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Playing Hard

Stories of three women struggling with alcohol. Dorota is a great prosecutor. Using her immunity, she tries to avoid responsibility for her offenses committed under the influence of alcohol. Her husband, a famous politician, helps her keep the problem secret and rescues her from many troubles but he slowly loses patience. A respected children surgeon Teresa has lost her family due to drinking problem, all she is left with is her job at the hospital where she is the main doctor. The ...

2018 Documentary 74 min Play

2019 Drama 88 min Play

7.4

Over the Limit

Margarita Mamun, an elite Russian rhythmic gymnast, is struggling to become an Olympic champion. It is the most important year of her career and her last chance to achieve the ultimate goal, the gold Olympic medal. The film creates a captivating portrait of a young woman who is desperately trying to handle her own ambitions and meet the expectations of the official Russian training system.

7.4

The Art of Loving: Story of Michalina Wislocka

Michalina Wislocka, the most famous and recognized sexologist of communist Poland, fights for the right to publish her book, which will change the sex life of Polish people forever.

2017 Comedy 121 min Play

Avalon

In a future world, young people are increasingly becoming addicted to an illegal (and potentially deadly) battle simulation game called Avalon. When Ash, a star player, hears of rumors that a more advanced level of the game exists somewhere, she gives up her loner ways and joins a gang of explorers. Even if she finds the gateway to the next level, will she ever be able to come back to reality?

2001 Action 107 min Play

Katyn

On September 1st, 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland, unleashing World War II. On September 17th, the Soviet Red Army crosses the border. The Polish army, unable to fight on two fronts, is defeated. Thousands of Polish men, both military and government officials, are captured by the invaders. Their fate will only be known several years later.

2007 Drama 122 min Play

Vabank

October 1934. Poland. Famous bank robber Kwinto decided to quit his dangerous criminal job, but after his friend's death, he changed his mind and organized a burglary of famous and well protected bank which belonged to his former partner in crime, backstabbing and double-crossing Kramer. Kwinto designs a clever plan not to only rob the Kramer's bank but to make it look like Kramer himself did it.

1981 Comedy 104 min Play

A Short Film About Killing

Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.

1988 Crime 85 min Play

7.5

Three Colors: White

Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists fellow Polish expatriate Mikolah to smuggle him back to their homeland.

7.5

1994 Comedy 92 min Play

6.4

The Lure

Two mermaid sisters, who end up performing at a nightclub, face cruel and bloody choices when one of them falls in love with a beautiful young man.

6.4

2015 Fantasy 93 min Play

Man – Woman Wanted

Falsely accused Warsaw art museum assistant goes into hiding as a woman.

1986 Documentary 12 min Play

1973 Comedy 82 min Play

Sweet Home

A couple decides to spend a romantic evening in a floor of a semi-abandoned building that slip because she works as a consultant for the council house and got the keys. During the evening they discover that a hooded murderer is the only tenant left in the building...and they have become the new target.

2015 Horror 80 min Play

4.5

Dark Crimes

Tadek, a Polish detective, becomes suspicious of a controversial author when the incidents described in his unpublished novel resemble the inner workings of an unsolved murder.

4.5

2016 Drama 93 min Play

6.2

The Man with the Magic Box

Retro-futuristic timetravel-mystery.

PG-13

6.2

2017 Drama 100 min Play

6.7

Edges of the Lord

A 12-year-old Jewish boy hides with a family of Catholic peasant farmers to escape the Nazis.

6.7

2001 Comedy 95 min Play

Workshop Exercises

A street poll about contemporary youth. The answers are engineered to show the manipulation of propaganda and television.

7.2

Carnage

After 11-year-old Zachary Cowan strikes his classmate across the face with a stick after an argument, the victim's parents invite Zachary's parents to their Brooklyn apartment to deal with the incident in a civilized manner.

7.2

2011 Comedy 80 min Play

5.5

The Water Babies

This children's fantasy tells the story of a 12-year-old boy who discovers a complex underwater world where young children are held prisoner by an evil shark and an eel.

5.5

1978 Adventure 92 min Play

6.1

Pitbull. Niebezpieczne kobiety

Two new female police officers struggle to survive a force filled with corrupt superiors and the brutal world of the criminal mafia.

6.1

2016 Action 135 min Play

7.3

Hatred

Summer of 1939. Zosia is a young Polish girl who is deeply in love with Ukrainian Petro. Their great love will be put to the test when her father decides to marry her to a wealthy widower Skiba. Right after wedding she is left alone because her husband is drafted to the Polish army for the war with Germany. Meanwhile, tensions grow due to Jews, Poles, and Ukrainians living side by side.

7.3

2016 Drama 150 min Play

7.6

Blind Chance

Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.

7.6

1987 Drama 123 min Play

Talking Heads

Krzysztof Kieslowski asks Poles of various ages who they are and what they want in life.