Wojciech Staroń

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Wojciech Staroń

Born 1973-12-09 · Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Polska

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Behind the camera

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7.0

The first documentary by Wojciech Staroń. He just finished film school, his wife Małgosia just became a teacher. The year is 1997. They decide to go for a year deep into Siberia: she’ll teach Polish, he’ll shoot a film. And this is that beautiful film, narrated in the first person by Małgosia as she meets all sorts of colorful characters and reflects upon reality with her beautiful, monotone voice, seeing the good in people individually and collectively. This is also about her transformation in this travel undertaken in the centuries-old fashion of the observer who, by observing others, observes herself.

Siberian Lesson

2003

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7.0

The first documentary by Wojciech Staroń. He just finished film school, his wife Małgosia just became a teacher. The year is 1997. They decide to go for a year deep into Siberia: she’ll teach Polish, he’ll shoot a film. And this is that beautiful film, narrated in the first person by Małgosia as she meets all sorts of colorful characters and reflects upon reality with her beautiful, monotone voice, seeing the good in people individually and collectively. This is also about her transformation in this travel undertaken in the centuries-old fashion of the observer who, by observing others, observes herself.

Siberian Lesson

2003

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NR

Mołtajny in Masuria is a small, post-collectivization village, where time has stopped. Among the beautiful natural landscapes live here people without perspectives. However, enormous poverty and unemployment appears to the viewer as if from the background of the film - the first is the world of children's games, shown through the eyes of the director's son, Johnny. Together with their friends they collect snails, learn how to ride a bike and organize contests in spitting at a distance. They repeat what their parents teach and sometimes resemble a tiny copy of adults.

Na chwile

2005

Brothers poster
6.6

Two elderly brothers, who managed to escape from a Soviet work camp in the past, cannot escape from each other. In spite of all the differences between them, they have to turn a new leaf together.

Brothers

2016

Argentinian Lesson poster
6.9

Polish director, his wife and children are leaving Siberia for Argentina. For their little son, this trip will not only be an encounter with an unknown language. Influenced by their Argentinian friend, Janek enters the fascinating world of imagination, and is introduced to the bitterness of childhood prematurely contaminated by the problems of grown-ups.

Argentinian Lesson

2013

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NR

A story about a family in which a disabled child has appeared, requiring constant care. His disability crossed out many of his parents' plans and dreams. In the film we can see how his father is coping with the situation. He makes reflections, searches for the sense of difficult experiences, and with love performs daily activities with his son. "By constantly looking into one's own inner self, it is possible to live together in difficult situations, to leave one another, to apologize, to forgive," he says.

Czas trwania

1998

El misionero poster
9.0

The story of Father Kazimierz Strzepek, a Polish Catholic missionary working in harsh conditions among the Andese Indians in Bolivia.

El misionero

2001

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NR

After a year at a convent school, twelve-year-old Marga returns to her village in northern Argentina, only to find her family distant and her home unsettled.

Marga's Christmas

2025

Passion According to Agnieszka poster
NR

An intimate portrait of editor Agnieszka Bojanowska, a longtime collaborator of Bogdan Dziworski. The film captures their friendship and offers a final glimpse into her creative craft.

Passion According to Agnieszka

2025