Adam Walicki

The film is made of hundreds of photographs telling a story of the last Soviet soldiers leaving Poland in 1990s. The focus of the work is the figure of a soldier — who is not fighting on the war front, but takes off his uniform in front of a camera. The author of "Mon chéri Soviétique" supplements photographs from the past with contemporary film material in which he reenacts past events.

Ania, after years of absence, comes to her hometown to spend the last months of her life with her mother, Mara. The girl finds Alek in the village, with whom she experienced her first adolescent love. The meeting of these two will trigger a series of unexpected events, and for Mary, it will be one of the most difficult challenges in her life.

After fun-loving metalhead Jacek is disfigured in an accident at work, he becomes the first person in Poland to receive a face transplant. This leads to his status as a media spectacle and martyr, all while battling ensuing identity issues as a consequence.

The contemporary story of a priest who launches a centre for troubled youth in a small parish. He is a good priest and is well-liked by his congregation, which remains unaware of his complicated past.

Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.