2010 Films

The 2010 Viewers' Choice Award

Comedy

Wonderful Summer

Eighteen-year-old Kitka has the unusual gift of being able to communicate with her dead mother’s spirit.

Documentary

Trip To Nowhere

An animated true story of Polish children deported to Siberia by the Soviet Union during WW2.

Student

Roman Polanski: Shorts

A collection of Polanski's shorts made between 1958 and 1962 with live music by Sza/Za.

Comedy

Belcanto

It is 1966, in a small Polish town. A provincial tenor and the town's favorite loses his job and social position because of a conflict with his neighbor, a local beauty acting as a geisha.

Drama

After.Life

After a horrific car accident, Anna wakes up in a funeral home. Confused, terrified, and feeling still very much alive, Anna does not believe she is dead, despite the funeral director's reassurances that she is in transition to the afterlife.

Drama

All That I Love

Teenage rebellion becomes a dangerous activity during the political turmoil of the early 1980's Poland.

Drama

War of Love

A film adaptation of a 19th century comedic play by Aleksander Fredro.

Romance

A Simple Love Story

This story is told through the eyes of two spectators trying to create a movie script, focused on a simple story about love.

Animation

Copernicus Star

An animated story about Copernicus’ life also provides an interesting commentary on the academic atmosphere of the time.

Drama

The Woman Who Dreamt of a Man

A fashion photographer meets a man from her dream. Her otherwise perfect life is now in danger.

Comedy

Never Say Never

A story of a professional headhunter who despite all her successes is missing something in her life.

Drama

A Little Rose

A tale of a dangerous emotional game between an acclaimed writer, his beautiful young wife, and her conspiring lover.

Comedy

The Lullaby

When residents and visitors of a picturesque village start disappearing under mysterious circumstances, two detectives try to solve the mystery.

Drama

The Silence

A group of high school students sets off to climb Poland’s highest mountains. An avalanche triggers a cascading series of tragic events.

Drama

The Swing

This feature debut tells a story of a thirty-five-year-old man with a beautiful wife, a sweet daughter, and a mistress on the side to keep him happy.

Comedy

Holy Business

Two brothers discover an old car in their father's barn. It turns out the car was owned by Karol Wojtyła who became Pope John Paul II.

Comedy

Wonderful Summer

Eighteen-year-old Kitka has the unusual gift of being able to communicate with her dead mother’s spirit.

Drama

Laura

“Laura” is based on a true story about a dramatic search and rescue mission at Halemba coal mine that gripped the nation in February of 2006

Drama

Lesser Evil

A story of a Polish philology student who struggles with his identity as a writer given morally conflicting circumstances.

Drama

Piggies

This film focuses on teenage prostitutes, from a small town on the Polish-German border, who sell their bodies for electronic gadgets, cosmetics, and clothes.

Drama

Enen: Case Unknown

This is a story of an ambitious young doctor who is determined to make a name for himself, to the point that his wife often accuses him of being more interested in his career than in her.

Drama

Christopher

“Christopher” is the true story of the brutal kidnapping and murder of the son of a well-known businessman from Dobrzyn.

Documentary

Balcerowicz. All or Nothing.

This documentary features the sociopolitical transformations that took place in Poland after 1989.

Documentary

Bronek’s Ballad

This film is about Bronisław Komorowski, the current President of the Republic of Poland, and his family, as seen through the eyes of his neighbors from the town of Buda Ruska.

Drama

Born of the Sea

This is a story of transformation: a little fishing village becomes the modern port of Gdynia.

Drama

The Miracle Seller

The path to discovering oneself begins with helping others.

Animation

Animated History of Poland

A gripping animation depicting 1000+ year history of Poland in under 10 minutes

Documentary

The Land of Poland

This documentary account of a small Roma settlement in the Tatra mountains of southern Poland reveals a world of discrimination, mistrust and indifference right at the heart of Europe.

Drama

The Garden of Earthly Delights

Two disparate protagonists search for meaning and their place in the world.

Animation

Fallen Art

In this short animation, exemplary soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome are sent far away from civilization, where their insanities are nurtured by the laws and rules of no man.

Comedy

Dry Summer In Dry Valley

A "handsome" farmer is looking for a dream cover girl.

Comedy

Let’s Make a Grandson

A farmer struggles as he worries about the future of his children who don't want to settle on the family farm.

Independent

Bloody Nose

"Bloody nose” is one of the best recent Polish independent films, showcasing young director Dominik Matwiejczyk’s unusual sense of humor and excellent directing skills.

Documentary

Children of Leningradsky

This 35-minute documentary, takes an unblinking look at the reality of homeless children living in Russia today - in particular the ones who call the underground Leningradsky train station in Moscow home.

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