Malgorzata Braunek

Set during the occupation of Poland during World War II. Some Polish soldiers, slaughter a woman, her son and daughter-in-law. The husband and his father escape by being in the forest. The young man decides to join the resistance but at the first meeting Gestapo kills his go-between and chase him. During his escape he gets into an apartment of a pregnant woman and helps her with the childbirth. (imdb)

During the Prussian army's invasion to Poland in 1793, a young Polish nobleman Jakub is saved from the imprisonment by a stranger who wants in return to obtain a list of Jakub's fellow conspirators. Following his mysterious saviour across the country, Jakub sees the overall chaos and moral corruption including his father's death and his girlfriend's betrayal. Being apparently demented by what he has seen, he commits a number of seemingly motiveless and gory killings. (imdb)

Few episodes from the title character's life make up a study of small town society, a sketch for a picture of Polish province. It is devoid of action ethnographic document; instead it's filled with observation from the perspective of a person touched by TV-induced numbness, searching for answers for a few simplest questions, such as: What time is it? What's going to be for dinner? How did I get here and who am I? "God, it's boring here" -- says one character. Day after day. (www.filmpolski.pl)

This follow-up to With Fire and Sword is yet another romantic, action-packed drama woven around a stormy love affair set against the Polish-Swedish War in the 1600s. (rottentomatoes.com)

The best of Andrzej Wajda's and Roman Polanski's actors are reunited after many years, in this moving story about old friends starting a new life. There are three of them - Lolek (Tadeusz Plucinski), Matka (Jan Nowicki), Maly (Zygmunt Malanowicz). They were bound by mutual dreams, love of women, and years spent together. (sfs.org.sg)

A man who is socially inept and out of touch with the world lives with his sister in a small farmhouse. The overly sensitive man lives off his hard-working sibling, taking odd jobs as he gets them to secure his meager earnings. When he brings home a woodcutter from the forest, the sister and the newcomer fall in love.

Friends of different generations, practicing different professions, spend together their summer holidays at the seaside every year. It is sunny; they look carefree and happy. They know each other very well, they are used to each other. To such an extent, that bore becomes inevitable. It is boredom that incites them to play a dangerous game. The end is dramatic: a young boy gets killed. It is the moment to draw the bottom line. The question is: Isn't the death of the spirit worse than of the body (Georgi Djulgerov)

Married man Wlodek meets a young psychology student Irena. She encourages him to change his life and become a translator or even a writer. However, Wlodek is trapped by his wife's ambitions and lack of courage.

A marital drama directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz.

A documentary about the upheavals in the making of a film that was arguably the first Polish mega science fiction production. Featuring photos from the original film set, archival material as well as interviews with Polish filmmakers, journalists, actors and critics, the documentary aims to provide a holistic historical perspective on a complex moment in the historiography of Polish cinema. (imdb)