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- The movie is set in 1794 and follows General Kosciuszko's rebellion plan against the Russians in Poland. Ignac's encounter with Domingo brings him to Kosciuszko's hideout, where he must make a difficult decision.
- A story of love, friendship and the pursuit of adventure during the bloody and brutal reality of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising.
- Young pianists take part in the legendary International Chopin Piano Competition. A unique chance of a lifetime, portrayed from backstage and set to Chopin's music.
- The life of Waldek is filled mainly with computer games. When his mother needs to go away for a while, he stays under the care of a crazy and unpredictable aunt, who introduces him to discipline and new duties.
- 84-year-old DJ Vika is a star of Warsaw nightclubs. Charismatic and colorful she refuses to grow old. But can this last forever? "Vika!" is a bitter-sweet portrait of a woman who has to face aging, yet celebrating life till the very end.
- Ola, a seventeen-year-old, sets off to a foreign country on her own. It turns out to be the trip of her lifetime, where she tries to reconnect with her estranged father, comes to know a different world and changes her approach to life.
- Biography of Simona Kossak, a scientist and ecologist.
- Composed from the conversations that the director holds with people passing by in the street under his Warsaw apartment, each story in 'The Balcony Movie' is unique and deals with the way we try to cope with life as individuals. All together, they create a self-portrait of contemporary human life, and the passers-by present a composite picture of today's world.
- A janitor in Warsaw stumbles upon a time-traveling device in his apartment and gets stuck in the past while the woman he's been seeing looks for him.
- An openly gay man organized underground parties and after curfew salons of men inside private apartments. He enthusiastically took up drag, despite a fiercely homophobic culture, to free himself from the stifling correctness of the 80s.
- A busy attorney, worried that his anorexic daughter Olga might try to harm herself, since she's still grieving over her recently deceased mother, sends her to see a psychiatrist, Anna, who's dealing with her own loss in an unusual way.
- The fates of four separate women become entangled on the evening they each visit the same Warsaw nightclub and their worlds collide.
- In 1941, in German-occupied Warsaw, soon after the creation of the Warsaw Jewish Ghetto by the Nazis, a Polish amateur 8mm camera enthusiast shot a remarkable 10-minute film from both sides of the Ghetto walls.
- In times of war, the most endangered species was the man. Under the Nazis' noses, about 300 people, mainly Jews, found shelter at the Warsaw Zoo during the Second World War.
- The story of eight-year-old Oscar, a big fan of the series "Detective Bruno". The boy lives in the family orphanage and on his birthday he finds an envelope with a clue leading to the last gift hidden by his parents. He decides to hire the best detective he knows to help him solve the mystery. However, the series Bruno is actually Bruno Ksieski - a burnout, cynical actor who dislikes children, experiencing a great image crisis.
- Anything is possible in Warsaw rising from the war rubble in 1953. The omnipresent uncertainty, denunciations, and the sense of constant surveillance are tamed with the help of vodka and good company. A renowned writer, Mister T. lives in a hotel for authors and makes a living by giving extra lessons. One day, a young countryside man moves into the next-door flat with big dreams of working as a journalist. Mister T. becomes his mentor and teacher. The pace of the protagonist's life quickens once the authorities begin to suspect him of an evil wish to blow up the Palace of Culture and Science, and Secret Police agents start to watch every move he makes. It is hard to stay serious in this ridiculous reality.
- 25-year-old Aleksandra Rola is an MMA champion who defeated all her opponents in Poland in the course of one year, without practicing this sport for a long time before. We discover one human being's inner strength, the attempt to fulfill one's dreams and the price one is ready to pay. At the same time Aleksandra desperately seeks closeness and uses strange ways to find it.
- Introverted imaginative teenager, addicted to creating and posting Internet clips, is sent to his grandpa for holidays, where he faces an unbelievable challenge.
- A documentary film that tells the story of the godfather of Polish fantasy. Without him, the fate of "The Witcher" or the Oscar-winning "The Cathedral" by Tomasz Baginski would be uncertain.
- Marina is determined that her daughter Julia is going to be a figure skater. Here in Poland, her family has opportunities that they simply didn't have in Ukraine.
- The last interview of Wojciech Mlynarski, Polish writer, poet and singer, accompanied with commentaries from his closest friends and family.
- Polish author Zbigniew Herbert is one of the most remarkable poets of the 20th century. His works have been translated into 40 languages, acclaimed and awarded around the world, mainly because of its timeless and universal dimension. In Poland, his significance is even greater, as Herbert was a moral guide in his native country. His poetry was of great importance during the fight against communism. Many Poles learned his poems by heart and remember them up to this day. However, behind the crystalline beauty of his poetry, there is a man struggling with everyday life. His story told by his wife, Katarzyna, and people who were close to him unveils a picture of a unique, yet complex artist. A model of intelligence, humor and charm, on the one hand, Herbert has been struggling with anger, physical pain and mental illness, on the other.