After the engrossing Essential Killing (2010), Jerzy Skolimowski, one of Polish Cinema’s most iconic figures, returns with a thrilling picture – 11 Minutes. The bold and innovative concept of the film takes the viewer on an 81-minute...
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An absolute masterpiece of Polish cinematography filmed during the period in between WW1 and WW2. The story is based on fact, making it so...
A psychological drama, Barrier is the story of a young protagonist who attempts to defeat the barriers such as: age, money, conventions and hierarchy, separating him from the kind of life he wants to lead, One day the protagonist...
Based on Henryk Sienkiewicz’s book of the same name, the story is one most Poles grew up with. Set in the 17th century during the Swedish invasion of the Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth when a quarter of the population died because...
We are pleased that Agnieszka Holland will join us for a Q&A before the screening of Treme, with Mark Lawson interviewing. He is currently a Guardian columnist and feature writer with a particular (but not exclusive) interest in TV....
A Woman Alone has been digitally restored by Di Factory with the support of the Polish Film Institute. This restoration has added approximately 5 minutes of material which had previously been removed by censorship. This was possible...
‘Don’t tell your story to anyone. Nobody will believe you.’ Issak tells Solly as he emerges from an incredible, but true, WW2 experience, that tested the core of his identity. Holland reveals the potential of humanity behind authority...
Awarded the Special Jury Prize in Cannes, The Shout is the second (after Deep End) feature produced in Great Britain by Jerzy Skolimowski. This metaphysical horror film, inspired by Robert Graves' short story, is a debate on the...
Andrzej Żuławski, one of Poland's most original and controversial directors, presents a loose adaptation of Witold Gombrowicz’s phenomenal prose – Cosmos. Awarded The Best Direction prize at the 2015 Locarno Film Festival, Cosmos is a...
This extraordinary documentary, awarded with the Special Mention Prize at the 2015 Camerimage Film Festival, tells the story of two brothers coming back to Poland from Kazakhstan after 80 years of exile. The brothers are as different...
Commemorating the cinematography of a recently deceased master, Andy Votel – musician, DJ and producer – prepares a special musical tribute to Andrzej Żuławski and his exceptional film scores. Ranging from electronic through...
Considered by some, as one of the instigating films of the swinging 50/60’s, Goodbye, See You Tomorrow is Janusz Morgenstern’s answer to French New Wave cinema in both its free-flowing narrative and troubled love story. The film...