenge – for her loved ones and for herself.

1970