Edi (2002)

In Russian, "Svyato" means "happy". But it is also a nickname for Svyatoslav, the son of director Kossakovsky, who for two years covered mirrors from Svyato. For the first time in his life, Svyato is going to watch himself on a mirror.

After Poland won freedom from of its long overlordship by Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918, it took a further four years for its National Assembly to elect Gabriel Narutowicz as its first president. Narutowicz was a professor who until his election had been living in Switzerland. Those were chaotic times, and shortly after his election, he was assassinated by right-wing fanatics. This epic Polish film chronicles the circumstances of Narutowicz's election and assassination.

Marek, the main character of "Palimpsest," is a police inspector, a man on the verge of psychological disintegration trying to solve an intricate case. The story is told on two planes. The first one is a crime story, which constitutes the framework of the film. In the course of events, another theme appears - psychological experiences of the main character. Vivid blend of picture with sound and music will draw the audience into the deepest recesses of Marek's mind, making the viewers face questions: What is reality and what is only an illusion? Where is the borderline between the real world and our perception of it? What makes suffering meaningful and what is really important in one's life"?

The main character, nicknamed "Teddy Bear" by his friends and acquaintances, is a manager of a sports club in Poland. One day he is detained at the border just as his sport team is off to a tournament. It appears that somebody has torn out a few pages from his passport. It occurs to him that perhaps his ex-wife has done it in order to get her hands on their joint account in a London bank. Therefore, he has to get to London as soon as possible in order to transfer the money to a different bank. The solution is taking part in a movie, made by his friend. The script requires a double role, thus the search for another actor is announced. The double has to apply for the passport, and that is solved through a girlfriend who agrees to play the dope's new fiancée. At the engagement party he is slipped a drug, and Teddy Bear runs off to the airport with the false passport. On the plane, however, he meets his ex-wife...

Alfred and Jerzy take part in a brutal incident: during a train ride, a couple of hooligans harass a young woman. Jerzy stands in her defense. Alfred hesitates and becomes a helpless bystander as his younger brother is thrown off the moving train. 'Courage' is about people whose lives get disturbed by a violent act, which forces them to reveal who they really are.

Они — профессионалы. Двое закаленных польских гангстеров, которые знают, когда нажать на спусковой крючок. От запаха крови у них не кружится голова. Именно поэтому их немецкий работодатель поручает Алексу и Андре самую опасную и самую грязную работу. Но их немецкий контракт закончен: двум закадычным друзьям пора возвращаться в родную Польшу. Речь идет не о заслуженном отдыхе и свидании с семьей: на родине им снова придется взяться за пистолеты. Даже юные белокурые красавицы и ночная жизнь не могут отвлечь их от тяжких раздумий. Шеф сказал, что в их ряды затесался предатель… Им может оказаться тот, с кем они работали не один год…

Действие фильма происходит через три года после знаковых событий - падения Берлинской стены, свободных выборов в Польше и за полгода перед распадом Чехословакии. В один жаркий день был найден загадочный скелет с гвоздём в черепе. Делом занимается молодой полицейский Ричард Крауз. Мужчина любой ценой хочет узнать правду, ввязываясь в опасную игру, следы которой ведут к бывшим тайным агентам спецслужб и к иерархам католического костёла. Чем ближе к разгадке, тем труднее оценить, кто жертва, а кто палач...

A woman who works as employee in a fashion store has to care for her ill mother. At the same time she falls in love with a bohemian man.

Antonio and Concha, a couple who are constantly fighting about money, win the Christmas Lottery first prize. Concha, who is very bossy, starts making decisions about how they're going to spend it. But Antonio is fed up with her, he just wants to go to Brazil, lay in the sun, and never see her again. So he starts to plan how to get rid of her...

Действие фильма происходит в самом конце второй мировой войны, на территории освобожденного американцами немецкого концлагеря. В ожидании своей дальнейшей судьбы бывшие заключенные — поляки живут на территории бывшей казармы. Они находятся под наблюдением американских военных. Главные герои картины: молодой поэт-интеллектуал Тадеуш и его возлюбленная — Нина.

The teacher explains to her students, step by step and with full details and live examples, how are the different types of execution: the electric chair, the garrote, the gallows ..

A Jewish family suffers persecution and suffering in the 16th century when they are accused of practicing witchcraft.

Christian, an art critic, must write a study on the painter René Dimanche in order to understand why he did not produce anything for eight years. He asks his friend Ingrid to help him break through this mystery.

Guy Maddin takes his dog Spanky out for his last walk with him at the lake.

Two kinds of starfish, the brittle and the feather. The brittle star moves its arms alone, without the aid of suckers. Underneath is a single opening. Stalks move food close to the mouth and move waste away. We see vents, used in reproduction and breathing. We watch the hatched young expelled into the water. The camera shows us brittle stars' intricate patters. We observe feather stars in clusters, like ferns. One turns over slowly; arms have branches with stalks for breathing and gathering microscopic food. Reproductive organs are inside branches. We see eggs develop at 1,400 nature's speed. Larvae emerge, 0.1 mm long. They grow. A feather star takes a walk.

Стареющий мужчина возвращается к воспоминаниям тридцатилетней давности. Лирическая история о первой любви, смерти и жизненных разочарованиях. Лучший фильм классика чешского кино Отакара Вавры, из снятых им после 1948 года.

Josephine and Antonio have reached a delicate economic balance after marriage. The salary of lawyer from him, and wins her in the hospital, allows them to survive and fantasize about some freak. The situation is complicated by the news that Josephine is pregnant. Ahead of the debacle that may involve having a "child who eats everything, including food," Josephine teaches the baby still in her womb, higher education courses in order to save some money in schools. Meanwhile, Antonio enters the underworld scene, looking for customers who offer their services as a lawyer.

The love-hate relations between a girl and his disabled brother.

Portrayal of a talented, influencial and troubled artist: a filmmaker who fought his own demons and seemed to live his own legend like no other director. Against all odds Sam Peckinpah was able to create a very personal body of work in the studio system of Hollywood and with his powerful directing and editing style changed the way of filmmaking forever. Legendary for his use of slow-motion violence, various scandals and his ongoing problems with sudios and producers, the story of Peckinpah is filled with tragedy, humor, success and defeat.

Come take an avant-garde walk in the Montparnasse of the late 1920's. This district of Paris, filmed in a most unusual way, shows how dedicated it is to art. Visit its art galleries and exhibitions, take a glimpse of famous painter Fujita, of Luis Buñuel eyeing the legs of beautiful Parisian passing the terrace of the café where he sits, of Italian futurists Marinetti, Prampolini and Russolo.