Michał Leszczyłowski

Two people are stuck in a quarantine hotel during a deadly pandemic. Physical contact equals death, total isolation is required. Yet, it is human nature to seek togetherness. But what happens when you have to choose between love and life?

The troubled artist Gritt is struggling for relevance and belonging in an unwelcoming society, but then she undergoes a radicalization process in the name of art.

Two young sisters go to great lengths to fulfill their mother's dying wish. Pursued by the grown-ups who want the conventional funeral procedures to start, the kids embark on a last journey with their mother to fathom the process of her death.

Vera's 40th birthday is approaching and she's tired of being single. She'e desperately in love with her colleague Frank, but her tired life-coach wants her to lower her standards, lock-on a more resonable guy and get on with her life.

Un relato de la vida y obra del cineasta ruso Andrey Tarkovsky (1932-86) en primera persona: sus recuerdos, su visión del arte y sus reflexiones sobre el destino del artista y el significado de la existencia humana; a través de grabaciones de audio extremadamente raras que permiten una completa comprensión de su vida interior y del misterioso mundo que subyace detrás de su compleja imaginería cinematográfica.

Una nave que lleva pasajeros a Marte es desviada de su rumbo, causando que éstos consideren su lugar en el universo.

Cuando se siente despreocupado, el joven Lenni y su novia se encuentran esperando un hijo, termina buscando un modelo a seguir en todos los lugares equivocados a medida que se involucra con activistas locales de derecha.

Minsk, Bielorrusia, 1996. Velya, una aspirante a DJ, quiere trasladarse a Chicago para hacer realidad sus sueños, pero la burocracia, una línea telefónica y la condición humana le pondrán obstáculos difíciles de evitar.

Película que muestra cómo la sentencia a veinte años de cárcel impuesta al documentalista ucraniano Oleg Sentsov se ha convertido en un símbolo del nivel de libertad de expresión del periodismo en la Rusia de hoy.

Which human skills are we trying to learn the forthcoming generations? Childhood is observing 6-year-olds in a pre-school in Nesodden outside Oslo in the Direkt Cinema-tradition, made to debate when children are put into a school situation.

30 thousand Hasidim journey to Uman in Ukraine to celebrate the Jewish New Year at the gravesite of Rebbe Nachmann. A Ukrainian far-right group erects a cross at the site of Hasidic prayers and builds a monument to Cossacks who slaughtered thousands of Jews and Poles in 1768.

Forty years ago, the first film about the Jordbro families was released. The latest one came out in 2006. When Rainer Hartleb once more trains his camera on the families, the children of the Jordbro children have grown up and live far from the area where the Jordbro story began.

Esta película narra la historia de Julia, una joven de noble cuna del estado de Count, Suecia. En la noche de San Juan del año 1890, la protagonista decide escapar de su rutina y de las costumbres propias de su clase social marchándose a bailar y a pasar un buen rato a una fiesta de sirvientes. Allí, Julia cautiva a uno de los criados, un muchacho llamado Juan. Esa misma noche la aristocracia y la servidumbre se unen cuando ambos protagonistas consuman su amor. Pero lo que ha sucedido será un auténtica desdicha para Julia, quién verá totalmente deshonrada su noble posición social por haber tenido una relación con un criado...

Tres chicas de entre 12 y 13 años de edad deciden formar un grupo de punk en el Estocolmo de 1982.

Irak, década de los 90, una tierra devastada. En el Kurdistán, dos hermanos sin hogar (Zana, 7) y (Dana, 10), viven al borde de la supervivencia. En el comienzo de la historia echan un vistazo a Superman a través de un agujero en la pared del cine local. Zana y Dana deciden que quieren ir a Estados Unidos a vivir con Superman. Una vez que llegan allí podrán resolver todos sus problemas, hacer su vida fácil y castigar a todos los que fueron malos con ellos. Zana, el hermano menor, empieza a hacer una lista de todas las personas a las que va a decirle a Superman que castigue. En la parte superior de la lista esta Saddam Hussein. Dana en cambio hace un plan concreto de lo que necesitan para llegar allí, el dinero, pasaportes, transporte y una manera de conseguir todo ello...

In 2009 the Norwegian government introduced several measures to restrict immigration. One of the measures was to provide unaccompanied asylum seeking children temporary residence permits. They should be returned to their country of origin when they turn 18. In Norway child welfare custody of their children without close caregivers. This does not apply to unaccompanied asylum-seeking children between 15 and 18 years.

The artist Tova Mozard places herself, her mother and grandmother on the Royal Dramatic Theatre's main stage. In a therapy similar staging stories accidentally and unavoidably passes between generations, between mother and daughter.

Noruega, 1915. En la isla de Bastøy, en el fiordo de Oslo, un grupo de chicos, entre los 11 y los 18 años, vive bajo el despótico poder de un superintendente y sus guardias. En lugar de recibir una educación, son explotados como mano de obra barata. El joven Erling, que ha matado a un miembro de la policía militar en defensa propia, es trasladado a la isla para ser encerrado en una prisión de adultos. Su único recurso para eludir la pena de muerte es la fuga.

A heartwarming tale about a beloved father who is trying to cope with cultural clashes, loss and the search for love in average Swedish society.

Young adolescent girl Jenna's mother is dying, while at the same time Jenna is turning from a young girl into a young woman. So it is difficult for her to admit that she is afraid to lose her mother; instead she behaves contrary to how one would expect.

Película ambientada en varios escenarios internacionales: Estados Unidos, Tailandia y Filipinas. Leo es un hombre que ha alcanzado el éxito en la industria de los videojuegos. Y Ellen, su mujer, trabaja como médico. Ambos viven en Nueva York con su hija pequeña, que, debido a que sus padres están absortos en sus respectivos trabajos, pasa la mayor parte del tiempo con una nanny llamada Gloria, asunto que preocupa en gran medida a Ellen, temerosa de perder el cariño de la pequeña. Un día, y debido a un asunto de negocios, Leo deberá realizar un viaje al extranjero, y a partir de ese momento tendrá lugar un cúmulo de hechos que afectarán de forma profunda a su vida familiar.

In honor of the twentieth anniversary of Andrei Tarkovsky's death, student filmmaker Dmitry Trakovsky sets out in search of his favorite director's legacy. His journey leads him to fifteen moving interviews in California, Italy, Sweden, and finally, Russia as he attempts to come closer to the meaning of one of Tarkovsky's most enigmatic beliefs... that death doesn't exist.

It’s Ireland in 1967, when a flying saucer full of aliens lands on Dan’s farm. Dan falls in love with an alien girl and tries his best to make everybody believe that she and all the other aliens are humans.

The Polish government issued a burial fund to the relatives of any deceased citizen. Now the undertakers of Lodz in Poland have figured out a way to lay their greedy hands on those funds. By paying ambulance drivers to get the information where the unfortunate relatives live, they went there with contracts to get the relatives to sign over the burial funds to the undertakers. The idea was that while the relatives was still struck with grief and sorrow, they wouldn't want to read through a thick contract and just sign it instead. Things really went ugly when the ambulance drivers figured out that they would make more money if more people died.

The last summer the five boys are together in Falkenberg. They are now grown up to be young men, on their way out into the world. At least most of them.

The theatre 7:3 project was conducted at the Tidaholm prison 1998-1999. What started as an artistic experiment, ended up in police killings at Malexander. The process in the prison were filmed during 6 months.

A Lebanese boy gets separated from his family during the civil war and ends up in Sweden.

In a decript apartment, a young man watches as his father and a friend shoot an amateur porn film. Issues of morality, reality TV and friendship are explored.

Un pueblo de cinco mil almas tan próspero, aseado, diáfano y standar que parece sacado de un catálogo de IKEA. Minna es una de ellas; tiene 18 años, acaba de terminar sus estudios de secundaria y trabaja en la fábrica del pueblo (también de IKEA). Uniformidad, bienestar asegurado, carriles sólidos para transitar hacia la madurez con futuro... Minna se sale de la vía para buscar en los márgenes y enredando sexualmente con su profesor de autoescuela, encuentra más tornillos de los que IKEA cuenta.

Mia returns from Stockholm to her parents' home in a small town in Dalecarlia (Dalarna) to celebrate her father's 70th birthday. Her elder sisters Eivor and Gunilla welcome her, but their different lifestyles prevent them from really communicating. The tension builds, and the party that should be a celebration turns out to be a turning point for the family and their friends

"Cold/Kyla" - About the murder of John Hron at Kode, Sweden, 1996. "Kyla" is a state of mind, it gives the image of the fatherless patriarchate's lost sons. It's graduation and three boys gather at a lake to celebrate the school's over. But they has no future to look forward to. The atmosphere is intense and they beat down quickly on each other's faults and shortcomings, inciting each other.

Un grupo de policías se aburre mortalmente en una comisaría local; el problema es que como en los últimos diez años no se ha cometido un verdadero crimen en la zona, las autoridades competentes están a punto de cerrar la comisaria. Dadas las circunstancias, tendrán que pensar algo para salvar su puesto de trabajo.

A sus 16 años Lilja es una joven rusa que ha sido abandonada por su madre y lleva una vida miserable en una ciudad pobre de la decadente ex-Unión Soviética. Su única vía para poder escapar del hambre y de la pobreza más extrema es prostituyendo su cuerpo esporádicamente. Entre toda esa desdicha su único amigo es Volodja, un niño de 11 años adicto al pegamento, ambos intentan escapar de la realidad soñando con una vida mejor. Un día parece que esa vida soñada por fin se pone al alcance de Lilja cuando conoce a Andrei, del cual se enamora y éste le propone que se marche con él a Suecia y empiece una nueva vida.

22-years old Josephine has moved from Stockholm to Malmö in the south of Sweden after her mother's death. Her closest friend is her godmother Emma. In Copenhagen she meets Elvis, who falls in love with her. When her ex-boyfriend Simon turns up she must confront the scars from her past and also choose between Elvis and Simon.

Vanheden and Dynamite-Harry are approached by Sickan's grandmother and Sickan's younger brother Sven-Ingvar. Their evil nemesis Wall-Enberg are planning to steal billions of euros of the European Union's grants to culture. The grant of 350 million kronor, paid by an Italian bank acting as intermediary, equals 60 billion lire but through assistance of a Sicilian "businessman", this sum becomes 60 billion kronor when transferred. The money is to be transferred to a large number of bank accounts, and the account numbers are saved on a floppy disc that the Jönsson gang is trying to steal.

Roro and Måns who are best friends, work at the park management and get to do all the shit jobs - clean up duck ponds and pick up dog poop. Roro's Swedish girlfriend Lisa wants to be introduced to his family but he refuses for a long time because of his Lebanese family traditions. When Roro finally decides to introduce Lisa to his family, he walks into the apartment full of relatives who are...

Carl-Gustaf Nykvist's documentary about his father, Sven Nykvist. The film is based on Sven's memoirs with Sven himself as narrator. A journey to the place of birth, Moheda, constitutes the hub of the film and during the journey friends and memories emerge. Written by Fredrik Klasson

Un grupo de jóvenes viven bajo el mismo techo mientras se preguntan sobre sí mismos, sobre la sociedad, sobre sus creencias políticas y el mundo cambiante que gira a su alrededor. Al mismo tiempo, son conscientes de la importancia que tiene para ellos estar juntos, mantenerse unidos, constituir, en suma, una familia. Tras el éxito de "Fucking Amal" el sueco Moodysson vuelve a conquistar a crítica y público con una entrañable, divertida y encantadora comedia universal.

The summer of '58, the year Sweden almost won the world championship in soccer over Brazil, Yngve Johansson accepts two children to live with him during the summer, as told through the eyes of a young boy. His name is Mårten, and the other child's name is Annika. She is a rough girl, with many problems. The three of them do not get along, and Yngve is a true dictator to the children's eyes. However, when the children discover that their new guardian has a crush on their teacher (Cecilia Nilsson), they do what they can to bring the two together. Soon enough, the three will discover that they have a lot more in common than they previously imagined, and together they can make their lives worth living again. This is a sweet story about life in Sweden in the mid 1900's. It is about family, love, hate, innocent friendship that we all can relate to, and much, much more...

One night a strange event occurs at a hospital in the north of Sweden. Three girls are born who are all baptized into the name Johanna.

A documentary about the Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. The film was an episode of the French documentary film series Filmmakers of our time. The title of the film is a play on the title of Solzhenitsyn's novella One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.

Maria is 8 years old and thinks her younger brother is really annoying. She meets Makka in the neighborhood who has a magic ball. In some way Maria wishes her brother away. When the babysitter Gerda turns up Maria and Makka think she's the answer to Maria's wish - a witch that has come to abduct her brother. Maria who deeply regrets her wish must now do everything in her power to stop Gerda.

The twin sisters Helena and Irene are born in Helsinki during World War II. A few months later their mother, Sirkka, leaves the girls in the care of their grandmother, an old communist, and runs away with a German soldier. Their life under the protection of their grandmother and the teachings of communism ends first with the death of Stalin, then with that of their grandmother. The girls are eight years old when they are put in an orphanage. Their mother shows up at the orphanage in the company of Ramon, a Spanish trapeze artist. They are on a talent search for a German circus. Ramon trains the reluctant Irene during circus tours in Central Europe. She becomes the trapeze star of the circus. The hard work soon exhausts Irene and she falls from height, as if on purpose. Helena has secretly learned the art of fire-eating. Now she is burdened with both her mother and her sister. The violent life, however, separates the three from each other. In the present-day Helsinki the middle-aged...

La película relata la historia de Agnes Ahlberg y Elin Olsson, alumnas de secundario en el "insignificante" pueblo de Åmål. Elin es extrovertida, popular y ha estado con innumerables chicos, pero encuentra su vida exasperantemente aburrida. Agnes, por el contrario, es tímida y no ha conseguido hacer amigos desde que se mudó con su familia a Åmål hace un año.

A man working at a garbage incinerator discovers the body of a dead man burned to ashes in the oven. Police detective Martin Beck handles the case. All he knows is that a brutal murder has happened. But he does not know when or where. He has no body, motive or a crime scene, not a single trace. All he has is some teeth and a mysterious Internet address...

Birger es un jubilado que vive solo y que sigue acudiendo a la empresa donde trabajaba pese a que nadie le hace caso. Un día, una joven Hare Krishna llama a su puerta para intentar captarle.

Drama sobre el adulterio con guión de Bergman y realizado por Ullmann para la televisión sueca, pero estrenado en cines.

Hindu god Indra has a daughter Agnes, who visits Earth to find out if people have legitimate complaints. She marries a lawyer from Bergen and has children, but is disillusioned by marriage and embarks on a journey among men.

Documentary depicting the city of Malmö, its inhabitants, and their life from 1984 to 1994.

Documentary depicting the city of Malmö, its inhabitants, and their life from 1984 to 1994.

Flore is a passionate politician. She is in love but under constant stress, dealing with issues on being black in a more and more aggressive society – Sweden in the early nineties. Soon it will be too much for her.

Drama psicológico entre el encuentro de un neonazi y un psicólogo judío.

A forty something man, Bosse, perpetually down on his luck but always optimistic, hopes to impress his new girlfriend by accepting a job as headwaiter at a remote boardinghouse.

This documentary offers a rare glimpse of the legendary Soviet filmmaker, Andrei Tarkosvky, at work. Tarkovsky made only seven films in his brief, but brilliant, career; Michal Leszczylowski's respectful movie chronicles him at work on his last film, The Sacrifice. Offering insight into Tarkovsky's working methods and transcendental aesthetics, the movie is a compelling account of the difficulties of film production. In the case of an uncompromising and visionary filmmaker like Tarkovsky, the practical problems of filmmaking are only magnified, as cast and crew struggle to realize the ambitious concepts in Tarkovsky's mind.

This documentary offers a rare glimpse of the legendary Soviet filmmaker, Andrei Tarkosvky, at work. Tarkovsky made only seven films in his brief, but brilliant, career; Michal Leszczylowski's respectful movie chronicles him at work on his last film, The Sacrifice. Offering insight into Tarkovsky's working methods and transcendental aesthetics, the movie is a compelling account of the difficulties of film production. In the case of an uncompromising and visionary filmmaker like Tarkovsky, the practical problems of filmmaking are only magnified, as cast and crew struggle to realize the ambitious concepts in Tarkovsky's mind.

This documentary offers a rare glimpse of the legendary Soviet filmmaker, Andrei Tarkosvky, at work. Tarkovsky made only seven films in his brief, but brilliant, career; Michal Leszczylowski's respectful movie chronicles him at work on his last film, The Sacrifice. Offering insight into Tarkovsky's working methods and transcendental aesthetics, the movie is a compelling account of the difficulties of film production. In the case of an uncompromising and visionary filmmaker like Tarkovsky, the practical problems of filmmaking are only magnified, as cast and crew struggle to realize the ambitious concepts in Tarkovsky's mind.

John is a legal assistant who is looking forward to marriage to his fiancee Sally, but his daydream is interrupted when a model plane crashes through his window. Following the plane is a family of six who invade his life and apartment.

Mientras su familia se reúne para celebrar su cumpleaños, el periodista Alexander se siente angustiado por la desoladora falta de espiritualidad que caracteriza al mundo contemporáneo. Sus peores temores se confirman cuando, durante la fiesta, llega la noticia de un inminente conflicto nuclear: la Tercera Guerra Mundial. El final, definitivo e irreversible, está cerca. En ese momento están con él su angustiada esposa, sus dos hijos, un amigo médico y un peculiar cartero, que lo convence de que una de sus criadas es una bruja que tiene el poder de salvar al mundo mediante un último sacrificio.

Mientras su familia se reúne para celebrar su cumpleaños, el periodista Alexander se siente angustiado por la desoladora falta de espiritualidad que caracteriza al mundo contemporáneo. Sus peores temores se confirman cuando, durante la fiesta, llega la noticia de un inminente conflicto nuclear: la Tercera Guerra Mundial. El final, definitivo e irreversible, está cerca. En ese momento están con él su angustiada esposa, sus dos hijos, un amigo médico y un peculiar cartero, que lo convence de que una de sus criadas es una bruja que tiene el poder de salvar al mundo mediante un último sacrificio.

Daniel, a visual artist, mourns the loss of his daughter Johanna. The intense emotions lead him into a crisis and an estrangement from his wife Sonja.