2011 Films

The 2011 Viewers' Choice Award

Drama

Black Thursday

A film dedicated to the workers' strikes that swept through Polish coastal cities in December of 1970, only to be brutally crushed by the communist authorities.

Short

Hanoi-Warsaw

In this short film a young Vietnamese woman illegally enters Poland, escapes her handler and journeys to Warsaw to meet her fiancé.

Short

Poland? Yes!

In this short produced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Poland, Hollywood stars share their impressions and often surprising connections with Poland.

Student

Nowhere Blues

Far, far away in a small town beyond distant mountains and an enormous forest, Braid is trapped. Only Great Love can release him. While waiting patiently for it to come Braid combs his long beard which houses all his powers...

Student

Normal People

Mother. Son. EMT... How much can one put up with for a second of happiness?

Drama

Screening at the Tatry Cinema

A character unto himself, Darek runs the oldest cinema in the city of Łódź – Tatry. He waits daily for the audience, sells tickets and answers the phone in the box office and operates the projector. He's a one man show.

Student

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12-year old Michał wants to join his older brother’s group. The brother and his pals take Michał to the woods and viscously tease him while recording everything with a camcorder.

Student

House of Death

Who said the old die first? In this tiny rest home the inhabitants secretly take care of each other. Rather than waiting for death, they enjoy all the rituals of living.

Comedy

Officer’s Wife

Produced by Academy Award winner Jan Kaczmarek, the Officer’s Wife follows a son who makes a startling discovery. After the death of his father, a forgotten bank safe deposit box reveals stories which all link to a concealed crime: the Katyń Forest massacre.

Drama

Ewa and Marcin

A sad story unfolds in a humorous way until the time comes.

Drama

Trip

13 year old Asia goes on an excursion with her grandfather. Grandpa teaches her how to ride a scooter, shows her the beauty of nature. He also shares with her secrets of life...

Drama

MC. Man of Vinyl

Never before have so many owed so much to just one man...

Documentary

Prisoners

This moving documentary tells the story of seven women who worked actively for the Solidarity during the communist era and ended up sharing a prison cell, serving time that far exceeded their "crime".

Drama

Charcoal Burners

"This film is like perfume. First appears the head note which leads to the heart note which finally lets the base note emerge.“ – Anna Stadnik, programmer of Riverside Film Festival.

Documentary

Tomorrow…

A day in the life of an old woman who we slowly realize has a fresh and eccentric view on life and a special relationship to the things around her. You never know what tomorrow will bring...

Comedy

Public Outrage

Picturesque scenery of Silesian worker settlements, a forgotten railway station and the deteriorating ruins of old factories are the backdrop for this romantic comedy.

Documentary

Rabbit à la Berlin

2010 Academy Award-nominated story, an allegorical, self-described "nature documentary about socialism" which brings together the history of Eastern Europe as seen from the rabbits' unique perspective.

Drama

My New Life

In this short, an engagement party turns confrontational as opposite views and values clash.

Drama

Twist and Blood

In this short, a young boy is ridiculed by his peers for being overweight. His parents want to slim him down at any cost, but he has found a way to relieve the pressures of his family and friends.

Documentary

Two Hearts

In this short documentary, we witness a photo-shoot of a newly wed couple.

Drama

Sleepwalkers

In this short, a true love is tested.

Drama

Matrimonial Comedy

Maria, a well educated housewife, is frustrated with her life and decides to leave her ignorant husband and three bratty kids.

Drama

Trick

A young talented counterfeiter and frail "professor" escape from prison.

Comedy

Career of Nikos Dyzma

In this comedy, twists of fate take an undertaker on a path to political influence.

Drama

Come To Me

In this short, a young woman comes to live with her boyfriend only to discover he is already living with another woman.

Drama

Play With Me

In this short, Hania and Pawel, a young couple, are going through their first serious crisis.

Documentary

Polish Eaglets Over Pakistan

A small group of Polish pilots led by Wladyslaw Turowicz arrived to Pakistan in 1947 to help establish the National Pakistani Air Force.

Drama

Madame Curie

This is a 1943 biographical film made by MGM. It tells the story of Nobel Prize winning Polish-French physicist Marie Sklodowska-Curie.

Drama

Black Thursday

A film dedicated to the workers' strikes that swept through Polish coastal cities in December of 1970, only to be brutally crushed by the communist authorities.

Drama

Mystification

It is 1968. A university student comes across a sensational clue that may change history. His investigation proves that renowned Polish painter and writer, Witkacy, did not commit suicide in 1939.

Documentary

Poland in Freedom

The film summarizes the result of 22 years of changes in Poland in the context of events filmed in 1989.

Animation

City of Ruins

The world's first digital reconstruction of Warsaw destroyed during the Second World War.

Drama

Snow Queen

A mother accidentally discovers her son’s homosexuality and his relationship with another man. A son loses his partner and his mother’s trust.

Drama

Erratum

If only we could stop time and start over... A wife, son, and a good job - Michal's life is perfectly arranged.

Drama

Rite of Passage

A coming-of-age story set shortly after World War II in Krakow, Poland.

Drama

Entanglement

There are secrets you don't hide in a bank. Secrets too gruesome to ever come to light...

Drama

Flying Pigs

Set in the Polish soccer scene. A story of great emotions, love, friendship and the rules that are worth following in life.

Drama

Joanna

It's World War II and a young woman hides a Jewish girl in her apartment.

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