Julia Kijowska

The dramatic story of seven policemen. Besides work they're friends who, like all of us, like to drink and have fun. Everything changes when one of them dies.

Maria and Tom are in their thirties and have been married ten years. They live in a small town. Both find professional fulfillment in their jobs he in a design company, she at the town hall. They are working together on the decoration of their apartment and are expecting a baby. It seems that nothing is capable of disturbing their peaceful lives. But one day the mayor, who has long lusted after Maria, rapes her. She decides not to report this to the police. Nor does she tell her husband. (imdb)

Film study of alcoholism based on the book by Jerzy Pilch. The main hero - George is an alcoholic, regularly returning to the clinic for rehab. Originally do not believe in the possibility of winning the habit, each time after leaving the clinic, after several months of treatment, he goes to the pub "Under the Mighty Angel". The situation changes when George falls in love with a young girl. (imdb)

Cannes Film Festival 2004Third Prize at Cinefondation (imdb)

Karol, an ordinary young man, runs into a much older man, whom he believes to be a Red Spider, the terrifying serial killer, prowling the streets of Cracow in 1960s. Karol becomes obsessed with the man and spies on him. Meanwhile he meets Danka - a slightly older photographer, working for the local newspaper. Tempted by love, fascinated by death, Karol will soon have to make the most important choice of his life.

Poland, 1990. The first euphoric year of freedom, but also of uncertainty for the future. Four apparently happy women of different ages decide it's time to change their lives, and fulfill their desires. (imdb)

Nina, a teacher in mid-30's, struggling to have a child, looks for a surrogate mother. It would seem that together with her husband she has found an ideal candidate, yet Nina falls for the woman, who could have given birth to her child. (imdb)

Kacper, who works as a foreman, has an affair with the wife of his best friend Oskar, also a miner. To meet his mistress, he assigns Oskar to the distant and dangerous coal seams. As the lovers enjoy their rendezvous, Oskar gets buried underground, so they throw themselves into a rescue mission.

A love story of the son of a Polish guestworker and the daughter of a Swedish farmer. Set in the strawberry fields of the Swedish south, it depicts a world full of divergency and prejudice. (imdb)

Lipowo - a small, sleepy town in picturesque Kujawy. One day, in the middle of a close-knit community, Weronika Nowakowska - a writer looking for peace and escape from the life and troubles she left behind in the capital - comes to the town

Głęboka Woda (Deep Water) is a series about the employees and residents of a social welfare center. In their professional careers, they encounter various problems: alcoholism, domestic violence, drug addiction, homelessness and unemployment. They help exploited, illegal workers, immigrants from the East, and the Gypsy minority. They often deal with the problem of orphanage of children of Polish emigrants or children from broken families.

It’s a story of a young woman from Warsaw - Iwona who has two children and works in a supermarket. She lives with her unemployed husband in a block of flats. They are always short of money - that causes many quarrels and destroys their relationship . One day Iwona receives a great offer from her old friend - Wojtek. He wants her to move to London and start a brand new life.