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- DirectorJan KomasaStarsJózef PawlowskiZofia WichlaczAnna PróchniakA story of love, friendship and the pursuit of adventure during the bloody and brutal reality of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising.
- DirectorWojciech SmarzowskiStarsRobert WieckiewiczJulia KijowskaAdam WoronowiczJerzy is a celebrity writer and a chronic alcoholic who camouflages his drinking problem with his wits and charm. As a frequent visitor of the rehab center, he meets fellow addicts from all walks of life and social backgrounds.
- DirectorRobert GlinskiStarsTomasz ZietekMarcel SabatKamil SzeptyckiBased on a well-known Polish novel with the same title the movie re-tells a true life story of a group of scouts called ''Szare Szeregi'' (Gray Ranks) during the Nazi occupation of Warsaw and the liberation of one of its members (imprisoned and tortured by the Germans) through a maverick military action in board daylight right under the enemy's nose known ''Action at the Arsenal'' which was the biggest single feat of the sort undertaken by a youth resistance organisation in all of occupied Europe during WWII.
- DirectorPawel PawlikowskiStarsAgata KuleszaAgata TrzebuchowskaDawid OgrodnikA novice nun about to take her vows uncovers a family secret dating back to the German occupation.
- DirectorRyszard BugajskiStarsJanusz GajosKazimierz KaczorWojciech ZoladkowiczThe story of three successful businessmen who are accused of being members of organized crime and money laundering by corrupt government officials.
- DirectorElwira NiewieraPiotr RosolowskiRafael - the minister of sports of an unrecognized country, and Natasha - a Russian opera singer, try living together in Abkhazia - a war-torn future-less country. Observing their difficult relations, we see life in a place marked by war and nationalism. The film portrays trapped people dreaming of peace, normality and happiness.
- DirectorAnna SasnalWilhelm SasnalStarsJoanna DrozdaJerzy GajlikowskiWojtek SlowikWhen an old factory worker opens his tiny home to his daughter and her baby, it creates unexpected changes in their relationship.
- DirectorKrzysztof SkoniecznyStarsMarcin KowalczykJasmina PolakAgnieszka WosinskaUpon arriving at Warsaw, Marcin, a young mysterious stranger from afar, enters the lives of hedonistic Ola and her liberal well-off parents. He's got a secret plan and just waits for a convenient moment to make it happen.
- DirectorMichal OtlowskiStarsJowita BudnikSebastian FabijanskiMariusz BonaszewskiIza Deren, a provincial town policewoman investigates a complicated murder case. Meanwhile, two policemen go missing, one being Iza's life partner.
- DirectorJerzy StuhrStarsJerzy StuhrMaciej StuhrSonia BohosiewiczThe film begins with the protagonist's tragic accident that happens before he enters the television building and is coincidentally connected to the President of Poland's visit to the building. After this, the action takes place in the hospital room where the protagonist is being brought back to life. In the patient's hallucinations his 60-year life is being replayed--childhood, youth, and adulthood--and is intertwined with Poland's postwar history through various political systems until a surprising end.
- DirectorJan KomasaStarsPiotr AdamczykJacek AleksandrowiczModest Aleksandrowicz"Powstanie Warszawskie" ("Warsaw Uprising") is the world's first feature film assembled entirely of documentary materials. The film tells the story of the Warsaw Uprising as seen by two young brothers, filmmakers of Uprising Chronicles, carrying orders of Propaganda Bureau of the Armia Krajowa. They are direct witnesses to the street fights against Germans and dream of shooting the "real" war. Initially, however, they document the life of capital's civilians. Such materials are expected from their commander, giving them the task of preparing the journal, which is to be displayed in the cinema "Palladium". Looking for suitable shots they go deeper and deeper into actual fights. In the end, they manage to join one of the fight units, which they follow in action. The characters realize that they had to participate in something beyond their wildest dreams - the world in which they find themselves is the world after the apocalypse. They realize that their role is to document the apocalypse and keep safe the tapes at all costs.
- DirectorWladyslaw PasikowskiStarsMarcin DorocinskiMaja OstaszewskaPatrick WilsonThe most spectacular Polish spy of the Cold War era, Colonel Ryszard Kuklinski, informs Americans about the Communist Bloc's top secrets in the face of the upcoming martial law.
- DirectorLukasz PalkowskiStarsTomasz KotPiotr GlowackiSzymon Piotr WarszawskiThe early career of cardiac surgeon Zbigniew Religa. Despite the harsh reality of 1980s Poland, he successfully leads a team of doctors to the country's first human heart transplantation.
- DirectorAndrzej WajdaStarsKrystyna JandaJerzy RadziwilowiczTadeusz LomnickiA young Polish filmmaker sets out to find out what happened to Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer who became a propaganda hero in the 1950s but later fell out of favor and disappeared.
- DirectorAndrzej WajdaStarsJerzy RadziwilowiczKrystyna JandaMarian OpaniaA few years after the events of Man of Marble (1977), a journalist investigates Mateusz Birkut's son Maciek Tomczyk, now an activist leading a shipyard strike.
- DirectorWojciech MarczewskiStarsMarek KondratKrystyna JandaJuliane KöhlerPawel Heller returns to his hometown after many years, to try to unravel the mystery of disappearance of his schoolmate.
- DirectorJacek BorcuchStarsMateusz KosciukiewiczOlga FryczJakub GierszalFollows four friends in their quest to form a punk band. As workers protests sweep across the country, Janek and Staszek, the sons of a navy man, the rebellious Kazik, and the affluent Diabel gel as a band, but their disparate lives are touched by social turmoil and outside perceptions.