Irena Melcer

19-year-old Irena Gut is promoted to housekeeper in the home of a highly respected Nazi officer in Poland when she finds out that the Jewish ghetto is about to be liquidated. Determined to help 12 Jewish workers, she decides to shelter them in the safest place she can think of – the basement of the German Major's house. Over the next eight months, Irena uses her wit, humour and immense courage to hide her friends as long as possible.

Гжегож, у которого диагностирован аутизм, живет в своем замкнутом мире, неспособный установить контакт с другими. Когда ему исполняется четырнадцать, выясняется, что причиной изоляции является не аутизм, а потеря слуха, за которой скрывается большой музыкальный талант. Благодаря слуховому имплантату Гжегож начинает изучать звуки, слова и музыку, в которые он влюбляется. Он хочет стать пианистом и выступать в филармоническом зале. Никто, кроме него самого и его ближайшей семьи, не верит, что глухой мальчик - хотя и при поддержке современных технологий - осуществит свою мечту.

The peace of mind of a tenement house in Warsaw’s Mokotów district is shattered by the appearance of the alleged legal owner of the building. Using ruthless methods, the man starts forcing more families to move out. Janina Markowska is the most determined in her fight for the right to her apartment. When Janina disappears in mysterious circumstances, the police start investigating.

После двадцати лет брака, отношения Нины и Войтека заходят в тупик — во многом из-за того, что у пары так и не получилось завести ребенка. Познакомившись с Магдой, они решают предложить ей роль суррогатной матери для их будущего ребенка. Ситуация усложняется, когда Нина вдруг начинает испытывать к Магде сексуальное влечение.

В послевоенной Польше Владислав Стржемински преподает в Лодзинской национальной школе изобразительных искусств. Студенты боготворят мастера и считают его «мессией современной живописи». Однако за несоответствие догмам социалистического реализма Владислава отстраняют от преподавания и исключают из Союза художников, что приводит жизнь Стржеминского к драматической развязке...

Fine-arts student Zosia is a young daredevil mural painter who enlivens Warsaw with lovely graffiti. She lives with her mother Roma and grandmother Romy in a beautiful villa that has come under threat from property developers. Romy has long lost the deeds to the house. Will the women lose their home? And will they want to stay there once Roma finds new love and granny reveals a secret from long ago?

Three stories of immigrants trying to start new lives in Poland: an Afghan traumatised by the war, a Ukrainian lost in her own body, and a Belarusian running away from painful love. The Afghan, Azzam, works as a translator for the Polish army. In his homeland he is treated like a traitor. Having been evacuated to Poland, he is unable to shake off the war experiences. The Ukrainian, Wiera, escapes to Poland to undergo sex reassignment surgery in secret from her family. An unexpected visit from her father and little son will make her face the question of her own identity once more. Żanna, the Belarusian, leaves her husband, a dissident, and lives together with her daughter at her sister’s in Warsaw. She wants to move out as soon as possible and make a normal home. Things get complicated when her husband gets arrested again.

A story, warm and full of humor, about Maszenka, an 11-year-old girl from an orphanage in the Bieszczady Mountains who loves ballet. The first stage on her road to fulfilling her dream is the entrance exam to the ballet school in Gdansk. To make it there in time, she escapes from the orphanage, taking newly hired educator Kordula with her. They travel all the way across Poland, hiding from the police and meeting people who help them in need.