Maciej Ślesicki

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

When asked on the group forum, eighty-year-old Witold is unable to explain why he loves his wife, Maria. During his stay in the sanatorium, he becomes convinced that his marriage is the source of his unhappiness.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Bored with his job, an office clerk accidentally finds a passport hidden in the toilet, which leads him to start an investigation.

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.

On April 9, 2005, in an unprecedented gesture of unity and tribute, millions of Poles turned off the lights in their homes. At the same time, an emotional energy of unprecedented potential was released. At that moment, any earthly miracle could have happened. "Three Minutes" is a story about people whose fates intertwine at a historic moment. The film is about "down-to-earth miracles", internal transformations under the influence of unusual events. It is a portrait of modern Poles, far from uncritical apologia, ... but ultimately optimistic and positive. The four stories that make up the film depict the intersecting fates of the Director, Teacher, Painter, Student, Father and Boy.

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.

Maja, a waitress in a small village, aimlessly floats through life, while trying to come to terms with a much different past; until one day a strange woman, who is waiting for someone, comes into Maja's place of work.