63rd KFF – 2023

dir. Hasmik Movsisyan

23′fab2022

‘The most difficult and the most important thing in life is to make a decision. The present depends on it and, what is more, it will always influence the future’, is what a father tells a teenage boy. When the first bombs fall, he will be faced with the choices determining the life of his family, friends, some completely unknown people and a turtle.

dir. Joanna Quinn

16′anim2021

In ‘Affairs of the Art’ everyone seems to be a freak of a kind. The narrator thinks she is the only normal person in her crazy family. Is that really true? The animation uses black humour to show, in an exaggerated way, our obsessions and persistent pursuit of our dreams.

dir. Ricardo Íscar

93′dok2022

For the protagonist, breathing therapy and anti-stress techniques become a starting point for a life change. He enters the world of freediving, i.e. diving while breadth-holding. Risking his life, he starts practicing holding his breath for increasingly longer periods of time. Where is the boundary of his capabilities?

dir. Janusz Morgenstern

9′fab1961

Janusz Morgenstern's short film touches on a rarely addressed and tabooed theme from World War II - the extermination of Jewish children.

dir. Asif Kapadia

127′dok2015

dir. Lea Glob

116′dok2022

Over the years, Lea Glob kept filming the charismatic artist Apolonia Sokol. The result is a fascinating portrait, spanning 13 years, of a young woman trying to find her place in the art world.

dir. Steve James

101′dok2022

Ted Hall did not partake in the joy of other scientists participating in the Manhattan Project. He was not delighted to see the artificial Sun burning over the New Mexican desert. He was concerned about the American monopoly on such a powerful weapon as a nuclear bomb. He thought the world would be safer if he shared what he knew with Russians. He was a fool, madman and enemy of the state. People spoke about him. His daughter refers to him as a designer of a better world. For Hall, compassion for humanity signified an ethically ambiguous act of rebellion.

dir. Jagoda Szelc

16′dok2015

The film was shot during a 40 min hectic interview in which the filmmakers are looking for a safe place to talk. Crossing the city they talk to a young man who fought for the pro-russian armed forces in the Dombass conflict. They learn a few simple facts about his life and how he become who he is.

dir. Piotr Krzysztof Kamiński

20′fab2023

Ukraine, 2022. Russian soldiers are committing war crimes on the civilian population. The occupied areas are cut off from the rest of the country and the residents face death if they try to escape. Volunteers, risking their lives, provide them with food supplies. One of them is Dmytro.

dir. Katarzyna Kościelak

91′dok2013

How well, if at all, did we know Jacek Kaczmarski, an outstanding Polish poet and singer? The documentary makes an attempt to draw a complex, multi-dimensional portrait of a singer-songwriter which reveals a tragic figure torn between the passion of creation, perfectionism and his own weaknesses. It also tries to confront the myth of the bard of the Solidarity movement, the moniker that tired the charismatic author of ‘Walls’, a protest song, and became a reason for later alienation.

dir. Mateusz Pietrak

30′dok2023

‘I have decided to die this year,’ - jokes Basia, who does not look like someone who turned 80. She fulfils herself in her role of a grandmother, mother and sister as well as on stage. The camera captures her preparations to the performance of her life.

dir. Andrzej Fidyk

59′dok1998

Mr. Battu, the film-loving owner of a travelling cinema, and his 80-year-old assistant Mama embark on another journey to show films in areas of India where there are no cinemas, no television, no electricity.

dir. Fábio Zilberman Iuchno

27′dok2022

Michal has been bed-ridden for over three years. She suffers from an uncurable disease which prevents her from normal functioning. Between hospital stays, the woman is also a wife and mother of two children. Her son is just 7 and although he does not understand much, he becomes her most important companion.

dir. Julian Tałandziewicz

25′fab2023

Tomek is a psychotherapist who requires help himself. His professional and personal life is in disarray and he needs to put it together again from scratch. His frustration is intensified by renovation work next door, an excessively difficult climbing route and an exceptionally well-informed patient - a stand-up comedian who approaches him with a surprising request.

dir. Maria Pisarek

33′dok2022

His name must be mentioned in any conversation about animated film. Jerzy Kucia is a film director, pedagogue and a total artist. He has received numerous international awards including the Dragon of Dragons for his contribution to the development of international animation.

dir. Vlad Petri

71′dok2023

Illustrated with fascinating archival footage, the correspondence between two friends who studied in Bucharest in the late 1970s serves as an excuse to go on a unique journey in time. What connects Iran in a revolutionary frenzy and socialist Romania where the society’s malaise is concealed by enthusiastic propaganda? In both countries, any hopes for a better future vanish in the shadow of ideological dogmas, always guarded by very much alike sad men in dark coats.

dir. Michał Toczek

26′fab2023

Together with his family, Wiktor moves into a recently bought flat, which turns out to have belonged to Lech Wałęsa, an ordinary electrician who became Poland’s president many years ago. When his wife learns about it, she comes up with a crazy idea. Suspended between a drama and a comedy, this perverse story shows what it means to ‘be someone’ or just yourself.

dir. Charlotte De Cort

15′dok2022

Dancing is everything for her. At the young age of 14, Mali leaves her family home and moves to a bigger city to live with her older sister and be closer to her dream school. The teenage girl is ready to make sacrifices but her body does not always want to follow her dreams.

dir. Mykola Shpykovskyi

44′dok1929

Not well-known Ukrainian silent film, resplendent in its avant-garde manner of production. Shot for propaganda purposes, it was formally ahead of its time, turning an agricultural tale into an epic poem.

dir. Gunhild Westhagen Magnor

70′dok2022

Balder and Haakon arrived at our planet just two years ago. They find it difficult to move around it. The social norms applied are not clear for them and the place has been beset by waves of emotions which are hard to express. These two creatures have a long way to go. A Norwegian documentarian spent one year observing them.

dir. Łukasz Iwanicz

16′dok2023

How much do you need to be happy? Three different characters from three different communities share their experiences of sadness, loss and unfulfillment. A poignant story about searching for sense when one thinks that nothing more will happen in one’s life.

dir. Vytautas Katkus

15′fab2022

A recently retired father invites his son to help him with the cherry picking in the garden. The father is in no hurry to finish the cherry job though, as he tries to catch up with his son. The cherries remain in the background. EFA nominee at the Cannes Film Festival.

dir. Oleksiy Radynski

20′dok2023

In 1986 there was an enormous nuclear disaster in Chernobyl. Another one could have happened in 2022 when Russian soldiers entered the site of the power plant. Their presence was recorded by an anonymous cameraman. The memories became revived.

dir. Liat Glick

19′fab2022

Life is made of repeatable stories, accounts and questions. Birth and death, joy and sickness, youth and old age. In ‘Clinging’, Liat Glick focuses the camera on herself to tell a tender story about a trio made of a mature 47-year-old daughter, her mother and beloved aging dog.

dir. Hana Umeda

18′fab2022

Watch VR from 12:00 pm to 7:00 pm. "Close" is an attempt to confront the ambiguous position of contemporary traditional Japanese jiutamai dance. By creating an effect of intimate intimacy and giving the dancer / dance protagonist a voice, Hana Umeda attempts to reclaim both for herself and for the entire multi-generational community of jiutamai dancers, agency and subjectivity.

dir. Brett Morgen

132′dok2015

On 5 April 1994 the leader of Nirvana joined the ‘27 Club’, i.e. the group of rock artists who lived too fast and died too young. The film directors, who first reached mementoes left by Cobain, try to confront his dark legend. The executive producer is the musician’s daughter who was just 18 months old when her father committed suicide. The film was also approved by the widow after the artist, Courtney Love, who has been hostile to this kind of projects so far.

dir. Sławomir Shuty

21′fab2022

Kaja, a young and promising artist, is stuck in a creativity crisis. Overwhelmed by the pressure of the art market, with no support of her faithless partner, she organises a diabolic performance. A macabre jibe at the world of art brings her great success. Kaja overcomes her helplessness and confirms her artistic position.

dir. Paweł Szarzyński

10′fab2021

Watch VR from 12:00 pm to 7:00 pm. "Cosmogonic" is the first VR experience inspired by the Polish science-fiction writer Stanisław Lem—known for investigating humanity and social justice through visions of faraway planets and mechanical beings.

dir. Yaser Talebi

25′dok2022

A father and daughter in a conservative Iranian town. She is expected to be obedient, take care of the aging man, give up her university plans in exchange for a quick marriage, while a new wife is being sought for him. Sarah is not very fond of the idea as no one can replace her late mom.

dir. Kazimierz Karabasz

12′dok1955

Rhythmic and indicative documentary that shows how every day 150 000 people hurry to work by public transport from their homes in the suburbs of Warsaw, Poland in the fifties.

dir. Sönje Storm

85′dok2022

A story of birds, butterflies, fungi, moss and people. All these creatures, both dead and alive, were photographed by Jürgen F. Mahrt (1882–1940) with the same degree of attention. The former were captured for eternity, while the latter were depicted motionless but as if in a death-defying manner. The photographer was possessed by an obsession to act against the chaos of wars and the disaster of an abruptly changing landscape.

dir. Krzysztof Grudziński

45′fab2020

Watch VR from 12:00 pm to 7:00 pm. "Dead City" is a narrative experience with elements of singing, contemporary and operatic music, based on the eponymous poetic libretto by Erich Wolfgang Korngold.

dir. Sławomir Rogowski, Stanisław Zawiśliński

62′dok2023

A multi-dimensional portrait of one of the most distinctive artists in the history of Polish cinematography. Wojciech Jerzy Has always hovered over the line where the mainstream met the avant-garde and his biography was marked by moments of artistic triumphs and personal tragedies.

dir. Jon Bang Carlsen

76′dok2022

‘A documentary fantasy played out by real people,’ – is how the director described his film bordering on observation and creation, cinema and theatre. The protagonists are five secondary school students from a town in Arizona and the main theme involves feelings, traumas and dreams of these young people.

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16′anim1972

dir. Paweł Hejbudzki

78′dok2022

The world of kid karting is fascinating and at the same time raises many questions. This little-known extreme sport is governed by the same rules as competitions for adults – what matters is rivalry, a place on the podium and regular training. Not all children are ready for such a sacrifice.

dir. Lucija Mrzljak, Morten Tšinakov

16′anim2022

In the sea of crying funeral attendees and pouring rain, a woman who is bidding farewell to her husband seems unmoved. Only after successive glasses of wine when memories return, does she burst out with emotions and is provoked to demonstrate surprising behaviour. The absurd situation is intensified by a visit of a mysterious woodpecker.

dir. Sascha Just

96′dok2022

The Marsalis clan is considered the ‘first jazz family’. It was headed by legendary Ellis, who died of Covid three years ago. Brace yourself for a musical and biographical journey that starts in New Orleans and runs through a large part of the history of jazz music as well as America.

dir. Natxo Leuza

80′dok2022

Natxo Leuza’s music documentary can be best described using the words transformation, counterculture and music. The director allows the eponymous protagonist to take the audience on a journey through the underground world of the political transformation era in Spain. One of its symbols was El Drogas, the icon of the 1980s music counterculture.

dir. Anna Urbańczyk

52′dok2023

Natalka is a bright nine-year old narrator of this Silesian story. She lives with her family in the little village of Nieboczowy, which in fact disappeared in 2020 – all the residents were resettled as the area was to be used as a construction site for a retention reservoir.

dir. Małgorzata Kozera

72′dok2023

When she was 16, Agata heard that she would most likely bleed herself to death within 2 years. On that day she was born anew. After 20 years and over 30 face surgeries, she lives in London and works as an artist who turned her struggle with a lethal disease into art.

dir. Małgorzata Kozera

72′dok2023

When she was 16, Agata heard that she would most likely bleed herself to death within 2 years. On that day she was born anew. After 20 years and over 30 face surgeries, she lives in London and works as an artist who turned her struggle with a lethal disease into art.

dir. Yifan Sun

25′dok2019

Lola was adopted into a Belgian family eleven years ago when she was an infant. Over the years, she has been imagining the reunion with her birth family in China. This summer, her dream finally comes true. When Lola's two families finally meet for the first time, how will they spend the time together? What will Lola's birth parents tell her?

dir. Bartosz Paduch

77′dok2023

It is hard to imagine Polish science fiction without Maciej Parowski. He was the editor-in-chief of the Polish iconic monthly Fantastyka who stood behind the success of several generations of authors. People from across Poland were sending their texts to him. If it had not been for him, no one knows what would have happened to "The Witcher" or "The Cathedral", an Oscar-winning film by Tomasz Bagiński.

dir. Michael Dudok de Wit

9′anim2000

A bike leaning against a tree, the memory of the last hug and the image of a boat sailing into the expanse of a lake are everything that a little girl was left with after her father, who he disappeared without a trace one day. The daughter continues to return to the lake hoping to hug her father again one day. Oscar-winning animation about longing and the passing of time.

dir. Pau Faus

74′dok2023

The world of ‘Fauna’ is a reality of contrasts and contradictions. In Barcelona’s suburbs, two apparently unrelated stories are taking place – one in nature, while the other one – behind closed doors of a scientific lab. Can these worlds remain independent of each other?

dir. Nadiya Rodkina

22′dok2022

The political situation in Belarus forced Dima to flee the country. Fearing for his loved ones, he constantly maintains contact with those who had to stay there. Despite his various efforts to start a new life in Poland, he keeps fighting the shadow of his pas

dir. Marek Głuszczak

27′fab2023

A mother, activist daughter and a free cow meet somewhere in the forest. The latter decided, together with its herd, to start a new life on its own account. But now, cows are to be caught and sentenced to death. Sara refuses to accept it. The girl escapes from home to defend the herd. Her mother Alicia follows the daughter.

dir. Una Celma

72′dok2022

A poignant and painfully honest film about the generation of 60-year-old Latvian women, friends from secondary school born in the era of communism. Contrasting sentimental archival footage with the interviews conducted over the years, the documentary author reveals the divide between the official image of gender equality and the crude reality.

dir. Clara Kleininger-Wanik

76′dok2022

When a new law banning circus shows featuring animals enters into force, Adi and Mioara, animal trainers in a Bucharest circus, must come up with an idea of how to make their shows more attractive so that they do not lose their audience. A world-famous circus director arrives at Romania from as far as Las Vegas in order to help.

dir. Piotr Szczepański

6′dok2023

It is a hot summer day in August 2022. Harvesting is in progress in the Polish countryside. It follows the same routine as every year until is it interrupted by an unexpected aberration. A surprising take on the multi-layer crisis caused by the war in Ukraine.

dir. Joo Joostberens

54′dok2023

The film title alludes to a traditional Polish mourning song, which was included on the album ‘Rzeczy ostatnie’ recorded by the band Polskie Znaki. The project aimed to dust off folk music, which for centuries had put people at ease with regard to death before it became a taboo in modern culture. The story of the album is at the same time an essay on passing away.

dir. Zuzanna Solakiewicz, Zvika Gregory Portnoy

11′dok2023

A shocking testimony to the events which occurred on the Polish-Belarusian border in 2021. Under the guise of a ‘forest trip’ activists venture into the Białowieża Primeval Forest to deliver necessary items to the refugees from the Middle East and Africa hiding there.

dir. Karol Starnawski

73′dok2023

The Volhynian massacre remains a taboo subject for the next generations of Poles and Ukrainians. Karolina’s family spoke about the events in which their relatives were murdered behind a closed door only. To discover the truth about her ancestors, Karolina sets off on a journey to Volhynia.

dir. Urška Djukić, Émilie Pigeard

13′anim2021

Four old women, reflect on their memories of old times when they were young and how different the relationships between men and women were back then. Their voices merge into one single voice, that of the grandmother Vera, who tells her story in proper detail. A trip into grandmother’s youth and the memories of her intimate life illustrate the status of Slovenian women in the first half of the 20th century.

dir. Pavel Mozhar

29′dok2021

In the days following the presidential election in Belarus in August 2020, numerous protests erupt throughout the country. The special police, OMON, take particularly brutal action against demonstrators, which even spills over onto passers-by. In total, almost 7000 people are arrested throughout Belarus. Hundreds of victims recount their experiences in interviews. Their reports reveal a system of repression, which is reconstructed in detail in the director’s room in Berlin Neukölln in the form of a cinematic guide.

dir. Élodie Yung

17′fab2022

A secret from the past combined with the drudgery of everyday life in the company of sweating machos and patronising managers may turn out to be an explosive mixture worthy of Park Chan-wook’s cinema of vengeance and passion. But the film was made by young debutante Élodie Yung, who invites us to a massage parlour where a young immigrant from Cambodia offers her services.

dir. Jean-Baptiste Bonnet, Laurine Estrade

66′dok2022

Everywhere where human and non-human lives met, the reality needed to become the subject of never-ending negotiations. The vectors of interests pointed to very different directions. With an anthropological insight, French documentarians capture the reconstruction of events from almost half a million years ago being acted out over a river near Tautavel.

dir. Agnieszka Kruczek

10′anim2023

They planned to spend only three months in Germany. Unexpectedly, the imposition of martial law forced the mother and the daughter to change their plans. A nostalgic story about loneliness, longing and unpredictability around which the audience is guided by a little girl and Barnaby the bear.

dir. Kinga Kociarz

4′anim2023

‘Hail Mary, full of grace,’ – repeats a woman praying on her knees. A man recites a rhyme about a shelter he could have built. A grandfather is coughing while painting a picture and a child is running carefree in between them holding a paper plane. Only the little boy cannot feel the atmosphere of anxiety and seems unaffected by generational trauma.

dir. Lino Kafidas, Dimitrios Kafidas

24′fab2022

Centaurs are creatures from the Greek mythology with a head and torso of a man on the body of a horse. Supposedly, they lived in Greek forests. Some people who believe they really exist are willing to pay large sums for a meeting with them. In Hotel Centaur, located in picturesque surroundings, a group of colourful eccentrics organise a get-together.

dir. Anna Błaszczyk

70′anim2022

There was a tragedy in the forest. The entire stock of honey is gone. Without this sticky delicacy no dream birthday cake can be made. Little Bear decides to go with his dad to Golden Land to search for the irreplaceable golden ingredient. Their expedition turns out to be an incredible adventure.

dir. Robert Schwartzman

109′dok2023

The Zombies are a true legend that began 60 years ago in the British provinces. A group of teenagers soon proved it to the world that the Beatles were not everything. Today, these rock veterans have not lost any vigour, either.

dir. João Gonzalez

14′anim2022

Every day, a father and his son jump with a parachute from their vertiginous cold house, attached to a cliff, to go to the village on the ground, far away where they sell the ice they produce daily.

dir. Paulina Ibek

14′dok2023

A group of Roma people meet at a bonfire in the evening to say their farewells to one of the senior members of their Tarnów clan. Some of them have not seen each other for many years, others came from abroad for this particular occasion. An intimate story about the changes in the life of the Roma community in Poland over the years.

dir. Edward Etler

14′dok1961

A semi-documentary impression of the historic interiors of the Remu Synagogue in Krakow and the surrounding cemetery.

dir. Coline Confort

22′dok2022

Eva is passionate about history and dreams about taking part in an enormous and prestigious historical reconstruction. Unfortunately, to join the Napoleonic army she needs to be a man. The girl decides to outsmart 200-year-old rules and regulations and join the army doubly dressed up – as a male soldier.

dir. Matteo Parsini

73′dok2022

In this poetic portrayal of Luigi Ghirri (1943–1992), a master of contemporary photography, the director gives voice and, in particular the image, to the protagonist. The photographer takes the audience on a tour of the outskirts of daily life as seen from the corner of his eye, the area in between what is artificial and authentic or grand and small – the meso-scale.

dir. Caroline Gillet, Denis Walgenwitz

29′dok2023

A simple animated line and a powerful documentary story. Journalist Caroline Gillet receives unique recordings from two Afghan women she knows. In short messages, Marwa and Raha report the brutal takeover of the country by the armed Taliban. Very soon, one of the women flees her homeland.

dir. Sándor M. Salas

14′dok2023

Lace, taffeta and subtle elegant adornments. Wide sleeves, frills, deep necklines and long colourful earrings. Canes, crutches and wheelchairs. This hypnotic dance show is a flamenco performance created by persons with disabilities who feel free and fulfilled while dancing.

dir. Jakub Stoszek, Magdalena Mistygacz

30′dok2023

War is never far away, as Wojciech Młynarski wrote. The residents of Shestovitcha, a village liberated from under the Russian occupation, are trying to move on with their lives. Nevertheless, it is difficult to live in peace when danger is lurking just behind the corner. A terrifyingly true portrayal of people who are trying to remain normal in abnormal times.

dir. Ella Glendining

87′dok2023

The film director and protagonist in one defies stereotypes related to otherness and disability. Despite a severe body deformity, she lives her life to the fullest and finds fulfilment as a woman and artist. To find out whether there are people with a similar affliction elsewhere in the world, she sets off on a journey.

dir. Michał Hytroś

82′dok2023

Love thyself. This is the life credo of Zosia - a photographer, traveller and free spirit. Going round the world in her camper, she uses photography to make other women comfortable with nakedness and teaches them to love their own bodies.

dir. Pola Włodarczyk

13′anim2023

A woman is afraid of a big black bird she keeps in her flat locked in a cage. She decides to take it to the Office of Weights and Measures to have it measured. Hovering over the border between the absurd and grotesque, the animation shows our hidden fears, loneliness and cages we create for ourselves.

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12′anim1956

dir. Kacper Kiniorski

7′dok2022

An oneiric impression about Włodzimierz "Kinior" Kiniorski - a composer and multi-instrumentalist from the Polish jazz scene. It is an intimate and uncompromising film made by his son.

dir. Janine Hosking

90′dok2022

Not until recently was the world ready to accept a female orchestra conductor. Simone Young, an Australian with a baton, is one of the first women who paved the way. The document was produced by Cate Blanchett, the star of ‘Tár’, who takes the role of the renowned maestra this time.

dir. Paweł Prewencki

11′anim2023

An intimate take on the emotions related to awaiting a baby and the grief after the infant’s loss. The pain accompanying the parents was depicted by means of visual symbols and metaphors. An economical, surreal story about a personal tragedy which, at the same time, is a remarkably beautiful observation of the love between two people who are trying to overcome a trauma together.

dir. Stenzin Tankong

15′fab2023

A small community lives in a village isolated from the world by a Himalayan mountain range. A mysterious sound, a thunder or rumble, can be heard from afar but only by two young shepherds. What does it bode? Why cannot others notice it? The young men decide to solve this mystery and go to the mountains regardless of danger.

dir. William Sabourin O´Reilly

76′dok2022

Even a carnival is a political issue in Cuba. Organised in Santiago de Cuba, a fiesta in the conga rhythm commemorates the outbreak of the revolution but above all it is the only opportunity for the residents to express their local identity. It may also be a call for freedom, which does not please the communist authorities.

dir. Paloma Zapata

90′dok2023

As a teenager, she was a great discovery in the flamenco world, not only because this Roma girl from the outskirts of Barcelona was deaf. Due to her exceptionally passionate expression she became a star of Europe’s stages, and then she disappeared for fifty years. Today. a contemporary dancer walks in the footsteps of La Singla.

dir. Jessamyn Ansary, Joyce Mishaan

83′dok2022

His voice became an inspiration for today’s rappers, such as Travis Scott or A$ap Rocky, possibly because for over half a century on stage Lee Fields has remained himself, a vocalist devoted to soul music, regardless of the changing trends and technologies. And he has not spoken his last word yet.

dir. Lian Lunson

104′dok2005

he recording of the concert “Came So Far for Beauty” held in Sydney in 2005 becomes a pretext to tell the story of the artist’s life. Cohen’s portrayal is made of his remarks about his career, work or women as well as the moments when music speaks for him.

dir. Yulin Yang

17′fab2023

Two feet meet in the depth of an ocean. The next wave opens up a new chance for a wonderful surfer’s slide, you just need to let water and energy carry you without much thinking. Isn’t it also a recipe for a successful partnership? Somewhere at the end of the world, a relationship between two women is put to the test.

dir. Simon Intihar

24′dok2022

Simon Intihar’s film will delight geeks, bring memories back and encourage young people to google even quicker. It is a nostalgic journey to the times when a talented and somewhat extravagant student could develop an international gaming phenomenon in his own room.

dir. Lisa Cortés

98′dok2023

How did a black homosexual boy from the American South become the icon of rock and roll and a glam rock precursor? The director presents his biography, complicated and full of turns of action. On the screen, there are Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney and John Waters, all fascinated with him.

dir. Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk

13′dok2022

In the nationwide resistance, every citizen tries to be helpful. Ukrainians change professions and adapt to the wartime needs. Sculptors fabricate anti-tank obstacles in their art workshops. Just like the Terracotta Army, silent figures of angels, and multiple copies of Jesus Christ froze in anticipation of new creations. Craftsmen weld metal defenses items for the Armed Forced of Ukraine.

dir. Sławomir Grünberg

90′dok2023

The history of the phenomenon of Łódź Kaliska presented in a Monty-Pythonesque style. Łódź Kaliska is among the most eminent and original artistic groups in Poland, which has been continuously active on the avant-garde scene for 44 years.

dir. Diana Cam Van Nguyen

13′anim2021

After 15 years, Diana finds the letters her father used to send her. Will she forgive him for leaving their family? The author uses a collage of old letters, archival films and photographs as well as children’s drawings and cut-outs to recreate the past.

dir. Kaupo Kruusiauk

78′dok2022

Meet a saxophone virtuoso who breaks glass ceilings – her name is Maria Faust and she is an eminent Estonian jazz artist who improvises on stage and in her life with equal bravado. She lets the camera in as close as possible; therefore, an intimate portrayal of this expressive and independent women can be achieved.

dir. Maja Costa

15′fab2022

Mångata is a reflection of the Moon’s light on a water surface which indicates the way to the Moon. This light also helps to rescue little Alya. She is the only one saved from a refugee boat that sunk in the Mediterranean. Many years later, as an astronaut on a pioneering mission, she will need this light again.

dir. Sofiia Melnyk

7′anim2023

A dramatic and shocking picture of the Russian invasion in Ukraine presented from the perspective of a four-year-old girl. To create the animation, authentic photographs of destroyed buildings and drawings of war made by children were used. This terrifying film does not allow the viewer to remain indifferent.

dir. Ola Szmida

8′anim2023

‘Hands up, it’s a holdup!’ – is what two women who decided to rob a bank could have shouted. But they took the money without uttering a word, got into a convertible and darted away. This story begins like an enhanced version of ‘Thelma and Louise’; however, it progresses towards a completely different, unexpected finale.

dir. Józef Ostoja-Sulnicki

7′fab1911

Two influential Jewish families: The Ezofovichs, famous for their modern views advocating the assimilation of Jews, and the Todros, Karaites preaching a return to the teachings of the Bible live in the same town.

dir. Sofia Georgovassili

14′fab2022

It is a morning in September. A storm is about to break. A mother drives a girl to school in the morning and picks up a woman at the end of the school day. Anna, a fifteen-year-old girl sneaks out of school, and with the help of her boyfriend, they visit a hospital. There, she has to face an event that will jolt her into adulthood.

dir. Wiktor Skrzynecki

54′dok2022

Mieczysław Jahoda, a cameraman and pioneer of photographic techniques, was a champion of mood creation. The film is a reminiscence about the author of such Polish classics as "Knights of the Teutonic Order", "The Manuscript Found in Saragossa" or "How Far, How Near".

dir. Marta Magnuska

7′anim2022

While she is practicing yoga, he is looking at his phone. When he sits behind a desk, she goes to the kitchen to prepare a shake. Suddenly, the protagonists and their rituals begin to revolve around each other as if they were celestial bodies and their flat becomes the centre of the universe.

dir. Maria Sidiropoulou, Elvira Krithari

26′dok2022

There are many legends that surround the in vitro procedure. The film directors decided to give voice to the women who have experienced this form artificial insemination from two different perspectives. Ioanna is a recipient who owes her maternity to the procedure, while Rosa, who has never wanted to be a mother, becomes an anonymous donor.

dir. Ana Nedeljković, Nikola Majdak

10′anim2022

Welcome to Hamsterland - the land of happy corporation workers, constantly growing GDP and money that is enough to pay for everything. Statistics is a religion here, while economic indicators reflect the level of satisfaction among residents. A satire on the world founded on money and power.

dir. Alexander Mihalkovich, Hanna Badziaka

92′dok2023

The practice of hazing in the Belarussian military has a lot in common with political terror. This is why Svetlana does not believe that her son committed suicide in the barracks. Somewhere else, another young man is putting on a uniform. Their parallel lives make a shocking image of the post-Soviet reality.

dir. Simon Chambers

84′dok2022

The director returns from India to London to take care of his elderly uncle. David, a former actor, is a single gay man, an eccentric and colourful person. The plan was to record a farewell, but the uncle is not intent on dying. He gives his nephew one last lesson.

dir. Job Antoni

26′fab2022

In 2039, a delegation of the International Climate Tribunal arrives at Moddergat, a small village on the Dutch coast. The time has come to make a human sacrifice to Mother Earth or other forces. Who, if not humans, is responsible for the terrible condition of our planet? Can a volunteer change his mind at the last moment?

dir. Rosie Morris

19′dok2023

An awarded author, Helen is a public person. Her photographs can easily be found online and on her social media profiles. Has someone used these public sources to create vulgar illustrations containing her image and illegally placed them on porn sites?

dir. Stefano Cipani

101′fab2019

Gio is a new-born baby who joins Jack and his sisters. His birth turns the family’s life upside down as the boy has Down syndrome. Initially, Jack is delighted with his brother’s uniqueness and sees him as a superhero, but this attitude changes with time.

dir. Nick Read, Ayse Toprak

82′dok2022

In 2015, Turkish-Kurdish singer Mutlu Kaya was shot in her own house. The film authors follow the life of the girl who decided to bring the culprit to justice and put up a fight for the recovery of her voice becoming the symbol of opposition against the impunity of perpetrators of honour killings.

dir. Natasza Parzymies

25′fab2023

Zofia and Ania are two senior ladies, each quite a character. They have already put the years of madness behind them – or maybe not yet? They have not seen each other for half a century. Each followed her own path. Now, they meet again and set off on a journey together like Thelma and Louise to grapple with life and their dreams. Or maybe it is all lost?

dir. Andrzej Sapija

79′dok2022

In 2019 she became famous again when the decision to censor her works taken by the Director of the National Museum spurred a wave of protests. But the art of Natalia LL was controversial as early as in the 1960s. In collaboration with her husband, an artist himself, she created art that was shocking at the time.

dir. Douwe Dijkstra

29′dok2022

How can you understand a violent past? Somali-born Abdi is furniture designer and support worker. He reenacts his life, marked by war and criminality, with the help of his neighbour and filmmaker Douwe. Through playful reconstructions in a special effects studio, Abdi and Douwe embark on a candid and investigative journey through a painful history, focusing on the creative process throughout.

dir. Weronika Lewandowska, Sandra Frydrysiak

8′anim2021

Watch VR from 12:00 pm to 7:00 pm. VR “Nightsss” is an virtual erotic poem – an artistic animation with ASMR and interactive elements that immerses the viewer in the sensual experience of poetry, dance and nature.

dir. Víctor Maldonado, Adrià Garcia

88′anim2007

In eponymous Nocturna, there is an old orphanage. A little boy lives in it. Tim is terrified of darkness. At night, he is protected from it by the light of the stars. One day Tim notices that his favourite star is gone. What is worse, more of his night companions soon begin to disappear. The boy decides to find out what is going on.

dir. Pol De Plecker

21′fab2022

A train is travelling through a harsh, icy landscape. Out of the sleeping crowd, only three men wake up. Confused, they stay somewhere at a station in the middle of sinister wilderness. Here begins their dramatic journey in the shadow of the power of nature. Each viewer will come up with a different interpretation and for everyone it will cause a different kind of distress.

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12′anim1980

dir. Clara Kleininger-Wanik

76′dok2022

When a new law banning circus shows featuring animals enters into force, Adi and Mioara, animal trainers in a Bucharest circus, must come up with an idea of how to make their shows more attractive so that they do not lose their audience. A world-famous circus director arrives at Romania from as far as Las Vegas in order to help.

dir. Justine Martin

14′dok2022

Raphaël and Rémi have been inseparable so far. As twins, they have spent together every moment at home, school or in their free time. This is the last carefree holiday of the brothers. One of them is likely to leave and the other one will stay at home because of his disability.

dir. Maria Wider

24′dok2023

‘Seeking a retired gentleman who is free and has no family obligations, financial liabilities or addictions,’ - reads the description of a potential partner prepared by Krystyna, an energetic seventy-two year old who is looking for real love. The best option is a younger man who can open her up to new sensations.

dir. Eitvydas Doškus

23′dok2021

To the surprise of village residents, a stone figure of Virgin Mary suddenly starts moving, leaves the chapel and walks ahead. Soon, it is joined by other animated statues. Such miracles do happen and a boneless little girl is the most fascinated by them.

dir. Joya Thome

84′dok2022

Whitney from the US and Yara from Germany are divided by an ocean but connected by the Internet and their passion for gymnastics. The former develops her sporting career combining it with her presence in the social media and singing, while the latter is her fan and, above all, a regular teenager looking for her own path in life.

dir. Kimi Takesue

72′dok2023

Onlookers offers a visually striking, immersive meditation on travel and tourism in Laos, reflecting on how we all live as observers. Traversing the country's dusty roads and tranquil rivers, we watch as elaborate painterly tableaus unfold, revealing the whimsical and at times disruptive interweaving of locals and foreigners in rest and play. Onlookers invites audiences to reflect on their own modes of tourism, while asking the looming existential questions: Why do we travel? What do we seek?

dir. Jacek Knopp, Piotr Weychert

83′dok2022

Witold Kaczanowski is one of Poland’s best-known artists, much more famous abroad than in his country of origin. He was born in Poland and spent his childhood under German occupation. Since 1980 he has lived and worked in the USA, where his art attracted numerous admirers and collectors.

dir. Shunsaku Hayashi

16′anim2023

A visual attempt to capture the essence of pain, a universal phenomenon experienced individually by each person. The animation presents the phenomenon from a variety of perspectives – as physical suffering and emotional pain. Image deformation and jagged narration make the viewer feel anxiety and discomfort, too.

dir. Izabela Plucińska

5′anim2023

Freshly washed shirts on a string, high-heels and a vivid lipstick – everything that will make the partner happy. A moment of inattention is enough to provoke the man to aggression. A macabre animation about violence in the family.

dir. Matyas Kalman

73′dok2022

Meet Laci and Aniko – people for whom the fortune has been truly good. Their lottery win turned them into millionaires within a day. How to invest money they have not had to pay for practically anything until now? What does an ordinary day in the life of a man who suddenly turned from a pauper to a local mogul look like?

dir. Jakub Piątek

89′dok2023

During the preliminary round, there are 160 of them. Then, about 80. Then 40. At last, only 10 lucky ones make it to the final. These are the contestants in the legendary International Chopin Piano Competition, held every five years in Warsaw, Poland. "Pianoforte" follows an eclectic group of young musicians from around the world who have prepared since they were children for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

dir. Bartek Stankiewicz

20′fab2023

Powerful clutches, full concentration, sweat, a blanket and a bicycle. No head start. Two brothers and two paths that cross one evening, extremely important for the younger one. Kuba is preparing for his first half-professional wrestling fight. Unexpectedly, his elder brother comes to his aid. However, his intentions are not entirely selfless.

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20′anim1964

dir. Aniela Gabryel

77′dok2023

A theatre or a sect? Art or violence? For the first time the members of the legendary theatre collective Workcenter founded by Jerzy Grotowski speak so frankly about their experiences related to work using the methods devised by one of the greatest revolutionaries in Polish and international theatre.

dir. Aniela Gabryel

77′dok2023

A theatre or a sect? Art or violence? For the first time the members of the legendary theatre collective Workcenter founded by Jerzy Grotowski speak so frankly about their experiences related to work using the methods devised by one of the greatest revolutionaries in Polish and international theatre.

dir. Andrzej Fidyk

57′dok2000

Held in the Kingdom of Eswatini, the titular reed dance is an annual ceremony where tens of thousands of unmarried women come to dance in extremely skimpy outfits in front of the king in the hope that he will choose one of them as his next wife.

dir. Zohar Wagner

78′dok2022

The film is a reconstruction of the attack on the Savoy Hotel in Tel Aviv carried out by Palestinian terrorists in 1975. Its authors have employed rich archival footage, media reports as well as professional and amateur audio materials to capture what happened in the most comprehensive way possible. The material includes notes taken by Kohava, the key figure who was also an incidental victim of the drama that shook the world.

dir. Patryk Jordanowicz, Tadeusz Chudy

18′dok2022

Watch VR from 12:00 pm to 7:00 pm. How does a mentally ill person feel? How does he or she see the world? Or maybe the division between healthy and mentally ill people not exist at all? For the project's creators, their interest in creating photographic and cinematic images has for years gone hand in hand with an attempt to understand and be open to the world of mental issues.

dir. Scott Gawlik

105′dok2022

Have you ever wondered how far from the edge of the table, to a single millimetre, you should place a plate? The protagonists of ‘Set!’ are not interested in anything else – their greatest passion is setting tables, winning laurels and beating their competitors. After this documentary you will never look at your dishes the same way again

dir. Igor Gavva

15′fab2022

Russia’s war against Ukraine as seen from a less obvious perspective than the one presented by the media every day. Younger Kolya and older Kostya, two brothers who live in faraway Donbas, have a different view of what is going on. One backs the rebellion, the other puts security above all.

dir. Juri Rechinsky, Pierre Crom

85′dok2022

The war which is raging in Ukraine now began nine years ago. French reporter Pierre Crom documented that period and today, using words and images, he talks about his experiences from the front and Ukrainian streets as well as the forebodings, sometimes surreal, that harbingered a full-scale invasion back then.

dir. Farnaz Jurabchian, Mohammad Reza Jurabchian

102′dok2022

These walls witnessed the history of Iran as well as the turbulent story of three generations of a family residing in a Teheran villa for over half a century when the world around them was in tumult and everything was changing. Women played a particular role in all this.

dir. Mariusz Rusiński

30′dok2023

Zuzia, a very sensitive teenager with an artistic talent, is struggling with a drug addiction. Her brother, the film director, decides to take a closer look at the family to understand what might have caused this difficult situation.

dir. Olivia Rosa

8′anim2023

What would the world be like without humans? Closed cafés, loungers with no one to sit on them and empty parking lots may indicate an approaching apocalypse. It seems as if there is no life in this sterile world, but is it true? Adaptation of a poem by Sara Teasdale ‘There will come soft rains’ written in 1918.

dir. Kuba Mikurda

47′fab2023

An extraordinary found footage documentary inspired by Stanisław Lem’s „Solaris”. A trance-like, personal story about loss, mourning & memory. The film consists of excerpts from 70 educational films and radio adaptations of „Solaris” from the 1960s.

dir. Nina Đukanović, Goran Ivanović

7′anim2023

‘Girls should not have opinions. If you have a daughter, she will cook you a meal or give you medication. A son will protect you and a daughter will feed you.’ Don’t they both deserve to live? The animation touches upon a difficult and hidden subject – sex-selective abortions performed in Montenegro.

dir. Margreth Olin

90′dok2023

Many years go the director left her family home. Today, she returns to the mountainous region of Western Norway with a camera, walking in the footsteps of her parents and ancestors in order to answer the question: where do I come from? Her family story is transformed into a breadth-taking poem, both visual and auditory.

dir. Hanna Hovitie

17′dok2023

It symbolises eternity and infinity, entirety and perfection. At the same time, there is no perfect circle, although the possibilities it offers can make your head spin and your mind fear. In her ‘round’ film, the director confronts unlimited quantifiers with an aim to tame what is uncertain and in fact impossible to grasp.

dir. Felix Starck

96′dok2022

Two young Berliners at the peak of the pandemic decide to turn their life around and finally settle down somewhere far from civilization. Warm and full of humour and positive energy, it is a film about a family, roots and dreams that become reality. At the same time it is a practical manual for enthusiasts of organic farming.

dir. Barbara Rupik

14′anim2023

To the surprise of the village residents, all of a sudden, the stone figure of Virgin Mary starts moving, leaves the chapel and begins to walk ahead. Soon, it is joined by other animated sculptures. Miracles do happen and they fascinate the most a little boneless girl.

dir. Saulius Baradinskas

18′fab2021

Nikita loves to listen techno music and dreams to go to Berlin and visit the famous club “Berghain”. His mother Irena doesn’t know about his son’s dreams and soon enough their mutual expectations will clash.

dir. Szymon Ruczyński

10′anim2023

Polish-Belarusian border from a bird’s eye view. Refugees, who are trying to cross it to get to Poland, are hiding in the forest. As if in a computer game, they need to go back to square one when they encounter an evil character or the game is over. Based on the author and witnesses’ accounts, the animation depicts the terrifying humanitarian crisis which has been going on since 2021.

dir. Michael Dudok de Wit

4′anim2006

What purpose can you use tea leaves for? To paint an experimental animation where the protagonist is a little dot moving through winding tunnels and corridors. The rhythmical movement of the dot combined with baroque music creates a hypnotic film experience.

dir. Omar Al Abdul Razzak, Shira Ukrainitz

10′anim2023

The mouflon, wild sheep with beautiful curved antlers, were brought to the island as an attraction. Nevertheless, they should not be admired but killed. One animal becomes separated from the herd – will it manage to survive? Based on real events, the animation documents the harm done to the species in Tenerife.

dir. Sandra Reina

30′dok2022

Have you ever thought who the people riding with you on the bus are? Where are they going? What are they dreaming about or what plans do they have for the weekend? Sandra Reina decided to check it. The Spanish director took a camera on her suburban journey and turned it on to give voice to other passengers.

dir. Joanna Popińska

25′dok2021

Watch VR from 12:00 pm to 7:00 pm. The Choice is a virtual reality experience (VR) that lets us see from a different perspective the emotional and complex nature behind one woman’s choice. Meet Kristen, a young Indigenous woman from Austin, TX, who dreams of raising a family but instead finds herself facing a dehumanizing system working against her survival.

dir. Jessica Gorter

95′dok2023

Deep inside the Russian forests, against the wishes of the authorities, 60-year-old Yuri Dmitriev searches for mass graves from the era of Stalin’s terror against his own people - until one day he is arrested and sentenced to 15 years in a penal colony. Following Yuri closely, the film paints a shocking picture of the way the Russian state rewrites history and treats its citizens.

dir. Miguel Eek

70′dok2022

Eva is a woman in her forties. We meet her when she is a long-term patient of a psychiatric hospital. She is looking forward to the day when she will be able to leave the facility. As she repeatedly states, she dreams of ‘going at large’ and ‘being a normal person’. Yet what is a ‘normal life’ for her?

dir. Puk Damsgaard, Søren Klovborg

86′dok2023

They were called the Beatles because before they joined the ISIS, they had grown up in the UK. They were the ones who kept watch over Western hostages and inflicted particular cruelty. The interviews with jihadists were confronted with the memories of victims, negotiators and witnesses, which makes a true documentary thriller.

dir. Michael Dudok de Wit

8′anim1978

To conduct an interview, the protagonist needs just a microphone, sound recorder and an interlocutor. The latter is not easy at all because the people he approaches are busy with their own affairs. However, the charming man does not get discouraged and keeps wondering around the world with a smile on his face looking for someone who would like to talk to him.

dir. Leandro Koch, Paloma Schachmann

115′dok2023

There are no real klezmers any more. A young Argentinian film maker who has Jewish roots wants to prove otherwise and sets off with his camera for Moldova. This musical and documentary road cinema combined with a love story sometimes may change into a self-deprecating joke or an essay on the dying Yiddish culture.

dir. Elena Rebeca Carini

89′dok2023

From Northern Italy to Bucharest is a long way to go for the film director in search for her biological family. This journey is also an expedition inside her own identity. Adopted by an Italian couple in her early childhood, she has no idea what the missing Romanian piece of the puzzle will be like.

dir. Michael Dudok de Wit

7′anim1994

Black ink combined with pastel watercolours, dynamic animation and a story based on a Taoist legend enthralled the audience and critics alike ensuring a Cesar award as well as Oscar and BAFTA nominations for the film.

dir. Sergei Loznitsa

110′dok2022

European cities as seen from the boards of aircraft during carpet-bombing made a stunningly beautiful picture which was horrifying in a primeval manner. These images of hell, like never before, were planned by the engineers of war with scientific precision. To create the choreography of destruction, they employed the instruments of mathematics and physics.

dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski

6′dok1966

The film made at the counter of the Social Insurance Company is a brilliant satire on bureaucracy and clerical heartlessnes.

dir. Tomasz Śliwiński, Magda Hueckel

73′dok2023

A one-of-a-kind portrayal of the Helena Modrzejewska National Stary Theatre in Kraków. The camera follows the halls inside the building and reveals the secrets hiding in its walls. It takes us to places behind the curtains, inaccessible for the audience on a regular day, and stumbles upon the people of the theatre, both real and legendary. The spirit of the theatre becomes alive on the screen.

dir. Michael Dudok de Wit

80′anim2016

A castaway stranded on a desert island does not admire paradisial landscapes. He does whatever he can to escape from it at the first opportunity. His perspective, however, changes when he meets a red turtle. This poetic story which won an Oscar nomination is an invitation to meditation on beauty, nature and the consecutive stages of human life.

dir. Andrzej Fidyk

48′dok1993

The early 1990s. The Soviet Union collapsed, communism disappeared. All that millions of people in the Soviet Union believed in ceased to exist. People began to look for a new sense of life. Orthodox churches once again filled with believers, and a host of sorcerers, healers and fairies appeared. There was a veritable explosion of sex in Russian media and art.

dir. Maria Görlich-Opyd

17′anim2022

Julia, who is 7, thinks she came to Łódź on holiday only, but in fact she lives with her family imprisoned in the ghetto. Her grandfather tries to explain the world to her comparing it to the story of Minotaur. A subtle combination of dramatic World War II events with Greek mythology.

dir. Lois Patiño

25′fab2022

Distant lights draw the city. Shining ships arrive with sleeping people and the night turns liquid. The stars’ sower wakes them up and they travel through the city, talking about this and that, while saying goodbye to everything.

dir. Charles Emir Richards

13′dok2022

He went off into space and disappeared. Although the first Syrian cosmonaut safely landed on Earth, he was soon forced to leave his homeland. His criticism of the authoritarian regime turned hero Muhammad Faris into an enemy who should be erased from history records.

dir. Allison Otto

95′dok2022

One stolen painting, one seemingly happy couple, dozens of questions and at least several moments when one finds it hard to believe it is not a script of a Hollywood blockbuster but of an American documentary. A nice married couple, adored by everyone, is hiding nasty secrets.

dir. Júlia Girós, Pol Picas, Nina Solà

72′dok2021

Young Mohamed Dih, who in Seville, returns to his birthplace – a refugee camp in Western Sahara. Time flows differently here: the times of the day are marked by calls to prayer and the seasons – by the rainfall. When a torrential downpour destroys his family’s home, the protagonist stays in the camp for longer to help to rebuild it.

dir. Veronika Lišková

83′dok2022

Together with her husband and two children, Zdenka moves from the Czech Republic to Spitsbergen to carry out studies on social change occurring in the northernmost city on Earth – Longyearbyen. Life at the end of the world feels like a dangerous adventure. The island is changing – a mine needs to be closed down because of climate change, while globalisation limits the freedom once enjoyed by the residents.

dir. Carlos Saura

75′dok2022

The documentary ‘Walls Can Talk’ is the last work of Carlos Saura. It is a cinematographic reflection of a mature artist on the role of art in human life from the pre-historic times until the present. Confronting cave paintings with the latest representations of urban art, the director is looking for an answer to the question about the nature of art.

dir. Claudius Gentinetta

6′anim2022

What are you thinking about when you sit down on a dental chair? The best option is to focus on something pleasant. Imagine a fisherman in a small boat, angling and a sunset. An animated metaphor of human life in which we avoid problems and ignore real danger.

dir. Bren Cukier

15′fab2022

Thursday is the day to which Maria has been preparing for some time, more or less since the moment when she learnt she was pregnant. Her boyfriend, family and friends are all supportive and advise her on maternity ignoring Maria and the signals she is trying to send. The girl decides not to inform them about her decision and plans for Thursday.

dir. Almantas Grikevičius

20′dok1966

The director attempted to delve into the old walls of Vilnius, capturing the history of the city and resurrecting its phantoms. This is the only poetic documentary film from the Soviet era where Vilnius serves as the main character.

dir. Michael Dudok de Wit

3′anim1992

Gags straight out of a slapstick comedy, bright and vivid colours as well as a happy tune turn this animation into a satire on society that has no respect for human work or the environment.

dir. Debbie Lum

84′dok2021

Being admitted to the most prestigious university in the United States is a privilege available to few. Students from a high school in San Francisco will do anything to fulfil their own or their parents’ dreams. A surprisingly cheerful story about pressure and stress experienced by a group of American teenagers.

dir. Jon Mikel Fernandez Elorz

58′dok2022

The film uncompromisingly depicts actions of government officials, which took place behind the closed doors of Basque prisons. Iratxe Sorzabal and Nekane Txapartegi are women who were subjected to torture. Now they talk about their experiences. Their terrifying stories and those of many other female prisoners are confirmed by a forensic doctor.

dir. Matt Subieta, Ewa Rodart

26′fab2022

‘Anna Maria has a sad face, Anna Maria is looking ahead’, these lyrics of Czerwone Gitary’s ballad accompany the protagonist, who arrives at New York to deal with the emptiness left after his father who has been absent for many years. New facts about his life on emigration make Anna confront her past.

dir. Agnieszka Iwańska

72′dok2023

‘This is the cradle of our beloved music. We need to verify our skills there’, said Michał Urbaniak to Polish jazz vocalist Urszula Dudziak to convince her to go and conquer the US with him. The film is a recording of the fascinating and tumultuous journey reported from off-screen by the artist herself.

dir. David Arslanian

21′fab2022

Winter, by night. Mirko, a 23-year-old student, has only a few hours left to pay back his unpaid rent or he will be evicted. As a bicycle deliveryman at night, he must succeed in making a maximum of orders to pay off his debt.

dir. Mikael Lypinski

70′dok2023

The film director focuses his camera on a small community living in the mountainous forests of Oregon. People live there in a Spartan way, on their own terms and in close contact with nature, animals and each other. Their life is far from idyllic but the protagonists have found their own place on Earth.

dir. Marta Prus

12′dok2010

Subtle observation of an everyday life of two refugees from Chechnya living in Warsaw, Poland, 10-year-old Magomed and his father Vakha, which becomes a story about human's love and dignity.

dir. Agnieszka Zwiefka

74′dok2023

Vika, who is 84, is one of the eldest DJs in the world. Because of her attitude, she is far from any stereotypes about senior citizens. Bittersweet documentary musical about consistence in following your own path and fighting for your dreams.

dir. Aleksander Zalewski

78′dok2023

Imad, who comes from Syria, has been living in Warsaw for many years. In order to show his children their second homeland, he organizes an assistance expedition to the country of his ancestors. In an ambulance, which is to be donated to the local health service, they set off to war-torn Syria.

dir. Aleksander Zalewski

78′dok2023

Imad, who comes from Syria, has been living in Warsaw for many years. In order to show his children their second homeland, he organizes an assistance expedition to the country of his ancestors. In an ambulance, which is to be donated to the local health service, they set off to war-torn Syria.

dir. Alisa Kovalenko

100′dok2023

Donbas, 2019. The prospect of a new Russian invasion hangs in the air, while the sound of gunfire resulting from the old one can still be heard in the distance.

dir. Kevin Macdonald

120′dok2018

Directed by the Academy Award winner Kevin Macdonald ('The Last King of Scotland', 'Waiting for Joe'), this moving documentary is dedicated to the memory of pop and R&B legend Whitney Houston. "A gripping" (The Guardian), yet intimate and strikingly honest cinematic portrait, offering a unique insight into the life, dizzying career and slow decline, of a star gifted with unparalleled talent. Filled with the memories of the artist's loved ones, previously unreleased films and music that has already achieved the status of immortality.

dir. Tunde Skovran

105′dok2023

Sharon was a finalist of the Miss South Africa beauty pageant, while Dimakatso is a well-known activist. What they share is intersexuality, i.e. they possess traits of both sexes. Meanwhile, the world requires them to unambiguously declare their identity, which is not always in line with their subjective feelings.

dir. Dariusz Janiczak

47′dok2022

Darek is 24 and after 10 years of education at a school for students with intellectual disabilities he needs to confront himself with adulthood. At a film workshop, he receives a camera that will enable him to tell the story of the final weeks at his favourite place from his own perspective.

dir. Mo Harawe

28′fab2022

Somalia. A policewoman sits in her parked car. After a while, she gets out, puts on her service cap, and enters the prison. There, decisive hours have dawned for young Farah. Organizational machinery starts up around him. Farah is examined by a doctor, instructed by the bailiff, and looked after by an imam. Farah is waiting for his parents to visit. “How are you?” is the question everyone asks him that day. Each time, “Good” is his concise answer. Only when the policewoman takes Farah out of town the next morning does the unspeakable become a painful reality.

dir. Moritz Siebert

18′dok2023

What does a beautiful palace in Berlin have in common with a dilapidated fortress in Ghana? An answer to this question can be found in a remarkable documentary essay by Moritz Siebert. On the example of the two buildings, the director has managed to capture the essence of European colonialism in a witty manner.

dir. Stephen Irwin

12′anim2023

When parents discover that their new-born son in a mysterious way can roam the world, they decide to attach him to themselves using a rope. Full of fantastic events and supernatural elements, a fairy tale about adolescence and parenthood.

dir. Yurii Pupirin

84′dok2022

The movie is about Yarik "Rascal" Godunok, the commander of a volunteer squad in the Russo-Ukrainian War. His small unit held the defense of one of the villages in Kyiv region against Russian troops for almost a month. During this time, he survived many shellings, got wounded several times, and had to overcome the distrust of military officials.

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20′anim1963

dir. Tomek Popakul, Kasumi Ozeki

26′anim2023

A cat lover, Jesus leaving the cross and Christmas carollers holding pitchforks in a snowy and icy scenery. ‘Zima’, a psychedelic journey to a small fishing village, collects as if in a lens the behaviour, customs and vices of the Polish provinces. A horror-like animation in the convention of magic realism.