When asked in final years of his life, while experiencing pain and suffering, if he would resign from his role the pope replied" "You don't come down from the cross." John Paul II's friend, Cardinal Marian...
Jan Nowak Jezioranski – a war emissary and a participant of Warsaw Uprising is interviewed by Andrzej Wajda. They discuss the resistance movement and the sense of the Warsaw Uprising.
Jarocin used to be a unique place on the map of Eastern Europe in the Communist Block because it became a symbol of individuality, freedom and protest in the enslaving system. It was all possible, thanks to rock music. The...
This documentary shows dramatic events that took place in Poland and their outcome which was so significant that it inspired an American screenwriter to share the story with the rest of the world. It is a story of the Blessed...
The issue of Jews fighting in the Uprising has not been raised much in the media, yet in the documentary we have a chance to watch the statements of the participants of those events: Marek Edelman, Simcha Rotem. On top of that...
"Everyone in Poland is celebrating, including our communist brothers. Because they think that this Poland is not that bad and it is not that bad to live in if the pope was born here. Maybe I am the one that's the most...
Eight years in the making, Magierski’s film traces Stanczak’s singular journey from Poland to the United States and his transformation from refugee to an artist. This striking documentary reveals a life and legacy defined by an...
On October 24, 1989, Jerzy Kukuczka fell to his death while climbing Lhotse. It was the first time he went to the Himalayas with money, proper equipment and international fame. The mysterious death of the climber is not the...
After two years in a mental hospital, Gosia, 18, is returning to her family and friends. As any young woman, all she wants is a chance at ordinary life: to finish her studies and meet someone who will love her. She fights to be...
It is a documentary presenting outstanding Polish artists of the 20th century and their youth, maturing and the creative path. The documentary is an attempt to show the process of artistic creation of people like Tadeusz...
Camera Buff (Polish: Amator, meaning "amateur") one of the greatest films of so called cinema of moral concern has been arousing keen interest since its release till today. At the end of the 70s, Krzysztof Kieślowski...
Accounts from the meeting of Krzysztof Kieślowski and Wim Wenders with the audiance at Polish Cultural Institute in Berlin. The document consists of screenings of excerpts of films made by these directors over the course of...
Tadeusz Kościuszko is the first hero of contemporary Poland and Lithuania. The film shows his biography in a dynamic arch between the tension of the times in which he lived and the character of the protagonist. The viewer will...
Late 1942: the 10-year-old Larissa escapes from the Warsaw Ghetto after her mother is deported to Treblinka. She climbs over the wall with a ladder and finds refuge on the “Aryan” side with the Jasik family living right next to...
In the summer of 2020, a huge blast in the port of Beirut killed 218 people, injured more than 7,500 and destroyed half of the city. It was one of the largest nonnuclear explosions in history and it shocked the world. The...
In this documentary, experts walk the audience through the development stages of the movie industry in pre-war Poland. They focus on great personalities, both the actors and directors. The film is an attempt to show how the...
A unique concert of one of the most respected Polish artists – Leszek Możdżer. The Polish pianist, together with the Holland Baroque Society orchestra, recorded the album "Earth Particles", in which the Bach-based...
A documentary film about the fate of people who have experienced miraculous events or witnessed miracles. They were suddenly and permanently healed. The film talks about how the lives of these people have changed after...