Justyna Wasilewska

About Ela a rebellious artist struggling with the deep gray everyday life of Poland in the 1980's, including family problems and personal demons originating in bipolar disorder.

When Aśka's child is born, she does not expect that she will have to face difficult challenges. She has to decide whether to raise a son or a daughter. At the time of birth, the titular newborn has biological features of both sexes, and the parents are to determine which of them will be surgically eliminated.

Teresa is suffering from postnatal depression after the birth of her son. In an effort to find comfort elsewhere she temporarily moves back with her husband to her parents’ house. However, the young woman’s family home conjures up memories of a previous relationship and a past love that perhaps has yet to be extinguished.

Esta es la verdadera historia de Freddy y Walter, dos jóvenes judíos eslovacos, que fueron deportados a Auschwitz en 1942. El 10 de abril de 1944, después de una planificación meticulosa y con la ayuda y la resistencia de sus internos, logran escapar. Mientras los presos que habían dejado atrás se mantienen firmes con valentía contra los oficiales nazis, los dos hombres están impulsados por la esperanza de que sus pruebas puedan salvar vidas. Demacrados y heridos, atraviesan las montañas de regreso a Eslovaquia. Con la ayuda de encuentros casuales, finalmente logran cruzar la frontera y encontrarse con la resistencia y la Cruz Roja. Recopilan un informe detallado sobre el genocidio sistemático en el campo. Sin embargo, con la propaganda nazi y los enlaces internacionales aún vigentes, su relato parece ser demasiado desgarrador para creerlo.

Inspired by true events, a story of a blind grand piano genius. As a child Mietek loses his sight. His mother places him in the care of the nuns in Laski. At the centre for the blind the boy discovers that music may be his way of seeing the world again and of describing it. Mietek goes on to become a brilliant classical pianist. Once he discovers jazz music, though, he has only one goal left: to become the best jazz pianist in Poland. He is more and more successful, not only in Poland but around the world. He wins the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival. Unexpectedly, a charismatic vocalist, Zuza, walks into his life. This meeting will change it forever.

Stories of three women struggling with alcohol. Dorota is a great prosecutor. Using her immunity, she tries to avoid responsibility for her offenses committed under the influence of alcohol. Her husband, a famous politician, helps her keep the problem secret and rescues her from many troubles but he slowly loses patience. A respected children surgeon Teresa has lost her family due to drinking problem, all she is left with is her job at the hospital where she is the main doctor. The situation goes out of control when the woman comes drunk to the hospital. A student, Magda, likes to party hard and because she is a good student and has a great job, no-one opposes that. At one moment, the girl loses control. A tragedy happens.

Michael y Franz, su jefe y mejor amigo, se sienten como en casa en los restaurantes, bares y clubes de moda de Berlín. Aparentemente no hay diferencias entre ellos, pero Michael, que emigró de Polonia tras la muerte de su madre hace unos cuantos años, todavía presta especial atención a su acento. Michael queda conmocionado cuando un polaco desastrado y bohemio se presenta en su puerta asegurando ser su padre. Padre e hijo, dos perfectos extraños, comparten un fin de semana que va de la empatía al rechazo y la desconfianza. Una dolorosa crisis se hace inevitable conforme Michael se va reencontrando con sus raíces...

In a contemporary world in one of the European cities, three friends, as they face a military conflict in their country, must modify their plans for the future.

A fictionalised portrait of Polish artists W. Bąkowski and Z. Bartoszek.

Michalina Wislocka, the most famous and recognized sexologist of communist Poland, fights for the right to publish her book, which will change the sex life of Polish people forever.

Navigating their way through adulthood, four young people find themselves in difficult situations where they must show tenderness toward others.

A group of misfits from a carpet shop have a chance to change their lives with the help of two marketing experts - an ex-kebab shop worker and an ex-fortune teller from a wildlife magazine.

The story is set in a hotel environment where the main Character meets various people in different hotel rooms and gets involved with their private drama instigates it. The drama turns out to be somehow conducted by the female director, also one of the persons that the main Character meets in a hotel. The plot revolves around subjects of love, youth, death and ones persona and shows the main Character hopelessly trying to figure out the definition of self by means of desperately looking for real emotions in people and himself and channeling them through theatrical form. Will the main Character finally discover who he really is?

The hero of this perverse comedy is Jerzy, a completely incurable romantic, who finds the love of his life in the voice coming from the navigation system in his car. Jerzy is a gadget-head, and loves all kinds of electronic devices – he gives them names, and then talks to them. This makes him fall in love with Carmen – the voice from his car-navigation system.

Two girls clean places after somebody dies there. Sometimes they sell the belongings of the dead at a flea market. When they meet an odd guy who has a passion for boxes, a strange game unfolds. An unconventional love story about the oddity of ordinary things. Eccentric and natural at once.

Lacking a traditional plot, the non-linear story follows the path of emotions and sensations. Based on actual events the film shows five acts – Miracle, Atonement, Regret, Prayer, Forgiveness – that might help us overcome the fear of death…

Created under a “manifesto” whose directives would make Lars von Trier shudder, this three-part film might look on paper like an exercise in forced hipness. Fortunately, its directors – Harmony Korine (USA), Alexsei Fedorchenko (Russia) and Jan Kwiecinski (Poland) – prove innovative and just insane enough to make The Fourth Dimension an exhilarating experiment.

Wanting to leave their hometown, two friends set off on a military campaign in Afghanistan. When they return, it appears that their hometown is no longer the same.

A romantic comedy set on Christmas Eve in Warsaw and centered around a series of characters.

A lonely 17 –year-old Ania (the Newbie) is seeking acceptance in a group of peers playing risky urban games. She pays for her strivings with a loss of faith in values. With nothing to lose, Ania invents a daredevil game, supposed to provoke the group and especially its leader-Czarny, to think. The surprising end of the film gives a new chance to return to normality for its characters. The film is based on the short story 'Moc słowa' [The Power of Word] by Anna Czajka and corresponds to the second Commandment: 'You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain'.