Poland

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Or as they say in Poland, “Wirus”. This suspenseful story follows a computer virus that’s eating its way through Warsaw, and features Polish action stars Olaf Lubaszenko, Jan Englert, and Cezary Pazura. After the computer networks of a major bank and hospital are compromised, Michal, a young hacker, is hired to combat the virus before it completely cripples the institutions. As he digs deeper into the code, he comes to believe his brother, Stefan, might be the cyber terrorist. Michal’s crush on the foxy bank manager isn’t helping either.Read More »

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An old doctor faces cancer. On the set, he meets a monk and a couple, a medical student and a wardrobe mistress. He seeks the help of other doctors, but in the end it is they who help him come to terms with his inevitable death.Read More »

Polish Silesia, the 1930’s. A coal mine is slated for shutdown. Scared of losing their jobs, the miners declare a sit-in. Young miner Jaś, a happy husband and father of two little boys, wants to go home, but overcomes his fear and stays with his fellow miners. The mine’s management tries to cheat the striking miners, promising to negotiate with the worker leaders if the workers leave the mine. The families demonstrate their solidarity outside. The man leading them is Erwin, a former Silesian insurrectionist. Silesian bands play at the mine gates, demonstrations are held. Siersza, leader of the strike, sends strike committee member Grudniok to Warsaw, to present the miners’ demands to the government. Grudniok returns with bad news. They told him in Warsaw that the mine was owned by a German, and the Polish government had no way of influencing his decision…Read More »

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Anna is a teacher and her husband Marek is an engineer. They both face moral dilemmas at work: Marek’s boss wants him to help get rid of a renowned engineer from their company; Anna refuses to support the false accusation of her student.Read More »

Based on the true story of a band of gypsies in occupied Poland during World War II and their struggle againt the Nazi invaders. Half a million gypsies died as they fled in a vain attempt to escape. The film follows the story of Dymitr, a Polish gypsy violinist, as he tries to lead his family and friends to safety in Hungary. A tragic and moving film with a wonderful authentic soundtrack of Gypsy music.Read More »

Lasting is an emotional love story about Michał and Karina, a pair of Polish students who meet and fall in love with each other while working summer jobs in Spain. An unexpected nightmare brutally breaks into their carefree time in the heavenly landscape and throws their lives into chaos.Read More »

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The novels “Dziewczęta z Nowolipek” and “Rajska jabłoń” by Pola Gojawiczyńska were published in the middle of the 1930s. The author, using her own experience and memories, described the childhood and youth of several friends, residents of the Warsaw district of Nowolipki. The novel “Dziewczęta z Nowolipek” was first filmed in 1937 by Józef Lejtes. This film adaptation was highly acclaimed. There were even voices that the film was artistically superior to Gojawiczyńska’s prose. The novel was adapted for the film for the second time at the beginning of the 1970s. This television adaptation also included “Rajska jabłoń” (“Paradise Apple”). The director Stanisław Wohl cast Emilia Krakowska, Elżbieta Kępińska, Zofia Kucówna and Ewa Wisniewska in the leading roles. Barbara Sass’ film is the third adaptation of Gojawiczyńska’s novel.Read More »

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Follows four friends in the early 20th century as they leave school and face difficulties together.Read More »

by Jan P. Matuszyński
Poland / 2021 / 22:56 / VOSTF

In 1980, Krzysztof Kieślowski filmed The Talking Heads, in which he asks his interlocutors “Who are you?” and “What do you want?” Forty years later, Jan P. Matuszyński pays tribute to him by asking the same questions to actors and directors for whom Kieślowski was important.

This film is a project of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute proposed by Jan P. Matuszyński to pay tribute to Krzysztof Kieślowski. Thanks to Justyna Godycka (Adam Mickiewicz Institute).Read More »