Krystyna Doktorowicz

A war bursts out, and everyone must find a way to deal with it. The marshal wants to go down in history as a great politician at all costs. His soldiers seem more pragmatic, and the civilians suffer the most.

Autumn of 2020. Women are protesting in Warsaw. Seventeen-year-old Ola spends the evening at home, caring for her sister and sick grandma. Daily duties are put to a halt when she receives unsettling news about her mother.

The notary is coming to the hotel to conduct a secret lottery. There is a nervous atmosphere among the participants. The notary faces tough choices in an obscure game where no one wants to be a winner.

K., together with his inseparable mother, wins a grave-digging contest, which he shouldn't have won.

Jacek - a middle-aged man, uses the services of a company that transforms people into trees. The process of his transformation is supervised by Doctor Buk and therapist Melisa, who make sure that he is fully aware of the consequences and that his decision is not accidental.

Justyna is a young dance student and her life is full of love, movement and parties. One quiet autumn night, a violent event occurs that interrupts her carelessness.

It’s 1968. Jacob, a student in Czechoslovakia, pays an unannounced visit to his family in Poland. The seemingly idyllic atmosphere of seeing each other after a long time is gradually disturbed by the real reason for Jacob’s visit.

Alicja is counting weeks to the birth of her daughter. She’s looking forward not only to her child but also to her husband, who works abroad. Oksana, a young Ukrainian, arrives to help her bring the long-awaited daughter to the world, but their life under the same roof is becoming harder than they expected.

Nikodem serves his sentence under a new penitentiary programme involving work at the house of Maja and Łukasz, who have full power over him. The household members are surprised when Nikodem's appeal is successful and he regains his freedom. Despite the fact that they could have parted ways and never met again, they stay together for one more day.

Cyprian, 10 years old orphan, raised by his beloved grandmother, dreams to become a real hero. Suddenly his grandmother dies and a threat of an orphanage hangs over Cyprian. Now he has to confront with the real loss and realize what it means to be a hero in the face of suffering.

For the girls of the sociotherapeutic facility, the last days of the school year are crucial. Soon, they will leave the place that they grew up in to start adult life. Right before heading back to their families, the girls once again need to confront the past and all their mistakes.These conversations make them face the truth about themselves and their loved ones.For Weronika, starting a new chapter of her life is a step she is not ready to take yet. She can hardly answer any of the questions on her plans. Returning home is supposed to be the key factor in searching for answers. She will need to deal with her past, her childhood and her mother.

The film protagonist operates on the border of two worlds. During the day, he works at a well-known shop selling home furnishings, while after hours he is hired by a “cleaning company” to clean homes after the deaths of their residents.The title “A Story of Short Duration” is a reference to the diagnosis of contemporary capitalism provided by Kacper Pobłocki in his book. In the film, it acquires an additional meaning by contrasting the image of a life’s end with the beginning of one’s path related to the moving into a new flat.