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In 1970, striking workers protest against price increases in communist Poland, sparking tension and violent repression from dignitaries.

Casa Blanca is a small fishing village on the Gulf of Havana. Nelsa (76) and her son Vladimir (37), who has Down syndrome, share a tiny room in an overcrowded multi-family building. Vladimir is the only person to watch over Nelsa,Nelsa is the only person to watch over Vladimir

Martial law, which was imposed in Poland on 13 December 1981, targeted the Solidarity movement, but it had other faces, too. On the basis of exclusively archival footage, the film explores the backstage of the past events. It undermines the mythicised image of Polish society as a victim of the system.

Through the window, Dawid watches a new neighbour move into a house next door. The girl is more or less his age. She's wearing a strange skirt. Later on, Dawid finds out it's a Hawaiian hula skirt and the girl's name is Monika. Most probably, he also learns why Monika's grandma has gone away to Hawaii. Most probably, he's going to tell her that his sister is a cat now. For sure, the boy and the girl will be brought closer together by their strength in order to save their precious memories about the loved ones who departed this life. The mad Time Hopper will help them cross the gate in an old clock that leads to a place where time rules are completely different. Yet, in order to pay him, is chocolate enough?

The film follows the story of the married couple Václav and Vera, who gave their word to each other that they would always stand by themselves and not cross their moral boundaries. But the Soviet occupation of 1968 puts their mutual promise to the difficult test.

A middle-class Polish make a trip across the Balkans, heading for a refugee camp on the Macedonian-Greek border.

Bombed-out streets, destroyed Russian tanks, evening meals in an Underground repurposed into a shelter. Image by image, the directors push beyond easily reproducible images of war to enter the reality the country has experienced since February 24, 2022.

An unusual couple, Leszek and Mikolaj, move into a stud farm that one of them inherited form his father. When Mikolaj discovers that someone has destroyed their wooden fence, he becomes obsessed with fixing it. Yet, can the fence really protect this relationship from a hostile environment?

A single event that shakes up the everyday routine of people sharing the same backyard. Everyone is in a hurry, but an unconscious man is lying on the pavement - and he is the eponymous 'problem'.

What happens behind the closed doors of surgical wards, treatment rooms and other spaces where specialist medical consultations take place? Things you don't see but they can save people's lives.

Controlled conversations, recording with hidden cameras, dirty records of interrogations and recruitment attempts as well as video tutorials for the officers of the security service - all of these materials are employed to portray the monitored life in Poland under communism. Sometimes grotesque, this picture is underpinned by horror, escalating intuitively with every minute. The dramatic culmination is when the Big Brother is not just watching but violating the intimacy of an ordinary citizen. Before us, there is a terrifying communist panopticon which keeps spying on and recording itself.

Poland, 1982, the politically heated days of communist martial law. Two coal miner brothers react differently to the oppressive police state. While Tadek prefers to retreat into neutrality, Janek chooses active engagement in the democratic underground. When Janek asks Tadek to store some anti-government leaflets on the second anniversary of Solidarity's 1980 strikes, he triggers a spiral of events that will have everyone's allegiances and characters severely tested.

Creative documentary telling the story of a Polish village. Thirty farmers begin an equestrian journey touring the boundaries of nearby villages and fields. Fatigue and inebriation mix with religious ecstasy. A marriage of the sacred and the profane.

The film will show one day of life at a small farm in the Low Beskid. Three generation of men live under the same roof: 48-year-old Jan, who works at log-rolling in the woods, his 78-year-old father, Michal, who used to have the same job as his son, and 8-year-old Mateusz, who plays at the log-rolling. Their everyday, unhurried life contrasts with the massive traffic rolling all day long just a few metres from their farm.

Tadeusz Rolke, an aged master of Polish photography, has more than just a typical teacher-student relationship with 15-year-old Michal. Together, they travel across Poland to take portrait photographs of the residents of small towns and villages while the dark room placed in their camper enables them to develop pictures on the spot and give them to the models whom they meet accidentally. For the boy, this is an excellent opportunity to find out about the arcana of traditional photography. For both - an opportunity to experience a beautiful friendship.

There is a classical music festival going on. The camera takes a look at the backstage, captures the last rehearsals, follows the work of the technical crew, costume preparations and the banter between the signer and the pianist. Backstage, fans are collecting autographs and take photographs with artists. This is the festival microcosm as seen from all possible perspectives. The stage seems to be somewhere far away as the process of music creation and the commotion that accompanies it is more important.

A portrait of Roman Stanczak, legendary performer and sculptor of the 90s and source of inspiration for the alumni of the famed Kowalnia studio of Warsaw's Academy of Fine Arts.

Illustrated with beautiful photos, a story about a modern village and its unusual inhabitants, separated by a significant age difference, but united by a strong attachment to folk culture. "Earth" is a juicy document, and its rhythm is determined by nature and regularly changing landscapes. Its creators are able to see the beauty of non-obvious aspects of rural life and are not afraid of strong editing juxtapositions. Music is as important as the image in this film, accompanying the characters during key life events and helping them deal with the emotions that accompany them.

The field of observation is limited to the seat of the Registry Office within its opening hours, or more specifically to its three rooms. One of them is used to register births, the second one - deaths and the third one - weddings. The observation of the clients' and clerks' behavior in each room unveils a picture of our everyday life as well as fate.

A series of conversations between a mother and a daughter. The mother (66) is a doctor and a devout, practicing Catholic. The daughter (35) is an atheist and a mother to two children conceived through IVF.