Jurek is 23 years old and he is a history student. He lives with his loving auntie, who raises him and supports him. Feeling that she is a cause and a symbol of his existential boredom, monotony and malaise, he reaches for the hammer…
An absurd comedy inspired by George Perec’s novel “A Man Asleep” and “Bartleby, the Scrivener”, a short story by Herman Melville. Adam, a young man living with his mother, hasn’t left his apartment in years. After his mother’s death, Adam’s own life is being turned upside down. Since he’s not able to function properly without motherly concern and service, Adam decides to take his friend’s, the postman’s, advice and rent out his mother’s old room to a girl, who’ll take care of him.
Janek is a young medical intern who struggles with financial problems and doubts about his future. Although he has been working so hard, the day before his promotion he makes a risky decision that may change his life forever.
The 19-year-old Krzysztof is a frequent gym-goer. He gets a job in a safeguarding company, which takes him to a Opera Music Festival. When the protagonist hears an aria for the first time in his life, his distance related to the world of classical music diminishes. Moved by the art so far unknown, he decides to take up singing lessons. Opera changes not only his preferences but also lifestyle.
The film protagonist operates on the border of two worlds. During the day, he works at a well-known shop selling home furnishings, while after hours he is hired by a “cleaning company” to clean homes after the deaths of their residents.The title “A Story of Short Duration” is a reference to the diagnosis of contemporary capitalism provided by Kacper Pobłocki in his book. In the film, it acquires an additional meaning by contrasting the image of a life’s end with the beginning of one’s path related to the moving into a new flat.
Agnieszka Smoczyńska's Kapelusz is an adaptation of an excerpt from Kazimierz Barandys' short story "For You and Himself." The main character is a 12-year-old boy named Michał brought up by a despotic father. But one day he receives an unexpected gift from his father...
Nikol and Oliwka have a freedom the rest of teenagers can only dream of. Far from parental supervision and prohibitions, they leave according to their own rules. However, the world of adults is not so simple, as the sisters soon discover. Adolescence can beat everyone. The girls have to take responsibility over their deeds on their own.
A youngster ends up in a rehab centre for young deaf people struggling with addiction. A budding feeling, difficult to name, that draws him to a long-term resident starts to get in the way of his therapy. The film is told entirely in sign language.
A deeply devout 7 years old girl hears the biblical story of the shepherd and his lost sheep from which she concludes that Holy God seems to prefer sinners.
A metaphorical tale. Rumour has it there is an old man living in a forest, alone but with a great fortune earned in Africa. Having overheard the gossips, two Roma boys decide to verify the story. One of them has a premonition that the trip may not end well.
On her eighteenth birthday, Lena is trying to bond with her family. All Souls’ Day, a time for contacting the dead and getting together to return to one’s roots, puts our protagonist in a special mood and changes her outlook on her own problems. Everything that happens throughout the day will revolutionise Lena’s view of her family. It is a story of the search for one’s identity and roots, of life and death, of the co-existence of parallel worlds that come together through the power of love.
