A Time for Witches

A documentary about the rock festival in Jarocin, seen through the eyes of its participants, city authorities and representatives of social organizations.

The manager of a small provincial cinema finds her lost son, and he tries to save the movie theater.

As high school students put on a politically-engaged school play, tensions begin to rise between them and their headmaster. The conflict seems to mirror the social situation in the 1980s Poland.

Irena, a postal delivery worker, is struggling with inadequate housing, a drunk neighbor who wants to take her place, and a heartless boss, knowing that the whole day at work, she is leaving her young son. But the worst is the loneliness, exacerbated by her single mother status. She meets a crippled pensioner Jacek, who appears to be the key to her happiness, but tragedy continues to strike.

A period film, set in 19th century China in the Polish community who are there building the railway. A woman enters into an extramarital affair with a painter.

A small town located right in the middle of Europe, but in reality probably at the end of the world. It is dominated by the depressing atmosphere of the Stalinist era, the still vivid memory of wartime atrocities, and bitter ethnic conflicts. Above all, however, the town has its own secret. Seven years earlier, a bloody pogrom against Jews took place here. Bogdan, the son of one of the victims, tries to uncover the truth. Torn between his father's story and his mother's story, a witness to the madness of Chaimka, a survivor of the pogrom, he flees the hardships of growing up in the "middle of Europe" only to return years later to the cemetery where his parents are buried.

It promises to be quite an ordinary day. A day during which viewers have the opportunity to peep into the lives of seven couples. It may seem that the camera captures snatches of the lives of random characters. This is an illusion. These people, although they do not know each other, once witnessed a certain accident that left its mark on them. On each different, but still... The first couple: Maciek and Lena. He was involved in a car accident. He was traveling with his lover at the time. Now he is confined to a wheelchair. He suspects his wife of infidelity. His obsession, harassment and aggression ruin their lives. Couple two: Kasia has found the man she wants to spend her life with. When the boyfriend confesses to her that until recently he was a woman, she can't explain it to herself. Couples three, four, five, six and seven also have their own dramas, secrets.

An event, which main attraction is the dance marathon, has gathered crowds at the market square of the provincial Polish town. Impressive prizes compete with another attraction: the concert of the star singer Jessica. A local outsider Christian falls for the singer. Soon he discovers that her life is far from being a dream and decides to win her heart. In the crowd of marathon contestants we will meet many individuals who dream of winning the main prize for various motivations. Who will turn out to be the winner? Will there be a prize at all? Because two small-time crooks, Simon and Silvio, are lurking around. And why this persistent notion that our life is so often influenced by miracles...?