Maria Ciunelis

Our main character lands on a supposedly uninhabited strange new world, where he is instead greeted as a "hero" and treated like royalty. He soon finds out that heroism has a price: he has to commit a crime so that he may be publicly executed in a glorious ceremony. (imdb)

Middle of Europe. Village in the mountains with only one bus running. Love, crime, atonement. People and ghosts. Cheap wine and magic.

Class IV A terror group of provincial high school teacher, brings a new Krzysztof Buka. The boy was expelled from one of the Gdansk high schools for spreading leaflets. Not accepted initially, but soon wins class's friendship. With the support of the teacher, Meluzyna, a quarter goes on tour. Joint excursion of the city integrates class. During the tour comes to the idea of organizing the school theater. The school puts a strong resistance but finally they win room by trick...

The main character is Bogna, a thirty year old woman lost in her surrounding reality and unhappy in her private life. After her husband departs for a foreign scholarship, Bogna learns that her mother died. The trip to her hometown for the funeral becomes a voyage in time, during which she relives the memories of her idyllic childhood. (worldscinema.com)

Coming of age story of four girls living in the same poor district of Warsaw just before the outbreak of World War One.