Andrzej Żarnecki

A young, charismatic priest John, his time missionary in Africa, every day helping Warsaw young people addicted to drugs. Unconventional methods, which are used in pastoral work, raise many doubts about his superiors. Surprisingly, however, his life undergoes a sudden transformation when routine testing finds out that he is HIV positive.

In this adaptation of an historical play by Pope John Paul II, painter Albert Chmielowski decides to devote his life to helping the homeless.

A portrait of the director's family painted against a backdrop of changing seasons. A deep reflection on the meaning of existence and the inevitability of passing time and death.

Territorio alemán, que ha pasado a Polonia tras la II Guerra Mundial. Emilia vive con su madre en condiciones penosas, aguardando el improbable regreso de su esposo, en paradero desconocido desde que servía en el ejército. Un destacamento de soldados estadounidenses investiga crímenes de guerra en la zona. Uno de ellos, Norman, ayuda a las dos mujeres, y enseguida se ve atraído por Emilia, que duda acerca de aventurarse en un romance con él.

La película cuenta la historia biográfica de Karol Wojtyla, comenzando en 1926 en Polonia: muestra la invasión nazi a ese país, y la vida de Wojtyla como sacerdote, obispo y cardenal, hasta que finalmente es nombrado papa con el nombre de Juan Pablo II.

Set in 1905. The story focuses on a young and inexperienced man in a revolutionary execution squad. He does his killing job out of idealism, and for the love of a woman. The young student murders a Russian spy and is afterwards arrested by the police. Much to his surprise he is released after a session with the traitor-judge, hinting at some leaks in the organisation. Student reports his suspicions back to the organisation, but in response is given a new hit mission.

Young former partisan recalls his war experience during a trip to the sea.

Drama que contrasta los estilos de vida divergentes de dos viejos amigos. Marek (Andrzej Zarnecki) es un famoso físco polaco que vive en la ciudad. Se dirige a la casa de su antiguo compañero de facultad Jan (Jan Myslowicz), que ha alcanzado el "equilibrio espiritual y moral" al alejarse de la vida urbana e instalarse en un pequeño pueblo. Obtuvo una amplia gama de premios internacionales, entre ellos el Premio Sirena de Varsovia y numerosos otros reconocimientos en festivales como Valladolid, Panamá, y Mar del Plata.

En la Polonia de los años sesenta, un estudiante de medicina recién graduado sigue los movimientos de una misteriosa mujer, conductora de tranvía, por las calles de una Varsovia comunista conformando un imaginario repleto de una exquisitez insospechada. Sueños y realidad se mezclan con grandes dosis de realismo mágico. (FILMAFFINITY)

A young actor preparing for the part of Macbeth recalls his wartime memories connected with his mentor.

The footloose ennui of Poland’s postwar generation is captured to perfection in this jazzy chronicle of a draft-dodger’s final day of freedom. A slacker before there was a word for it, Andrzej (played by Skolimowski himself) drifts through a series of open-ended encounters with women following a wake-up argument with his pouting wife, and a long-delayed military physical (the film’s title derives from one of the questions). Skolimowski hoarded four years’ worth of the annual film footage allotment from his Lódz film school in order to create this first feature marked by compositional bravado and a trademark air of the absurd. -Barbara Scharres, Gene Siskel Film Center