NEW POLISH FILMS 2020 NEW POLISH FILMS 2020

1 DEBUT FEATURE 2 DEBUT DOCUMENTARY MASTERS OF THE PLANET FROM WITHIN 6 ANIMATION JEDYNY GATUNEK W RODZAJU CZŁOWIEKA Z WNĘTRZA 25 YEARS OF INNOCENCE. CLOUDS OF DEATH EVEN MICE BELONG THE CASE OF TOMEK KOMENDA – BOLIMOV 1915 MOSQUITO STATE GIRLS’ TALES IN HEAVEN KOMAR OPOWIEŚCI DZIEWCZĘCE 25 LAT NIEWINNOŚCI. SPRAWA TOMKA KOMENDY OBŁOKI ŚMIERCI – BOLIMÓW 1915 NAWET MYSZY IDĄ DO NIEBA ANATOLIAN LEOPARD IN VOLTA MR. JONES GUCZO – A FILM ABOUT HOME RHYMES OBYWATEL JONES LAMPART Z ANKARY W STANIE WOLTY AUGUST ZAMOYSKI ON THE BIG SCREEN GUCZO – FILM O AUGUŚCIE ZAMOYSKIM BELOVED NEIGHBOURS KULT FILM NUMBERS WIERSZYKI DOMOWE NA EKRANIE BIAŁY POTOK KULT FILM NUMERY HERBERT, A BARBARIAN IN THE GARDEN EASTERN MR. JAN AND 40 GIRLS PARQUET HERBERT, BARBARZYŃCA W OGRODZIE EASTERN PAN JAN I 40 DZIEWCZYN PARKIET I AM MAX EVERYONE HAS A SUMMER NEST PLANET SINGLE 3 JESTEM MAX KAŻDY MA SWOJE LATO DOM PLANETA SINGLI 3 LISOW 901 FISHEYE NO HERO AT ALL RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES LISÓW 901 FISHEYE ANTYBOHATER ZAJĘCIA REKREACYJNE LOOKING FOR THE POLISH HURRAH, WE ARE STILL ALIVE! OUR LITTLE POLAND SIMPLE THINGS HURRA, WCIĄŻ ŻYJEMY! NASZA MAŁA POLSKA PROSTE RZECZY SCHINDLER W POSZUKIWANIU POLSKIEGO SCHINDLERA JULIUSZ SAY YES / NO SWEAT JULIUSZ POWIEDZ TAK LUB NIE SWEAT MAREK EDELMAN… AND THERE WAS LOVE IN THE GHETTO THE BLACK MILL LAMB THE PAWNSHOP MAREK EDELMAN… I BYŁA MIŁOŚĆ W GETCIE JAGNIĘ LOMBARD CZARNY MŁYN MY BIG BIBA THE GARDEN LETTERS TO SANTA 4 MOJA WIELKA BIBA LISTY DO M. 4 ZŁOTOKAP ONCE UPON A TIME IN POLAND 3 DEBUT ANIMATION THE LAST MISSION MARYGOROUND JAK BÓG SZUKAŁ KARELA MARYJKI KILL IT AND LEAVE THIS TOWN ORZEŁ. OSTATNI PATROL ORDINARY COUNTRY ZABIJ TO I WYJEDŹ Z TEGO MIASTA THE PEASANTS MOTHS ZWYCZAJNY KRAJ ĆMY CHŁOPI SCANDAL TONIA NOTHING IS LOST SKANDAL. EWENEMENT MOLESTY NIC NIE GINIE 4 FEATURE TONIA SCARS TRIPLE TROUBLE ONCE UPON A TIME ADVENTURES BLIZNY IN ALLOTMENT GARDENS OF A MATHEMATICIAN TARAPATY 2 THE ANTARCTIC SYNDROME PEWNEGO RAZU W OGRÓDKACH DZIAŁKOWYCH GENIUSZE TRUE LIFE OF ANGELS SYNDROM ZIMOWNIKÓW OTHER PEOPLE AUTUMN GIRL PRAWDZIWE ŻYCIE ANIOŁÓW THE DEFENDERS OF THE POLISH INNI LUDZIE JESIENNA DZIEWCZYNA WONDER ZENIA WONDER ŻENIA POST OFFICE OVERCLOCKERS BROAD PEAK OBROŃCY POCZTY OSIEDLE POLSKICH SKRZYDEŁ BROAD PEAK ZIEJA ZIEJA THE END OF THE VALLEY OF TEARS ROTTEN EARS CHARLATAN KONIEC ŚWIATA W DOLINIE ŁEZ ZGNIŁE USZY SZARLATAN THIS CAN NOT BE DIRECTED SUPERNOVA CORPUS CHRISTI TEGO SIĘ NIE DA WYREŻYSEROWAĆ SUPERNOVA BOŻE CIAŁO 5 DOCUMENTARY TONY HALIK THE CHAMPION DEAR ONES BALCONY MOVIE TONY HALIK MISTRZ BLISCY FILM BALKONOWY UNDERAGE ENGINEERS THE COLDEST GAME DEATH OF ZYGIELBOJM BITTER LOVE NIELETNI INŻYNIEROWIE UKRYTA GRA ŚMIERĆ ZYGIELBOJMA GORZKA MIŁOŚĆ UNPAVED THE GETAWAY KING FOOLS BLACK MUD UNPAVED NAJMRO GŁUPCY CZARNE BŁOTO WHAT IF NOTHING? THE LAST LONER I NEVER CRY CATALONIAN DREAM A CO JEŚLI NIC? OSTATNI SAMOTNIK JAK NAJDALEJ STĄD KATALOŃSKI SEN WIKA! WARNING MAGNESIA ESCAPE TO THE SILVER GLOBE WIKA! OSTRZEŻENIE MAGNEZJA UCIECZKA NA SREBRNY GLOB

New Polish Films 2020 www.en.pisf.pl 1 New Polish Films 2020 FEATURE DEBUT www.en.pisf.pl

Back to start Photo by: Robert Pałka Jan Frycz, Andrzej Konopka, Konopka, Andrzej Frycz, Jan Andrzej by: Gołda Written Weronika Orlińska Weronika by: design Costume Cast: Cast: New Polish Films 2020 Przemysław Kamieński Przemysław by: Sound Kaczmarek (PSC) Magdalena Różczka, Dariusz Chojnacki 25 LAT NIEWINNOŚCI. SPRAWA TOMKA KOMENDY Production manager: Production design by: Edited by: Photography by: Jan Holoubek by: Directed Produced S.A. by: TVN Producers: 25 YEARS OF INNOCENCE. THE CASE OF TOMEK KOMENDA Piotr Trojan, Agata Kulesza, Kulesza, Agata Trojan, Piotr Rafał Listopad Anna Waśniewska-Gill Bartłomiej Bartłomiej Krzysztof Łojan Krzysztof Maciej Fajst Maciej TVN Distribution TVN Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute Distribution in Poland: Kino Świat Poland: in Distribution The filmmakers make an attempt to find find to attempt an make filmmakers The A gripping and heartbreaking crime drama drama crime heartbreaking and A gripping to wait 18 years in the cell for justice? for cell the in years 18 wait to rape and murder of a teenage girl. girl. ateenage of murder and rape for answers to all the questions that are still still are that questions the all to answers prison in years 25 to sentenced and Komenda – a young man wrongly accused accused wrongly man –ayoung Komenda bothering public opinion: how could this Tomasz of life the about astory is It Poland. shocked that events real on based happen and why did an innocent man have have man innocent an did why and happen Trailer

Photo by: Robert Pałka is his feature feature his is KOMENDA TOMEK OF CASE THE AND Jan Holoubek worked worked he years many For Sobociński. Witold (cinematography studies). He took his Cinematographer, director and screenwriter television productions. In 2007 he directed directed he 2007 In productions. television first professional steps alongside such directed the television television the directed he 2018, In film. directorial debut. and film numerous on acinematographer as cinematographers as Edward Kłosiński and the best debut in a documentary adocumentary in debut best the for Koszalin, in Films Debut of Festival & Film Młodzi 2018 2018 2007 2014 born on March 4, 1978 in Warsaw. In 2001 2001 In Warsaw. in 1978 4, March on born series entitled film original first his School Film Lodz the from graduated he Director’s Filmography: Director’s Poland 2020 / 110’ /Colour /110’ 2020 Poland SHADOW – mockument  O Rojst – documentary – documentary ( Pocztówki z Republiki Absurdu  ( icień Słońce Vykort från absurditetens republik ROJST dwróceni – TV series –TV . 25 that won Grand Prix at the the at Prix Grand won that ( YEARS OF YEARS INNOCENCE. Insiders Sunlight and Shadow ) – TV series, ep. 5–8 ep. series, ) –TV SUNLIGHT SUNLIGHT ) )

Back to start DEBUT FEATURE 4 Anita Trzyna, Mateusz Gradowski ANATOLIAN LEOPARD Emre Kayiş Emre by: Written Oiku Ersoy Oiku Costume design by: Monika Biała, by: design Costume Cast: Cast: New Polish Films 2020 Hatice Aslan, Osman Alkas Osman Aslan, Hatice Sound by: Michael Kaczmarek by: Sound Turan Billur Sajko-Gradowska, Monika Production manager: Production design by: Edited by: Olivia Neergaard-Holm Photography by: Kayiş Emre by: Directed LAMPART Z ANKARY Ugur Polat, Ipek Turktan, Tansu Biser, Biser, Tansu Turktan, Ipek Polat, Ugur Nick Cooke Nick Buke Aksehirli, Tanja Georgieva-Waldauer – Germany, Hammer Jon Georgieva, Tanja ADOMEIT Jon Hammer –Denmark Hammer Jon ADOMEIT World Sales: LUXBOX Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Co-produced by: ELEMAG by: PICTURES Co-produced Ministry of Culture Turkey Culture of Ministry FilmDanish Institute, Monika Sajko-Gradowska, Blicharska, Maria Distribution in Poland: Executive Producer: Olena Yershova Producer: Executive Produced by: TATO Turkey FILM, Producers: Olena Yershova, Polish Film Institute,

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Back to start DEBUT FEATURE 5 BELOVED NEIGHBOURS Tomasz Walesiak Julia Wyszyńska Michał Grzybowski, Grzybowski, Michał by: Written Cast: Alicja by: Antoszczyk design Costume New Polish Films 2020 Magdalena Borowiec, Daria Zienowicz Dymecki, Agnieszka Dulęba-Kasza, Artur Walaszczyk by: Sound Producers: Production Leźnicka manager: Maria Production design by: Edited by: Ireneusz Grzyb Photography by: Grzybowski Michał by: Directed BIAŁY POTOK Marcin Dorociński, Dobromir Tatiana Matysiak, Mateusz Skalski Tomasz Walesiak

World Sales: Open Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl TVP S.A. TVP by: Co-produced Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute Executive Producer: Ltd. Studio Film Produced by: Square Distribution in Poland: Tatiana Matysiak Open A comedy of errors about the vicissitudes vicissitudes the about errors of A comedy with their innocent seemingly lies, little that she once spent the night with Michał. Michał. with night the spent once she that emotional and financial relations, along heat the in everyone, for Unexpectedly of two married couples. Michał and Ewa and Michał couples. married two of of a quarrel Kasia reveals to her husband husband her to reveals Kasia aquarrel of are facing severe financialproblems. second Ewa’s and jobs good their by erned placed in doubt. The intricacies of their their of intricacies The doubt. in placed pregnancy. Kasia and meanwhile, Bartek, In an instant, love and friendship are are friendship and love instant, an In lead to a spiral of misunderstandings... misunderstandings... of aspiral to lead lead a relatively stable life, which is gov is which life, stable arelatively lead - Theatre in Kalisz. Author of the film film the of Author Kalisz. in Theatre SONO PRONTO Gdynia and acclaimed worldwide worldwide acclaimed and Gdynia in Festival Polish Film School in Łódź. Director, actor, actor, Director, Łódź. in School Film Polish from Graduated Poland. Łódź, in 1979 in Born 2014 2012 2010 short feature sceenwriter. Member of the Bogusławski Director’s Filmography: Director’s Michał Grzybowski Michał Poland 2020 / 80’ /Colour /80’ 2020 Poland

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Back to start DEBUT FEATURE 6 Anna Kłos, Edyta Torhan Edyta Kłos, Anna Piotr Adamski, by: Written Cast: Costume design by: New Polish Films 2020 Kacper Habisiak, Marcin Kasiński Bajowski, Jarosław by: Sound Ewa Solecka Grochowiak Michał Paulina Krzyżańska, Marcin Czarnik, Production manager: Daria Maślona Production design by: Edited by: Pietras Bartosz Zemler Hubert by: Music Photography by: Piotr Adamski by: Directed EASTERN EASTERN Maja Pankiewicz, Maja Pankiewicz, Bartosz Nalazek Sandra Kowalska Agata Lepacka,

– Polish Filmmakers Association, World Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute Canal+ Polska by: Co-produced Ewa Jastrzębska, Kapuściński Jerzy Produced by: Producers: Distribution in Poland: Jacek Bromski,

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honour on the one hand and her own own her and hand one the on honour of orable, patriarchal code, the Nowak and Kowalski families have been embroiled between carrying out revenge in the name name the in revenge out carrying between inex an by regulated world adystopian In sister, Ewa, is faced with a choice achoice with faced is Ewa, sister, his Kowalska, Klara of hand the at dies son a vendetta for years. When the Nowaks’ Nowaks’ the When years. for a vendetta in life and freedom on the other. the on freedom and life

- Academy of Fine Arts and the Wajda Wajda the and Arts Fine of Academy Awards: School and has created exhibitions both both exhibitions created has and School Samsung Art Master competition and has has and competition Master Art Samsung Ministry of Culture and and Culture of a Ministry received twice Piotr Adamski graduated from the Poznań Poznań the from graduated Adamski Piotr director film and artist visual 1982, in Born 2019 2019 National Heritage scholarship. 2019 2016 in Poland and abroad. He is a winner of the the of awinner is He abroad. and Poland in Festival’s Premiere: Piotr Adamski Director’s Filmography: Director’s Poland 2019 / 75’ /Colour /75’ 2019 Poland – Acting Discovery Award for Maja Maja for Award Discovery – Acting  Poland Festival, Film and Youth The

The Youth and Film Festival, Poland Poland Festival, Film and Youth The Eastern Otwarcie Otwarcie Press Award Press Music; Best for Award Pankiewicz; ( Opening ) –F(short)

Back to start DEBUT FEATURE 7 Written by: Tomasz by: Jurkiewicz, Written Cast: Costume design by: Sandra Anita Drzymalska, Poddębniak, New Polish Films 2020 Katarzyna Białas Olga Kaniewska, by: Sound Piotr Janusz Maciej Grzybowski Production manager: Zajączkowska Anna Alicja by: Kazimierczak design Production Edited by: Aleksandra Gowin Wysocki Szymon by: Music Bilska Weronika by: Photography Tomasz by: Jurkiewicz Directed EVERYONE HAS A SUMMER KAŻDY MA SWOJE LATO Nicolas Przygoda, Sandra Kowalska

Telewizja Polska S.A. World Sales: Open Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Telewizja by: Polska S.A. Co-produced Przemysław Miękinia Przemysław Distribution in Poland: Eyes My Produced by: Before Producers: Magdalena Sztorc, Magdalena Polish Film Institute, Open – sees in her his long-gone lover. Mirek lover. Mirek long-gone his her in – sees the local church church local the of son Mirek, 17-year-old religious camp. camp. a religious at acook as work to family secret that had been carefully carefully been had that secret family their explore they As Agata. to closer guarded by Mirek’s mother. Mirek’s by guarded grandfather – who suffers from dementia his while her, with love in falls organist, small town town a small to comes Agata Rebellious relationship, they suddenly uncover a uses his grandfather’s condition to get get to condition grandfather’s his uses Tomasz Jurkiewicz (Karlovy Vary, Seuol). Vary, (Karlovy made several short films and and films short several made He School. awards at many Polish (Kraków, Gdynia, Gdynia, (Kraków, Polish many at awards 100 than more won which documentaries Krzysztof at directing film in graduated Koszalin) and international film festivals Wajda and School Film Kieślowski screenwriter, director, 1981, in Born 2018 2018  2018 2011 2010  2010 2009 2009 2016  Director’s Filmography: Director’s Poland 2020 / 80’ /Colour /80’ 2020 Poland – document  – document – document – TV Theatre – TV ( Cały świat Hani iStasia Hani świat Cały  ( Dni przemiany Z pogranicza cudu ( cudu Z pogranicza Zabawy w dom ( wdom Zabawy ( Gdyby ryby miały głos miały ryby Gdyby – short fiction – short fiction – short   World according to Hania and Stas and Hania to according World Babcia wyjeżdża ( wyjeżdża Babcia Wesołych Świąt The Days of Transformation of Days The If Fish Could Talk Could Fish If

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Back to start DEBUT FEATURE 8 Szymon Bogacz, Szymon by: Written Cast: Cast: Costume design by: New Polish Films 2020 Piotr Adamczyk Radosław Ochnio Maciej Wróblewski, by: Sound Piotr Szcześniak, TołoczkoMichał Ireneusz Grzyb Production manager: Ewa Szwarc Production design by: Edited by: Magdalena Chowańska, Agata by: Kurzyk Music Photography by: Szcześniak Michał by: Directed FISHEYE FISHEYE Julia Kijowska,Julia Wojciech Zieliński, Paweł Dyllus Dominika Gebel Anna Wunderlich Wajda Studio, Wojciech Stuchlik World Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Oration Films Oration Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute AbsolutFilm, by: Co-produced DI Factory DI Fonograf, Studio Production, Film Produced by: Producers: Forum Film Poland Film Forum Poland: in Distribution Sebastian Petryk Producer: Executive Ewa Szwarc Timothy O’Brien, O’Brien, Timothy

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A woman is kidnapped and kept a pris kept and kidnapped is A woman the past. free she needs to solve a mystery from from amystery solve to needs she free has she learns she captivity In oner. been adopted and her family buried the the buried family her and adopted been uncomfortable truth. In order to break - 30th Warsaw Film Festival. the 10 titles on the Oscar® 2015 nominations nominations 2015 Oscar® the on titles 10 the SASHKA, SASHKA SASHKA, was selected to the most most the to selected was and category, 2017  2017  2014 Polish film director awarded with numerous Festival, IDFA Amsterdam, 57th DOK. Leipzig, Leipzig, DOK. 57th Amsterdam, IDFA Festival, 2019 2017 2012 2007 2007 prestigious film awards worldwide for films films for worldwide awards film prestigious Sundance Film Film Sundance e.g. festivals, prestigious shortlist in the Documentary Short Subject Subject Short Documentary the in shortlist as: such POINT POINT Michał Szcześniak Director’s Filmography: Director’s Poland 2020 / 97’ /Colour /97’ 2020 Poland

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Back to start DEBUT FEATURE 9 Jacek Beler, Joanna Drozda, Drozda, Joanna Beler, Jacek Agnieszka by: Polska Written Costume design by: Agnieszka by: Klepacka, design Costume Cast: Cast: New Polish Films 2020 Sound by: Igor Kłaczyński by: Sound Maciej Chorąży Marcin Czarnik, Bartosz Bielenia Marta Arkadiusz Ojrzyńska, Brykalski, Production manager: Production design by: Edited by: Beata Walentowska Agnieszka by: Polska Directed Produced by: Kijora Film Producers: HURRAH, WE ARE STILL ALIVE! HURA, WCIĄŻ ŻYJEMY! Piotr Polak, Sonia Roszczuk, Roszczuk, Sonia Polak, Piotr Anna Gawlita Dariusz Dużyński Tomasz Kowalski

Artntainment World Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-produced by: Agnieszka by: Polska, Co-produced Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute, Beata Walentowska, Tomasz Wolski, Miasto Stołeczne Warszawy Stołeczne Miasto Distribution in Poland: Open Open – whose characters are loosely based on on based loosely are characters – whose world. Living in an oppressive, conservative the group that surrounded Rainer Werner a team of bohemian filmmakers, whose whose filmmakers, bohemian of a team of course of atrace, without left has who director, next their for prepare editor, –an Dirk and Fassbinder – are forced to re-evaluate their their re-evaluate to forced –are Fassbinder member of an underground leftist leftist underground an of – amember Rosa the await they While Luxemburg. Rosa militant group visits their house. In the the In house. their visits group militant influential and enigmatic their of return encounter with the politics of real real of politics the with encounter an by confronted are practice and believes belief in political cinema. political in belief big commitment – a popular film about about film –apopular commitment big state, Rita – an actress and ex-poet, ex-poet, and actress –an Rita state, HURRAH, WEHURRAH, ARE STILL ALIVE! dense action, the protagonists is the story story the is -generated media and traditional cinema York, Centre Pompidou and Palais de Agnieszka Polska is a visual artist Agnieszka Polska works in to reflect on the New Museum and the MoMA in New New in MoMA the and Museum New the and film director who uses computer- uses who director film and 2018 2013 Bahnhof. Nationalgalerie founded by Hamburger 2017 In DC. Washington, in Museum responsibility. Polska has presented her 2012 she was awarded prestigious Preis der Paris, Tate Modern in London, Hirshhorn Hirshhorn London, in Tate Modern Paris, in Director’s Filmography: Director’s Poland 2020 / 85’ /Colour /85’ 2020 Poland

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Back to start DEBUT FEATURE 10 Photo by: Gigant Films Aleksander Pietrzak script co-written Abelard Giza, by: Kacper Ruciński,Written Orzechowska Costume design by: Kalina by: Lach design Costume Łukasz Światowiec, Michał Chaciński, New Polish Films 2020 Sound by: Mariusz ‘Mario’ by: Wysocki Sound Pastewka Mateusz by Radosław Drabik, Kamil Śmiałkowski, Śmiałkowski, Kamil Drabik, Radosław by Production manager: Aleksandra Production design by: Edited by: Jarosław Barzan psm Macuk Marcin by: Music Pastewka Mateusz by: Photography Directed by: Aleksander Pietrzak by: Directed JULIUSZ JULIUSZ Agnieszka Bąk Anna Jan Smołowik, Peszek, World Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Cast: Cast: Rafał Rutkowski Michał Chaciński Producers: Distribution in Poland: Kino Świat Poland: in Distribution Produced by: Wojciech Mecwaldowski, Radosław Drabik, Open GIGANT FILMS GIGANT

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Photo by: Gigant Films A graduate of film directing at the Warsaw Warsaw the at directing film of A graduate Aleksander Pietrzak Gdynia Film Festival. He gained experience experience gained He Festival. Film Gdynia by Steven Spielberg, Spielberg, Steven by SPIES OF SINGLI Short Film Competition at the 42nd 42nd the at Competition Film Short the for 2018 latest latest his and abroad and home at awards Film School. His graduation film film graduation His School. Film by sets of: of: sets short film film short the director’s department on the film film the on department director’s the in KAWA WCALE NIE JEST TAKA ZŁA ZŁA TAKA JEST NIE KAWA WCALE Director’s Filmography: Director’s 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 Awards: 2018 Festival’s Premiere: Poland 2018 / 100’ /Colour /100’ 2018 Poland Alexandros Avranas.

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Back to start DEBUT FEATURE 11 Jan Naszewski, Piodor Gustafsson, Gustafsson, Piodor Naszewski, Jan Valdimar by: Jóhannsson, Written Guðnason, BjörnGuðnason, Hlynur Haraldsson Costume design by: Margrét Einarsdóttir by: design Costume Cast: Cast: Sjón Sigurdsson New Polish Films 2020 Sound by: Björn Viktorsson by: Sound Erik Rydell Nassim, Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska, Production manager: Production design by: Edited by: Agnieszka Glińska Gudnason Thorarinn by: Music Photography by: Valdimar by: Jóhannsson Directed Producers: LAMB JAGNIĘ Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Hrönn Kristinsdóttir, Sara Kristinsdóttir, Hrönn Eli Ronen Arenson Baldvin Kari Snorri Hilmarsson New Europe Film Sales Sales Film Europe New Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute, Pot Chimney The by: Co-produced Film Sales Nordisk Film&TV Found, Swedish Film Film Swedish Found, Film&TV Nordisk Eurimages, Icelandic Film Center, Productions Spark Black Institute, Film iVäst Film Institute, Distribution in Poland: Madants, Produced Sheep, by: to Go New Europe Europe New

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Back to start DEBUT FEATURE 14 Photo by: Łukasz Bąk Agnieszka Wawoczny Jakub Jasinowski, Adrian Sztuba, Sztuba, Adrian Jasinowski, Jakub Jakub Krzykowski, Antoni Urbaniak, Piotr Stasik, Łukasz Czapski Łukasz Stasik, Piotr by: Written Cast: Cast: Costume design by: New Polish Films 2020 Konstancja Oleszczuk Baltazar Grześkowiak, Jasinowski, Hubert Piotr Stasik Hernández, Piotr Stasik Production manager: Paweł Kosuń Production design by Edited by: Dorota Wardęszkiewicz, Nicolás Villegas by: Photography Piotr by: Stasik Directed MOTHS ĆMY Tymoteusz Skorupka, Agnieszka Wawoczny :

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Back to start DEBUT FEATURE 15 Jan Kalina by: AlabrudzińskaWritten Cast: Maja Pawlikowska by: design Costume Sebastian New Polish Films 2020 Kamil Rodek, Dobromir Dymecki Zajko, Elżbieta Grodecki, Mateusz Filip Karol Paweł Głowaty, Katarzyna Majda, Piotr Pacek, Wiktoria Filus, Filus, Wiktoria Pacek, Piotr Sound by: Izabela Gąska, Ksenia Tchórzko, Production manager: Aleksandra Makos Maja Pawlikowska by: design Production Edited by: Croné Nils by: Photography Kalina by: Alabrudzińska Directed NOTHING IS LOST NIC NIE GINIE Hrynkiewicz, Karol “Franek” Nowiński, Warot, Robert Ratuszny, Zuzanna Puławska, Michał Surosz, Kunysz, Faustyna Kazimierska, Kazimierska, Faustyna Kunysz, Rafał Nowak, Robert Sędzicki Robert Nowak, Rafał Piasek &Wójcik Piasek Śmigielski, Maria Kowalska,

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Back to start DEBUT FEATURE 17 Aleksandra Terpińska by: Written Cast: Cast: Costume design by: Sebastian Fabijański, Beata Kawka, New Polish Films 2020 Magdalena Koleśnik,Magdalena Marek Kalita Pietrowska Magdalena Sound by: Production manager: Production design by: Edited by: Magdalena Chowańska AUER by: Music Photography by: Aleksandra Terpińska by: Directed OTHER PEOPLE INNI LUDZIE Jacek Beler, Sonia Bohosiewicz, Grzegorz Kucharski Bartosz Bieniek Bartosz Weronika Orlińska Orlińska Weronika

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Back to start DEBUT FEATURE 19 Animated by: Jarek Gawroński by: Animated Piotr by: Dylewski, Written Costume design by: Cast: Cast: New Polish Films 2020 Sound by: Magdalena Celmer Piotr Choma, Paulina Komenda Majnicz, Michał Chroboczek, Mikołaj Production manager: Production design by: Edited by: Maciej Sosnowski Bruno Krzysztof Kaliski by: Music Grzegorz by: Hartfiel Photography Piotr by: Dylewski Directed ROTTEN EARS ZGNIŁE USZY Magdalena Celmer, Agata Dankowska Wiola Uliasz Piotr Dylewski Anna Adamiak

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Back to start DEBUT FEATURE 20 Agnieszka Skibicka, Jerzy Janeczek, Janeczek, Jerzy Skibicka, Agnieszka Joanna Ochman Bartosz Kruhlik by: Written Krzysztof Łoszewski Krzysztof by: design Costume Cast: New Polish Films 2020 Marcin Kasiński Zofia by: Moruś, Kacper Habisiak,Sound Michał Anioł, Michał Pawlik Pawlik Michał Anioł, Michał Małgorzata Witkowska, Dłużewski, Dariusz Koślik, Paweł Marek Braun, Anna Mrozowska, Production manager: Sylwia Rajdaszka, Production design by: Edited by: Endy Yden by: Music Photography by: Bartosz Kruhlik by: Directed SUPERNOVA SUPERNOVA Marcin Hycnar, Marcin Zarzeczny, Magdalena Chowańska Michał Dymek Michał Radosław Zielonka

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Back to start DEBUT FEATURE 22 Photo by: K.Wiktor – Watchout Studio THE COLDEST GAME Aleksey Serebryakov, Corey Johnson, Łukasz Kośmicki, Kośmicki, Łukasz by: Written Costume design by: Ewa by: Gronowska design Costume Bill Pullman, Lotte Verbeek, Verbeek, Lotte Pullman, Bill Cast: New Polish Films 2020 Michał Bajdowski, Bartłomiej Bogacki Bartłomiej Bajdowski, Michał Sound by: Arszennik Krzysztof BFS, Sawicki Marcel Nicholas Farrell Nicholas Bloor, James Robert Więckiewicz, Production manager: Production design by: Edited by: Wolfgang Robert Gryka, Weigl Łukasz by: Targosz Music Paweł Edelman by: PSC Photography Łukasz Kośmicki by: Directed UKRYTA GRA Jarosław Bajdowski, Bajdowski, Jarosław Magdalena Malisz Allan Starski NEXT FILM NEXT rights: TV Sales, World www.en.pisf.pl Chodkowska Justyna –GO Olśnienia Galeria Lab, Story The Outdoor, City Big Canal+, Oliver Simon, Adrian Włodarski Co-produced by: Co-produced Co-financed Co-financed by: Polish Film Institute Poręczenia Kredytowe, Kosafilm, Baur Daniel Terej, Krzysztof Executive Producer: Produced by: Woźniak-Starak, Producers: Piotr Distribution in Poland: Watchout Studio, Studio, Watchout TVN S.A., NEXT FILM, FILM, NEXT S.A., TVN Justyna Pawlak, Justyna NEXT FILM NEXT The early 1960s. At the peak of the Cuban Cuban the of peak At the 1960s. early The Joshua Mansky (Bill Pullman). A forgotten Aforgotten Pullman). (Bill Mansky Joshua Soviet grandmaster Gavrylov at an inter an at Gavrylov grandmaster Soviet to make a decisive move that may save save may that move adecisive make to aspy for cover amere be to out turns and no one can be trusted, Mansky has has Mansky trusted, be can one no and enemies be to out turn allies When game. event the However, Science. and Culture of genius with an alcohol problem, problem, alcohol an with genius a brilliantabducts mathematician, Missile Crisis, the U.S. Secret Service Service Secret U.S. the Crisis, Missile national tournament in the Warsaw Palace humankind from a take part in a chess match against against match achess in part take to is he nuclear apocalypse. Trailer -

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Back to start DEBUT FEATURE 23 Photo by: Robert Pałka THE GETAWAY KING Written by: Written Cast: by: design Costume New Polish Films 2020 Sound by: by: Sound Masza Wągrocka, Jakub Gierszał, Rafał Zawierucha Rafał Mateusz Rakowicz Mateusz Production manager: Production design by: Edited by: by: Music by: Photography by: Directed NAJMRO Dawid Ogrodnik, Robert Więckiewicz, Andrzej Smolik Andrzej Sebastian Mialik Sebastian Zofia Moruś Zofia Łukasz Maciejewski, M. Mateusz Rakowicz Mateusz Jacek Podgórski Marta Ostrowicz Ewa M. Pawłowska Ewa M. Anna Anosowicz

Aleksandra Kułakowska Aleksandra Andrzej Papis, Maciej Sowiński, World Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed by: Co-produced Dystrybucja Mówi Serwis Mazovia Film Fund Distribution in Poland: Produced by: Producers: Agnieszka Odorowicz, Open TFP Polish Film Institute Polsat, Cyfrowy Polsat, Polsat, Cyfrowy

THE GETAWAY KING is an action crime comedy comedy crime GETAWAY action an THE is KING Will Getaway King change in new times and win win and times new in change King Getaway Will formation when Berlin Wall is about to collapse. collapse. to about is Wall Berlin when formation ambitious and uncompromising police officer. officer. police uncompromising and ambitious –an Barski Iwo opponent worthy meets and Nay field. that on holder arecord became and and tells the story of Naymro, inspired by the the by inspired Naymro, of story the tells and He steals so he can be free and live on his own own his on live and free be can he so steals He mro carves his path to a better life by robbing robbing by life abetter to path his carves mro and numerous his with cops the miliating to change when he falls in love with Teresa Teresa with love in falls he when change to starts life His rules. system the against terms It all happens in the moment of political trans political of moment the in happens all It people. to back selling and shops stated-owned sensational escapes – he escaped 29 times set in the last days of communism in Poland Poland in communism of days last the in set hu in amaster Najmrodzki, Zdzisław of life love of his life? life? his of love - - -

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Back to start DEBUT FEATURE 24 Photo by: Bartosz Wabno THE LAST LONER Abelard Giza, Wojciech Tremiszewski Amadeusz Kocan, by: Written Grzegorz Halama, Paweł Kaszkowiak, Cast: New Polish Films 2020 Dariusz Waluś, Jarosław Jaros, Janusz Kocan by: Sound Bartosz Wabno Bartosz Wabno Edited by: Amadeusz Kocan Alan Bucki by: Music Amadeusz Kocan, by: Photography by Directed OSTATNI SAMOTNIK Damian Ziembiński, Karol Kopiec, : Amadeusz Kocan World Sales: Open Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Bartosz Wabno Distribution in Poland: Open Poland: in Distribution Producers: Amadeusz Kocan, The film tells a story about a young man, man, ayoung about astory tells film The who enters the Zone. A place where fear that the zone is ruled by apathy and greed. greed. and apathy by ruled is zone the that find what he’s searching for? searching he’s what find and pain fills human hearts. Upon entering, entering, Upon hearts. human fills pain and He came to that place for a reason. Will he he Will areason. for place that to came He he becomes a stalker and quickly learns learns quickly and a stalker becomes he Trailer

Photo by: Kinga Klakla THE LAST PEOPLE OF Amadeusz Kocan VOICES OF CHERNOBYL Awards Quest Europe, Fabryka Słów and more. more. and Słów Fabryka Europe, Quest SkyPiastowskie, Napromieniowani.pl, CRAP PSTRĄŻE OF many projects with: StrongFirst Polska, Polska, StrongFirst with: projects many on worked He XBestCinema. studio film of Karol Kopiec. KOWEZiU, Militaria.pl, Polska, Stand-Up Polish Góra. Zielona in 1994 in Born directed films such as: as: such films directed He 2019 2019 2018 2019  2019 independent film director. Founder Director’s Filmography: Director’s Poland 2019 / 72’ /Colour /72’ 2019 Poland 2019  2019  2019 Festival’s Premiere:  ( Ostatni Samotnik Ostatni Ostatni Ludzie Czarnobyla 2 Czarnobyla Ludzie Ostatni ( Ostatni Ludzie Czarnobyla Czarnobyla Ludzie Ostatni Polish International Film Festival 2019, Polish International Film Festival 2019, Poland Poland and Stand-up show show Stand-up and The Last People of Chernobyl 2 Chernobyl of People Last The The Last People of Chernobyl of People Last The : . Director of music video video music of . Director CHERNOBYL ( The Last Loner Last The , ABANDONED CITY CZARNOL4S THE LAST LONER, LONER, LAST THE

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Back to start DEBUT FEATURE 25 WARNING Thomas Alice Eve, Alex Pettyfer, Pettyfer, Eve, Alex Alice Animated by: Written by: Agata by: Alexander,Written Costume design by: Katarzyna Lewińska by: design Costume Cast: New Polish Films 2020 Sound by: Marcin by: Matlak Sound Kaye Jason Michaelson, Rob Rupert Everett Patrick Bon, Bon, Le Charlotte Kuna, Izabela Production manager: Jagna Dobesz by: design Production Edited by: Nikodem Chabior Photography by: Agata by: Alexander Directed OSTRZEŻENIE Tomasz Kot, Piotr Polak, Polak, Piotr Kot, Tomasz Schwarzenegger, Kylie Bunbury, Jane, Annabelle Pavle Milicevic Pavle Jakub Kijowski Jakub Marek Skupień Wallis,

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DEBUT DOCUMENTARY Back to start New Polish Films 2020 www.en.pisf.pl Photo by: Kacper Wójcicki Ireneusz by: Skruczaj, Written Costume design by: Piotr Jasiński by: design Costume New Polish Films 2020 Popławski, ZofiaMoruś Popławski, Marcin Kafarski, Błażej by: Sound Szeliga Rafał Małecki, Marcin Figat, Krzysztof Piotr Jasiński Adam Dymecki, Dymecki, Adam by: design Production Edited by: Tomasz Poszwiński Orzeł Karol by: Music Kacper Wójcicki by: Photography Ireneusz by: Skruczaj Directed OBŁOKIŚMIERCI –BOLIMÓW 1915 CLOUDS OF DEATH – BOLIMOV 1915 World Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Distribution in Poland: Produced by: Producers: Ireneusz Skruczaj Open Crew Production Open front, front, the from photographs and shots val – Russia, –Russia, powers three among divided was years 1914–1915 nearly 80,000 people were were people 80,000 nearly 1914–1915 years Germany and Austria-Hunga and Germany OF earlier unseen in Poland. First World War in those territories were were territories those in War World First on the map of Europe at the time. Its land land Its time. the at Europe of map the on attack massive ever first the Bolimow, of village the near Poland, today’s of During the First World War in the lands lands the in War World First the During reconstructed. The picture contains archi contains picture The reconstructed. the of battlefield the from events portant historical documenta killed there. The Kingdom of Poland was not not was Poland of Kingdom The there. killed the In place. took weapons chemical by DEATH – BOLIMOV 1915 –BOLIMOV DEATH ry. The most im most The ry. is a is ry. ry. fictionalized fictionalized CLOUDS CLOUDS - -

Photo by: Ireneusz Skruczaj Working as a films & TV editor. He was born born was He editor. &TV afilms as Working 34 years old, started his career in 2007. in career his started old, years 34 took place. of chemical weapons during the I World War IWorld the during weapons chemical of 2020  Bolimov where the first mass use use mass first the where Bolimov in Director’s Filmography: Director’s SkruczajIreneusz Poland 2019 / 67’ /Colour /67’ 2019 Poland ( Obłoki śmierci – Bolimów 1915 1915 –Bolimów śmierci Obłoki Clouds of Death – Bolimov 1915 –Bolimov Death of Clouds

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Back to start DEBUT DOCUMENTARY 28 Photo by: Monika Kotecka Aleksandra Kotecka Karolina Poryzała, Poryzała, Karolina by: Written New Polish Films 2020 Monika Kotecka Monika Kotecka Monika Sound by: Edited by: Vacat by: Music Kotecka Monika by: Photography Poryzała, Karolina by: Directed Marta Gmosińska, Gmosińska, Production manager: Marta W STANIE WOLTY IN WOLTA Anna Rok Katarzyna Boniecka World Sales: Open Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute Executive Producer: Produced by: Lava Films Producers: Distribution in Poland: Inne: HBO Poland Agnieszka Wasiak Agnieszka Wasiak Open

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Photo by: Monika Kotecka The film film The works – photographic and Currently they works on their feature docu feature their on works they Currently Since 2012 Karolina Poryzała Poryzała Karolina 2012 Since tiv. Togeth ficial short film selection in Sundance 2018. 2018. Sundance in selection film short ficial Toronto, in 2017 DOCS HOT at awarded debut Kotecka create Kurkot Kollek Kurkot create Kotecka Monika and of of part was and IDFF Jihlava at Market 2017 mentary mentary Silver East Eye Award Silver the to nominated supported by the Polish Film Institute. Film Polish the by supported Director’s Filmography: Director’s Karolina Poryzała, MonikaKarolina Kotecka Poryzała, Poland 2020 / 71’ /Colour /71’ 2020 Poland

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Back to start DEBUT DOCUMENTARY 29 Photo by: FILMICON / Krzysztof Kowalski Written by: Olga Bieniek, by: Lech Gnoiński Written Cast: Cast: New Polish Films 2020 Krzysztof Kowalski Marlena Kreńska, Małgorzata Małysa Jachyra Marcin Cwyk, Wojciech Botiuk, Remigiusz Makowski, Mirosław by: Sound Edited by: Kult by: Music Bieniek, Bartosz by: Photography Bieniek Olga by: Directed Production manager: KULT FILM KULT FILM KULT Maciej Niemiro Olga Bieniek, Bieniek, Olga World Sales: FILMICON Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl w Bydgoszczy Grupa Lotos, EDA CAFFEE CAFFEE EDA Lotos, by:Co-financed Grupa Wieteska, Piotr Bulldog by: Co-produced Edward Łaskawiec, Centrum Kultury Kultury Centrum Łaskawiec, Edward Fundacja RABAN Maciej Ostatek NEXT FILM NEXT Poland: in Distribution FILMICON Producer: Executive Produced by: FILMICON Producers: Olga Bieniek, Mirosław Piepka Mirosław Bieniek, Olga we face and the struggle with them. It is also also is It them. with struggle the and face we function. function. to fulfilling our youthful dreams but also about about also but dreams youthful our fulfilling and family, without which it is impossible impossible is it which without family, and a tale about widely understood fatherhood and bonding man real freedom, about afilm is it importantly, More documentary. music aclassic not is It years. 35 last the of Kult is definitely one of the most interest most the of one definitely is Kult of Kazik Staszewski, the founder and leader leader and founder the Staszewski, Kazik human relationships as well as the difficulties difficulties the as well as relationships human ing personalities in the Polish music scene scene music Polish the in personalities ing Trailer -

Photo by: FILMICON / Olga Bieniek THE BUTLER BUTLER THE A graduate of the Film and TV Production Production TV and Film the of A graduate Olga Bieniek Olga the the of co-owner and aproducer is she 2010, company FILMICON (run together with Mirsoław Piepka). She was the producer and and producer the was She Piepka). Mirsoław Since Łódź. in School Film the at Faculty 2019 2019 project feature the like: films of manager production documentary a documentary Bugajski, Ryszard by BOX Festival’s Premiere: Poland 2019 / 91’ /Colour /91’ 2019 Poland by Krzysztof Kowalewski and, recently, recently, and, Kowalewski Krzysztof by Warsaw Film Festival, Poland CLOSED CIRCUIT Filip Bajon. Bajon. Filip by directed directed BLACK BLACK

Back to start DEBUT DOCUMENTARY 30 JózefinaJarmużewska Wojciech Staroń Written by: Jacob Dammas by: Written JDMedia JDMedia by: Co-produced New Polish Films 2020 Sound by: Paulina by: Sacha Sound Edited by: Martin Bennebo by: Music Dammas, Jacob by: Photography Jacob Dammas by: Directed Produced by: Graniza Producers: Production manager: MR. JAN AND 40 GIRLS PAN JAN I 40 DZIEWCZYN Dominik Jagodziński Jacob Dammas

The Creative Europe Programme – MEDIA –MEDIA Programme Europe Creative The Western Pomeranian Film Fund, Fund, Film Pomeranian Western World Sales: Open Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute, of the European Union, Gambit Pictures, Pictures, Gambit Union, European the of MCK Bydgoszcz Distribution in Poland: Open Poland: in Distribution ciné in Shot job. Jan’s Mr over take to wants tireless 78-year-old Mr Jan, founder, con money money as playing orchestra the keep to ductor, and manager, who must work hard hard work must who manager, and ductor, Poland’s only female brass band is com is band brass female only Poland’s clash of generations, and never giving up. giving never and generations, of clash the the and women, vibrant young 40 of posed find, find, to harder are musicians new repair, ma vérité style, this is a bittersweet yet yet abittersweet is this style, vérité ma international concerts await, and no one one no and await, concerts international need uniforms and instruments tight, is light-hearted story about passion for music, music, for passion about story light-hearted - - -

Photo by: Jacob Dammas A documentary film Danish-Polish director Jacob Dammas School in Warsaw, Poland. His films have have films His Poland. Warsaw, in School and awarded in Krakow, Odense, Koszalin, Koszalin, Odense, Krakow, in awarded and Docs, Hot as such festivals at shown and and Denmark in University Roskilde from 2007 2013 Poznan, Warsaw. Trieste, CPH:DOX, Leipzig, DOK Vary, Karlovy communication in aM.A. Holds producer. and 2018 been coproduced with, among others, ARTE, ARTE, others, among with, coproduced been a postgraduate of the Andrzej Wajda Film Film Wajda Andrzej the of a postgraduate is Director’s Filmography: Director’s Poland, Denmark 2020 / 70’ /Colour /70’ 2020 Denmark Poland,  Pomorskie iluzje

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Back to start DEBUT DOCUMENTARY 31 Agnieszka Kulesza Karol Pałka Karol by: Written Sound by: Anna Rok by: Sound New Polish Films 2020 Karolina MrózKarolina Gnaś, Magda Calik, Agnieszka Demska, Produced by: Producers: Wojciech Marczewski, Joanna manager: Production Tatko, Kinga Katarzyna by: Boniecka Edited Pałka Photography by: Karol Directed by: DOM NEST Karol Pałka Karol

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Wajda Studio Sp. zo.o. Sp. Studio Wajda World Sales: www.en.pisf.pl Co-produced by: by: Co-produced Co-financed by: Polish Film Institute by: Co-financed EC1 Łódź – the City of Culture of City –the Łódź EC1 Executive Producer: Mróz, Karolina Distribution in Poland: Open Open

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Photo by: Natalia Wiernik A photographer and documentary documentary and A photographer Poland 2019 / 70’ /Colour /70’ 2019 Poland School (2016, DOC PRO Documentary Documentary PRO DOC (2016, School 2016  2016 2016 are excluded, alienated and socially socially and alienated excluded, are makes He Photographers. Art Polish of Wajda and Production) Television and Film on degree Master’s (2016, Silesia of of Faculty the of graduate director, Zdrój. Rabka in 1991 in Born Programme). A member of the Association Association the of Amember Programme). University the at Television and Radio marginalized – their emotions, their their emotions, –their marginalized who –those beings human about movies Karol Pałka Pałka Karol Director’s Filmography: Director’s spiritual life, their problems. problems. their life, spiritual

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Back to start DEBUT DOCUMENTARY 32 Michał Kawecki Michał by: Written Cast: Michał Chrobak Cast: Sound by: Marcin Popławski by: Sound New Polish Films 2020 Rafał Kęska Rafał manager: Production PSM Pusek, Hubert by: Edited Photography by: Kawecki Michał by: Directed ANTYBOHATER NO HERO AT ALL Michał Kawecki Michał Telewizja Polska S.A. World Sales: www.en.pisf.pl Śląski Fundusz Silesia, Filmowy Co-financed by: Polish Film Institute by: Co-financed Co-produced by: Co-produced Łukasz Borzęcki Unlimited Film Operations Distribution in Poland: Executive Producer: Producers Produced by: Unlimited Film Operations by: Produced : Maria Siniarska, Siniarska, : Maria Open Wajda Studio,

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Back to start DEBUT DOCUMENTARY 33 Agnieszka Dziedzic Agnieszka Skalska Agnieszka Jerzy Zawadzki Jerzy Matej Bobrik Matej by: Written New Polish Films 2020 Sound by: Anna Rok, by: Katarzyna SzczerbaSound Matej Bobrik, Tomasz Ciesielski, Ciesielski, Tomasz Bobrik, Edited by: Matej Tymoteusz Witczak by: Music Photography by: Bobrik Matej by: Directed Producers: Production manager: Produced by: Koi Studio NASZA MAŁA POLSKA OUR LITTLE POLAND Agnieszka Dziedzic, Michał Stajniak Michał Agnieszka Skalska, Skalska, Agnieszka World Sales: Open Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute, shortCat, TVP by: Co-produced EC-1 Łódź EC-1 Distribution in Poland: Mayfly is a coming of age age of acoming is POLAND LITTLE OUR their projections clash with reality. reality. with clash projections their stage to is students second-year for tasks growing up. growing of a play in Polish. In his documentary Matej Matej documentary his In Polish. in a play compulsory the of One Studies. Foreign of University Tokyo the at Studies Culture and Language Polish the for up sign to decide who students Japanese of agroup of Bobrik tells about their struggle how hard hard how struggle their about tells Bobrik story following one year from the life life the from year one following story LITTLE POLAND has a bitter-sweet taste taste abitter-sweet has Trailer OUR OUR (2009) was RUSH shown DOESN’T SUN THE Wajda School. His student film film student His School. & Wajda festivals. of the Polish National Film School in Lodz Lodz in School Film National Polish the of was shown in many other international international other many in shown was and He graduated from a directing department department adirecting from graduated He Munka. The film had premiere at IDFA IDFA at premiere had film The Munka. com he debut, his For in. lives currently He others. and Réel du Visions Leipzig, DOK 2019 2009 2012 2013 pleted is from Slovakia, was born in Prague in 1982. 1982. in Prague in born was Slovakia, from is international film festivals such as IDFA, IDFA, as such festivals film international in Matej Bobrik Matej Festival’s Premiere: Filmography: Director’s Poland 2019 / 70’ /Colour /70’ 2019 Poland

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Back to start DEBUT DOCUMENTARY 34 Photo by: Michał Modlinger Agnieszka Sobocińska Paweł Hejbudzki by: Written New Polish Films 2020 Michał Jankowski, Paweł Łuczak Sound by: Paweł Hejbudzki Producers: Production manager: Edited by: Katarzyna Śpioch, Marcin by: Przybyłowicz Music Photography by: Paweł Hejbudzki by: Directed POWIEDZ TAK LUB NIE SAY YES / NO Paweł Hejbudzki, Jakub Kaliciński Michał Modlinger

World Sales: Open Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute by: Co-produced Distribution in Poland: Open Poland: in Distribution Produced by: Fog Films TVP A mother trying to connect with her four- her with connect to trying A mother year-old son who for many months has has months many for who son year-old coma. a prominent institution in Poland bringing many children out of the post-traumatic post-traumatic the of out children many been a patient of The Alarm Clock Clinic, Clinic, Clock Alarm The of apatient been

Photo by: Paweł Hejbudzki several short films. films. short several of Director identity. tic is / his NO full-length documentarySAY YES from University of Warmia and Mazury Mazury and Warmia of University from debut. from Warsaw Film School with a degree adegree with School Film Warsaw from as Born in 1980 in Toruń, Poland. Graduated Graduated Poland. Toruń, in 1980 in Born 2013 2015 2020 well well as Science Environmental in majoring in his childhood began his search of artis of search his began childhood his in early drama radio on Working Directing. in Director’s Filmography: Director’s Paweł Hejbudzki Poland 2020 / 90’ /Colour /90’ 2020 Poland

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Back to start DEBUT DOCUMENTARY 35 THE PAWNSHOP Written by: Łukasz by: Kowalski Written Łukasz Kowalski New Polish Films 2020 Producers: Skalska Production manager: Agnieszka Edited by: Photography by: Łukasz by: Kowalski Directed Produced by: 4:30 Studio LOMBARD Adriana Fernandez Castellanos Anna Mazerant, Mazerant, Anna Stanisław Cuske Stanisław World Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute S.A. TVP by: Co-produced Distribution in Poland: Open Poland: in Distribution Open Jola and Wiesiek, a couple of extraordinary extraordinary of acouple Wiesiek, and Jola young employees, Roksana and Tomek. Tomek. and Roksana employees, young their ends meet. Wiesiek’s irrational marketing marketing irrational Wiesiek’s meet. ends their they decide to organize a grand spring sale. sale. spring agrand organize to decide they Jola of love The either. situation the improve to area in which the pawnshop operates more and and more operates pawnshop the which in area entrepreneurs, run the biggest pawnshop in the get into another big brawl. To save the business, business, To the save brawl. big another into get money the when falter to begins Wiesiek and conducive not are clients poor supports cially Meanwhile, a winter is coming and the owners owners the and coming is awinter Meanwhile, more often pawn worthless objects to make make to objects worthless pawn often more pawnshop, a new love is born between two two between born is love anew pawnshop, the of back the in time, same At the out. runs bles affect their relationship as residents of the the of residents as relationship their affect bles south of Poland. Unfortunately, financial trou financial Unfortunately, Poland. of south initiatives and the good heart of Jola who finan who Jola of heart good the and initiatives Trailer - - TVP2 and TVP Info. In his work he touches touches he work his In Info. TVP and TVP2 Communication. He is a graduate of Wajda Wajda of agraduate is He Communication. Łukasz Kowalski Warsaw. Since 2007 profession 2007 Since Warsaw. in School on difficult and controversial topics, always always topics, controversial and difficult on 170 over of Author TVP. with associated ally Silesia in Katowice with a degree in Social Social in adegree with Katowice in Silesia of De the from graduated He grammes. pro TV of creator journalist, Director, putting first human first issues. putting partment of Philology at the University University the at Philology of partment short documentary films, interventions and and interventions films, documentary short investigative reportages broadcast on TVP1, TVP1, on broadcast reportages investigative Poland 2020 / 70’/52’ /Colour /70’/52’ 2020 Poland - - -

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DEBUT ANIMATION Back to start New Polish Films 2020 www.en.pisf.pl Adrzej Chyra, Maja Ostaszewska, Ostaszewska, Maja Chyra, Adrzej Animated by: Mariusz Wilczyński by: Written Cast: Łucja Kędzior Samodulska, New Polish Films 2020 Daniel Olbrychski Małgorzata Kożuchowska, Extreme Emotions Sound by: Mariusz Wilczyński by: Directed Executive producer: Mariusz Wilczyński by: design Production Edited by: Jarosław Barzan PSM Bogdan Loebl by: Lyrics Tadeusz by: Nalepa Music ZABIJ TO I WYJEDŹ Z TEGO MIASTA KILL IT AND LEAVE THIS TOWN Krystyna Janda, Krystyna Franciszek Kozłowski Mariusz Wilczyński

– Audiovisual Institute, Adam Mickiewicz Agnieszka Ścibior www.en.pisf.pl Gigant Films Gigant Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute National Film Archive Archive Film National by: Co-produced LETKO, DI Factory, NOLABEL, Institute, EC1 Łódź – City of Culture, Culture, of –City Łódź EC1 Institute, Executive Producer: Extreme Emotions Producer: Executive Produced by: Producers: Ewa Puszczyńska, Bombonierka And the amazing characters living in his his in living characters amazing the And When our hero discovers they have all who in the consciousness of the successive successive the of consciousness the in who those dear to him are alive. Over the years, years, the Over alive. are him to dear those exist, he decides to return to real life. life. real to return to decides he exist, not does youth eternal that and old grown generations are forever young and wearing wearing and young forever are generations a city grows in his imagination. One day, day, One imagination. his in grows a city all and still stands time where memories, of land asafe in hides hero the him, to dearest Fleeing from despair losing after those short pants, come to live there, uninvited. uninvited. there, live to come pants, short imagination lead him back to the real world. real the to back him lead imagination literary heroes and cartoon childhood idols, Trailer

“one of the most important contemporary contemporary important most the of “one A self-taught artist who has been creating creating been has who artist A self-taught LEAVE THIS TOWN THIS LEAVE AND 11 years, he has been working on on working been has he years, 11 1999 1999 1998 1998 years. Retrospectives of his films were held, held, were films his of Retrospectives years. among others, at MoMA in New York, York, New in MoMA at others, among twenty over for cinema auteur animated National Museum of Brasília, Tokyo Inter Tokyo Brasília, of Museum National Paris, Tokyo, Geneva, Lviv and Warsaw. Warsaw. and Lviv Geneva, Tokyo, Paris, He also realizes improvised live animation Berlinale. at and London in Gallery National creators of artistic animation.” For the last last the For animation.” artistic of creators animation at the Film School in Łódź. Łódź. in School Film the at animation national Forum and The National Museum phony orchestras from Hong Kong, sym with co-creates he which performances 2000 2002 2004 2007 2007, the New York Times called him him called York Times New 2007,In the 2000 2020  Warsaw. His animations were shown at the the at shown were animations His Warsaw. in Mariusz Wilczyński Director’s Filmography: Director’s Festival’s Premiere: Poland 2020 / 87’ /Colour /87’ 2020 Poland   Czasy przeszły (Times Have Passed) Passed) Have (Times przeszły Czasy (Chop, Chop, Chop, Chopin…) Allegro ma non troppo Szop, Szop, Szop, Szopę… Hill Green the From

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FEATURE Back to start New Polish Films 2020 www.en.pisf.pl Photo by: Mirjam Kluka Agnieszka Liggett Joel Sam Basman, Keeley, Mateusz ADVENTURES OF A MATHEMATICIAN Więcławek, Esther Garrel Written by: Thor Klein by: Written Cast: Cast: Stolarz Justyna by: design Costume New Polish Films 2020 Zofia Moruś Zofia by: Sound Production manager: Fabian Diering Production design by: Edited Taponier, by: Matthieu Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz by: Music Tudor by: Vladimir Panduru Photography Thor Klein by: Directed GENIUSZE Philippe Tłokiński, Fabian Kocięcki, Florian Kaposi

Joanna Szymańska, Paul Zischler, Zischlermann Film-produktion, Film-produktion, Zischlermann www.en.pisf.pl World Sales: World Co-produced by: Co-produced Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute Mirror Productions, Productions, Mirror Nell Green Klaus Dohle, Mary Young Leckie Young Mary Dohle, Klaus Hazebroek, Arno Sampson, D. Nicolas Norman Merry, Peter Hampden, Evangelo Kioussis, Simon Baxter, Film Erfttal Producers: Distribution in Poland: Executive Producer: Lena Vurma,

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Jewish mathematician, a good-looking bon bon agood-looking mathematician, Jewish Johnny to create the first computer giving birth birth giving computer first the create to Johnny vivant who is quick with a joke. Stan’s life be life Stan’s ajoke. with quick is who vivant While desperately trying to help his sister sister his help to trying desperately While Nazi occupied Poland, Stan teams up with with up teams Stan Poland, occupied Nazi flee Stan begins top secret work on a nuclear bomb bomb anuclear on work secret top begins Stan Françoise, with Alamos Los to moves Stan Stan Ulam is a 30-year-old talented Polish Polish talented a30-year-old is Ulam Stan that could potentially blow up the entire world. entire the up blow potentially could that to the digital age as Europe bursts into flames. into bursts Europe as age digital the to eccentric, charismatic immigrant scientists young, by Surrounded romance. a whirlwind after marries and meets he woman a French fellow his loses he when complicated comes Mexico. Mexico. him a mysterious job which takes him to New New to him takes which job amysterious him Hungar the friend, best his but Harvard at ship ian genius Johnny von Neumann quickly offers offers quickly Neumann von Johnny genius ian - - -

Photo by: Lena Vurma Berlin/ in based awriter/director is Klein Thor Academy Berlin (dffb). (dffb). Berlin Academy Thor Klein Currently he is developing Leonora, based based Leonora, developing is he Currently German science-based mystery-thriller Germany. He studied screenwriting screenwriting studied He Germany. OF the novel by Elena Poniatowska. Poniatowska. Elena by novel the on the prestigious Film- and Television Television and Film- prestigious the at 2020  2020  2013 PLACE language feature after debuting with Festival’s Premiere Director’s Filmography: Director’s Germany, Poland, UK 2020 / 102’ /Colour /102’ 2020 UK Poland, Germany, A MATHEMATICIAN Lost Place Lost (Adventures of a Mathematician) Palm Springs International Film Festival, Festival, Film International Springs Palm Geniusze USA Dolby Atmos. Atmos. Dolby in mixed and 3D in shot

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Back to start FEATURE 40 Photo by: Bartosz Mrozowski Anna Imiela-Szcześniak AUTUMN GIRL (WORKING TITLE) Patrycja Mnich, Mnich, Patrycja by: Written Cast: Cast: Costume design by: New Polish Films 2020 Dariusz Basiński Rutkowski, Rafał Paliwoda, Katia Tomaszewski, Paweł Szyc, Borys Kotschedoff, Katarzyna Obidzińska, Krzysztof Zalewski, Bartłomiej Maciej Pawłowski Czyżewicz, Robert by: Sound Katarzyna Klimkiewicz Production manager: Ewa Jastrzębska Production design by: Edited by: Ireneusz Grzyb Radek Luka by: Music Bilska Weronika by: Photography Katarzyna by: Klimkiewicz Directed JESIENNA DZIEWCZYNA (TYTUŁ ROBOCZY) Maria Dębska, Leszek Lichota, Lichota, Leszek Dębska, Maria Wojciech Żogała Wojciech

World Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Chimney Poland, Spot – Music and Sound Sound and –Music Spot Poland, Chimney Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute Co-produced by: Co-produced Postproduction Studio, DI Factory DI Studio, Postproduction Mazovia Warsaw Film Commission, Maria Gołoś Distribution in Poland: Produced by: Studio RE Producers: Renata Czarnkowska-Listoś, Open TVP S.A., Next Film, Film, Next S.A., TVP

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official gala she learns that a cross cross a that learns she gala official an After 1963, Poland. Kalina, a sexy actress and singer, singer, and actress asexy Kalina, Poland. 1963, find the strength to resist the pressure to fulfill fulfill to pressure the resist to strength the find the most inspiring people of her era. But her her But era. her of people inspiring most the the prude communist regime. She is officially officially is She regime. communist prude the an affair with a young pop singer, whom her her whom singer, pop young a with affair an other people’s fantasies? she Will her? of have people expectations she after her on revenge his taking is official for much too was cleavage impressive her on married to a successful writer, she enjoys enjoys she writer, asuccessful to married refused to have sex with him. How can a “sex a“sex can How him. with sex have to refused shameless joy of life is deemed provocative. provocative. deemed is life of joy shameless husband accepts. She surrounds herself with bomb” cope with sexual harassment and TV Ahigh-ranking else. somewhere lies ban this of reason real the TV. But from banned is the brightest star of her times. Happily Happily times. her of star brightest the is Trailer

Photo by: Marta Pruska voted the Best Short of 2010 by the European European the by 2010 of Short Best the voted 1997 1999 Graduate of the Polish Film School in Łódź Łódź in School Film Polish the of Graduate Eu the of amember also is Katarzyna Short. awarded with the Tiger Award for the Best Best the for Award Tiger the with awarded dam. Her short film film short Her dam. Amster in Lab Film Binger the of alumni and Rotterdam in 2014 where it was was it where 2014 in Rotterdam in Festival film latest Her 2012. in Festival Film FLYING film feature debut Her Academy. Film 2013  2013 2009  2009 2009 2007 2013 2013 Academy. Film ropean 2000  2003 2010 2012 LAND BLIND Director’s Filmography: Director’s Katarzyna Klimkiewicz Poland 2020 / 115’ /Colour /115’ 2020 Poland  – season 6 TV historical drama historical 6TV – season 

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Back to start FEATURE 41 Photo by: Łukasz Gutt BROAD PEAK Jędrzejczyk, Janusz MazurczakJędrzejczyk, Written by: Łukasz Ludkowski by: Written Cast: Costume design by: New Polish Films 2020 Maciej Raniszewski, Maciej Kulig Maciej Raniszewski, Maciej Sapryk, Tomasz Głowacki, Piotr Simlat, Łukasz Ogrodnik, Dawid Małgorzata Wala Monika by: Krzanowska Sound Production manager: Weronika Pacewicz, Production design by: Edited by: Łukasz by: Targosz Music Photography by: Leszek by: Dawid Directed BROAD PEAK Ireneusz Czop, Maja Ostaszewska, Ostaszewska, Maja Czop, Ireneusz Maciej Pawliński Łukasz Gutt Łukasz Agata Culak Katarzyna – National Film Archive – Audiovisual –Audiovisual Archive Film – National World Sales: Open Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute Co-produced by: Co-produced Pola Łangowska, Maria Herbich Maria Łangowska, Pola Rymarz, Paweł Janicki, Dawid FINA Festiwalowe, Biuro Krakowskie Paweł Rymarz Rzączyński, Krzysztof Janicki, Dawid Institute Distribution in Poland: Kino Świat Poland: in Distribution Maciej Rzączyński, Producer: Executive East Studio Sp. zo.o. Sp. Produced Studio by: East Producers: Maciej Rzączyński, TVN, Kino Świat, Świat, Kino TVN, The real history behind the movie In 2013, 2013, In movie the behind history real The Adam Bielecki reached the top of the second second the of top the reached Bielecki Adam themselves for almost a year for the Karako the for ayear almost for themselves that brought together Maciek Berbeka and Polish group of mountaineers – Maciej –Maciej mountaineers of group Polish the over 5,000. m.a.s.l. high. high. m.a.s.l. 5,000. over love difficult but great the of story a moving also is It edge. adangerous towards a man and incredible determination that pushes closer to the power of the highest mountains mountains highest the of power the to closer audience the bring and expedition the of Berbeka, Tomasz Kowalski, Artur Małek and and Małek Artur Kowalski, Tomasz Berbeka, rum expedition. The shots were made in the the in made were shots The expedition. rum K2 and at the Broad Peak, this last, last, this Peak, Broad the at and K2 of base highest mountain in Karakorum. Karakorum. in mountain highest his wife Ewa. To faithfully convey the realities realities the convey To Ewa. faithfully wife his is a tale of a beautiful but destructive passion, passion, destructive but abeautiful of atale is in the world, a team of filmmakers prepared prepared filmmakers of a team world, the in BROAD PEAK

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Photo by: Wojciech Suleżycki Awards: Wajda Master School of Film Directing and and Directing Film of School Master Wajda fluential filmmakerswho shape the contempo GOD the Directing Department at the Film School School Film the at Department Directing the Netflix 2020 NC+. and HBO for 2017 2016 2019 2015 British cinemas. Leszek Dawid also directed directed also Dawid Leszek cinemas. British in most the of One screenwriter. and Director 2014  2014 2012 2011 2009 2007 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 2002 recognized much-admired premium TV series series TV premium much-admired recognized Poland. in reviews excellent received Andrzej the of Agraduate cinema. Polish rary in Łódź. His feature debut debut feature His Łódź. in Director’s Filmography: Director’s Leszek Dawid Poland 2021 / 100’ /Colour /100’ 2021 Poland Ki had a highly successful run in Polish and and Polish in run successful ahighly had Nielegalni – TV theatre – TV Jesteś Bogiem Komety  – TV series (The woods) series lasu –TV Wgłębi Skutki uboczne Pakt Zza płotu works – in progress award at New New at award progress –in works BROAD PEAK wins inaugural Screen Horizons Film Festival, Poland, (Screen (Screen Poland, Festival, Film Horizons International Award) Geronimo Janek fiction –short Scriptum Post  (On the road) Wdrodze Moje miejsce  Bar na Viktorii ( Viktorii na Bar station Jest życie piękne – document –document life) a beautiful (My name is Ki) – feature Ki) is name (My – TV series HBO series –TV – document ) – document ) –document ( Comets ( (Zaungaeste) – document Illegals ( ( My place ( You are God You are A bar at Victoria Victoria at A bar Side effects ) – TV theatre ) –TV ) – TV series CANAL+ series ) –TV

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Back to start FEATURE 42 Credit: Marlene Film Production CHARLATAN Thompson, Mike Downey, Sam Taylor, Jaroslava Pokorná Marek Epstein by: Written Cast: Costume design by: New Polish Films 2020 Sound by: Matěj by: Matuška Sound Štrbová Bieliková Katarina Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska Klaudia Production manager: Filip Brou Producers: Production design by: Edited by: Komasa-Łazarkiewicz Antoni by: Music Štrba Martin by: Photography Agnieszka by: Holland Directed SZARLATAN Ivan Trojan, Josef Trojan, Juraj Loj, Loj, Juraj Trojan, Josef Trojan, Ivan Pavel Hrdlička Šárka Cimbalová, Kevan Van

Milan Býček World Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Gutek Film Gutek Czech Cinematography Fund, Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute, Co-produced by: Co-produced Slovak Audiovisual Fund Studio Metrage, Moderator Inwestycje Bogna Szewczyk Bogna Barrandov Studio, Radio and TV Slovakia, Slovakia, TV and Radio Studio, Barrandov Film and Madants Music Entertainment, Distribution in Poland: Executive Producer: Aleš Týbl, Producer: Executive Marlene Film Production, Production, Film Produced by: Marlene Films Boutique Czech TV, TV, Czech

tection against himself. the most prominent figures from political political from figures prominent most the he But he baffled. doctors leave that diseases for gift unexplainable and uncommon an possesses he but education medical out and cultural life. Mikolášek is a man with aman is Mikolášek life. cultural and including strata, social all from decades several during help for turned people of story The events. period of a background endowed with healing abilities against Healing is his personal salvation and pro and salvation personal his is Healing Riveting biopic about an exceptional man man exceptional an about biopic Riveting pays a high price for his extraordinary extraordinary his for price ahigh pays herbs with healing and diagnoses making skills, having to fight his inner demons. demons. inner his fight to having skills, healer Jan Mikolášek, to whom thousands is inspired by the real-life fate of the folk folk the of fate real-life the by inspired is - - Agnieszka Holland 1978 1990 1988 1980 1981 1997 1993 1992 1995 One of the most outstanding contemporary contemporary outstanding most the of One for the Academy Award. In her films, films, her In Award. Academy the for collides and is heavily altered by changes changes by altered heavily is and collides European directors, who has received matters in which the intimate personal stories stories personal intimate the which in matters films, her for awards prestigious many 2020  2020 demonstrates a rare empathy towards towards empathy arare demonstrates she nominations or Globe Golden the as such 2002 2017 2011 2019 2019 in Director’s Filmography: Director’s Festival’s Premiere: Poland 2020 / 115’ /Colour /115’ 2020 Poland society. Kobieta samotna 

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Back to start FEATURE 43 CORPUS CHRISTI Aleksandra Konieczna, Tomasz Ziętek, Mateusz Pacewicz by: Written Cast: Costume design by: New Polish Films 2020 Leszek Lichota, Łukasz Simlat Simlat Łukasz Lichota, Leszek Robert Feluch –Dreamsound Kasiński Marcin Sound design: Sound by: Production manager: Anna Palka, Marek Zawierucha Marek by: design Production Edited by: Przemysław Chruścielewski Photography by: Jan by: Komasa Directed BOŻE CIAŁO Bartosz Bielenia, Eliza Rycembel, On set: Tomasz Wieczorek Wieczorek Tomasz set: On Kacper Habisiak, Piotr Sobociński Jr Dorota Roqueplo

– Institut Francais Francais Institut – Aneta Hickinbotham World Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Cinemas du Monde – Centre –Centre Monde du Cinemas LesCommission, Contes Modernes Canal+ Polska, Podkarpackie Film Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute, Studio, Film Walter WFS by: Co-produced National du Cinema et L’Image Animee Animee L’Image et Cinema du National Distribution in Poland: Kino Świat Poland: in Distribution Produced by: Aurum Film Producers: Leszek Bodzak,

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-old Daniel who experiences a spiritual The crime he commits prevents him from from him prevents commits he crime The CORPUS CHRISTI by Jan Komasa has been been has Komasa Jan by CHRISTI CORPUS a20-year- of story the is CHRISTI CORPUS transformation in a Youth Detention Center. a small-town parish. minister to… decides he apriest as dressed has Daniel However workshop. carpenter’s his after and seminary the to applying Feature Film category. nominated for Oscar® in the International no intention of giving up his dream and and dream his up giving of intention no a at work to sent is he parole on release Jan Komasa Jan second film, film, second His cinemas. Polish in viewers 1.8 mln. tickets. tickets. mln. 1.8 worldpremiered in Cannes Cinefondation Awards: SUICIDE ROOM. THE HATER had its premiere. its had HATER THE ROOM. SUICIDE feature film. In March 2020 his new movie movie new his 2020 March In film. feature a war blockbuster blockbuster a war prize. 3rd the got it where competition, 2020 2019 2017 800.000 over attracted and Berlinale debut, film feature His film short His School. Film Łódź the at directing studied director, Polish 2011 2007 2014 the of section Panorama the in premiered Filmography Poland 2020 / 110’ /Colour /110’ 2020 Poland 2020 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019  2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 Festival’s Premiere:

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Back to start FEATURE 44 Credit: M. Borge, R. Lis DEAR ONES Grzegorz Jaroszuk by: Written Costume design by: Cast: New Polish Films 2020 Marta KosiorowskaMarta Sound by: Paweł Baryła Robert Lis Izabela Gwizdak, Piotr Żurawski Production manager: Production design by: Edited by: Ostrouchov Petr by: Music Photography by: Grzegorz Jaroszuk by: Directed BLISCY Olaf Lubaszenko, Adam Bobik, Bobik, Adam Lubaszenko, Olaf Michał Fojcik, Fojcik, Michał Krzysztof Komander John Magnus Borge, Borge, Magnus John Hanka Podraza Kamila Kuś Kamila Magdalena Dipont, Axman Production spol. sr.o. spol. Production Axman World Sales: Open Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Czech Film Fund, City of Łódź of City Fund, Film Czech Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute, –City Łódź EC1 by: Co-produced of Culture, Sound Mind Sound Culture, of Karla Stojáková Karla MD4 Sp. z o.o Produced Sp. by: MD4 Producers: Distribution in Poland: Open Poland: in Distribution Agnieszka Kurzydło, Kurzydło, Agnieszka , what kind of family they are. are. they family of kind what meet who members Family missing. went their family and friends. Piotr is looking looking is Piotr friends. and family their search together. The facts they discover discover they facts The together. search to Unexpectedly, his father calls him and asks asks and him calls father his Unexpectedly, it, To find life. his in order and apurpose for first time after many years begin begin years many after time first the for Mother their because Marta and Piotr for about their mother make them re-define called father The recognize. not does and his with time same the at arrives Piotr ately. Piotr to come to his family home immedi home family his to come to Piotr people who need to make real contact with with contact real make to need who people magic, religion, and psychology. psychology. and religion, magic, to turns he sister, Marta, whom he hardly remembers remembers hardly he whom Marta, sister, DEAR ONES is an allegorical story about about story allegorical an is -

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Back to start FEATURE 45 DEATH OF ZYGIELBOJM Wojciech Lepianka Ryszrad Brylski, Brylski, Ryszrad by: Written Costume design by: Cast: Cast: New Polish Films 2020 Marek Wronko Marek by: Sound Robert Gonera, Aleksandra Popławska Ciołkosz, Paweł Bosak, Marcin Dymecki, Karolina Gruszka, William Dobro Barwick, Production manager: Production design by: Edited by: Maciej Pawliński P. Kaczmarek A. Jan by: Music Piotr Śliskowski by: Photography Ryszard Brylski by: Directed ŚMIERĆ ZYGIELBOJMA Jack Roth, Wojciech Mecwaldowski, Mecwaldowski, Wojciech Roth, Jack Elżbieta Radke Leszek Pieszko Marek Zawierucha Marek mir mir World Sales: Open Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute, Polish National Foundation (WFDiF) Studios Film Distribution in Poland: Feature and Produced by: Documentary Producers: Włodzimierz Niderhaus Open Government in exile, Szmul Zygielbojm, Zygielbojm, Szmul exile, in Government of act an was suicide the that shows gation investi The fate. his learn to rise gives coroner British the by conducted gation investi The London. in suicide committs In May 1943, a member of the Polish Polish the of amember 1943, May In the extermination of Jews. of extermination the to states despair at the indifference of the Allied

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Back to start FEATURE 46 FOOLS Tomasz Tyndyk New Polish Films 2020 GŁUPCY Tomasz by: WasilewskiWritten Cast: Małgorzata Bereźnicka Sound by: Marcel Sławiński Production manager: Production design by: Edited by: Beata Walentowska Tomasz by: Wasilewski Directed Dorota Kolak, Łukasz Simlat, Ilja Köster, Marcin Jachyra Marcin Köster, Ilja

Kasia Sobańska, Warsaw Film Commission, TVN, TVN, Commission, Film Warsaw World Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Opus Fim, DI Factory DI Fim, Opus Co-financed by:Co-financed Panda, Achtung Films, HI by: Co-produced EC1 Łódź – City of Culture, Mazovia Mazovia Culture, of –City Łódź EC1 Gutek Film :Gutek Poland in Distribution Executive Producer: Extreme Emotions Producer: Executive Produced by: Extreme Emotions Producers: Ewa Puszczyńska New Europe Film Sales Sales Film Europe New Polish Film Institute (42), live at the end of the world surround world the of end the at live (42), getting destroyed by a mystery from the the from amystery by destroyed getting out that their seemingly ordered life is turn soon will It sand. and sea the by only Marlena (62), and her husband Tomasz Tomasz husband her and (62), Marlena more each day. each more and more world their invades which past ed ed Tomasz Wasilewski was nominated as Best Awards. Awards. Tomasz Wasilewski vision and The National Film School in Łódź. in School Film National The and vision City 2013. His third movie UNITED STATES OF UNITED movie third His 2013. City film FLOATING SKYSCRAPERS had it’s world world it’s had SKYSCRAPERS FLOATING film tional Film Festival in 2012. His second feature feature second His 2012. in Festival Film tional won Silver Bear for Best Script. As well well As Script. Best for Bear Silver won and His full – length feature IN A BEDROOM had had ABEDROOM IN feature –length full His 2013 European Scriptwriter at 29thEuropean Film Berlin 66th at premiere world it’s had LOVE Tele and Film of Academy from graduated He director. and scriptwriter Polish 1980. in Born 2016 2012 premiere at Tribeca Film Festival in New York New in Festival Film Tribeca at premiere International Film Festival 2016 (Competition)International it’s world premiere in Karlovy Vary Interna Vary Karlovy in premiere world it’s Director’s Filmography: Director’s Poland, Romania, Germany 2021 / 105’ /Colour /105’ 2021 Germany Romania, Poland, – feature 

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Back to start FEATURE 47 I NEVER CRY Arkadiusz Kinga Preis, Jakubik, Written by: Piotr by: Domalewski Written Cast: Cast: Ola Staszko Ola by: design Costume Sebastian Kordasz New Polish Films 2020 Nigel O’Neill, David Pearse Marcin Kasiński, Kacper Habisiak, Habisiak, Kacper Kasiński, Marcin by: Sound Producers: Production manager: Magdalena Badura Production design by: Edited by: Agnieszka Glińska Hania Rani by: Music Piotr by: Sobocinski JR Photography Piotr by: Domalewski Directed JAK NAJDALEJ STĄD Cosmina Stratan, Zofia Stafiej, Stafiej, Zofia Stratan, Cosmina Jan Kwiecinski, Julie Ryan Katarzyna Filimo

niuk World Sales: WIDE Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Co-produced by: Co-produced Screen Ireland Distribution in Poland: Forum Film Poland: in Distribution Executive Producer: Malgorzata Fogel Producer: Executive Akson Studio Produced by: Akson Polish Film Institute, MK1 Productions working on a construction site. But never never But site. aconstruction on working Ola (17) must travel to Ireland to bring her her bring to Ireland to travel must (17) Ola know her dad. her know to own street-smart way, Ola learns that her her that learns Ola way, street-smart own father’s body back to Poland after he died died he after Poland to back body father’s Dealing with foreign bureaucracy in her her in bureaucracy foreign with Dealing mind her dad, Ola wants to know if he he if know to wants Ola dad, her mind biggest dream wasn’t a car, but getting getting acar, but wasn’t dream biggest saved money for the car he had promised. promised. had he car the for money saved won the Grand Prix in Gdynia and Best Best and Gdynia in Prix Grand the won 2018 Polish Film Awards. Awards. Film Polish 2018 2017 Discovery of the Year Award at the the at Award Year the of Discovery the as 2017 2016 Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay as well well as Screenplay Best Director, Best Film, (2017) NIGHT SILENT debut film feature His actor. and screenwriter director, Film 2015 2014 2013 Director’s Filmography: Director’s Piotr Domalewski Poland, Ireland 2019 / 91’ /Colour /91’ 2019 Ireland Poland, – short



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Back to start FEATURE 48 MAGNESIA Andrzej Chyra, Magdalena Boczarska, Agata Kulesza, Agata Kulesza, Joachim Lamża, Andriej Bagi Written by: Maciek by: Bochniak, Written Costume design by: Cast: New Polish Films 2020 Głowacki, Głowacki, Piotr Bielenia, Bartosz Kacper Habisiak Monika by: Krzanowska,Sound Kościukiewicz Mateusz Małgorzata Szyc, Gorol, Borys Kościukiewicz, Maja Ostaszewska, Production manager: Marek Warszawski by: design Production Edited by: Jacek Drosio Kaczmarek A.P. Jan by: Music Photography by: Maciek by: Bochniak Directed MAGNEZJA Dawid Ogrodnik, Mateusz Paweł Chorzępa Dorota Roqueplo Dagmara Bończyk row row

Aneta Hickinbotham World Sales: Open Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed by: Co-produced Produkcyjne Orka, Mazovia Film Fund Film Mazovia Orka, Produkcyjne Distribution in Poland: Kino Świat Poland: in Distribution Produced by: Aurum Film Producers: Leszek Bodzak, Polish Film Institute TVN, Artpark, Studio Studio Artpark, TVN,

The Polish-Soviet borderland, late 1920s, early Just a few bad decisions, simple bad luck, and and luck, bad simple decisions, bad afew Just What is about to happen will have bloody con bloody have will happen to about is What 1930s. Following the death of the gang leader leader gang the of death the Following 1930s. will shake up the borderland for good! good! for borderland the up shake will to stand up to rising Soviet bandits led by the the by led bandits Soviet rising to up stand to the Levenfish criminal clan. Together withher two dead bodies are enough to endanger the the endanger to enough are bodies dead two and Albert Hudini brothers execute their daring daring their execute brothers Hudini Albert and conservative Lev. Meanwhile, inseparable Albin of control seizes Rose family, the of head and rob the bank and claim the Levenfish fortune. fortune. Levenfish the claim and bank the rob to intend they Helena, of help the With plan. ning of problems, as inspector Kochaj, with her her with Kochaj, inspector as problems, of ning brilliant investigative sense, shows up in town. power her in everything doing business, shady father’s her manage to continues she sisters, sequences with a dark humorous twist, which which twist, humorous adark with sequences intricately woven scheme. That is just the begin the just is That scheme. woven intricately - -

Photo by: Rafał Placek, Gildia Reżyserów Polskich was selected for IDFA. IDFA. for selected was SOUL OF REVOLT – THE most promising debut. He is co-author co-author is He debut. promising most the for latest documentary documentary latest His inde best the for also awards, outstanding that received many ROOM THE film feature of film feature of 2020 2017 2015  2011 2011 2011 2009 series TV of director also is He Director writer. script and director Film pendent film during 37th Gdynia Film Festival. Festival. Film Gdynia 37th during film pendent receiving Janusz Morgenstern award six weeks reached 850.000 box office, office, box 850.000 reached weeks six Director’s Filmography: Director’s Maciek Bochniak Maciek Poland 2020 / 120’ /Colour /120’ 2020 Poland

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Back to start FEATURE 49 Credit: Józefina Gocman MASTERS OF THE PLANET Agnieszka Zawadowska Piotr Chrzan by: Written Cezary Kosiński, Marek Kalita Cast: Costume design by: New Polish Films 2020 Sound by: Radosław Ochnio by: Sound Production design by: by: design Production Edited by: Katarzyna Leśniak Photography by: Piotr Chrzan by: Directed Production manager: Aleksandra Bielska JEDYNY GATUNEK W RODZAJU CZŁOWIEKA Jowita Budnik, Ewa Skibińska, Ewa Skibińska, Budnik, Jowita Andrzej Wojciechowski Agnieszka Zawadowska

Aleksandra Zakrzewska Aleksandra www.en.pisf.pl World Sales: World Commission Co-produced by: Co-produced Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute Executive Producer: Produced by: Producers: Distribution in Poland: Aleksandra Zakrzewska Aleksandra Open Human Power Power Human Podkarpackie Film

Open start to drift away from each other, other, each from away drift to start They As a result of the meeting, the couples re couples the meeting, the of aresult As On a sunny summer morning, a day before before aday morning, summer asunny On wedding, the groom’s parents visit the the visit parents groom’s the wedding, the took over the bride and groom’s place. They They place. groom’s and bride the over took everything to its original state, to eventually eventually to state, original its to everything restore to tries couple other The decoration. wedding the with interfere to begin finally, and especially after their children’s text message respond with aggression, giving rise to arapid to rise giving aggression, with respond dishes, wedding taste dance, their practice bride’s parents. They all quickly discover that that discover quickly all They parents. bride’s bride and groom got in an argument and broke broke and argument an in got groom and bride saying that the wedding is called off, as the the as off, called is wedding the that saying formed. are relationships new two and shuffle it is not their spouses who are their soul mates. mates. soul their are who spouses their not is it up. One of the couples starts behaving as if it it if as behaving starts couples the of One up. ly escalating conflict. - -

Photo by: Norbert Piwowarczyk THE LAST SONG OF which premiered at Venice International Film he made his short debut debut short his made he as career, his in year Graduated from the Andrzej Wajda Wajda Andrzej the from Graduated film awards at festivals. 2011 was an important important an was 2011 festivals. at awards the for screenplays His a screenwriter. as film in started He Philosophy. in a degree Festival in 2015. has and Directing Film of School Master 2015 2014 2011 began shooting NIGHT VISIT Piotr Chrzan Director’s Filmography: Director’s Poland, 2020 / 100’ /Colour /100’ 2020 Poland, and and OUT ONE ODD Night Visit

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Back to start FEATURE 50 Audrey Wasilewski Jack Kesy, Olivier Martinez, Martinez, Olivier Kesy, Jack Wojciech Janas Filip Jan Rymsza, Rymsza, Jan Filip by: Written Costume design by: Cast: New Polish Films 2020 Sound by: Zermeno Mario Production manager: Production design by: Edited by: Cezary Skubiszewski by: Music Photography by Rymsza Jan Filip by: Directed KOMAR MOSQUITO STATE Beau Knapp, Charlotte Vega, Vega, Charlotte Knapp, Beau Sebastian Witkowski Bob Murawski, Andrew Hafitz, Hafitz, Andrew Murawski, Bob : Eric Koretz : Eric Katarzyna Lewińska Andrzej Besztak Marek Warszewski

Włodzimierz Niderhaus, Alyssa Swanzey World Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl (North America), Open (International) Co-financed by:Co-financed Co-produced by: Co-produced Royal Road Entertainment Film Studios (WFDiF) Studios Film Distribution in Poland: Produced by: Documentary and Feature Producers: Filip Jan Rymsza, Rymsza, Jan Filip Creative Artists Agency Polish Film Institute

Kino Świat August 2007. Isolated in his austere austere his in 2007. Isolated August of mosquitos breeding in his apartment, apartment, his in breeding mosquitos of obsessive Wall Street data analyst Richard Boca (Beau Knapp) sees ominous ominous sees Knapp) (Beau Boca Richard meltdown. patterns: his computer models are penthouse overlooking Central Park, behaving erratically, as are the swarms swarms the are as erratically, behaving insects that attend to his psychological psychological his to attend that insects THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND, which had had which WIND, THE OF SIDE OTHER THE Poland 2020 / 104’ /Colour /104’ 2020 Poland for completing Orson Welles’ final film, film, final Welles’ Orson completing for Los Angeles-based filmmaker best known known best filmmaker Angeles-based Los 2007 2004 Director’s Filmography: Filmography: Director’s International Film Festival. Filip Jan Rymsza its world premiere at the 75th Venice

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Back to start FEATURE 51 MR. JONES Written by: Andrea by: Chalupa Written James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, Kirby, Vanessa Norton, James Cast: Costume design by: New Polish Films 2020 Marcin Czarnik Marcin Michalina Olszańska, Krzysztof Pieczyński, PeterKrzysztof Pieczyński, Sarsgaard, Marcin Matlak Mielimąka, Wojciech by: Sound Katarzyna Sikora Production manager: Tomasz Morawski Production design by: Edited by: Czarnecki Michał Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz by: Music Photography by: Agnieszka by: Holland Directed OBYWATEL JONES Tomasz Naumiuk Aleksandra Staszko Grzegorz Piątkowski, World Sales: WestEnd Films Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Chalupa, Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska Co-financed Co-financed by: Polish Film Institute, by: Co-produced Scotland, BFI Film Fund Film BFI Scotland, Świat, Kino Orka, Produkcyjne Studio Ukrainian State Film Agency, Creative Creative Agency, Film State Ukrainian Film Silesia Office, Festival Krakow Institute Distribution in Poland: Kino Świat Poland: in Distribution Bogna Szewczyk Bogna Producer: Executive Produced by: Film Produkcja Andrea Dziedzic, Producers: Stanisław Kinorob, Jones Boy Film, Film, Boy Jones Kinorob, , Parkhurst

A young journalist, Gareth Jones, is getting getting is Jones, Gareth journalist, A young Stalinist regime is brutally muffled by Soviet Soviet by muffled brutally is regime Stalinist truth. He decides to share his discoveries with with discoveries his share to decides He truth. the for fight his continues Gareth threats describes and Holodomor of tragedy the to her he discovers that the truth about the the about truth the that discovers he her to meets he There Stalin. with interview an do to young, aspiring writer – George Orwell. –George writer aspiring a young, a lonely on out sets Jones USSR, the in famine censors. On hearing gossip about a great agreat about gossip hearing On censors. thanks and Brooks, Ada journalist, a British pressure from the Kremlin. Despite death death Despite Kremlin. the from pressure journey through Ukraine. He witnesses moderni –arapid story abig tackle to ready by Moscow Moscow to goes He Union. Soviet the of sation silenced and its authenticity is questioned questioned is authenticity its and silenced is publication The London. to return his after it Western journalists who remain under Trailer - Agnieszka Holland Awards: 1978 1990 1988 1980 1981 1997 1993 1992 1995 One of the most outstanding contemporary contemporary outstanding most the of One for the Academy Award. In her films, films, her In Award. Academy the for collides and is heavily altered by changes changes by altered heavily is and collides European directors, who has received matters in which the intimate personal stories stories personal intimate the which in matters films, her for awards prestigious many demonstrates a rare empathy towards towards empathy arare demonstrates she nominations or Globe Golden the as such 2002 2019 2019 2019 2019 2020 in 2017 2011 2019 2019 Director’s Filmography: Director’s Festival’s Premiere: Poland, 2019 / 119’ /Colour /119’ 2019 Poland, society. Kobieta samotna 

   

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Back to start FEATURE 52 Written by: Oleg Sentsov by: Written Oleksandr Begma, Maksym Devizorov, Cast: Cast: Svitlana by: Dziubenko design Costume New Polish Films 2020 Sound design: Wojciech Mielimąka W Barłomiej by: Sound Iryna Mak Iryna in collaboration with Akhtem Seitablaiev Production manager: Polina Bushnyska Kirill by: Shuvalov design Production Edited by: Jarosław Kamiński Adam by: Sikora Photography Sentsov Oleg by: Directed NUMERY NUMBERS Evhen Chernykov, Agatha Larionova, oźniak

435 Films 435 And The Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, Ukraine, of Culture of Ministry The And www.en.pisf.pl World Sales: Latido Films Sales: World Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute CANAL+, televize, Česká by: Co-produced Rotterdam Rotterdam Festival Film International of Fund European Producers Club, Balls Hubert Dariusz Jabłoński Halley Production Izabela Wójcik, Violetta Kamińska, Kamińska, Violetta Wójcik, Izabela Open Open Poland: in Distribution Production Film Produced by: Apple Producers: Anna Palenchuk, , The Numbers create a new world. But will it be be it will But world. anew create Numbers The them of two when change lives Numbers’ The The Numbers are used to running in circles circles in running to used are Numbers The The story of a dystopian society of ten Num ten of society adystopian of story The where they came from. They don’t have the the have don’t They from. came they where Great Zero, and enforced by armed Judges. Judges. armed by enforced and Zero, Great the rules, the boy acts as he pleases and the the and pleases he as acts boy the rules, the form a secret relationship outside of the the of outside relationship asecret form oppressive authority. But will it set them free? them set it will But authority. oppressive group’s blind faith begins to collapse, which which collapse, to begins faith blind group’s day by day. They don’t know who they are and and are they who know don’t They day. by day right to choose how to live and whom to love. to whom and live to how choose to right pattern and have a child. Unaccustomed to to Unaccustomed achild. have and pattern rules set out by an omnipresent deity the the deity omnipresent an by out set rules better? They finally manage to overthrow the the to overthrow manage finally They better? system and finally, the dethronement of Zero. Zero. of dethronement the finally, and system strict by regulated routines daily in stuck bers inevitably leads to the dismantling of the the of dismantling the to leads inevitably -

Photo by: Evheniya Vradiy the Russian gulag with help from out from help with gulag Russian the in was was directed through letters while Sentsov was working on his next film, Euromaidan Euromaidan film, next his on working was years in gulag. NUMBERS, his second feature, feature, second his NUMBERS, gulag. in years Oleg Sentsov be considered as one of the most most the of one as considered be to Sentsov trial in a military court was sentenced to 20 20 to sentenced was court amilitary in trial Ukrainian filmmaker, director, writer and Rotterdam IFF in 2012. It received an an received It 2012. in IFF Rotterdam the at debuted GAMER, feature, first His activist. duction with his third feature RHINO. RHINO. feature third his with duction unfair an during nature a terrorist of crimes 2020  2019 2011 2009 2008 promising young director at this time. As he he As time. this at director young promising began and he was arrested by the Russian Russian the by arrested was he and began side collaborators. Released September 2019 2014. Accused for for Accused 2014. in (FSB) services secret prisoner swap Oleg is currently in prepro in currently is Oleg swap aprisoner in international recognition, which lead Oleg Festival’s Premiere Filmography: Director’s 2019 / 104’ /Colour /104’ 2019 Ukraine, Poland, Czech Republic, France Gaamer Numbers Berlin International Film Festival, Germany A Perfect Day for Bananafish for Day A Perfect The Horn of aBull of Horn The - -

Back to start FEATURE 53 Photo by: Alexandru Matios Written by: Aleksander Mindadze by: Written Cast: Cast: Costume design by: New Polish Films 2020 Bartek Gliński, Denis Krupnov Evgenia Dodina Impakt Film Impakt Produced by: Passenger Studio, Producers: Production design by: Edited by: Photography by: Aleksander Mindadze by: Directed PARKIET PARQUET Agata Kulesza, Andrzej Chyra, Chyra, Andrzej Kulesza, Agata Dasha Danilova Liza Antonova, Maciek Hamela, , Reason8 Oleg Mutu Ina Isbasescu Kirill Shuvalov

World Sales: Reason8 Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute, Ministry of Culture –Russia Culture of Ministry Executive Producer: Distribution in Poland: Open Poland: in Distribution Anna Krupnova The story of three dancers, the creators creators the dancers, three of story The re-live their youth and to re-ignite their their re-ignite to and youth their re-live to chance last their as opportunity this encore performance 25 years after after years 25 performance encore an for of the tango à trois, who reunite reunite who àtrois, tango the of past love. past breaking up. Now middle-aged, they see see they middle-aged, Now up. breaking

Photo by: Passenger Studio Aleksandr Mindadze 1975. The films which he directed including including directed he which films The 1975. Russia, Poland, UK 2020 / 90’ /Colour /90’ 2020 UK Poland, Russia, SOAR (2007), INNOCENT SATURDAY (2011) SATURDAY (2011) INNOCENT (2007), SOAR screenplays have been filmed since since filmed been have screenplays his of 20 than More Russia. in directors and scriptwriters acclaimed most the of one as such festivals as Venice Film Festival, Festival, Film Venice as festivals such at premiered (2015) HANS GOOD MY and considered is and 1949 in Moscow in Born Berlin Film Festival, Moscow IFF. 2015 2011 2007 Director’s Filmography: Director’s W sobotę (Innocent Saturday) Dobry Hans (Good Hans) W zawieszeniu (Soar)

Back to start FEATURE 54 Photo by: Gigant Films, Maciej Zdunowski PLANETSINGLE 3 ‘Mario’ Wysocki ‘Mario’ Joanna Jarmołowicz, Anna Smołowik Weronika Książkiewicz, Tomasz Karolak, Jules Jones, Sam Akina Sam Jones, Jules by: Written Orzechowska Cast: Kalina by: Lach design Costume New Polish Films 2020 Maria Pakulnis, Bogusław Linda, Borys Szyc, Szyc, Borys Linda, Bogusław Pakulnis, Maria Głowacki, Piotr Stenka, Danuta Sound by: Production manager: Aleksandra Production design by: Edited by: Łukasz by: Targosz Music Photography by: Chaciński Michał Akina, Sam by: Directed PLANETASINGLI 3 Maciej Stuhr, Agnieszka Więdłocha, Więdłocha, Agnieszka Stuhr, Maciej Tomasz Dukszta C.A.S., Mariusz Mariusz C.A.S., Dukszta Tomasz Paweł Laskowski Mikołaj Łebkowski Mikołaj PSC Mela Melak World Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Michał Chaciński Distribution in Poland: Kino Świat Poland: in Distribution Produced by: Producers: Radosław Drabik, Open Gigant Films Gigant This is a whole new Planet: a one-of-a-kind aone-of-a-kind Planet: new awhole is This They came from two different worlds: worlds: different two from came They Getting married… and a life together. together. alife and married… Getting see the third one. one. third the see to going about twice think to have doesn’t films two previous the miss to they hosted the biggest TV show in Poland. Poland. in show TV biggest the hosted they SINGLE 3 SINGLE only dream of seeing on Valentine’s Day! Day! Valentine’s on seeing of dream only managed who Anyone duo. comedic the of exploits prior of knowledge the out –a completely other the on but adventures, Ania Kwiatkowska’s and Tomek Wilczyński’s Tomek and Kwiatkowska’s Ania of love, in couple acelebrity as later, app, they face their greatest challenge. challenge. greatest their face they Now romantic comedy which, up till now, one could could one now, till up which, comedy romantic with watched be easily can which story new music teacher. Connected through a modest –a modest she showman, – avainglorious he is, on the one hand, the next part part next the hand, one the on is, Trailer dating PLANET -

Photo by: Gigant Films, Maciej Zdunowski Award-winning screenwriter and director years, including including years, four No. 1 box office hits. hits. office 1box No. four films. In recent years he has worked worked has he years recent In films. and co-wrote and produced back-to-back back-to-back produced and co-wrote and with 2014 In programs. television of Director & producer. Journalist, author/ Journalist, &producer. Director feature and videos music commercials, of Radosław DrabikRadosław established Gigant Films Sam Akina Sam 2019 2019 2018 scriptwriter/producer of hundreds ofscriptwriter/producer hundreds some of the most popular films of recent recent of films popular most the of some in Michał Chaciński Director’s Filmography: Director’s Director’s Filmography: Director’s Poland, 2019 / 101’ /Colour /101’ 2019 Poland, Poland writing and directing popular hits

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Back to start FEATURE 55 RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES Zuzanna Markiewicz Paweł Wendorff by: Written Costume design by: Cast: Cast: New Polish Films 2020 Sound by: Katarzyna by: Szczerba Sound Krzysztof Pyziak, Dariusz Majchrzak Dariusz Pyziak, Krzysztof Milena Lisiec Bartosz Turzyński, Katarzyna Żuk, Production manager: Production design by: Edited by: Kamila Gazda Photography by: Paweł Wendorff by: Directed ZAJĘCIA REKREACYJNE Roman Garncarczyk, ka-Sieczkowska, Paweł Wendorff Edyta Jakubowska, Jakubowska, Edyta Jacek Kobierski Karolina Lech Karolina

World Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Łódź Film Commission Likaon by: Co-produced Distribution in Poland: Open Poland: in Distribution Studio Film Produced by: Anima-Pol Producers: Paweł Wendorff Open Weary of monotonous daily life, two two life, daily monotonous of Weary they find themselves in a downward spiral to give up their investment in the intrigue, become they forward, story the drive to sheer by only if lives, people’s other live to friends plot an intrigue that allows them them allows that intrigue an plot friends of paranoia. about potential consequences. Unable plotlines of their own making and anxious anxious and making own their of plotlines speculation. While their interventions fail increasingly engrossed in the absurd Trailer third auteur film. own films. films. own Włocławek, in 1965 Born cinematographer. Poland. Graduate of Łódź Film School. School. Film Łódź of Graduate Poland. Director, producer, screenwriter and 2019 2005 2010 2019 production, also serves as producer on his his on producer as serves also production, addition to the various aspects of film film of aspects various the to addition In Festival’s Premiere: Paweł Wendorff Director’s Filmography: Director’s Poland, 2019 / 72’ /Colour /72’ 2019 Poland, USA, Global Nonviolent Film Festival Film Nonviolent Global USA, 

( Zajęcia rekreacyjne

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Back to start FEATURE 56 SIMPLE THINGS Aleksandra PajączkowskaAleksandra Alicja Kitowska, Tomasz Schimscheiner Written by: Grzegorz by: Zariczny Written Cast: Cast: Costume design by: New Polish Films 2020 Magdalena SztorcMagdalena Sound by: Przemysław Miękinia, Production manager: Miękinia, Przemysław Production design by: Edited by: Pietras Bartosz Dymiter –Marcin Szum Niski by: Music Bilska Weronika by: Photography Grzegorz by: Zariczny Directed PROSTE RZECZY Błażej Kitowski, Magdalena Sztorc, Sztorc, Magdalena Kitowski, Błażej Krzysztof Ridan

Alicja Kazimierczak World Sales: Open Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute Cinelitera by: Co-produced Przemysław Miękinia Przemysław Distribution in Poland: Open Poland: in Distribution Eyes My Produced by: Before Producers: Magdalena Sztorc, Sztorc, Magdalena also feel the need to bring harmony harmony bring to need the feel also They One day, the brother of Błażej’s recently recently Błażej’s of brother the day, One finally come to terms with the death of his his of death the with terms to come finally to their relationship and lives. Despite sig Despite lives. and relationship their to want their their want They city. the from away live to ever absent father and revealing the cou a catalyst as acts uncle the drama quiet ovating their small village house together. daughter to grow up closer to nature. nature. to closer up grow to daughter Błażej and Magda are fulfilling their dream dream their fulfilling are Magda and Błażej ple’s doubts as well as their strengths. strengths. their as well as doubts ple’s door their at up shows father away passed nificant challenges on site they enjoy ren enjoy they site on challenges nificant step. In this Dardennesque and unhurried unhurried and Dardennesque this In step. the lives of the couple, making Błażej Błażej making couple, the of lives the in - - - - Television in Katowice and the documentary documentary the and Katowice in Television Grzegorz Zariczny Grzegorz feature debut others, the Grand Prize Jury at the Sundance documentary course at the Wajda School. In 2016, his his 2016, In School. Wajda the at course and Radio of Faculty the at directing Film Festival. film film of Agraduate Poland. in 1983 in Born 2016 2012 2012 2010 also made made also He Festival. Film International short short his 2012, In films. short awarded several main competition at the Karlovy Vary Vary Karlovy the at competition main the in Director’s Filmography: Director’s Poland, 2020 / 90’ /Colour /90’ 2020 Poland,

The Whistle Our Bad Winter Winter Bad Our Waves The Dog Hill Dog The WHISTLE WAVES had its world premiere received, among

Back to start FEATURE 57 Photo by: Lava Films SWEAT Julian Świeżewski, Aleksandra Konieczna, Zbigniew Zamachowski Magnus von Horn von Magnus by: Written Cast: Cast: Małgorzata by: Fudala design Costume New Polish Films 2020 Sound by: Production manager: Anna Pachnicka Jagna Dobesz by: design Production Edited by: Agnieszka Glińska Dymek Michał by: Photography Horn von Magnus by: Directed SWEAT Magdalena Koleśnik,Magdalena Michał Robaczewski Michał New Europe Film Sales Film Europe New Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-produced by: Zentropa by: Sweden Co-produced Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute Poland, Opus Film, Di Factory, Film iVast Film Factory, Di Film, Opus Poland, Executive Producer: Produced by: Lava Films Producers: Distribution in Poland: Open Poland: in Distribution Inne: EC1 Łódź The City of Culture, Canal+ Canal+ Culture, of City The Łódź EC1 Mariusz Włodarski Mariusz Włodarski The film recounts three days in the life life the in days three recounts film The for thousands of followers, is surrounded surrounded is followers, of thousands of a celebrity. Although she has hundreds whose Zajac, Sylwia motivator fitness of quaintances, what she’s really looking presence on social media has made her her made has media social on presence ac by admired and employees loyal by is true intimacy. -

Photo by: Lava Films HERE AFTER HERE THE the 2006  2006 2007 2007 2008 awards main won and D’or Camera the for 2008 Poland, in Festival Film Gdynia the at nominated was It Festival. Film Cannes the at 2008 2009  2011  2011 2014 film, feature debut his 2015 In awards. was and 2011 in Festival Film Locarno the at short film film short His School. Film Lodz from graduated He Sweden. Göteborg, in 1983 in Born 2015 nominated for the EFA awards. EFA awards. the for nominated nominated for the Swedish Guldbaggen Director’s Filmography: Director’s Magnus von Horn von Magnus Poland, 2020 / 100’ /Colour /100’ 2020 Poland, Guldbaggen Awards in Sweden and was – short doc. writer and director director and writer doc. – short director and writer fiction – short – The Doctors The Without snow 

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Back to start FEATURE 58 THE BLACK MILL Magdalena Nieć, Nieć, Magdalena by: Written Oliwia Ogorzelska, Michał Lupa, Cast: Cast: Costume design by: New Polish Films 2020 Marcin Dorociński, Magdalena Nieć Sound by: Katarzyna Stachowicz Gacek Production manager: Hanna Janocha Production design by: Edited by: Dobrowolski Maciej by: Music Wojciech by: Węgrzyn Photography Mariusz Palej by: Directed CZARNY MŁYN Iwo and Borys Wiciński, Wiciński, Borys and Iwo Daniel Sikorski Jakub Motylewski Jakub Dzvinka Kukul Paweł Baryła World Sales: Open Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl The Mazovia Institute Institute Mazovia The by: Co-produced Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute Studio Orka Culture, Heliograf, Rio De Post, Cafe Ole, Ole, Cafe Post, De Rio Heliograf, Culture, of Dystrybucja Mówi Serwis Executive Producer: Produced zo.o. by: Sp. TFP Producers: Distribution in Poland: Maciej Sowiński, Andrzej Papis Wojciech Stuchlik

Abandoned, desolate village which the the of skills unusual the in lays mystery the to they can achieve once they start looking looking start they once achieve can they ferent in fact for another reason – she has got got has –she reason another for fact in ferent disability but no one expects that she is dif is she that expects one no but disability either that Black Mill, a place of work of many many of work of aplace Mill, Black that either night a into turns friends his of agroup and protagonist’s mentally disabled sister. Mela solution The village. endangered and parents kids The Mill. Black the of because mare parents, is haunted by black magic. Iwo and and Iwo magic. black by haunted is parents, beyond the surface, beyond the obvious. supernatural powers. Nobody would expect their save to alone dangers the face to have his friends themselves do not realize what what realize not do themselves friends his whole world of an eleven-year-old Iwo Iwo eleven-year-old an of world whole the is her of her because differently behaves and looks - - Warsaw school in Photography Black Mill is his second film for kids. for film second his is Mill Black The film. creating music videos and TV TV and videos music creating in experience directing his gained He television. and a cinematographer for as years many For cinematographer. and aDirector is He Łódź. in School Film and 2011 2016 from graduated He Cracow. in Born 2012 2014  2014 series. His feature film debut debut film feature His series. films documentary with associated was he family and children’s genre genre children’s and afamily is DOOR BLUE Director’s Filmography: Director’s Mariusz Palej Poland, 2020 / 100’ /Colour /100’ 2020 Poland, the cinematographer. Later he – feature TV series TV – feature  – Television show – series documentary  ( serc Unia  Zabrze Zabrze in world the of end the or Lovers Porody. Cud narodzin (A Birth miracle ( Za niebieskimi drzwiami Za niebieskimi Behind the blue door Heart union feature films ) – feature film ) –feature )

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Back to start FEATURE 59 THE GARDEN Written by: Ragnar Bragason by: Written (Iceland), Agnieszka Puciło (Poland) Helga Rós V. Rós Hannam Helga by: design Costume Cast: Cast: New Polish Films 2020 Sound by: Jacek by: Hamela Sound Halldora Geirharðsdóttir Halldora Gruszka, Karolina Ólafsson, Hallgrímur Production manager: Heimir Sverrisson by: design Production Edited by: Mugison by: Music Photography by: Ragnar Bragason by: Directed ZŁOTOKAP Sigrun Edda Björnsdóttir, Björnsdóttir, Edda Sigrun Michał Czarnecki Michał Árni Filippusson Pálmey Helgadóttir World Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Co-produced by: Co-produced Madness Distribution Davíð Óskar Ólafsson Óskar Davíð Distribution in Poland: Executive Producer: Produced by: Mystery Productions Producers: Davíð Óskar Ólafsson Óskar Davíð Open Polish Film Institute Madants

with a foreign girlfriend – Indiana’s world world –Indiana’s girlfriend aforeign with garden she tends to her award winning winning award her to tends she garden Laburnum tree. When her only son turns up up turns son only her When tree. Laburnum Indíana Jónsdóttir lives in a council estate estate acouncil in lives Jónsdóttir Indíana surrounded by immigrants, who she de she who immigrants, by surrounded state’s welfare system. In her small private private small her In system. welfare state’s spises, and makes her living preying on the is upended. - Theatre (Sudavik, Iceland), an internationally with the award-winning award-winning the with Science-fiction TV series TV Science-fiction CHILDREN commercials, made his feature-film debut awards, in several categories. several in awards, and SHIFT trilogy TV popular the and He established himself with the diptych Feature films Bragason has won fifteen Icelandic Edda 2017 2014 2012 2017 2011 2009 2008 2007 2020 2013 2009 2007 2006 2000 recognized director of music videos and and videos music of director recognized Ragnar Bragason Director’s Filmography: Director’s Poland 2020 / 115’ /Colour /115’ 2020 Poland

(2009). So far, So (2009). SHIFT PRISON THE

World’s End –9× End World’s Small Change The Dinosaurs Fangar aka Prisoners –6× Prisoners aka Fangar Metalhead The Garden The

– 12 × –12 Shift Night The Parents The Garden The – 11 × –11 Shift Day The Bjarnfredarson The Prison Shift Children Fiasco (2007), (2007), (2006) and and (2006)

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Back to start FEATURE 60 Photo by:Dariusz Minkiewicz THE LAST MISSION Adam Woronowicz, Tomasz Schuchardt Schuchardt Tomasz Woronowicz, Adam Jacek by: Bławut Written Cast: Cast: Costume design by: New Polish Films 2020 Rafał Zawierucha, Filip Pławiak, Pławiak, Filip Zawierucha, Rafał Mateusz Kościukiewicz, Antoni Pawlicki, Sound by: Małgorzata Zacharska Marcelina Początek-Kunikowska Production manager: Robert Feluch Production design by: Wójcik Piotr Pasecki, Edited by: Bartłomiej Vacat by: Music Photography by: Jacek by: Bławut Directed ORZEŁ. OSTATNI PATROL Tomasz Ziętek, Ziętek, Tomasz Radosław Ochnio Jolanta Dylewska

World Sales: Open Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Gdynia Film Centre, DI Factory, Impakt Impakt Factory, DI Centre, Film Gdynia Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute Co-produced by: Co-produced and Feature Film Studios (WFDiF), (WFDiF), Studios Film Feature and Bartłomiej Gliński Film, Jacek Bławut Film Production Film Bławut Jacek Film, Produced by: Aura Films Producers: Distribution in Poland: Kino Świat Poland: in Distribution Aura Films Producer: Executive Anna Bławut Mazurkiewicz, Mazurkiewicz, Bławut Anna Documentary

“Orzeł” descends into the depths of the troops continues, a Polish submarine ORP transporter ship “Rio De Janeiro”. Now the the Now Janeiro”. De “Rio ship transporter of Dunkirk the frantic evacuation of Allied Allied of evacuation frantic the Dunkirk of from Tallinn and a sinking of the German German the of asinking and Tallinn from and mental exhaustion of the crew. the of exhaustion mental and physical increasing the also but aircrafts, patrol and ships enemy bombs, depth mines, underwater by only not ardized jeop be will which mission, dangerous spectacu many has crew The Sea. North It is the year 1940. While on the beaches beaches the on While 1940. year the is It boat will have to face a mysterious and and amysterious face to have will boat lar successes, including a daring escape - - Jacek Bławut Gdynia, Toruń (Camerimage Film School). School). Film (Camerimage Toruń Gdynia, photography in films, e.g. directed by directed e.g. films, in photography of and documentaries. Also a director film features debut (Silver films feature award-winning of Polish Film Academy. Film Polish and Hannover and Warszawa (Wajda School), School), (Wajda Warszawa and Hannover Berlin, in schools film at lectured also He Łódź. in School Film the at alecturer is He Marek Koterski, Krzysztof Kieślowski. his for Festival Film Gdynia the at Lions dozens of cinematographer and Director 2012 2012 Academy Film European the of Member 2008 2008 2007 2005 2004 Director’s Filmography: Director’s Poland, 2020 / 125’ /Colour /125’ 2020 Poland, Wirtualna wojna Wojownik Szczur w koronie (Crowned wkoronie Rat) Szczur Jeszcze nie wieczór Born Dead (The Warrior)(The BEFORE TWILIGHT ( Man At War (Before Twilight) ) )

Back to start FEATURE 61 THE PEASANTS Animated by: Piotr Dominiak by: Animated Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman Hugh Kobiela, Dorota by: Written Cast: Cast: New Polish Films 2020 Mirosław Baka, Sonia Mietelica Sonia Baka, Mirosław Jankowski Michał by: Sound Production manager: Tomasz Wochniak Production design by: Edited by: Welchman Dorota Rostowski Łukasz L.U.C. by: Music Photography by: Dorota by: Kobiela Directed CHŁOPI Kamila Urzędowska, Robert Gulaczyk, Open Piotr Dominiak World Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute Ukrkino, Digitalkraft by: Co-produced Distribution in Poland: Next Film Poland: in Distribution Laurie Ubben Producer: Executive Produced by: Breakthru Productions Producers: Sean Bobbitt Open Jagna gets caught up in a rivalry between between arivalry in up caught gets Jagna village. Jagna is a young sensitive woman woman sensitive ayoung is Jagna village. woes on Jagna and banish her from Lipce. from her banish and Jagna on woes tells the story of the small village of Lipce Lipce of village small the of story the tells for the village, the residents blame their desire her, and all the women envy her. envy women the all and her, desire dependence in a world where all the men the of heart At the inhabitants. its and Boryna, whom her mother has convinced convinced has mother her whom Boryna, novel winning prize Nobel the on Based by Wladyslaw Reymont, THE PEASANTS PEASANTS THE Reymont, Wladyslaw by struggling to establish her identity and in and identity her establish to struggling the in girl prettiest the Jagna, is story her to betroth. As things begin to go bad bad go to begin things As betroth. to her father his and Antek, lover secret her - graduate from the Academy of Fine Arts Arts Fine of Academy the from A graduate School, Direction Faculty. Prior to her feature feature her to Prior Faculty. Direction School, threw herself into learning these new artistic animated short films. debut, disciplines. The She attending Warsaw Film immediately and friends, through film and 2017 2011 2011 2011 nominated Director of in Warsaw, Dorota discovered animation is an Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe Globe Golden and BAFTA Oscar, an is Director’s Filmography: Director’s Dorota Kobiela Poland, Ukraine, Serbia 2021 / 100’ /Colour /100’ 2021 Serbia Ukraine, Poland,

Mały Listonosz Szkice Chopina ( Chopina Szkice Twój Vincent ( Twój Vincent LOVING VINCENT

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Back to start FEATURE 62 TONIA Marcin by: Bortkiewicz Written Cast: Cast: Costume design by New Polish Films 2020 Małgorzata Zajączkowska, Adam Bobik Sound by: Production manager: Joanna Banach Production design by: Edited by: Piotr Mendelowski Czerniewicz Marek by: Music Photography by: Marcin by: Bortkiewicz Directed TONIA Marianna Bortkiewicz, Agata Chodyra Agata Andrzej Wojciechowski : Justyna Stolarz : Justyna Kinga Babczyńska TVP S.A. TVP World Sales: Open Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute, S.A. TVP by: Co-produced Distribution in Poland: Produced by: FILM PS Producers: Sebastian Petryk Open Tonia lives with her father and grand and father her with lives Tonia and her loved ones... things that mean she she mean that things ones... loved her and day, the of course the over But drunk. ally the thwart to can she everything doing ma, though not devoid of all hope. hope. all of devoid not though ma, comedy-dra asocial of tone the maintain plan. The best thing will be to get him re him get to be will thing best The plan. Tonia’s Italy. in site abuilding on job month mother. Her mother is dead. Her father job. Granny is sending him off to a three- to a off him sending is Granny job. has to grow up too quickly. The film will will film The quickly. too up grow to has she learns several things about herself overly fond of the bottle and he’s lost his his lost he’s and bottle the of fond overly is - - - TV series. TV Award at the Koszalin Debut Film Festival Festival Film Debut Koszalin the at Award WALPURGIS NIGHT won The Young and and Young The won NIGHT WALPURGIS Cinema award for the Best Script, along with with along Script, Best the for award Cinema Short, feature film, documentary and and documentary film, feature Short, the Journalists’ Award and the Youth Jury Jury Youth the and Award Journalists’ the Award, Audience the Award, Actress Best the commercial director. Marcin’s feature debut debut feature Marcin’s director. commercial Marcin directed episodes for popular Polish Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) Directors’ the at screened was MEMORY 2015 2013 2011 2009 the Cannes Film Festival in 2012. 2012. in Festival Film Cannes the of section 2015. His short debut DRAWN FROM FROM DRAWN debut short His 2015. in Director’s Filmography: Director’s Marcin Bortkiewicz Bortkiewicz Marcin Poland, 2020 / 85’ /Colour /85’ 2020 Poland, – short  

Portret z pamięci ( zpamięci Portret ( Lewa połowa twarzy twarzy Lewa połowa Noc Walpurgi – document  Nauczanie początkowe ( początkowe Nauczanie the face the of side Left ( Walpurgis night Drawn from memory ) –document

Early learning ) ) )

Back to start FEATURE 63 Photo by: Hubert Komerski -Bzowski, Zbigniew Zamachowski, TRIPLE TROUBLE Joanna Szczepkowska, Tomasz Ziętek, Ziętek, Tomasz Szczepkowska, Joanna Marta Karwowska Marta by: Written Cast: Cast: Agnieszka by: Biederman design Costume New Polish Films 2020 Marta Malikowska, Sandra Korzeniak Michał Fojcik Michał Sound by: Maria Dziewanowska-Kowalska Production manager: Tomasz Morawski Production design by: Edited by: Aleksandra Gowin Rogiewicz Jerzy by: Music Jakub Burakiewicz by: Photography Karwowska Marta by: Directed TARAPATY 2 Pola Król, Mia Goti, Jakub Janota- Jakub Goti, Mia Król, Pola Bartłomiej Bogacki, Bogacki, Bartłomiej Jędrzej Kowalski, World Sales: Open Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute, Co-produced by:Co-produced MAKonline Haka Films Haka Films Film, Next Factory, DI Films, Piramida Organisation, Tourism Poznań Podkarpackie Film Commission, Mazovia Warsaw Film Commission, Distribution in Poland: Executive Producer: Produced by: Koi Studio Producers: Agnieszka Dziedzic

Tomasz Morawski, Morawski, Tomasz Next Film

TRIPLE TROUBLE is another portion portion another is TROUBLE TRIPLE Monet’s Beach in Pourville Pourville in Beach Monet’s When year-old Felka appears on the horizon horizon the on appears Felka year-old thief and save an innocent painter accused accused painter innocent an save and thief the painting, discover the identity of the can become even stronger. even become can with intertwined is trust and jealousy of story The her. with comes trouble and an begins duo Aharmonious theft. the of disappears from the National Museum Museum National the from disappears Olek. and Julka of adventures the of solving a criminal mystery. Triple Trouble Trouble Triple mystery. acriminal solving the story of a tested friendship, which which friendship, atested of story the is twelve- acrazy suddenly but investigation, children face a task – to find find –to atask face children –the Poznań in

Photo by: Hubert Komerski Łódź Łódź in Theatre and Television 000 viewers to Polish cinemas. Polish to viewers 000 films. She was working with J.J.Kolski J.J.Kolski with working was She films. Jaroszuk. Her debut as a director adirector as debut Her Jaroszuk. G. and her During Warsaw. of University the of Sociology of Institute the and Film, of School Higher National the of Department Directing the of a graduate DOUBLE TROUBLE attracted more than 330 330 than more attracted TROUBLE DOUBLE Director, screenwriter and sociologist, 2017 made over a dozen short student student short adozen over made she studies, Director’s Filmography: Director’s Karwowska Marta Poland, 2020 / 85’ /Colour /85’ 2020 Poland, Double Trouble Double (Tarapaty)

Back to start FEATURE 64 Photo by: fotohuta TRUE LIFE OF ANGELS Jan Frycza, Jerzy Trela, Anna Dymna Anna Trela, Jerzy Frycza, Jan Zosia Bebej Zosia Written by: Artur Więcek by: Written Cast: Julia Jarża, by: design Costume New Polish Films 2020 Sound by: ISTV Media Production manager: Łagowska Justyna by: design Production Adam by: Sikora Photography Artur Więcek by: Directed PRAWDZIWE ŻYCIE ANIOŁÓW Krzysztof Globisz, Kinga Preis, Globisz, Krzysztof Michał Fojcik Michał Kamil Janik, World Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Cinelight, Cinerental,Cinelight, Kancelaria Lassota, Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute Krakow by: Film Klaster, Co-produced Rodzina Zembala, Proxima Service, Service, Proxima Zembala, Rodzina Festiwalowe, Biuro Krakowskie ISTV Media Distribution in Poland: Kino Świat Poland: in Distribution Krakow Film Klaster Producer: Executive Produced by: Film Barton Producers: Aneta Zagórska Open

life life His family. a loving with actor -known Adam (Krzysztof Globisz) is awell- is Globisz) (Krzysztof Adam Whether everything around is adream? is around everything Whether well in an old wooden house. But not not But house. wooden old an in well Stroke – the text of his former film role, but can’t can’t but role, film former his of text the to his house. Adam feels exceptionally exceptionally feels Adam house. his to everything fits. Adam tries to recreate recreate to tries Adam fits. everything changes all. Adam wakes up in the the in up wakes Adam all. changes has talked to anyone since the stroke. stroke. the since anyone to talked has he if sure not is He word. asingle say highlander from Podhale who invites him him invites who Podhale from highlander –apeculiar Józek meets He hospital. does and what he has achieved. achieved. has he what and does he what in sense no emptiness, feels he perfect. However, Adam is not happy: happy: not is Adam However, perfect. is severe, sudden and unexpected

Photo by: press materials – the second installment in the tale of the the of tale the in installment second – the Award at the Koszalin Youth and Film festival. festival. Film and Youth Koszalin the at Award Angel Giordano. Artur Więcek Września, as well as the Audience Choice Choice Audience the as well as Września, Poland 2020 / 52’ /Colour /52’ 2020 Poland theater plays. His feature film debut AANGEL AANGEL debut film feature His plays. theater award at the Prowincjonalia festival in in festival Prowincjonalia the at award main Festival, Film Gdynia the at award documentaries, television programs, and Director and scriptwriter of feature films, films, feature of scriptwriter and Director 2007 2007 2005 2004 2002 2018–2021 2013 2008 In 2005 he directed the film ANGEL IN LOVE IN ANGEL film the directed he 2005 In debut directorial the received CRACOW IN Director’s Filmography: Director’s  (All Matthew’s Woman) Wszystkie kobiety Mateusza Anioł w Krakowie (Angel in Cracow) in (Angel wKrakowie Anioł Zakochany anioł (Angel in Love) in (Angel anioł Zakochany  (Reverend Father Tischner and His Jegomość Tischner i jego filozofia Highlanders’ Philosophy) Highlanders’ po Goralenvolk (Marek Edelman: Life) Marek Edelman: Życie. Po prostu góralsku  (True Life of Angels) Prawdziwe życie aniołów aniołów życie Prawdziwe

Back to start FEATURE 65 Photo by: Jarosław Sosiński WONDER ZENIA Agata Kulesza, Katarzyna Figura Written by: Małgorzata by: Szumowska, Written Cast: Cast: Costume design by: New Polish Films 2020 Production manager: Dagmara Bagnecka Sound by: Michał Englert Production design by: Edited by: Paweł Mykietyn by: Music Michał Englert by: Photography Małgorzata by: Szumowska Directed WONDER ŻENIA Alec Utgoff, Maja Ostaszewska, Ostaszewska, Maja Utgoff, Alec Marcin Jachyra Marcin Vacat Katarzyna Lewińska Jagna Janicka Agnieszka Wasiak, Viola Fugen, Fugen, Viola Wasiak, Agnieszka The Match Factory Match The Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute Świat, Kino by: Co-produced Mazovia Film Fund, Di Factory Di Fund, Film Mazovia Factory Productions Marc Weber Distribution in Poland: Kino Świat Poland: in Distribution Match and Produced Films by: Lava Producers: Mariusz Włodarski, Zenia, the film’s protagonist, is an indus an is protagonist, film’s the Zenia, Warsaw. He is privy to all of their prob their of all to privy is He Warsaw. who makes house calls as a masseur amasseur as calls house makes who the needy and aspirational residents residents aspirational and needy the to Poland in worker migrant Ukrainian trious thing of an unwitting guru figure. Zenia’s Zenia’s figure. guru unwitting an of thing middle-class gated community near near community gated a middle-class of an object of lust for many of the lost souls souls lost the of many for lust of object an grounded spirituality, apparent healing powers and broad shoulders make him in the community. the in lems, anxieties and secrets – and some –and secrets and anxieties lems, - - -

Photo by: Brigitte Lacombe with Juliette Binoche was sold out to more more to out sold was Binoche Juliette with One of the most prominent Polish directors. directors. Polish prominent most the of One the Locarno Film Festival Festival Film Locarno the at Leopard Silver She’s been directing, writing and producing than 40 countries and and countries 40 than most important film awards. awards. film important most the received she’s Poland, In countries. 15 to for for feature and documentary films. Her movies movies Her films. documentary and feature at the Berlinale for for Berlinale the at 2019 2018 2015 2013 2013 2011 have received many awards, for example example for awards, many received have Małgorzata SzumowskaMałgorzata Director’s Filmography: Director’s Poland, 2020 / 100’ /Colour /100’ 2020 Poland, or Teddy Award Award Teddy or LIFE FROM SCENES 33 Elles The Other Lamb Other The In the Name Of… ( Of… Name the In Body Body Mug Mug ( ( Sponsoring Twarz ( Body/Ciało ) IN THE NAME OF... NAME THE IN ) W imię IN THE NAME OF... NAME THE IN ) ) . ELLES

Back to start FEATURE 66 Zuzanna Glińska Zbigniew Zamachowski ZIEJA Written by: Wojciech by: Lepianka Written Cast: Cast: Costume design by: New Polish Films 2020 Mateusz Więcławek, Krzysztof Jastrząb by: Sound Production manager: Leszek Pieszko Żogała Wojciech by: design Production Edited by: Cezary Skubiszewski by: Music Witold Płóciennik by: Photography Robert Gliński by: Directed ZIEJA Andrzej Seweryn, Ewa Smal Ewa Elżbieta Radke,

World Sales: Open Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute by: Co-produced Film Studios (WFDiF) Studios Film TVP S.A. TVP Poland: in Distribution Feature and Produced by: Documentary Producers: Włodzimierz Niderhaus TVP S.A. TVP “never kill anyone, not even your enemies” enemies” your even not anyone, kill “never The priest’s interrogations become a pretext apretext become interrogations priest’s The The 70s. A Security Service Major wishes wishes Major Service ASecurity 70s. The World War II, up to modern times. It turns out out turns It times. modern to up II, War World the church’s rules. Proclaiming the slogan slogan the Proclaiming rules. church’s the who awoman of rites funeral Catholic the Performing Union. aEuropean of thoughts without journey Alonely rebel. aclever tually that the seemingly naive Father Zieja is ac “buy” gullible priest Zieja and turn him into into him turn and Zieja priest gullible “buy” to committed suicide was an protest against against protest an was suicide committed into turned 1930s the in Rome to a passport through 1920, of war Bolshevik the from Poland: of history the through ajourney for attitudes. attitudes. patriotic against was II, War World the during an agent who will discredit the opposition. opposition. the discredit will who agent an mythologies and foretold future pacifist pacifist future foretold and mythologies - TERESKA TERESKA 1992  1992 1988 1983 aPolish is Warsaw) in 1952 April 17 (born CO Polish Film Award for his film film his for Award Film Polish the Film Gdynia the at Lions Golden the from 2008 to 2012. 2012. to 2008 from Agraduate screenwriter. and director film won won He Łódź. in School Film National the of Rector of the National Film School in Łódź Łódź in School Film National the of Rector film his with 1992 in Festival 2017 2017  2014 2001 Director’s Filmography: Director’s Robert Gliński Poland, 2020 / 110’ /Colour /110’ 2020 Poland, NAJWAŻNIEJSZE NAJWAŻNIEJSZE Niedzielne igraszki (Sunday igraszki Pranks) Niedzielne Łabędzi śpiew (Swan Song) (Swan śpiew Łabędzi Czuwaj Prepared) (Be (All That Really Matters) Really That (All Wszystko co najważniejsze (Stones for the Rampart) the for (Stones Kamienie na szaniec Cześć Tereska (Hi, Tereska) . Robert Gliński served as the the as served Gliński . Robert Eagle, an received he 2002 . In and in 2001 with with 2001 in and

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DOCUMENTARY Back to start New Polish Films 2020 www.en.pisf.pl Photo by:Piotr Jaxa BALCONY MOVIE Wojciech Staroń, Kacper Lisowski Kacper Staroń, Wojciech Written by: Paweł Łoziński by: Written HBO Europe, Mazovia Mazovia Europe, HBO by: Co-produced New Polish Films 2020 Film Fund, IDFX Fund, Film Moruś Zofia by: Sound Łoziński Production Sp. zo.o. Sp. Production Produced by: Łoziński Producers: Production manager: Zofia Kujawska Agnieszka by: Krymowa design Production Edited by: Dorota Wardęszkiewicz Jan Duszyński by: Music Łoziński, Paweł by: Photography Paweł Łoziński by: Directed FILM BALKONOWY Paweł Łoziński World Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute, Mazovia Film Fund, Creative Europe Creative Fund, Film Mazovia Distribution in Poland: Against Gravity Poland: in Distribution Agnieszka Mankiewicz Producer: Executive Cat and Docs and Cat self-portrait of us - people, the passers-by. the -people, us of A self-portrait versa loneliness is its keynote. The The keynote. its is loneliness of sense the contemporary world seen from a balcony. abalcony. from seen world contemporary our of complexity and diversity the exploring condition. The film talks about face-to-face face-to-face about talks film The condition. human the of reflection sincere a very show and attitudes, thoughts, emotions, vivid uncover They interview. journalist or Pawel Lozinski makes with people passing passing people with makes Lozinski Pawel project’s aim is to touch the essence of our our of essence the touch to is aim project’s borders Crossing Humans. with meetings con The apartment. his down street the by director the conversations on based is It between two strangers and overcoming overcoming and strangers two between light and funny form. This is go is This form. funny and a light in humanity film about and for each one of us. us. of one each for and about afilm be to ing BALCONY MOVIE tions go far beyond sociological study study sociological beyond far go tions is a documentary project project adocumentary is Trailer - -

Photo by: Rafał Maslow School in Lodz. Author of more than than more of Author Lodz. in School 20 award-winning documentary films 2008 2008 2008 2010 School. Film Gdynia and Lodz in School Film National the at direction intimate draws he whom of people about and emotionally charged documentaries at Film of Graduate films. documentary of 2013 producer and DOP director, Polish 2016  portraits. Lecturer of documentary film film documentary of Lecturer portraits. Director’s Filmography: Director’s Paweł Łoziński Poland, 2021 / 75’ /Colour /75’ 2021 Poland, international festivals. He makes distinct

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Back to start DOCUMENTARY 69 Jerzy Śladkowski Jerzy by: Written New Polish Films 2020 Sound design: Mikko Rothfors Sound production: Sound recordist: Production manager: Edited by: Timo by: Hietala Music Photography by: Śladkowski Jerzy by: Directed GORZKA MIŁOŚĆ BITTER LOVE Jakub Śladkowski Janne Laine Shamil Ismailov Wojciech Staroń Finnvox Cinepost, Elena Petlarskaya AVEK, Swedish Arts Council Arts Swedish AVEK, World Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Co-produced by: Co-produced Co-producers: SVT Documentary, YLE, Swedish Film Film Swedish YLE, Documentary, SVT Dariusz Kowalski Institute, Finnish Film Foundation, Ilona Tolmunen, Lucyna Kowalska, Distribution in Poland: Producers: Produced by: Ginestra Film Antonio Russo Merenda

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Photo by: Wojciech Staroń Award for DON JUAN. DON for Award Dove Golden the TANGO, SWEDISH for Award Jerzy ŚladkowskiJerzy 1999 1995 1990 Sweden, Finland, Poland 2020 / 86’ /Colour /86’ 2020 Poland Finland, Sweden, for VODKA FACTORY and the VPRO IDFA IDFA VPRO the and FACTORY VODKA for of several prestigious prizes including the producer and director afreelance as 2020 2015 2015 2012 2010 2007 2007 2006 2004 2002 2000 IDA the VENDETTA, for Award Film European Sweden to immigrated He Poland. in Born making over documentaries. Recipient fifty in 1983. Since then he has worked worked has he then Since 1983. in Festival’s Premiere: Director’s Filmography: Director’s

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Back to start DOCUMENTARY 70 Photo by: Ryszard Kruk BLACK MUD Ryszard Kruk Ryszard by: Written New Polish Films 2020 Sound by: Bartosz Staszkiewicz by: Sound Producers: Production manager: Magdalena Kruk Edited by: Kajetan Pochylski Rafał Iwański by: Music Romasz Józef by: Photography Kruk Ryszard by: Directed Ryszard Kruk Ryszard Producer: Executive Produced by: CZARNE BŁOTO Ryszard Kruk Ryszard Biały Kruk -Pomeranian Voivodeship World Sales: Open Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by: Co-financed Municipality Kuyavian- Toruń, of city the of Distribution in Poland: Open Zbigniew Jaskolski runs his farm following the principles of ecology and sustainability. from the eyes of other people, he has been been has he people, other of eyes the from and safe future for all creatures. creatures. all for future safe and discovered an additional medicine, which a for hope you if elements, key are drugs of secret a secret has He agents. chemical with contact owns a number of pastures, which have no no have which pastures, of anumber owns He nature and having contact with the goats he ple from suffering bipolar disorder commit peo of 30% Nearly disorder. bipolar battling see the world as a place of harmony develop harmony of aplace as world the see selection and diagnosis correct The suicide. he has only recently revealed. Well hidden hidden Well revealed. recently only has he ing in a balanced way, thus ensuring a healthy ahealthy ensuring thus way, abalanced in ing surrounding the of effect therapeutic the is loves so much. By respecting nature, one can can one nature, respecting By much. so loves successful therapy. Zbigniew Jaskolski has - -

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Back to start DOCUMENTARY 71 Weronika Mliczewska Weronika by: Written New Polish Films 2020 Sound by: Kasia by: Rysiak Sound Edited by: Photography by: Mliczewska Weronika by: Directed Production manager: Marta Łachacz KATALOŃSKI SEN CATALONIAN DREAM Magdalena Mikołajczyk Mikael Lypinski World Sales: Open Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl TVP S.A. by:Co-financed TVP Co-produced by: Co-produced TVP S.A. TVP Poland: in Distribution Rychter Tomasz Producer: Executive Produced S.A. by: TVP Producers: Weronika Mliczewska Weronika Ya Man Studio Ya Man The The illegal referendum in Catalonia Catalonia in referendum illegal The (2017) lead to brutal clashes with police police with clashes brutal to lead (2017) with the outburst of folly when certain y Rauxa. This means the common common the means This y Rauxa. essence of questions about freedom freedom about questions of essence the Catalan spirit of so called Sen Sen called so of spirit Catalan the and conflict continues until now. We follow We follow now. until continues conflict of proclamation in part took who activists and political divisions and go deeply into into deeply go and divisions political up mixed Spain in citizens prosperous borders are crossed. We search beyond beyond We search crossed. are borders sense of the multicultural and most most and multicultural the of sense lasted couple of minutes but the the but minutes of couple lasted the Catalan independence. unilateral separation from Spain democracy. prison sentences for political With the University background Weronika Mliczewska Mliczewska Weronika Poland 2020 / 52’ /Colour /52’ 2020 Poland condition. Director, writer of non-fiction conditions where fresh perspectives can experience (over 80 countries) her natural 2017 2018 travel vast with combined USA and Poland 2017 2017 2016 2016 books, public speaker. human the of essence the on shed be habitat is storytelling in the remote, difficult difficult remote, the in storytelling is habitat Anthropology and filmmaking from UK, UK, from filmmaking and Anthropology in Director’s Filmography: Director’s documentary TV series TV – documentary – Długa Droga (Long Way) (Long Droga Długa   – music documentary Reggae –music Speechless in Japan Me of Style Superhumans (Superludzie) Changmakers (Światozmieniacze) documentary series documentary

Back to start DOCUMENTARY 72 Photo by: Studio Filmowe Kadr ESCAPE TO THE SILVER GLOBE Kuba by: Mikurda Written Co-produced by: Documentary by: Co-produced Stanisław Zaborowski Stanisław New Polish Films 2020 Feature Film Studios, TVP, DI Factory, Factory, DI TVP, Studios, Film Feature and Sound by: MX35, Krakow Film Comission Edited by: Stefan Wesołowski by: Music Radosław Ładczuk by: Photography Kuba by: Mikurda Directed Producers: Production manager: Produced by: Silver Frame UCIECZKA NA SREBRNY GLOB Anna Rok, Michał Fojcik Michał Rok, Anna Iza Pająk Iza Daria Maślona, Daria Maślona www.en.pisf.pl World Sales: Open Sales: World Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute Distribution in Poland: Against Gravity Poland: in Distribution Andrzej Żuławski’s Żuławski’s Andrzej Why was Żuławski banned from Poland as as Poland from banned Żuławski was Why (1977/1987) could have been one of the great the of one been have could (1977/1987) the scenes. GLOBE spaceships? size real and costumes props, the cinema, politics and personal dramas behind SILVER GLOBE with interviews original with footage archival of afraid was Who a result? a budget of over million dollars. So why was was why So dollars. million over of a budget the and „2001” Kubrick’s to answer an as ambitious, visually extravagant, planned wildly – time the all of masterworks sci-fi est roller-coaster; a roller-coaster; before its completion? What happened to all all to happened What completion? its before biggest blockbuster of Polish cinema, with with cinema, Polish of blockbuster biggest it suddenly cancelled just a couple of weeks weeks of acouple just cancelled suddenly it Polish cinema, cinema, Polish of legends ? Putting together never before seen seen before never together ? Putting suspensful, intellectual intellectual asuspensful, is fascinating investigation of GLOBE SILVER THE ON ESCAPE TO THE THE TO ESCAPE ON THE SILVER SILVER THE ON Trailer - -

Photo by: Magdalena Franczuk won the Chopin’s Nose Award for the best best the for Award Nose Chopin’s the won OF festivals in film the debut, full-length documentary Docs Against Gravity Film Festival, where it where Festival, Film Gravity Against Docs 2018 Film School in Łódź. In 2018, he made his his made he 2018, In Łódź. in School Film the at lecturer and screenwriter, Director, received by the viewers and critics, critics, and viewers the by received music and art documentary. Enthusiastically its Polish premiere at the 15th Millennium Millennium 15th the at premiere Polish its EXPRESS LOVE EXPRESS. THE DISAPPEARANCE Director’s Filmography: Director’s Kuba Mikurda Poland, 2020 / 75’ /Colour /75’ 2020 Poland, WALERIAN BOROWCZYK  Waleriana Zaginięcie Love Express. Walerian Borowczyk Walerian of Borowczyka ( Love Express. The Disappearance was screened at the top film film top the at screened was Poland and abroad.

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Back to start DOCUMENTARY 73 FROM WITHIN Tomasz Szwan ZofiaBeksińska, TomaszBeksiński, Cezary Grzeisuk, by: Written New Polish Films 2020 Piotr Dmochowski Krystian Kamiński Krystian Kamiński, Tomasz Szwan Katarzyna Dzida-Hamela Jacek by: Hamela, Sound Edited by: Rozmus Rafał by: Music Beksiński, Zdzisław by: Photography Grzesiuk, Cezary by: Directed Cezary Grzesiuk, Grzesiuk, Production manager: Cezary Z WNĘTRZA Cezary Grzesiuk World Sales: Open Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute Co-produced by: Co-produced Fundacja Beksiński Distribution in Poland: Radosław Niziołek Producer: Executive Produced by: Producers: Cezary Grzesiuk Blue Dream Film Dream Blue FINA, Telewizja Polska, Polska, Telewizja FINA, Open – Beksiński documented his family life and and life family his documented – Beksiński This unique, intimate journal, is at once once at is journal, intimate unique, This Zdzisław Beksiński (1929–2005), is one one is (1929–2005), Beksiński Zdzisław tion for successive generations of artists. artists. of generations successive for tion the artist himself and his immediate family. family. immediate his and himself artist the fall of communism and the first years years first the and communism of fall the among audiences and remains an inspira an remains and audiences among surreal his day, To this century. 20th the of painters Polish recognizable most the of consists in its entirety of footage shot by shot footage of entirety its in consists WITHIN FROM video. on process artistic 1997 and 1987 –between adecade For re to tried have makers The democracy. of Poland, in changes social of a chronicle Beksiński left behind him. main objective chroniclers of the approx the of chroniclers objective main ist, visionary painting arouses visionary ist, wide interest imately 300 hours of video material that that material video of hours 300 imately Trailer - - - -

Photo by: Photo by: Photo by: Ewa Kosior Zofia Goraj Janusz Tatarkiewicz Tomasz Szwan with Kawalerowicz, and Kidawa-Błoński worked also has he Jakimowski, with with an idea for Love Never Dies festival – an –an festival Dies Never Love for idea an with Cezary Grzesiuk Skolimowski. of Radio and Television in Silesia University. University. Silesia in Television and Radio of director. In addition to regular collaboration and producer afilm as well as editor, He graduated film direction from the faculty faculty the from direction film graduated He event to commemorate Tomasz Beksinski. a Polish is Grzesiuk Cezary 1963, in Born 2019  2019 Inhabitant of Sanok. In 2009 he came up up came he 2009 In Sanok. of Inhabitant Krystian Kamiński Festival’s Premiere: Poland, 2019 / 90’ /Colour /90’ 2019 Poland, New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland

Back to start DOCUMENTARY 74 GIRLS’ TALES Barbara by: Sieroslawski Written Cast: Cast: New Polish Films 2020 Ute Poss Ute Sound by: PSC Production manager: Monika Błachnio Topor Edited by: Svitlana Andrzej Wojciechowski by: Photography Barbra by: Sieroslawski Directed OPOWIEŚCI DZIEWCZĘCE Hana Gofrit, Barbara Paciorkiewicz, Paciorkiewicz, Barbara Gofrit, Hana Leszek Freund Open Open Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute S.A. TVP by: Co-produced Distribution in Poland: Open Poland: in Distribution Kalejdoskop Filmowe Produced by: Studio Producers: Zbigniew Domagalski German and Jewish. Barbara, Ute paths life the follows TALES GIRLS’ they view their home place from today’s today’s from place home their view they how and past the with terms to come they how see We’ll souls. and hearts own their them searching for traces, clues and in and clues traces, for searching them them on that fascinating journey, watch crossed paths their where Łódź, in time first the for meet all They childhood. their over seventy years ago. We accompany We accompany ago. years seventy over from places to ajourney on go Hanna and Polish, women: 80-year-old three of perspective. sights into those past years, but also into into also but years, past those into sights - ARTE, ZDF, RBB, SWR, TVP. Since 2003 has has 2003 Since TVP. SWR, RBB, ZDF, ARTE, Poland, 2020 / 56’ /Colour /56’ 2020 Poland, 1997 1996 Curator of exhibitions. Culture Institutions, TV stations including Universität Berlin. Since 1989 has worked worked has 1989 Since Berlin. Universität cooperated with National Theatre in Warsaw. Warsaw. in Theatre National with cooperated German and Polish with Co-works editor. and writer script director, theatre and a film as Freie at Studies Communication and Born and raised in Germany, studied Media Media studied Germany, in raised and Born 2005 2002 2004 2000 Director’s Filmography: Director’s Barbara Sieroslawski

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Back to start DOCUMENTARY 75 Aleksander Musiałowski Zmarz-Koczanowicz GUCZO – A FILM ABOUT AUGUST ZAMOYSKI Marta Szotkowska, Maria Maria Szotkowska, Marta by: Written New Polish Films 2020 Sound by: Production manager: Anna Wojdat Grażyna Gradoń PSM Gradoń Edited by: Grażyna PSC Petrycki Jacek by: Photography Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz by: Directed GUCZO – FILM O AUGUŚCIE ZAMOYSKIM Michał Kawiak, Michał Białożej, Białożej, Michał Kawiak, Michał Open Open Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute Film Studios (WFDiF) Studios Film Distribution in Poland: Open Poland: in Distribution Feature and Produced by: Documentary Producers: Włodzimierz Niderhaus – lives, speaks, comments, looks at the the at looks comments, speaks, – lives, The film tells the story of August Zamoys August of story the tells film The Zaymoyski’s legacy contains a rich photo arich contains legacy Zaymoyski’s world, and we are able to look at everything everything at look to able are we and world, through his eyes. eyes. his through film is a vivid portrait of a man who, in fact, fact, in who, aman of portrait avivid is film full of fierce and crazy adventures. It took took It adventures. crazy and fierce of full died, but – through the archives left behind behind left archives the – through but died, This painters. famous with meetings and film known only the are (these actor an as Witkacy with plots short others, among shot, sculptor The archive. film and graphic century. His artistic and personal path was was path personal and artistic His century. place in many spots around the globe: globe: the around spots many in place his travels, family, parties in a Paris studio, studio, aParis in parties family, travels, his documented also he but Witkacy!), of shots 20th the of sculptor Polish –aprominent ki Poland, Paris, the United States and Brazil. Brazil. and States United the Paris, Poland, in - - 1986 1997 1990 1988 1986 PWSFTViT (The Leon Schiller National National Schiller Leon (The PWSFTViT the at Professor performances. Theater TV and films feature has also she output artistic Directing Department of the university. the of Department Directing Łódź); in School Theatre and Television Film, her in films, documentary of Director 2017 2011 2008 2008 2007 2007 2004 2004 2002 2008–2016, the deputy dean of the the of dean deputy the 2008–2016, in Director’s Filmography: Director’s Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz Poland, 2020 / 76’ /Colour /76’ 2020 Poland,

 

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Back to start DOCUMENTARY 76 Animated by: Voiceover: Written by: Andrzej by: Franaszek, Rafael Written (Studio UFO) (Studio New Polish Films 2020 Lewandowski Sound by: Magdalena Puzmujzniak,Magdalena Ewa Owsiak Photography by: Jakub Burakiewicz by: Photography Rafael Lewandowski by: Directed Edited by: Adam by: Walicki Music Production manager: HERBERT, BARBARZYŃCA W OGRODZIE HERBERT, A BARBARIAN IN THE GARDEN Tomasz Wieczorek Miłosz Hermanowicz Andrzej Chyra Andrzej Olivier Patté World Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute, Co-produced by: Co-produced Docs Against Gravity Lutetia, Multilab Films &Lacroix Donten Blick Productions Monika Sajko-Gradowska Blicharska, Maria Monika Szaniawska-Szafrańska, Distribution in Poland: Executive Producer: Donten & Lacroix Films &Lacroix Produced by: Donten Producers : Helene Zaleski, Zaleski, : Helene Open Lutetia Arabians, Zbigniew Herbert is a world-renowned aworld-renowned is Herbert Zbigniew the universal beauty of his poems, there there poems, his of beauty universal the poet – in Poland, a cult figure. But behind behind But figure. acult Poland, –in poet is an unknown and turbulent life. turbulent and unknown an is – Saga, Out of the Limelight. His feature feature His Limelight. the of Out – Saga, 1999 1996 Poland 2021 / 90’ /Colour /90’ 2021 Poland Solidarność, A Shadowed Gaze, Minkowski Minkowski Gaze, AShadowed Solidarność, title (France).title 2017 2013 2011 2010 Film of Faculty the of agraduate family, 2008 awarded the Polityka weekly’s and Passport, and national at awards won MOLE THE debut documentaries (including Cela, Children of 2006 numerous of author the is Rafael Fémis, La School Film French National the of Directing aPolish-French to born author and Director 2003 2000 in 2015 he got a Knight of Art and Literature Literature and Art of aKnight got he 2015 in was he 2012, In festivals. film international Director’s Filmography: Director’s Rafael Lewandowski – feature film film –feature Mole) (The Kret  –  – documentary  Cela – documentary Cela –  (Out of the Limelight) – documentary Limelight) the of (Out Z dala od orkiestry orkiestry od Z dala Minkowski | Saga (Minkowski | Saga) |Saga) (Minkowski |Saga Minkowski Cień na duszy (A Shadowed Gaze) Gaze) Shadowed (A duszy na Cień – documentary  Bye bye Dublin! (Bye Bye Dublin!) – –   – documentary  documentary Giovanni; Behind the Scene) W Cieniu Don Giovanniego (Don (Don Giovanniego Don W Cieniu Sztuka milczenia (The Art of Silence) Silence) of Art (The milczenia Sztuka (Children of Piosenka i życie documentary Przesłuchania (Hearings) documentary documentary Solidarnosc)

Back to start DOCUMENTARY 77 I AM MAX Aia Ase Aia Adam Sokołowski, Paul Lisy, Lisy, Paul Sokołowski, Adam Animated by: Artur Knop by: Animated Aia Ase, Edward Porembny Edward Ase, Aia by: Written Aia Ase, Edward Edward Ase, Aia by: design Costume New Polish Films 2020 Renata Łukasiak, Olivier Gal Olivier Łukasiak, Renata Fisher, Steven Schlesinger, Richard Bartek Putkiewicz by: Sound Porembny, Marcelle Chamlee Edward Porembny, Porembny, Edward by: design Production Porembny Edward Edited Ase, by: Aia Vacat by: Music Photography by Porembny Edward Ase, Aia by: Directed Producers: Fus Production manager: Adam JESTEM MAX Edward Porembny, Porembny, Edward : Aia Ase, Joo Joostberens Joo Ase, : Aia AMP Polska www.en.pisf.pl World Sales: Wild House Sales: World TVP S.A., Delord, Delord, S.A., TVP by: Co-produced Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute, Documentary, Portrait &Compagnie Portrait Documentary, School Old Production, Film KSI Efootage, Program Media, TVP S.A. TVP Media, Program Edward Porembny Porembny Produced by: Edward Executive Producer: Distribution in Poland: Open Poland: in Distribution Edward Porembny Edward all but forgotten. How is this possible? possible? this is How forgotten. but all suicide. double committed wife adored the at then And times. four death cheated out Europe, and Charlie Hollywood. Chap Now, today, Max Linder and his movies are are movies his and Linder Max today, Now, Max Linder, the first international movie movie international first the Linder, Max height of his artistic powers, he and his his and he powers, artistic his of height star, was once revered in France, through France, in revered once was star, lin was his apprentice. Max miraculously miraculously Max apprentice. his was lin - - Jazeera, TVP or NRK. He is member of SCAM, SCAM, of member is He NRK. or TVP Jazeera, Ase Aia 1999 Travelers Resident 1998 Canal+, ARTE, France 2, France 3, TF1, Al Al TF1, 3, France 2, France ARTE, Canal+, SACD, ZAIKS, ZAPA, SFP, IDA and European European and IDA SFP, ZAPA, ZAIKS, SACD, Film Academy. Academy. Film 2020 2019 2018 2017 2017 2017 2016 Behind The Cover 2016 has France, in educated and Poland in Born L’Officiel. or Bazaar Harper’s Fashion Fashion 4K, One, Fashion.tv, Vogue, roots Icelandic with producer TV and Director 2020 2019 2017 2013 Dakar in Wrestling 2012 2010 producer for among others Channel 4, HBO, HBO, 4, Channel others among for producer or writer director, as films 50 over made 2008 2006 Shop aPorn Runs Butcher –My 2000 Sexopolo 2000 has worked worldwide for Fashion Television, Director’s Filmography: Director’s Edward Porembny Filmography: Director’s Poland, 2020 / 90’ /Colour /90’ 2020 Poland, – TV series –TV 24Hours Fashion Tree Standing To Last The series –TV Agencies To the Last Tree Standing To Last the Madame Tyson Angleterre Underground Underground Angleterre Stocznia Gdańska na listę UNESCO listę na Gdańska Stocznia series –TV Trendsetters Eco 2019 Danzig Goldene Stadt an der Ostsee Ostsee der an Stadt Goldene Danzig – TV series –TV aPlate on Fashion Już jestem Jestem Max I am Max Iam ( wynajęcia do Faceci Inheritance Death Leap Leap Death (Here Iam) (Here – TV series –TV Man for hire for Man )

Back to start DOCUMENTARY 78 Photo by: Wojciech Walkiewicz LISOW 901 Written by: Wojciech by: Walkiewicz Written New Polish Films 2020 Olgierd Mroczkowski Olgierd by: Music Photography by: Wojciech by: Walkiewicz Directed LISÓW 901 Wojciech Walkiewicz World Sales: Open Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Sound by: Wojciech by: Walkiewicz Sound Distribution in Poland: Open Poland: in Distribution Edited by: Marcin Buczkowski The main character of the film will be the the be will film the of character main The church tower can be seen from afar, and and afar, from seen be can tower church The small village located near near located village asmall is Lisow 1991. Changes of seasons, church ceremonies that that ceremonies church seasons, of Changes the bell’s voice travels freely. This region has has region This freely. travels voice bell’s the Parish. Lisow the of anniversary 900th the celebrations related to the celebration of conducted and prepared parishioners with er inhabitants’ life was was life inhabitants’ the of rhythm the cently excuse to show their participants, and the the and participants, their show to excuse Kielce in central Poland. The first church in Li in church first The Poland. central in Kielce since Lisow in apriest is He Krzyszkowski. priest of the Lisow parish, priest Czeslaw Czeslaw priest parish, Lisow the of priest marked by two clocks: nature and liturgical. liturgical. and nature clocks: two by marked been agricultural for centuries and until re until and centuries for agricultural been sow was built in 1119. In 2019, the priest togeth priest the 2019, In 1119. in built was sow start inside the church to go outside give an an give outside go to church the inside start landscape in which all this happens. - - -

Photo by: Tomasz Budzyński Polish Art Photographers Photographers Art Polish of Association Wojciech Walkiewicz 1999 (ZPAF). Cameraman, director of photography, Graduated Cinematography Department at the University of Silesia in Katowice (1994), (1994), Katowice in Silesia of University the ofPolish Filmmakers Association (SFP) and and Photographic Study inWarsaw (1986). (1986). inWarsaw Study Photographic and  2013 2014 2016  2018 2018 2012 2012 music videos and TV programs. Member Member programs. TV and videos music screenwriter anddirector of documentaries, Director’s Filmography: Director’s Poland, 2020 / 72’ /Colour /72’ 2020 Poland, (Volyn 2013 Rebellion) Wołyń 2013 Rebelia Akcja Paczka (Action Pack) Pack) (Action Paczka Akcja Park (Park) (Poland in Trudna Pamięć (Hard Memory) Polska w Rapperswilu Castle) the at (Ladies Zamku na Panie Maski (Masks) Rapperswil)

Back to start DOCUMENTARY 79 LOOKING FOR THE POLISH SCHINDLER Jean-Toscani Joanna Fido, Sophie Jeanau, Matthieu Xavier Libermann, Maciej Ryter Written by: Barbara Necek by: Written New Polish Films 2020 Helene Navarro Dugousset Anthony Bielecki, Mariusz by: Sound Katarzyna Cieślar Producers: Production manager: Edited by: Fabrice Buysschaert Fabrice by: Buysschaert, Photography Barbara Necek, by: Directed W POSZUKIWANIU POLSKIEGO SCHINDLERA Joanna Plesnar, Maria Krauss, Krauss, Maria Plesnar, Joanna Paulina Czech, World Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Co-produced by: Co-produced Stalowa Wola City Hall, Alan Rotschild Rotschild Alan Hall, City Wola Stalowa de Shoah Foundation, Foundation Pour la memoire Poland, Culture for Centre National Fund, Maria Krauss, Joanna Fido, Sophie Jeanau Sophie Fido, Joanna Krauss, Maria Film Distribution in Poland: Open Poland: in Distribution Executive Producer: Produced by: Open Plesnar & Krauss FILMS &Krauss Plesnar Podkarpackie Film La Famiglia Joanna Plesnar, , Fido , Fido “Le Figaro”: “During WWII, two Polish doc Polish two WWII, “During Figaro”: “Le This is a film about Polish-Jewish relations relations Polish-Jewish about afilm is This world. The titles were intriguing: “He saved saved “He intriguing: were titles The world. tors rescued 8,000 Jews, causing a false afalse causing Jews, 8,000 rescued tors try to discover the truth by visiting places places visiting by truth the discover to try cine.” The information has been confirmed confirmed been has information The cine.” epidemic of with typhus a modified vac and all half-truths are the breeding ground. ground. breeding the are half-truths all and and unreliability,ability for which fake news our ideas about it; about journalistic reli and history about afilm is This people. and and Lazowski query to artists the couraged Matulewicz. As in a police investigation, we we investigation, apolice in As Matulewicz. en –and Schindler” “Polish Jews”, 8,000 In 2015, an article appeared on the website website the on appeared article an 2015, In story of the hero Eugene Lazowski. Eugene hero the of story in the past and today. The film tells the true true the tells film The today. and past the in in numerous other press articles around the the around articles press other numerous in - - - - (ORF), Belgium (RTBF), Switzerland (TSF), (TSF), Switzerland (RTBF), Belgium (ORF), Screenwriter and director of the world: in France (ARTE, France 5 and 5and France (ARTE, France in world: the on historical and social issues. She was was She issues. social and historical on others), Germany (ARTE, Phoenix), Austria Austria Phoenix), (ARTE, Germany others), has she years 16 For Sorbonne. the at 2000 2001 2001 China. and Russia USA, the in and (TVP) Poland (YLE), Finland 2004  2004 2006 2010 2011 2012 2013 2015 born in a Polish family in Austria. Graduated Graduated Austria. in family aPolish in born been working for international televisions French and German Literature studies studies Literature German and French in films were broadcast all over over all broadcast were films Her Europe. in Barbara Necek, Katarzyna Cieślar Director’s Filmography: Director’s Poland, France 2019 / 65’ /Colour /65’ 2019 France Poland,

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Back to start DOCUMENTARY 80 Photo by: Jakub Kijowski MAREK EDELMAN... AND THERE WAS LOVE IN THE GHETTO Alina Świdowska, Dorota Liliental, Aleksandra Popławska, Marek Kalita, Agnieszka Holland Andrzej Wajda Jolanta Dylewska PSC Written by: Written Cast: Costume design by: New Polish Films 2020 Marta Golba, Anna Wydra Anna Golba, Marta Marcin by: Lenarczyk Sound Aziukiewicz Marcin Maria Semiotuk, Eryk Kulm, Kulm, Eryk Semiotuk, Maria Production manager: Joanna Szymańska, Production design by: Edited by: Raphael Rogiński by: Music Kijowski Jakub PSC, by: Photography Jolanta Dylewska, by: Directed MAREK EDELMAN... I BYŁA MIŁOŚĆ W GETCIE Marek Edelman, Izabela Pająk PSM Jolanta Dylewska, Marta Ostrowicz Anna Wunderlich,

World Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Mazovia Warsaw Film Commission Karathanos, Martin Hampel Kuduk Dorota Mackiewicz, Lech Żurawski, Piotr Rojecka, Patrycja Kamila Baar-Kochańska, Distribution in Poland: Against Gravity Poland: in Distribution Produced by: Producers: Anna Wydra, Thanassis Open

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Back to start 81 Photo by: Louis Alvarez MY BIG BIBA Judyta Fibiger Judyta by: Written Cast: New Polish Films 2020 Producers: Edited by: Motylewski Jakub Ian Arber by: Music Nowak Tomasz by: Photography Fibiger Judyta by: Directed Produced by: MOJA WIELKA BIBA Barbara Hulanicki Robert Rhodin White Shark Studios Shark White World Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl CNAM, DI Factory DI CNAM, by: Co-produced Co-financed by:Co-financed Animco Executive Producer: Distribution in Poland: Open Joel Cohen Solopan Jagger. It was where the first mass-pro first the where was It Jagger. way for today’s retail giants like ZARA and and ZARA like giants retail today’s for way first feminist company in the world. the in company feminist first customers included David Bowie, Freddie Freddie Bowie, David included customers and her husband Stephen Fitz-Simon and and Fitz-Simon Stephen husband her and the paved it and started, clothing duced BIBA was one of the greatest fashion fashion greatest the of one was BIBA Mercury, Richard Avedon, Twiggy and Mick Mick and Twiggy Avedon, Richard Mercury, that something offered Hulanicki Barbara H&M. Presided over by Barbara Hulanicki Hulanicki Barbara by over Presided H&M. revolutions of our time: “The most beautiful beautiful most “The time: our of revolutions not just a store – it was a lifestyle. Ardent Ardent alifestyle. was –it astore just not was Biba budget. every for fashion modern ruled by women, Biba may have been the the been have may Biba women, by ruled store in the world,” the Sunday Times called called Times Sunday the world,” the in store had never been done before – iconic yet yet –iconic before done been never had it, “a place that defined the 1960s”. Founder Founder 1960s”. the defined that place “a it, -

Photo by: Marek Pietroń – development about film length full Polish first – the Judyta FibigerJudyta Awards: Gustaw Arnold Fibiger documentary OSSOLIŃSKI. BEFORE THE SHOW founder Barbara Hulanicki. first Polish biography of legendary Biba Biba legendary of biography Polish afirst of Author rock. Polish of history the about film documentary the of Producer Executive designer. a fashion 2010 2011 films: documentary of Director 2014  2014 in the Communist Poland and and Poland Communist the in DRESS Director’s Filmography: Director’s Poland 2020 / 90’ /Colour /90’ 2020 Poland 2019 – director Political Dress Doc Lab – Special Mention, Poland  Tomasz Ossoliński. Before The Show – executive producer –executive freedom of Beats (2011) about the history of fashion fashion of history the about (2011) –director BEATS OF FREEDOM OF BEATS TOMASZ POLITICAL (2014) (2014)

Back to start DOCUMENTARY 82 ONCE UPON A TIME IN POLAND Anna Zajączkowska, Anna Stylińska Vít Klusák Joanna Plesnar, Maria Krauss, Krauss, Maria Plesnar, Joanna Vit Filip Klusak, Remunda by: Written New Polish Films 2020 Mateusz Adamczyk Mariusz Bielecki, by: Michal Gábor,Sound Peter Kerekes Producers: Production manager: Beata Rzeźniczek, Zdenek by: Holy design Production Dvořáčková Edited by: Hana Matiášek, Martin by: Photography Vit Filip Klusak, Remunda by: Directed Produced by: Vernes JAK BÓG SZUKAŁ KARELA Jana Brožková, Zdeněk Holý, Holý, Zdeněk Brožková, Jana World Sales :Open Sales World www.en.pisf.pl Center for Culture for Center Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute, FILMS, &Krauss Plesnar by: Co-produced Krakow Festival Office, Municipal Municipal Office, Festival Krakow Maria Krauss Festival Office Hypermarket Film Distribution in Poland: Open Poland: in Distribution Joanna Plesnar, Producer: Executive , Česká televize, Krakow Krakow televize, , Česká Czech atheists on a journey through the tion? A documentary road-movie about that only the border separates the two and so distant nations as Czechs and and Czechs as nations distant so and duly proud of their past, the Czechs do do Czechs the past, their of proud duly are Poles the while hand, other the on ground of current Polish political situa political Polish current of ground hap What other? the know to wants one Poles. We are Slavic brothers, we have have we brothers, Slavic We are Poles. pens when we start the religious debate passionate Catholics and the other are nations, where one of the nations are surprising is It seriously. so it take not In Europe we would not find such close close such find not would we Europe In between Czechs and Poles on the back the on Poles and Czechs between similar languages and a similar history, history, asimilar and languages similar indifferent atheists. What happens when unknown landscape of Polish religion. - - - Vít Klusák and Filip Remunda Filip and Klusák Vít was well accepted all around the world. After After world. the around all accepted well was film their prices, low very with Czech film directors that met at their their at met that directors film Czech working on separate project Vit Vit project separate on working of 5 years shot Filip and Vit when 2004 in famous film a and Film present us with their new common common new their with us present Film and 2020 2017 2015 studies at FAMU. Together they became became they Together FAMU. at studies Director’s Filmography:Director’s Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia 2020 / 95’ /Colour /95’ 2020 Slovakia Poland, Republic, Czech documentary about a fake supermarket ONCE UPON A TIME IN POLAND IN ATIME UPON ONCE 

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Back to start DOCUMENTARY 83 ORDINARY COUNTRY Written by: Tomasz by: Wolski Written New Polish Films 2020 Producers: Production manager: Anna Gawlita Edited by: Tomasz Wolski Photography by: Tomasz by: Wolski Directed Produced by: ZWYCZAJNY KRAJ Anna Gawlita Kijora Film Archive World Sales: Open Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute by: Co-produced Distribution in Poland: Polish Television Open where what is terrifying and unusual was was unusual and terrifying is what where try of Internal Affairs and the Citizens’ Citizens’ the and Affairs Internal of try confis and recorded materials through through time or a reflection of today’s today’s of areflection or time through familiar and commonplace. A journey Ajourney commonplace. and familiar cated by the Security Service of the Minis the of Service Security the by cated Militia. A journey through time to an era era an to time through Ajourney Militia. shown 1980s and 1970s the in Poland reality? - - – FIKE, Flickerfest International Short Film Film Short International Flickerfest – FIKE, Vista, Nancy – Aye Aye Film Festival, Evora Festival, –Aye Aye Film Nancy Vista, Tomasz Wolski 2008  2009 many at awarded documentaries 13 of 2010 2011 2006 Festival, Camerimage & Krakow Film Festival. Festival, Palm Springs Film Festival, Punto de Plan) and director, editor, cameramen film short of Director Academy. Film European and Academy Film Polish Directors Documentary Polish of Guild of Member 2012 2014 2017 international festival incl. Los Angeles Film DAUGHTER Director’s Filmography: Director’s Poland 2020 / 52’ /Black&white /52’ 2020 Poland

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Back to start DOCUMENTARY 84 Photo by: Mateusz Kowalik SCANDAL Written by: Bartosz Paduch by: Written Cast: Cast: New Polish Films 2020 Kacper Jaroszyński Uchostudio Kamil by: Sołdacki, Sound Kowalski, MyjkowskiKrzysztof Grzegorz Production manager: Maciej Ostatek, Maciek by: Ostatek design Production Edited by: Molesta by: Ewenement Music U.Ś.C., Bieniek Bartosz by: Photography Bartosz Paduch by: Directed SKANDAL. EWENEMENT MOLESTY Vienio, Włodi, Wilku, Dj 600V, Kaczy Dj Wilku, Włodi, Vienio, Miłosz Janiec, Paweł Suchta Paweł Janiec, Miłosz

World Sales: Open Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed TVP, TVP, by: Co-produced Mazovia Warsaw Film Fund, Prodigious Fund, Film Warsaw Mazovia / Culture of Institute Mazovia Distribution in Poland: Best Film Poland: in Distribution Produced by: Raban Foundation Producers: Maciej Ostatek Polish Film Institute

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Back to start DOCUMENTARY 85 Photo by: Kacper Czubak Agnieszka Zwiefka Agnieszka by: Written Cast: Vetrichelvi Cast: New Polish Films 2020 Sound by: Sebastian Loeffler, by: Sound Kai Hesselbarth Production manager: Bianca manager: Production Laschalt Thomas Ernst by: Edited Anselme Pau by: Music Photography by: Directed by: BLIZNY SCARS Agnieszka Zwiefka Agnieszka Kacper Czubak

Agnieszka Zwiefka, Iris Lammertsma Iris Zwiefka, Agnieszka Witfilm World Sales: www.en.pisf.pl Catapult Film Fund, Women Make Movies Make Women Fund, Film Catapult MDM, Fund, Coproduction Polish Film Institute,by: Co-financed Chilli Productions, by: Co-produced Eurimages, Polish-German Eurimages, Polish-German Michaela Pnacekova, Executive Producer: Stefan Kloos Produced by: Producers: Stefan Kloos, Distribution in Poland: Rise and Shine World Sales World Shine and Rise Kloos &Co Kloos Against Gravity

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Photo by: Ula Wantuch-Żal Agnieszka Zwiefka also holds a PhD degree degree aPhD holds also Zwiefka Agnieszka Award winning documentary director. Agnieszka Zwiefka Agnieszka worldwide, awarded over 20 times Germany, Poland, Netherlands 2020/ 79’ /Colour 79’ 2020/ Netherlands Poland, Germany, 2014 2013 film. Member of European Film Academy Academy Film European of Member film. and of Dok.Incubator, EsoDoc, ScripTeast Alumna Society. Filmmakers Polish and documentary of alecturer as works and RAI. and YLE SVT, ZDF/ARTE, Europe, HBO as stations TV such by co-produced and and was screened at over 40 festivals festivals 40 over at screened was and Her film THE QUEEN OF SILENCE (2014) (2014) SILENCE OF QUEEN THE film Her premiered at IDFA in the main competition competition main the in IDFA at premiered Director’s Filmography: Filmography: Director’s Berlinale Talents.

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Back to start DOCUMENTARY 86 Photo by: Jan Terelak THE ANTARCTIC SYNDROME Jarosław Konopka Jarosław by: Animated Written by: Piotr Jaworski by: Written New Polish Films 2020 Kamil Skałkowski Kamil by: Sajewicz Sound Produced by: Producers: Production manager: Edited by: Tomasz Bujko, Zbigniew Osiński Photography by: Piotr Jaworski by: Directed SYNDROM ZIMOWNIKÓW Janusz Skałkowski, Skałkowski, Janusz Kalejdoskop Film Andrzej Wojciechowski Kamil Skałkowski World Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Cine Village Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute Polska, EBH S.A., TVP by: Co-produced Distribution in Poland: Open Poland: in Distribution Open The forgotten, pioneering experiment of experiment pioneering forgotten, The technological barriers are finally overcome. Mars of team the that pressure same the for the reality yet to come. Following Following come. to yet reality the for colonization of other planets, even when the block not will species our of conditions psychological if remains question the and polar Polish the in place took that events of full system, the of ametaphor be to out turned isolation, Antarctic the of ditions who Dr. Terelak, psychologist a military missions will have to undergo! Looking Looking undergo! to have will missions back to the past, we observe the future, future, the observe we past, the to back experience we ago, years 40 almost base humor and irony, and became a prologue aprologue became and irony, and humor con in psyche human of limits studied - 1996 1997 the the of Amember Katowice. in Silesia of University the at Television and Radio of concerts. concerts. music classical as well as series feature and of television reportages, documentaries Author films. documentary awarded many of Polish The Filmmakers Association. Faculty of Agraduate 1968. in Born 2019 2019 2019 2018 2017 2014 2012 2009 2009 2003 2000 Piotr Jaworski Director’s Filmography: Director’s Festival’s Premiere: Poland 2019 /74’ 2019 /Colour Poland Hotel Panoptikon

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Back to start DOCUMENTARY 87 THE DEFENDERS OF THE POLISH POST OFFICE Artur Tymiński Artur by: Animated Damian Lu Wenta Lu Damian by: Written Juliusz Kłos Juliusz by: Sound New Polish Films 2020 Production manager: Production Andrzejewski Amadeusz by: Edited Kłos Juliusz by: Music Photography by: Directed by: OBROŃCY POCZTY Damian Lu Wenta Lu Damian Kacper Gajewski Damian Lu Wenta Lu Damian World Sales: www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by: Co-produced by: Co-produced Łukasz Chojecki Fundacja PZU Kombatantów i Osób Represjonowanych, Distribution in Poland: Damian Lu Wenta, Wenta, Lu Producers: Damian Executive Producer: Produced by: Open Fundacja Generator Kultury Urząd Do Spraw ArtLuuk Films Sp. z o. o. zo. Sp. Films ArtLuuk Damian Lu Wenta Lu Damian Open

THE DEFENDERS OF THE POLISH POST POST POLISH THE OF DEFENDERS THE War begins and several dozen Polish workers and contemporary animation. On September 1, 1939, the Second World World Second the 1939, 1, September On OFFICE is the first and only documentary documentary only and first the is OFFICE German chronicles, animated 3D pictures, pictures, 3D animated chronicles, German film techniques in a unique way that that way a unique in techniques film film about the 14th hour battle which of postmen defend the Polish Post Office Office Post Polish the defend postmen presents this story, includes archival started World War II and the drama drama the and II War World started a bastion of Polish culture and identity. identity. and culture Polish of a bastion is it them for Gdańsk, of City Free the in interviews with the children of postal postal of children the with interviews interviews with four surviving postmen, millions of Film Poles. utilizes animated Trailer Graduate of the Higher Humanistic School School Humanistic Higher the of Graduate 2019 2019 2017 of the National Chamber of Audiovisual Producers. Chairman of ArtLuuk Films. Section Producers Young the of Member Born in 1982 in Gdańsk. Director, screenwriter, screenwriter, Director, Gdańsk. in 1982 in Born Festival’s Premiere: production manager and producer. Director’s Filmography: Filmography: Director’s Damian Lu Wenta Lu Damian in Gdańsk and National Film School in Łódź. Łódź. in School Film National and Gdańsk in Poland 2019 / 79’ /Colour /79’ 2019 Poland

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Back to start DOCUMENTARY 88 Photo by: Michał Gruszczyński THE END OF THE VALLEY OF TEARS Written by: Jarosław Wszędybył by: Written Co-produced by: Co-produced New Polish Films 2020 Polish Television, Fixa Film, Uni-Solo Studio Uni-Solo Film, Fixa Television, Polish Sound by: Marcin by: Lenarczyk Sound Gruszczyński Michał Producers: Production manager: Miękinia Przemysław Oniga Delia Edited Mehanni, by: Tamahin Drożdż, Filip by: Photography Jarosław Wszędybył by: Directed Before My Eyes My Produced by: Before KONIEC ŚWIATA W DOLINIE ŁEZ Przemysław Miękinia Przemysław Parada Film, Film, Parada World Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Centrul Național al Cinematografiei Cinematografiei al Național Centrul Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute, România (Romanian Film Center) Distribution in Poland: Open Poland: in Distribution Open is the last chance for us to hear the the hear to us for chance last the is This the is TEARS OF VALLEY THE OF END THE village is also a space where humanity as as humanity where aspace also is village villagers’ dramatic story. for decades. Once inhabited by a few afew by inhabited Once decades. for redefined. brutally been has a concept last the Tichilesti, Romanian about film remain. Year after year, more die off. off. die more year, after Year remain. has been erased from the world maps maps world the from erased been has It suffering and dramas unfold. This small small This unfold. dramas and suffering hundred people, today only 10 lepers leper colony in Europe, place of human human of place Europe, in colony leper

Photo by: Filip Drożdż Jarosław WszędybyłJarosław Graduate of polish philology. PhD student student PhD philology. polish of Graduate University of Social Sciences and Humanities Humanities and Sciences Social of University lecturer at SWPS SWPS at a lecturer is he activities filmmaking documentary as well. Apart from from Apart well. as documentary and –fiction both in works He Zonn. Lidia and of Polish Kazimierz documentary: Karabasz Direction Television and Film the at 2006 Polish National Film School School Film National Polish of Department 2017 2010 2008 in Warsaw. had been educated by the giants giants the by educated been had He Lodz. in Director’s Filmography: Director’s Poland 2020 / 90’ /Colour /90’ 2020 Poland

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Back to start DOCUMENTARY 89 THIS CAN NOT BE DIRECTED Written by: Piotr by: Stasik Written New Polish Films 2020 Sound by: Piotr by: Stasik Sound Dorota Wardęszkiewicz Producers: Production manager: Anna Gawlita Edited by: Dorota Wardęszkiewicz Photography by: Piotr by: Stasik, Directed TEGO SIĘ NIE DA WYREŻYSEROWAĆ Anna Gawlita Piotr Piotr Stasik, Pawlus World Sales: Open Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute Teatr Nowy by: Co-produced Distribution in Poland: Produced by: Kijora Film Open – Krystian Lupa. It would seem at first first at seem would It Lupa. – Krystian Through the emotions revealed in this this in revealed emotions the Through An extraordinary portrait of one of the the of one of portrait extraordinary An tor’s methodology, but also reach univer reach also but methodology, tor’s turns into almost an hour of conflict conflict of hour an almost into turns greatest contemporary theater artists artists theater contemporary greatest recorded during one of the rehearsals, rehearsals, the of one during recorded between the director and the actor. actor. the and director the between sal truths about the essence of creation. of essence the about truths sal scene, we can look not only at the direc the at only not look can we scene, innocent, and even an absurd quarrel quarrel absurd an even and innocent,

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Back to start DOCUMENTARY 90 Photo by: archiwum Elżbiety Dzikowskiej TONY HALIK Animated by: Marcin Borchardt Marcin by: Written Queen Elizabeth, Evita Peron, Fidel Castro Cast: New Polish Films 2020 Bartosz Mokołajczak Bartosz Radosław Ochnio, Anna Rok Anna Ochnio, Radosław by: Sound Małgorzata Małysa Producers: Karolina Galuba, Photography by: Tony by: Halik Photography Borchardt Marcin by: Directed Edited by: Stefan Wesołowski by: Music Production manager: Produced by: TONY HALIK Tony Halik, Elżbieta Dzikowska, Dzikowska, Elżbieta Tony Halik, Irena Siedler FURIA FILM FURIA Urszula Morga, Małgorzata Małysa www.en.pisf.pl World Sales: Open Sales: World Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute Co-produced by: Co-produced Distribution in Poland: Open Poland: in Distribution Inne: FILM FURIA Producer: Executive Gdyński Fundusz Filmowy Fundusz Gdyński TVP S.A., FINA S.A., TVP Tony Halik – the legend and the liar. Who Who liar. the and legend –the Tony Halik was Tony Halik? It is obvious! Traveller, Traveller, obvious! is It Tony Halik? was Meet passports. no have people where their incredibly popular TV programmes programmes TV popular incredibly their War Cold the of decade last the In tures. from the cycle ‘Pepper and vanilla’, which which vanilla’, and ‘Pepper cycle the from as unbelievable as Indiana Jones’ adven Jones’ Indiana as unbelievable as Fidel Castro. Living in communist Poland, Poland, communist in Living Castro. Fidel interview to journalist first reporter, NBC explorer, pilot, private Peron Evita’s millions of Poles. for world’ the on ‘window proverbial the were Dzikowska, Elżbieta partner journalist, filmmaker. His turns of fate are are fate of turns His filmmaker. journalist, he had been leading together with his his with together leading been had he -

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Back to start DOCUMENTARY 91 UNDERAGE ENGINEERS ESA, PWSAT2 ESA, by: Animated Written by: Aleksandra Skowron, by: Written New Polish Films 2020 Sound by: Dariusz Wancerz by: Sound Maciej Kozłowski Skowron Mirosław Hanna Polak Mirosław Skowron Mirosław Producers: Rozowska Production manager: Dorota Mediolia by: design Production Edited by: Izabela Pająk PSM P. Kaczmarek A. Jan by: Music Magda Kowalczyk, by: Photography Aleksandra Skowron, by: Directed NIELETNI INŻYNIEROWIE Aleksandra Skowron, Archive–Audiovisual Institute, World Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Orlen, PPL “Porty Lotnicze”, Miasto Lębork Miasto Lotnicze”, “Porty PPL Orlen, Polish Film Institute, PKN PKN Institute, Film by:Co-financed Polish Co-produced by: Co-produced Mazovia Film Fund Distribution in Poland: Mediolia Producer: Executive Produced by: Open Mediolia Sp. z o. o. zo. Sp. Mediolia TVP S.A, National Film Film National S.A, TVP Open how such an adult can also change change also can adult an such how – and Then it got even stranger – with 13-year- –with stranger even got it Then were asked to throw away their textbooks. textbooks. their away throw to asked were years, at the most important moment in their their in moment important most the at years, build satellite sail test models. models. test sail satellite build to transformation, discovering passion but atypical. During their very first lesson they they lesson first very their During atypical. –and 15 to 12 of ages the from development, young viewers, but for many of of asenti of of many for but viewers, young for attempting town Polish asmall from olds of modern youth-in short an inspiration inspiration an short youth-in modern of portrait areflection and humor of full also How a particular person can dramatical mental journey into out past. past. out into journey mental been observing our protagonists for three in so many ways their development has been been has development their ways many so in ENGINEERS under the influence of his pupils? We have have We pupils? his of influence the under teenager atypical of lives the change ly pushing boundaries story about UNDERAGE UNDERAGE - - Academy in Warsaw. She worked in various various in worked She Warsaw. in Academy Association Award. Association Aleksandra SkowronAleksandra than 20 years yournalist experience, she stud she experience, yournalist years 20 than GRADSKY University, and directing & cameraman at FTV FTV at &cameraman directing and University, from the WGIK in Moscow (operator faculty). faculty). (operator Moscow in WGIK the from 2019  2019 Emmy and won International Documentary Documentary International won and Emmy Her Highly acclaimed director and operator 2015 2019 2004 2020  roles in the media. media. the in roles journalist, director and screenwriter. More ied journalism at ULB Bruxelles and Warsaw Warsaw and Bruxelles ULB at journalism ied Director’s Filmography: Director’s Director’s Filmography: Director’s Hanna Polak Poland 2019 / 52’ /Colour /52’ 2019 Poland documentary,   ( Nieletni inżynierowie Nieletni ( Nadejdą lepsze czasy ( Nieletni inżynierowieNieletni  ( Nieletnia astronautka astronautka Nieletnia Underage Engineers ( Dzieci z Leningradzkiego Underage Engineers Something better to come Underage astronaut The Children of Leningradsky was nominated to Academy Award, Award, Academy to nominated was CHILDREN OF LENIN

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Back to start DOCUMENTARY 92 UNPAVED Amber Stroyeck, Tom Wright Jr. Tom Wright Stroyeck, Amber Written by: Mikael Lypinski by: Written Cast: New Polish Films 2020 Edited Bastkowski by: Kuba Photography by: Mikael Lypinski by: Directed UNPAVED Buzz, Steve van Iersel, Iersel, van Steve Buzz, Mikael Lypinski World Sales: Open Sales: World Salton Sea Films Sea Salton by: Co-produced Mikael Lypinski Distribution in Poland: Open Poland: in Distribution Produced by: East Beast Producers: www.en.pisf.pl Małgosia Kozioł, Kozioł, Małgosia with curiosity and humanism, capturing po capturing humanism, and curiosity with addicts drug exists, Bigfoot where world Oregon mountains are horses and hippies, the in property beautiful ahauntingly On es this hidden, nonconformist community community nonconformist hidden, this es a moving insight into a secretive, isolated and time of Astudy stories. interweaving of and showing an unknown, unmanicured Lypinski Mikael by directed documentaries challenging the in moments funny and etic Bigfoot hunters. place, biography and geography that offers offers that geography and biography place, part of America. America. of part kids and vintage vehicles, ex cons and and cons ex vehicles, vintage and kids is easily broken. Mikael Lypinski approach is the second part of an American trilogy of of trilogy American an of part second the is live around the corner and passionate love love passionate and corner the around live lives of its colourful characters. characters. colourful its of lives UNPAVED is a patchwork apatchwork is UNPAVED Trailer

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Back to start DOCUMENTARY 93 Photo by: Filip Drożdż WHAT IF NOTHING? Written by: Monika Krupa by: Written Cezary Mogielnicki Cezary Cast: New Polish Films 2020 Katarzyna Kowalewska Sound by: Edited by: Dictaphone, by: Konrad Michalak,Music Filip Drożdż by: Photography Monika Krupa by: Directed Agnieszka Franusiak, Franusiak, Production manager: Agnieszka A CO JEŚLI NIC? prof. Andrzej Niwiński Niwiński Andrzej prof. Franciszek Kozłowski Kozłowski Franciszek Miłosz Janiec World Sales: Open Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute, Paweł Kwiatkowski Kwiatkowski Paweł Bydgoszcz Film Found Producers: Executive Producer: Produced by: Trzyfilm Distribution in Poland: Open Poland: in Distribution Dorota Mandziara, Mandziara, Dorota Trzyfilm Trzyfilm “Never give up on what you really want to want really you what on up give “Never The achievement of our goal, brings relief, relief, brings goal, our of achievement The which lead to it. it. to lead which quest. Before him the last mission and and mission last the him Before quest. his continues he up, gave and despaired more is dreams big with person The do. condition. About strength that lies in us. us. in lies that strength About condition. Egypt for over thirty years. While others others While years. thirty over for Egypt powerful than one with all the facts.” Al facts.” the all with one than powerful but it is only a moment among others others among amoment only is it but the about ask not do we movie, our In Einsteinbert Professor Andrzej Niwiński sense of scientific work, but about human human about but work, scientific of sense in tomb aroyal for searching been has last place where the tomb could be found. - TV station Canal+, as well as short films such such films short as well as Canal+, station TV as as Polish promoting spot acompetitive of author the also is She films. documentary MISSION (now: (now: MISSION Humanitarian Action, documentary film for Krakow Film Festival 2016. Festival Film Krakow 2019  2019 2020 2011 2013 movies, commercials, music videos, by EDN with a special price for project project for price aspecial with EDN by her account over 80 completed projects: is a graduate of Film School in Lodz, has on on has Lodz, in School Film of agraduate is Monika Krupa Krupa Monika Director’s Filmography: Director’s Poland 2020 / 41’ /Colour /41’ 2020 Poland and and REM PHASE

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Back to start DOCUMENTARY 94 WIKA! Agnieszka Zwiefka Agnieszka by: Written Co-financed by:Co-financed Co-produced by: Co-produced Cast: New Polish Films 2020 Heino Deckert Sound by: Executive Producer: Anna Stylińska Producer: Executive My Way Studio (PL) Produced Studio by: Way My Producers: Production manager: Anna Stylińska Edited by: Katarzyna Orzechowska Kotecka Monika by: Photography Zwiefka Agnieszka by: Directed WIKA! Wirginia Szmit Wirginia Katarzyna Szczerba, Anna Rok Katarzyna Ślesicka, Polish Film Institute, ma.ja.de (DE) World Sales: Deckert Distribution Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Coproduction Fund, HBO Europe, HBO Fund, Coproduction Creative Europe, Polish-German Mazovia Warsaw Film Fund Film Warsaw Mazovia Lower Silesia Film Fund, Distribution in Poland: Open World War II, two husbands, raising two two raising husbands, two II, War World Wika is the oldest DJ in Poland and and Poland in DJ oldest the is Wika worked for 30 years at a juvenile prison prison ajuvenile at years 30 for worked time, Wika always was a fighter. Today she she afighter. Today was always Wika time, the new 40”. Before becoming a DJ, Wika Wika aDJ, becoming Before 40”. new the apartment. She wants to dance. to wants She apartment. her in locked be to refuses she and cakes, increasing despite and people young for Wika doesn’t know how to bake bake to how know doesn’t Wika But clubs Warsaw in playing is four of grandma probably in the world. This 80-year-old 80-year-old This world. the in probably body and family that would like to see her her see to like would that family and body has to win the last battle, with her aging aging her with battle, last the win to has same the at jobs double working and sons, helping young criminals. Having survived health problems keeps saying that “80 is is “80 that saying keeps problems health in a more traditional role of a grandma. agrandma. of role traditional amore in QUEEN OF SILENCE premiered at IDFA IDFA at premiered SILENCE OF QUEEN THE Agnieszka Zwiefka Women’s Audiovisual Network. Alumna worldwide, awarded 15 times (Silver Horn Poland, Germany 2021 / 90’ /Colour /90’ 2021 Germany Poland, ScripTeast and Berlinale Talents. Berlinale and ScripTeast film at the University of Wroclaw. Member Member Wroclaw. of University the at film of workshops Dok.Incubator, EsoDoc, Polish Academy, Film European of documentary teaches and degree a PhD Golden Big the Festival, Film Krakow at festivals 50 over at screened andwas Filmmakers Society and EWA European EWA European and Society Filmmakers holds She Festival). Flahertiana at Nanook film debut Her tutor. and director Film 2019 2014 2015 Director’s Filmography: Director’s Albert Cinema – documentary – hybrid documentary  Blizny (Scars) – hybrid documentary (Scars) Blizny Królowa Ciszy (The Queen of Silence) Silence) of Queen (The Ciszy Królowa

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ANIMATION Back to start New Polish Films 2020 www.en.pisf.pl EVEN MICE BELONG IN HEAVEN Alice Nellis, Richard Malatinsky Richard Nellis, Alice by: Written New Polish Films 2020 Michał Fojcik Michał by: Sound Denisa Grimmova Producers: Denisa Grimmova by: design Production Janczak A. Krzysztof by: Music Bubeniček, Jan by: Directed Produced by: NAWET MYSZY IDĄ DO NIEBA Grzegorz Wacławek Fresh Films Association Animoon, CinemArt Animoon, World Sales: Charades Sales: World www.en.pisf.pl Co-financed by:Co-financed Polish Film Institute Les films du Cygne, Cygne, du films Les by: Co-produced Distribution in Poland: Vladimir Lhotak Producer: Executive New Horizons They lose their natural instincts and A film about two mortal enemies – a little –alittle enemies mortal two about A film they can even overcome what seems to seems what overcome even can they opposite into reborn are they but true, comes earth to return they after together roles. Thanks to the power of friendship friendship of power the to Thanks roles. heaven. animal in meet accident, nate mouse and a fox, who after an unfortu an after who afox, and mouse be impossible. stay to wish Their friends. best become - worked as a designer on a puppet feature feature apuppet on adesigner as worked debut in feature film. film. feature in debut HEAVEN IN BELONG MICE EVEN animation film Lion award nomination. 2020 puppet puppet 2020 nomination. award Lion and films short successful several directed she is co-directing with Jan Bubenicek is her her is Bubenicek Jan with co-directing is she in puppet and cartoon animation. She has has She animation. cartoon and puppet in is an animation films director specialized Denisa Grimmova / 80’ /Colour / 80’ 2020 Poland Slovakia, France, Republic, Czech FIMFARUM 3 , what brought her Czech Czech her brought , what

Back to start ANIMATION 97 Artur Frątczak Animated by: Marek Rudnicki, by: Written Cast: Szymon Adamski, Mikołaj Pilchowski Adamski, Mikołaj Szymon Krzysztof Markiewicz Krzysztof by: Sound New Polish Films 2020 Mikołaj Pilchowski,Mikołaj Marek Rudnicki, Mikołaj Pilchowski, Artur Frątczak Pilchowski,Mikołaj Artur Pilchowski Mikołaj Photography by: Artur Frątczak Directed by: Production manager: Production Adamski, Szymon by: design Production Piasek Bartłomiej by: Edited Chruściński Jerzy by: Music WIERSZYKI DOMOWE NA EKRANIE HOME RHYMES ON THE BIG SCREEN Michał Rusinek, Adam Woronowicz Adam Rusinek, Michał Szymon Adamski, Szymon Szymon Adamski, Szymon Marek Rudnicki

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