
Directing
Michał Hytroś
Place of birth
Kraków, Poland
Known for
Directing
Credits
8 titles
Michał Hytroś was born in 1994 in Krakow. He studies directing at The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz and acting at The Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw.
Known for
6.9A Polish teacher moves to a provincial town and gets involved in investigating the brutal murder of a high school girl. He learns more and more about the mysteries of this murder, revealing corruption and fraud among local elites.
The Teacher
2016
5.5Behind the mighty eighteenth-century wall of the oldest enclosed convent in Poland - Benedictine convent in Staniatki, near Krakow - the life of twelve nuns in their 70s goes on. Despite their age and the world of rapid change, they try to comply with the rule set over ten centuries ago ‘ORA et LABORA’ each day. Our protagonists – nuns Anuncjata and Benedykta (40 years in convent) – introduce us to the world behind the wall telling us about their lives and decisions in a specific way. They show us the world of convent in true colours, without stereotypes, often touching and amusing at the same time. This is the film about silence said aloud.
The Sisters
2018
NRThe story of Krzysztof Globisz who, after a massive stroke in 2014, suffers from aphasia – the loss of the ability to speak. Despite his condition he decides to return to teaching at drama school, as well as to the theater stage to play the role of a whale who, like himself, speaks his own distinct language.
The Whale Song
2025
8.0Love thyself. This is the life credo of Zosia - a photographer, traveller and free spirit. Going round the world in her camper, she uses photography to make other women comfortable with nakedness and teaches them to love their own bodies.
It's Only/Not Only A Body... Or A Short Film About Freedom
2023
Series credits
Behind the camera
5.5Behind the mighty eighteenth-century wall of the oldest enclosed convent in Poland - Benedictine convent in Staniatki, near Krakow - the life of twelve nuns in their 70s goes on. Despite their age and the world of rapid change, they try to comply with the rule set over ten centuries ago ‘ORA et LABORA’ each day. Our protagonists – nuns Anuncjata and Benedykta (40 years in convent) – introduce us to the world behind the wall telling us about their lives and decisions in a specific way. They show us the world of convent in true colours, without stereotypes, often touching and amusing at the same time. This is the film about silence said aloud.
The Sisters
2018
5.5Behind the mighty eighteenth-century wall of the oldest enclosed convent in Poland - Benedictine convent in Staniatki, near Krakow - the life of twelve nuns in their 70s goes on. Despite their age and the world of rapid change, they try to comply with the rule set over ten centuries ago ‘ORA et LABORA’ each day. Our protagonists – nuns Anuncjata and Benedykta (40 years in convent) – introduce us to the world behind the wall telling us about their lives and decisions in a specific way. They show us the world of convent in true colours, without stereotypes, often touching and amusing at the same time. This is the film about silence said aloud.
The Sisters
2018
NRThe story of Krzysztof Globisz who, after a massive stroke in 2014, suffers from aphasia – the loss of the ability to speak. Despite his condition he decides to return to teaching at drama school, as well as to the theater stage to play the role of a whale who, like himself, speaks his own distinct language.
The Whale Song
2025
NRThe story of Krzysztof Globisz who, after a massive stroke in 2014, suffers from aphasia – the loss of the ability to speak. Despite his condition he decides to return to teaching at drama school, as well as to the theater stage to play the role of a whale who, like himself, speaks his own distinct language.
The Whale Song
2025
8.0Love thyself. This is the life credo of Zosia - a photographer, traveller and free spirit. Going round the world in her camper, she uses photography to make other women comfortable with nakedness and teaches them to love their own bodies.
It's Only/Not Only A Body... Or A Short Film About Freedom
2023
8.0Love thyself. This is the life credo of Zosia - a photographer, traveller and free spirit. Going round the world in her camper, she uses photography to make other women comfortable with nakedness and teaches them to love their own bodies.
It's Only/Not Only A Body... Or A Short Film About Freedom
2023
8.0Love thyself. This is the life credo of Zosia - a photographer, traveller and free spirit. Going round the world in her camper, she uses photography to make other women comfortable with nakedness and teaches them to love their own bodies.
It's Only/Not Only A Body... Or A Short Film About Freedom
2023
