Maciej Ślesicki

Sixteen-year-old Sara's father is a wealthy gangster and has a lot of enemies. Her father makes clear that whoever touches Sara will die and he looks for the right bodyguard to protect her.

Emir and his son Gabriel face deporatation from Croatia due to the lack of proper documentation. As the bureacratic system puts more and more pressure onto them, they decide to leave for the seaside in order to make peace with the chaotic situation they have found themselves in.

A woman with limited hopes due to dwarfism toils in a rundown motel in rural Poland, as a maid. Will the repeated visits of an interesting man, a truck driver, change the loneliness of her situation?

Piotr comes home on the day of the 16th birthday of his daughter Kamila. He finds the girl unconscious, in a pool of blood. Doctors’ diagnosis is a shock for the man. From now on, their life will not be the same. The father takes care of his daughter in the cruel world.

Due to financial hardship, Jacob is forced to live with his uncle Ivan, whose presence quickly becomes a perceived threat as he takes over as head of the household.

After her sister’s sudden death, Oliwia returns from Berlin to Warsaw and unexpectedly becomes the temporary caretaker of her eleven-year-old nephew. In the days that follow, she faces a quiet reckoning: return to her life abroad or try to become a home for him.

Sixteen-year-old Sara's father is a wealthy gangster and has a lot of enemies. Her father makes clear that whoever touches Sara will die and he looks for the right bodyguard to protect her.

Sixteen-year-old Sara's father is a wealthy gangster and has a lot of enemies. Her father makes clear that whoever touches Sara will die and he looks for the right bodyguard to protect her.

Emir and his son Gabriel face deporatation from Croatia due to the lack of proper documentation. As the bureacratic system puts more and more pressure onto them, they decide to leave for the seaside in order to make peace with the chaotic situation they have found themselves in.

A woman with limited hopes due to dwarfism toils in a rundown motel in rural Poland, as a maid. Will the repeated visits of an interesting man, a truck driver, change the loneliness of her situation?

Piotr comes home on the day of the 16th birthday of his daughter Kamila. He finds the girl unconscious, in a pool of blood. Doctors’ diagnosis is a shock for the man. From now on, their life will not be the same. The father takes care of his daughter in the cruel world.

Due to financial hardship, Jacob is forced to live with his uncle Ivan, whose presence quickly becomes a perceived threat as he takes over as head of the household.

After her sister’s sudden death, Oliwia returns from Berlin to Warsaw and unexpectedly becomes the temporary caretaker of her eleven-year-old nephew. In the days that follow, she faces a quiet reckoning: return to her life abroad or try to become a home for him.

Malwina, the single mother of a young ping-pong champion, tries to rebuild her life after a divorce and a move by opening a pantyhose business at a bazaar. There, she meets Jacek, a salesman for erotic toys, and for the first time in a long time, she begins to feel something more.

The film is a personal statement of the director and his wife, who have to deal with a very rare and incurable disease of their newborn child – the Ondine’s Curse (also known as CCHS, congenital central hypoventilation syndrome). People affected with this disease stop breathing during sleep and require a lifetime mechanical ventilation on a ventilator. The film shows the process of taming fear associated with the disease.

Drew, a Vietnamese immigrant in Warsaw, spends his days working in his mother’s grocery shop, constrained by her rigid expectations. Behind closed doors, he leads a secret life as a nail artist, crafting intricate designs and breaking cultural taboos. When he meets Bo, a nail artist and owner of a nearby beauty salon, she recognises his talent and spurs him into action.

In the blood-soaked battlefield of the Karabakh conflict, two young soldiers - an Azerbaijani and an Armenian are forced into an unlikely alliance after a chance encounter on the front lines, where the only more certain than your fate is the humanity they share as they face death together.

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The world is devastated by an ecological catastrophe. An old mercenary with a lung disease receives a seemingly simple assignment to deliver a young girl to a destination that would enable him to retire.

Olga, a student who is awkward in life and emotionally, moves into her grandmother's apartment. Initially, she sees her fate as a loser - her roommate gets on her nerves, and the housing estate she knows from childhood seems to be a depressing place. A chance visit to the local bar makes her realize that the estate is inhabited by a strange but fascinating community.

Haunted by the recent loss of his daughter, Ukrainian soldier Yuri refuses to take leave and return home from the front line. Hiding his thirst for vengeance behind silence and his grief behind duty, he volunteers for a dangerous operation. But when duty, vengeance and survival collide and the mission spirals out of control, Yuri has to face the cost of what he’s become.

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Three families of Ukrainian refugees find asylum in a seaside town in Poland. Each of them tell their own stories about the dangerous escape from the war. Their cars were vital in the whole journey and, like their owners, suffered a lot and will never be quite the same.

After 50 years, Zofia and Ania are deciding to go on their last journey together to fight for their old love.

Oliwia is going through a motherhood crisis. She is a young mother, raising her two-year-old son on her own. She devotes all her attention and time to taking care of the child, which does not give her much space to take care of herself.

Fourteen-year-old Szymon lives in a seaside village. He's going through one of the most turbulent stages in his life - puberty. However his monotonous life is interrupted by an unexpected visit from his childhood friend. An ordinary meeting on a cliff turns into his first summer romance.

A teenage boy leaves a cellar he’s hiding in with his sick mother to find food and water. To save the most important person in his life means facing his biggest fear.

Maria and Waldemar Nowak, a couple of officers from the Office for Foreigners, come with an unannounced visit to Lilianna and Édouard to examine whether their marriage is real or fake, serving only for the legalization of stay of Édouard, who is Algerian. The decision to grant the residence card to Édouard depends on the course of the visit. The visit tests relationships in both marriages, walks on a very thin line of the borders and ethics of officers’ examination, and explores the shades of racism.

Maciej must overcome his fractured speech after suffering a stroke that distrupts his relationship with his son.

Teresa is suffering from postnatal depression after the birth of her son. In an effort to find comfort elsewhere she temporarily moves back with her husband to her parents’ house. However, the young woman’s family home conjures up memories of a previous relationship and a past love that perhaps has yet to be extinguished.

Raised by an alcoholic father, a sheep breeder, Kuba is growing up in a small village where nothing ever happens. One day, an old friend from the big city arrives.

Based on a true story, a film about teenage Luka who goes to a religious rehab centre led by a self-proclaimed priest, Antonio. The despotic regime enforced with moral and physical torture make him realise that escape is the only way to survive.

Teenage Mila's suicide attempt is interrupted by a young refugee who fights for survival at all costs.

Jez Jerzy is a skateboarding hedgehog who likes to drink beer and fondle breasts. He finds it hard to pursue his passions, however, while being tormented by neo-nazi skinheads, mad scientists and a drooling, flatulent clone of himself.

Superstitious 7 year old Lycke and her grandma go to pick chanterelles from their secret mushroom picking spot. On the way there grandpa tells the girl the tale of the Elf ring and it's dangers. The rowing trip back home doesn't go without trouble, and as they've already made their way back, mom says that grandpa's condition has worsened. Lycke desides to save her grandpa.

A tender look at the relationship between women whose roles have been reversed by time. A daughter cares for her elderly mother, but their bond is put to the test by her fading memory. Ordinary activities take on new meaning, and the presence of the other person becomes a source of strength in the face of the inevitable.

A single father raising a son with Down’s syndrome decides to fulfil his biggest dream of becoming a professional actor.

Two immigrants from the Middle East, who fled to Poland escaping the war, work illegally on renovations. During an assignment, they find a man's body. Will they call the police when they are threatened with deportation? It's an emotional story about moral dilemmas, desperation and the limits of decency, which forces you to ask: what would I do if I were in their situation.

The outsider returns to her childhood house to check on her ailing father, but as tensions with her younger sister resurface, the past unravels, distorting time and memory in a place that no longer feels like home.

After a drug-related accident, a rising pop star in Poland finds herself in a women’s prison where she is assigned the arduous task of running the prison choir — although none of the inmates can sing. Simultaneously bleak, moving, and eccentric, Parzymies’ short film offers an amusing window onto the little-known world of prison life.

Magda loves horse riding, but unfortunately she can't continue her passion. The increasingly popular in Poland hobby horising comes to her aid. The girl takes part in competitions, where she is overcome with doubts.

A Ukrainian child Vania escapes from Russian occupants in order to not to be exported to Russia. He finds a girl that hides in an abandoned house. We vitness the relationship between Vania and Zlata and their attempts to survive together during the occupation.

Bartek's mother wants to prepare her son for what is worst and at the same time inevitable: her own death. She secures his financial and legal future and teaches him what to do and how to do it when the time comes. Although the boy listens to her carefully, there are completely different thoughts running through his head and heart.

After a date with his new girlfriend, Jacek walks down the corridor towards his apartment. On his way, he encounters a girl who appears in various forms, leaving him uncertain of her existence.

Rita is twenty-four years old and has never had an orgasm. All she remembers from her first sexual experience is disappointment and a kitschy painting of peonies hanging on the wall before an old sofa creaking beneath her.

How much do you need to be happy? Three different characters from three different communities share their experiences of sadness, loss and unfulfillment. A poignant story about searching for sense when one thinks that nothing more will happen in one’s life.