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- DirectorMalgorzata SzumowskaStarsJanusz GajosMaja OstaszewskaJustyna SuwalaA busy attorney, worried that his anorexic daughter Olga might try to harm herself, since she's still grieving over her recently deceased mother, sends her to see a psychiatrist, Anna, who's dealing with her own loss in an unusual way.
- DirectorMarcin KrzysztalowiczStarsIndia DudekFranciszek BartlomiejczykAleksander GutowskiALL ABOUT MY PARENTS is a short journey of its main hero, who tells a story about erotic fascinations of his parents. Colourful adventures and nostalgic observations create a picture of a family, which experiences its ups and downs.
- DirectorBorys LankoszStarsRobert WieckiewiczJerzy TrelaMagdalena WalachA big shot prosecutor Teodor Szacki divorces his wife and leaves Warsaw to start a new life in picturesque town in south-east Poland - Sandomierz. After a short while he is called in to investigate a strange and mysterious murder case. Alienated in provincial reality he struggles to find a killer, when he stumbles upon more victims. While the investigation continues he realizes that all murders are connected to alleged historical Jewish ritual killings. Those murders prompt a wave of anti-Semitic hysteria in the town. In his investigation Szacki must wrestle with the painful tangle of Polish - Jewish relations and real findings of his work - that roots of some legends are fantasy, not a grain of truth...
- DirectorSylwester ChecinskiStarsWaclaw KowalskiWladyslaw HanczaZdzislaw KarczewskiTwo quarreling peasant families, who were forced to leave their lands after the war, are settled by accident on two neighbouring farms.
- DirectorSylwester ChecinskiStarsWaclaw KowalskiWladyslaw HanczaAnna DymnaThe main characters are the same two quarreling pesant families introduced in "Sami swoi" (Our Folks). The action of the film starts 18 years later. The old quarrels have been forgotten, but new problems keep popping up. They have no successors to inherit the farms. They invent a tricky and clever plan. The young granddaughter is to take over both of the farms after her marriage. Both Kargul and Pawlak have no rest until they carry out the plan. In the end, after numerous adventures and obstacles their cunning intrigue is fulfilled - the young marry and the land remains in the family's hands.
- DirectorSylwester ChecinskiStarsWladyslaw HanczaWaclaw KowalskiDuchyll Martin SmithPawlak and Kargul - neighbors, frenemies, and grandfathers to Ania- both receive invitation to America from Pawlak's brother- John. All three of them travel to Chicago, where they discover John has passed away, and they arrived just in time for his funeral. But first- they need to find his illegitimate daughter. Set in late 70's story of two, charming, Polish villagers' adventures in Chicago is a third intallment of Pawlak and Kargul adventures.
- DirectorWitold LeszczynskiStarsKrzysztof MajchrzakAnna SeniukJoanna SienkiewiczKaziuk, a stubborn peasant and his pregnant wife live in a backwood village, unaffected by the civilization. The village is once visited by a couple of wanderers, and strange things start to happen afterward. A new schoolteacher is sent to the area. She stirs erotic fantasies in Kaziuk. In a stir of frustration Kaziuk cuts down a family tree - a sacrilegious act in the eyes of his family. Going a step further and using a scythe for cutting the rye instead of a sickle brings the whole village against him.
- DirectorMichal WaszynskiStarsKazimierz WajdaHenryk VogelfängerLoda NiemirzankaTwo funny toy factory workers from Lwów get fired. They find a baby in the park and take care of it until it is by coincidence taken to Warsaw by a wealthy man's daughter. The two mates are not going to abandon their child.
- DirectorKonrad TomStarsAntoni FertnerLoda NiemirzankaKazimierz Junosza-StepowskiCountry gent sends his singing, dancing, tomboy daughter to stuffy finishing school, where she promptly sets about enlivening the dorm and makes friends with the city's 'Bohemian' crowd.
- DirectorMarcin WronaStarsItay TiranAgnieszka ZulewskaAndrzej GrabowskiA bridegroom is possessed by an unquiet spirit in the midst of his own wedding celebration, in this clever take on the Jewish legend of the dybbuk.
- DirectorAgnieszka SmoczynskaStarsMarta MazurekMichalina OlszanskaKinga PreisIn Warsaw, a pair of mermaid sisters are adopted into a cabaret. While one seeks love with humans the other hungers to dine on the human population of the city.
- DirectorJanusz MajewskiStarsMaciej StuhrSonia BohosiewiczNatalia RybickaJazzman Fabian comes back to Poland from England and sets up a swing big band in his hometown. He soon falls for singer Modesta, the mysterious sensual femme fatale.
- DirectorPatryk VegaStarsAndrzej GrabowskiBoguslaw LindaPiotr StramowskiPolicemen from two precincts join forces to fight a criminal band called the "Mokotowska Group".
- DirectorJan P. MatuszynskiStarsAndrzej SewerynDawid OgrodnikAleksandra KoniecznaThe story of a well-known artistic family: legendary painter Zdzislaw Beksinski, his wife Zofia and their son Tomasz, a highly-praised music critic and translator. Their lives were far from being usual.
- DirectorWojciech SmarzowskiStarsMichalina LabaczArkadiusz JakubikWasyl WasylikDespite being in love with a Ukrainian boy from the same village, Polish girl named Zosia is forced into marrying a wealthy widower. Soon World War II begins and ethnic tensions arise. Amidst the war chaos Zosia tries to survive.
- DirectorMaciej PieprzycaStarsMiroslaw HaniszewskiArkadiusz JakubikAgata KuleszaInspired by true events from the 1970s, the story revolves around a young detective who becomes the head of a police unit focused on catching a rampant serial killer of women, nicknamed 'The Silesian Vampire'.
- DirectorWojciech KasperskiStarsMarcin DorocinskiAndrzej ChyraAndrzej GrabowskiA father and his two teenage sons travel to a small mountain cabin for a male-bonding adventure. When a mysterious stranger arrives at the cabin, their outing turns into a struggle for survival.
- DirectorMarcin KoszalkaStarsFilip PlawiakAdam WoronowiczJulia KijowskaWhen teenage boy Karol Kremer becomes an eyewitness of a brutal murder, he is not aware of how much influence that event will exert on his future.
- DirectorJanusz MorgensternStarsRoman WilhelmiBeata TyszkiewiczJan EnglertA successful middle-aged scientist suddenly abandons his family and workplace, and decides to rent a room near the railway station while experiencing a major existential crisis.
- DirectorJanusz MorgensternStarsDaniel OlbrychskiBarbara LassKalina JedrusikA talented athlete falls for a mysterious girl at a fancy-dress party. When she disappears, the boy is desperate to find her.
- DirectorJanusz MajewskiStarsJan MachulskiBarbara LudwizankaKatarzyna LaniewskaA young scientist looking for a peaceful place to live rents a room in a house inhabited only by women. Soon he discovers their unusual passions and obsessions.
- DirectorKrzysztof ZanussiStarsPiotr GarlickiZbigniew ZapasiewiczChristine PaulA group of students are spending the summer vacation at a university camp studying the science of linguistics. One of the camp directors, Jaroslaw, is a young professor who prefers the straightforward, intimate approach to students. He is opposed in his liberal views by Jakub, who likes to manipulate people. There is a confrontation from the beginning when Jaroslaw allows to attend the seminar a student who presents the views not according to the official line. In the end, a jury prize is given to mediocre paper, while the suspected school of thought still draws a recommendation. Finally the deputy rector arrives for the closing ceremonies, and since he disfavors the line of thought awarded by the recommendation the tensions rise. They climax when student in question bites the rector in the ear while receiving recommendation. The confrontation results in a scandal and the police is called in.