Balon

Polish comedy from 2001, describing Polish capitalism with a grain of salt. The title character was brought up in the People's Republic of Poland, she left the country. He comes back home with the money and tries to find a new reality.

Three young friends travel round Poland, making a living by acting out religious scenes at fairs and selling photographs. Problems arise when a mysterious man joins them.

An ambitious, enthusiastic young geologist is entangled in bureaucratic red tape when he tries to drill for oil. Frustrated with the situation, he torches an abandoned mill, ignores his girlfriend, and fights with his friends who do not share his exuberance about the project.

Professor Tutka is a storyteller in little café.

Two simple men win the lottery and decide to spend the money on their first plane flight and some other pleasures. But all that does not bring enough happiness to their lives.

A macabre film about the experiences of a client who is shaved by a hairdresser-psychopath.

A ruminative, understated drama on the nature of overwork versus an "unachieving" life away from the city, Pelnia examines the experience of one man. After leaving his high-pressured existence as a successful architect, the newly resolved dropout goes to live in a small community of cabins and summer homes in a lake-filled region north of Warsaw. His interactions with the villagers, including a drunkard and other eccentrics, provide an informative background for what happens next. The ex-architect's wife is a professional singer who has not abandoned the city or her life -- and she soon arrives to spend some time with her very changed husband.

A young country boy travels with his godfather to find a bride for him.

Two ambitious men — one, a self-described director, another, a self-described writer, meet on a train to Zakopane and decide to make a movie together.

A film grotesque whose protagonist is a poor clerk lost in the modern world. He buys a trumpet to express his personality via music.

A UFO lands at night in a typical Masovian village. The villagers feel honored and want to be as hospitable as possible for the unexpected alien guests.

The twenty-one-minute-film is set in a men's public rest room and recounts the day to day existence of an elderly woman who serves as an attendant in the lavatory. As an endless procession of men pass before her, relieving themselves in the urinals, the attendant escapes her reality by daydreaming about the past and the soldier she once loved and the child she bore him.

An odd couple of old people lead their simple lives close to nature. The man is an amateur constructor and his goal now is to build a small river dam to produce electricity for his country house.

The protagonist dreams of a better life, and his dreams take the form of colorful magazines.

The film features two men who emerge from the sea carrying a large wardrobe, which they proceed to carry into a town.

An elderly man looks to a mysterious old woman to help him regain his youth, but the woman has her own agenda.