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Introduction Magdalena Sroka 4

FEATURES 5

#WszystkoGra by Agnieszka Glińska 611 Minutes 11 minut by Jerzy Skolimowski 7Adventurers’ Club Klub Włóczykijów i tajemnica Dziadka

Hieronima by Tomasz Szafrański 8Afterimages Powidoki by Andrzej Wajda 9Agnus Dei Niewinne by Anne Fontaine 10All These Sleepless Nights Wszystkie nieprzespane noce

by Michał Marczak 11Amok by Katarzyna Adamik 12Another Day of Life Jeszcze dzień życia

by Damian Nenow, Raúl de la Fuente 13Ausma Świt by Laila Pakalnina 14Baby Bump by Kuba Czekaj 15Bangistan by Karan Anshuman 16Behind the Blue Door Za niebieskimi drzwiami

by Mariusz Palej 17Birds Are Singing in Kigali Ptaki śpiewają w Kigali

by Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze 18Blindness Zaćma by Ryszard Bugajski 19The Butler Kamerdyner by Filip Bajon 20Career Girl Słaba płeć? by Krzysztof Lang 21Clair – Obscur by Yesim Ustaoglu 22Convoy Konwój by Maciej Żak 23Cosmos Kosmos by Marcin Kamiński 24Day of Chocolate Dzień Czekolady by Jacek Piotr Bławut 25Demon by Marcin Wrona 26Dew Rosa by Denijal Hasanovic 27Dr Charming Kobiety bez wstydu by Witold Orzechowski 28The Eccentrics. The Sunny Side of the Street Excentrycy,

czyli po słonecznej stronie ulicy by Janusz Majewski 29

Ederly by Piotr Dumała 30The Erlprince Królewicz Olch by Kuba Czekaj 31Forest, 4 am Las, 4 rano by Jan Jakub Kolski 32Game Count Pokot by Agnieszka Holland 33Geisha Gejsza by Radosław Markiewicz 34Git by Kamil Szymański 35The Happiness of the World Szczęście świata

by Michał Rosa 36Hel by Katia Priwieziencew Paweł Tarasiewicz 37The High Frontier Na granicy by Wojciech Kasperski 38Humble Servants Sługi boże by Mariusz Gawryś 39I, Olga Hepnarova Ja, Olga Hepnarova

by Tomáš Weinreb, Petr Kazda 40I’m a Killer Jestem mordercą by Maciej Pieprzyca 41Into the Spiral W spirali by Konrad Aksinowicz 42Journals by Wiktoria Szymańska 43KAMPER by Łukasz Grzegorzek 44Kantor by Jan Hryniak 45The Last Family Ostatnia Rodzina by Jan P. Matuszyński 46Letters to Santa 2 Listy do M. 2 by Maciej Dejczer 47Love in the City of Gardens Miłość w mieście ogrodów

by Ingmar Villqist Adam Sikora 48Love Kochaj by Marta Plucińska 49Loving Vincent Twój Vincent by Dorota Kobiela 50The Lure Córki Dancingu by Agnieszka Smoczyńska 51Maria Skłodowska-Curie by Marie Noelle 52Memories of Summer Wspomnienie lata

by Adam Guziński 53New World Nowy Świat by Elżbieta Benkowska,

Michał Wawrzecki, Łukasz Ostalski 54

Niewidzialne by Paweł Sala 55Planet Single Planeta singli by Mitja Okorn 56Playground Plac zabaw by Bartosz M. Kowalski 57Raging Rose Znam kogoś, kto cię szuka by Julia Kowalski 58Satan Said Dance Szatan kazał tańczyć

by Kasia Rosłaniec 59A Simple Murder Prosta historia o morderstwie

by Arkadiusz Jakubik 60The Singing Napkin Śpiewający obrusik

by Mariusz Grzegorzek 61Stars Gwiazdy by Jan Kidawa-Błoński 62Strange Heaven Obce niebo by Dariusz Gajewski 63Summer Solstice Letnie przesilenie by Michał Rogalski 64These Daughters of Mine Moje córki krowy

by Kinga Dębska 65They Chased Me Through Arizona Arizona w mojej głowie

by Matthias Huser 66Three Falls of a Saint Trzy upadki świętego

by Jacek Januszyk 67True Crimes by Alexandros Avranas 68United States of Love Zjednoczone Stany Miłości

by Tomasz Wasilewski 69Volhynia Wołyń by Wojtek Smarzowski 70The Wall Mur by Dariusz Glazer 71Waves Fale by Grzegorz Zariczny 72Wild Roses Dzikie róże by Anna Jadowska 73Women Collection Kolekcja sukienek by Marzena Więcek 74Young Jacob Mały Jakub by Mariusz Bieliński 75Zgoda by Maciej Sobieszczański 76ZUD by Marta Minorowicz 77

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Key Addresses 79 Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Polish Film Institute National Film Archive Filmoteka NarodowaPolish Filmmakers Associations Polish Audiovisual Producers Chamber of Commerce

Krajowa Izba Producentów AudiowizualnychTelewizja PolskaCreative Europe Desk Poland

Selected Film Schools 80 Łódź Film School Krzysztof Kieślowski Radio and Television Department

University of Silesia in Katowice Wajda School Warsaw Film School Gdynia Film School

Top Film Festivals in Poland 81 9th PKO Off Camera International Festival of Independent

Cinema 81 13th Docs Against Gravity Film Festival 8156th Krakow Film Festival 819th Animator International Animated Film Festival 8116th T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival 8141st Gdynia Film Festival 8232nd Warsaw Film Festival 8212th CentEast Market 827th American Film Festival 8224th Camerimage International Film Festival of the Art of

Cinematography 8223rd Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival 8234th Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film

Festival 82

BOX OFFICE 2015 83

All Releases 83Domestic Films 84European Films 85US Films 86Top 20: All Releases 1990-2015 87Top 20: Domestic Films 1990-2015 88Distribution Market 89Poland and Cinema 90

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Index of Directors 91Index of English Titles 92Index of Polish Titles 93

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Ladies and Gentlemen,Allow me to present the latest edition of the Polish Film Institute's New Polish Films catalogue —a showcase of what is to come in Polish cinema. In this catalogue, we present a selection of featurefilms, some of which are sure to screen in competition and in other notable sections at internationalfilm festivals.2015 was an exceptionally successful year for Polish cinema. Paweł Pawlikowski's Ida received an Oscar,while several other Polish filmmakers were nominated for this prestigious award. The Berlin InternationalFilm Festival brought the Silver Bear award for Małgorzata Szumowska's Body/Ciało and an awardfor The Performer by Maciej Sobieszczański and Łukasz Ronduda. Today, I would like you to join me in opening a new chapter in the history of Polish cinema. The year 2016begins with Polish films in official selection at Sundance and Berlinale. The year will also bring a numberof great surprises and fascinating discoveries in Polish cinemas. Polish filmmakers are always workingon new projects, many of which are made thanks to the endless efforts of the Polish Film Instituteto make Polish cinema versatile and memorable for audiences in Poland and abroad.I'm sure the New Polish Films catalogue will assist you in discovering something intriguing, surprising,and inspiring about Polish cinema. I encourage you to experience Polish cinema in all its diversitythroughout the year.

Magdalena SrokaGeneral Director of the Polish Film Institute

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Agnieszka Glińska

Born in 1968. Stage director, actress.Served as artistic director of Teatr Studioin Warsaw from 2012 to 2015. Lecturer atthe Drama Academy in Warsaw from 1999to 2012, and at the Academy for theDramatic Arts in Krakow since 2013.Author of multiple television plays.#WszystkoGra marks her feature debut asa film director.FILMOGRAPHY:

2016: #WszystkoGra

#WszystkoGraPOLAND 2016 90 MIN COLOUR

A story about the search for happiness, love, and joy of life. Zosia tries to change the world through art. Her mother meets someonespecial, rather unexpectedly. Her grandmother is hiding a secret from her past. These three women will attempt to save the familyhouse. They will go through a lot to find out what they truly want. Will they manage to accomplish it? This unusual love story is setto some of the most beautiful Polish songs in new musical arrangements, with choreography by Agustin Egurrola.

directed by Agnieszka Glińska written by Marta Konarzewska, Agnieszka Glińska, Ilona Łepkowska director of photography Paweł Edelman music arrangements Paweł Lucewicz edited by Jarosław Kamiński PSM production design by Agnieszka Zawadowska costume design byMagdalena Maciejewska make-up artist Olga Nejbauer choreography by Agustin Egurrola, Weronika Pełczyńska sound by Marek Wronko,Dreamsound production manager Ewa Jastrzębska cast Eliza Rycembel, Kinga Preis, Stanisława Celińska, Sebastian Fabijański, Antoni Pawlicki, Krzysztof Stroiński, Bartosz Żuchowski producers Sylwia Wilkos, Klaudiusz Frydrych, Roman Gutek produced by Scorpio Studio, ul. Frascati 4/2,00-483 Warsaw, Poland, www.scorpio-studio.com co-produced by Edipresse Polska, D35 co-financed by the Polish Film Institute distribution inPoland Vue Movie Distribution, www.vuemovie.pl world sales open

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POLAND – IRELAND 2015 80 MIN COLOUR

Jerzy Skolimowski

Director, screenwriter, actor, poet, painter.Winner of multiple prestigious awards,including the Golden Bear at the Berlin IFF(The Departure) and Special Jury Prizes inCannes (The Shout), Venice (Lightship),and Tokyo (Four Nights with Anna). Authorof several books of poetry and stage plays.Member of the European Film Academy.Member of the Academy of Motion PictureArts and Sciences.FILMOGRAPHY:

1964: Rysopis (Identification Marks: None)1965: Walkower (Walkover)1966: Bariera (Barrier)1967: The Departure1970: Deep End1970: The Adventures of Gerard1972: King, Queen, Knave1978: The Shout1981: Ręce do góry (Hands Up)1982: Moonlighting1984: Success Is the Best Revenge1985: The Lightship1989: Torrents of Spring1991: 30 Door Key2008: Cztery noce z Anną (Four Nightswith Anna)2010: Essential Killing2015: 11 minut (11 Minutes)

The same eleven minutes in the lives of various characters, seen through parallel storylines. Before the last second of the eleventhminute is up, their fates are brought together by an event that will have a huge impact on their lives.

written and directed by Jerzy Skolimowski director of photography Mikołaj Łebkowski music by Paweł Mykietyn edited byAgnieszka Glińskaproduction design by Joanna Kaczyńska, Wojciech Żogała costume design by Kalina Lach make-up artist Anna Nobel-Nobielska sound byRadosław Ochnio cast Anna Buczek, Agata Buzek, Paulina Chapko, Andrzej Chyra, Richard Dormer, Piotr Głowacki, Wojciech Mecwaldowski, JanNowicki, Dawid Ogrodnik, Łukasz Sikora, Ifi Ude, Mateusz Kościukiewicz producers Ewa Piaskowska, Jerzy Skolimowski produced by Skopia Film,skopiafilm@skopiafilm.com co-produced by Element Pictutes Ltd. (Ireland), Telewizja Polska, Orange Polska, HBO, Fundacja Tumult executiveproducer Ewa Piaskowska co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, the Irish Film Board, Eurimages production manager Andrzej Stempowski distribution in Poland Kino Świat, www.kinoswiat.pl world sales HanWay Films, www.hanwayfilms.com

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Tomasz Szafrański

Born in 1977 in Bydgoszcz. Director andscreenwriter for feature films andtelevision series. Graduated in filmdirecting from the Radio and TelevisionDepartment of the University of Silesia.FILMOGRAPHY:

2012: Od pełni do pełni (It’s a PerfectNight for a Suicide)2015: No Panic with a Hint of Hysteria2015: Klub Włóczykijów i tajemnicaDziadka Hieronima (Adventurers’ Club)

Adventurers’ ClubKlub Włóczykijów i tajemnica Dziadka Hieronima

POLAND 2015 94 MIN COLOUR

Kornel and Maks are spending their holidays in front of a computer monitor, with absolutely no intention of returning to the boringreal world. This changes when their uncle Dionizy, the black sheep of the family, comes to visit. The unpredictable Dionizy takes hisnephews into a world full of unexpected events and extraordinary individuals. They will lead the Adventurers’ Club on a journeyaimed at finding the treasure once buried by their great-grandfather Kornel. Things get complicated when a pair of criminals, DoctorKadryll and his sidekick, get wind of the treasure. A race against time ensues, filled with comic errors and surprising plot twists.

written and directed by Tomasz Szafrański director of photography Michał Grabowski music by Fred Emory Smith edited by Mateusz Budnikproduction design by Agata Adamus, Zofia Lubińska costume design by Agnieszka Sobiecka, Emilia Skowrońska make-up artists Zuza Stefańska,Ewa Nowacka sound by Zbigniew Malecki executive producer Michał Kowalik cast Bogdan Kalus, Kamila Bujalska, Piotr Janusz, Jakub Wróblewski,Franciszek Dziduch, Wojciech Mecwaldowski, Tomasz Karolak producer Małgorzata Domin executive producer Dominika Mandla produced byDomino Film, ul. Sokolska 63A/4, 40-087 Katowice, Poland, tel. +48 602 772 778, www.dominofilm.pl co-produced by Silesia Film, NatanielProductions, Mandla Media, New Wave Film, Lumicon Fx, All, Isyrius, Tomasz Karolak, Film Factory Ltd., Em Studio, Supra Film co-financed bythe Polish Film Institute, the Silesian Film Fund, the City of Gliwice, the Commune of Pułtusk, the National Centre for Culture distribution inPoland Forum Film, www.forumfilm.pl world sales open

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Andrzej Wajda

One of Poland’s most prominent film directors and co-founder of the ‘Polish school’ in filmmaking, AndrzejWajda holds an honorary degree from severaluniversities and is a Commander of the National Orderof the Legion of Honour. In 2000, Andrzej Wajda wasthe first Polish filmmaker to receive the LifetimeAchievement Academy Award.FILMOGRAPHY:

Wałęsa. Człowiek z nadziei (Wałęsa. Man Of Hope) /Tatarak (Sweet Rush) / Katyń (Katyn) / Solidarność,Solidarność... (Solidarity, Solidarity) / Zemsta (Revenge)/ Wyrok na Franciszka Kłosa / Pan Tadeusz (PanTadeusz: The Last Foray In Lithuania) / Panna Nikt /Nastazja / Pierścionek z orłem w koronie / Korczak /Kronika wypadków miłosnych / Danton / Człowiekz żelaza (Man Of Iron) / Dyrygent / Panny z Wilka(The Maids Of Wilko) / Bez znieczulenia (WithoutAnaesthesia) / Człowiek z marmuru (Man Of Marble) /Smuga cienia (The Shadow Line) / Ziemia obiecana(Land Of Promise) / Wesele (The Wedding) / PilatusUnd Andere (Pilate And Others) / Brzezina (Birch Wood)/ Krajobraz po bitwie (Landscape After Battle) /Polowanie na muchy (Hunting Flies) / Przekładaniec(Layer Cake) / Wszystko na sprzedaż (Everything ForSale) / Gates to Paradise / Popioły (Ashes) / L’amoura vingt ans (Love At Twenty) / Sibirska ledi Magbet(Siberian Lady Macbeth) / Niewinni czarodzieje(Innocent Sorcerers) / Lotna (Speed) / Popiół i diament(Ashes And Diamonds) / Kanał (Canal) / Pokolenie(Generation)

A film about Polish artist Władysław Strzemiński, who refused to succumb to socialist realism and sufferedthe consequences of his artistic choices. A film about communist power destroying a charismatic and rebellious man.

directed by Andrzej Wajda written by Andrzej Mularczyk director of photography Paweł Edelman music by vacat edited by Grażyna Gradońproduction design by Marek Warszewski costume design by Katarzyna Lewińska make-up artists Janusz Kaleja sound by Maria Chilareckaproduction manager Paweł Gabryś cast Ewa Brodzka producer Michał Kwieciński produced by Akson Studio, ul. Piękna 44a, Warsaw,Poland, tel. +48 22 840 68 30, www.akson-studio.pl co-produced by the National Audiovisual Institute, Telewizja Polska, FundacjaTumult executive producer Akson Studio co-financed by the Polish Film Institute distribution in Poland and world sales open

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French director and screenwriter. Her firststeps in filmmaking were in front ofthe camera, as an actress. Author of suchacclaimed films as Coco Before Chanel,featuring Audrey Tautou, and Adore, withperformances by Naomi Watts and RobinWright. Nominated for the César awardsmultiple times; winner of the award forBest Screenplay at the Venice Film festival.FILMOGRAPHY (SELECTED WORKS):

1993: Les histoires d’amour finissentmal... en général (Love Affairs UsuallyEnd Badly)1997: Nettoyage à sec (Dry Cleaning)2009: Coco Before Chanel 2013: Adore2014: Gemma Bovery 2015: Niewinne (Agnus Dei)

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In a mission to repatriate French nationals in the days following World War Two, the French Red Cross is gathering French citizensat a local hospital in Poland. One of the hospital staff is a young doctor named Mathilde Beaulieu. One day, a Polish nun from a nearbyconvent arrives at the hospital, begging for help for a dying woman; one of the nuns is in labour. The nuns had been victims of a gangrape by Red Army soldiers. Mathilde wants to seek help, but the Mother Superior is determined to keep the matter a secret in orderto avoid a scandal.

directed by Anne Fontaine written by Sabrina B. Carine, Alice Vial based on an original idea by Philippe Maynial adaptation and dialogues by AnneFontaine, Pascal Bonitzer director of photography Caroline Champetier edited by Aneth Dutertre production design by Joanna Macha costumedesign by Katarzyna Lewińska make-up artist Anna Nobiel-Nobielska sound by Olivier Mouveniz cast Lou De Laage, Agata Buzek, Agata Kulesza,Joanna Kulig, Vincent Macaigne producers Eric and Nicolas Altmayer co-producers Eliza Oczkowska, Klaudia Śmieja produced by Mandarin Cinemaco-produced by Aeroplan Film co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, NC+ distribution in Poland Kino Świat, www.kinoswiat.plworld sales Film Distribution, www.filmdistribution.com

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All These Sleepless NightsWszystkie nieprzespane noce

POLAND – UNITED KINGDOM 2016 100 MIN COLOUR

Michał Marczak

Director and cinematographer. Authorof Fuck For Forest (2012), chosen by theUK’s Dazed & Confused magazine as oneof the "top ten most innovativedocumentaries of recent years." Alsodirected At the Edge of Russia (2010),winning the HBO Emerging Artist Awardand Filmmaker Award at Hot Docs andother accolades at festivals worldwide.FILMOGRAPHY:

2009: Kobieta poszukiwana –documentary2010: Koniec Rosji (At the Edge ofRussia) – documentary2012: Fuck For Forest – documentary2016: Wszystkie nieprzespane noce (AllThese Sleepless Nights)

What does it mean to be truly awake in a world that seems satisfied to be asleep? Kris and his best friend Michal push their experiencesof life and love to a breaking point as they restlessly roam the streets of Warsaw, adrift in the uncertainty and euphoria of youth.

written and directed by Michał Marczak director of photography Michał Marczak edited by Dorota Wardęszkiewicz sound by Jan Pasemann,Katarzyna Szczerba production manager Janusz Dąbkiewicz cast Krzysztof Bagiński, Michał Huszcza, Eva Lebuef producers Marta Golba, MichałMarczak, Julia Nottingham, Lucas Ochoa, Thomas Benski produced by Endorfina Studio, ul. Kwiatowa 28/10, 02-539 Warsawwww.endorfinastudio.com, Pulse Film, 17 Hanbury Street, London E1 6QR, United Kingdom, tel. +44 02 074265700, www.pulsefilms.comco-produced by Telewizja Polska, the Mazovia Film Fund, Moma Films executive producer Marta Golba co-financed by the Polish Film Institute,Sundance Institute, Britdoc Circle Fund, Filmmaker Fund distribution in Poland open world sales Submarine (USA), HanWay Films(International) www.hanwayfilms.com

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Her debut film was Bark!, a US productionthat brought her a nomination forthe Grand Prize at the prestigiousSundance film festival and an award atthe Warsaw Film Festival. She also directspremium television series andcommercials.FILMOGRAPHY:

2002: Bark!2008: Boisko bezdomnych(The Offsiders)2009: Janosik. Prawdziwa historia(Janosik. The True Story; co-directed withAgnieszka Holland)2016: Amok

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Based on a true story that created a media frenzy in Poland and abroad, turning into one of the world’s most famous trials, writtenup by newspapers around the world, including The Guardian, The New Yorker, Time, and Daily Mail. The person of interest wasKrystian Bala, author of a book describing the perfect crime he had allegedly committed. The story was built like a masterfulpsychological thriller, with multiple interwoven plots that played on the themes of love, betrayal, and uninhibited ambition. Fromthe beginning, we find ourselves asking the question of whether or not the author of the book is a killer, or a victim of his ownambition and an unfortunate coincidence.

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POLAND – SPAIN – BELGIUM – GERMANY – HUNGARY 2016 80 MIN COLOUR

Damian Nenow

Graduated from the Łódź FilmSchool. Joined Platige Imagein 2006. Among other projects,Nenow directed three animatedshorts. His Paths of Hate (2010)was short-listed for an AcademyAward nomination, receiveda Special Distinction at the AnnecyInternational Animated FilmFestival, and received acclaimat Comic-Con and at the 2011SIGGRAPH.

Raúl de la Fuente

Raul came up with the original ideafor Another Day of Life. His firstfeature film Nomadak Tx wasthe most awarded Spanishdocumentary film at Internationalfilm festivals in 2007. Raul’s latestdocumentary Minerita was short--listed for an Academy Awardnomination. He is the founder anddirector of Kanaki Films.

The film is based on a book by legendary Polish war reporter Ryszard Kapuściński. It is the story of a reporter, searching for the truth ofwar. During his perilous journey across Angola, he is faced with events that force him to reevaluate his approach to his work, and to life ingeneral. It is the dramatic account of the three months Kapuściński spent in Angola in 1975, in the early days of its decades-long civil war.The film’s narrative animation helps visualise past events and the surrealistic visions of war. The documentary scenes focus on aspectsthat appear to differ from the animated plot, but ultimately share a common denominator and complement the story in a suggestiveand emotional way.

directed by Raúl de la Fuente, Damian Nenow written by Raúl de la Fuente, Amaia Remirez, David Weber, Niall Johnson artistic director Rafał Wojtunikdirectors of photography Gorka Gómez-Andreu, Raúl de la Fuente music by Mikel Salas edited by Raúl de la Fuente production manager KatarzynaJarzyna cast (motion capture) Mirosław Haniszewski, Olga Bołądź, Vergil Smith, Jakub Kamieński, Tomasz Ziętek, Rafał Fudalej, Paweł Paczesny,Wvarwzeky – Wez Kombo - Boutemoumoussa, Julia Adejumo, Łukasz Słaniewski, Kamil Pohl, Błażej Andrzejewski, Krzysztof Durski, Maciej Jóźwik,Maciej Nenko, Arkadiusz Champel producers Ole Wendorff-Østergaard, Jarek Sawko, Amaia Remírez, Raúl de la Fuente produced by Platige Films, ul. Raclawicka 99, 02-634 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 844 64 74, www.platigefilms.pl; Kanaki Films, Plaza De La Fuente 3, 31422 Unciti-Navarra,Spain tel. +34 648 764 852, www.anotherdayoflifefilm.com co-produced by Walking The Dog, Wüste Film GmbH, Animationsfabrik GmbH, PuppetworksStudios co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, HBO Polska, Next Film, Navarra Government, Basque Government, ICAA, Canal Plus, ETB, TVE, FlandersFilm Fund (VAF) Screen Flanders, TV Canvas, FFHHSH (Film Fund Hamburg), ARTE, Pandora distribution, Eurimages distribution in Poland openworld sales Indie Sales, www.indiesales.eu

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Graduated from the Moscow FilmInstitute (VGIK) Department of FilmDirecting in 1991.Wrote and directed 25 documentaries, fiveshorts, and four fiction features. Her filmsscreened in official selection atthe Cannes IFF, Venice IFF, Berlin IFF,Locarno IFF, Rome IFF etc. Winner ofmultiple film awards.FILMOGRAPHY:

1998: The Shoe2006: The Hostage2012: Pizzas2015: Świt (Ausma)

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Ten-year-old Janis is a pioneer, living on a collective farm (kolkhoz) called ‘Dawn’ in what is now Latvia. His father, an opponent ofthe kolkhoz system (and Soviet rule in general), plans to burn down the kolkhoz head office. Little Janis betrays his father by turninghim in to the police. The father kills Janis in revenge. Who is good and who is evil in this Soviet parable? The film is based on a Soviet propaganda story; young pioneer Pavlik Morozov denounced his father to the secret police and waslater murdered by his family in revenge. Morozov’s life was supposed to serve as an inspiration for all the ‘righteous’ citizens ofthe Soviet Union.

written and directed by Laila Pakalnina director of photography Wojciech Staroń edited by Kaspar Kallas production design by Jurgis Krasonscostume design by Natalia Czeczott cast Wiktor Zborowski producer Laila Pakalnina co-producers Małgorzata Staroń, Kaspar Kallas produced byKompanija Hargla Valtaiku 19, Riga LV1029, Latvia contact laila.pakalnina@inbox.lv co-produced by Staron-Film executive producer Miracle Workerco-financed by the Polish Film Institute, National Film Center of Latvia, Cultural Capital Foundation of Latvia production managerSergiej Berdicevskis distribution in Poland New Horizons Association, www.nowehoryzonty.pl world sales open

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Kuba Czekaj

Graduated in film directing from the Radioand Television Department ofthe University of Silesia in Katowice(2010), and the Studio Prób programme atthe Wajda School in Warsaw (2011).Received a scholarship from the Ministerof Culture and National Heritage (2009and 2011). Winner of the “Talent Trójki”award of Polish Radio 3, the “Warto”award of Gazeta Wyborcza, andthe “Gwarancja Kultury” award of TVPKultura. Directed the multiple award-winning shorts Ciemnego pokoju nie trzeba

sie bać (Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark Room)and Twist & Blood. Finalist of the 2015College Cinema Biennale programme ofthe Venice Biennale.FILMOGRAPHY:

2015: Baby Bump2015: Królewicz Olch (The Erlprince)

Mickey is no longer a child. He doesn’t know who he is. He has no friends. He doesn’t understand his mother. He doesn’t like what’shappening to his body. Reality and imagination blend into one. Events taking place at home and at school grow escalate to extremes.Mickey has to find an inner strength to put a stop to the inevitable. Where will his encounter with his own maturing body take him?Growing up is not for kids.

written and directed by Kuba Czekaj director of photography Adam Palenta music by Nivea, Jemek, Vienio i Simba, Cipedrapskuad, Gówno, Krem,Violetta Villas, Das Moon edited by Magdalena Chowańska production design by Katarzyna Śląska costume design by Aleksandra Staszkomake-up artist Olga Nejbauer sound by Radosław Ochnio production manager Małgorzata Wala cast Kacper Olszewski, Agnieszka Podsiadlik,Caryl Swift, Sebastian Łach, Weronika Wachowska, Andrzej Szeremeta, Halina Rasiakówna, Rafał Maćkowiak, Andrzej Mastalerz, BogusławaJantos, Dagmara Krasowska producers Magdalena Kamińska, Agata Szymańska produced by Balapolis, ul. Kruczkowskiego 6c/36,00-412 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 601 980 737, tel. +48 514 593 757, www.balapolis.com distribution in Poland Vue Movie, www.vuemovie.pl world sales Film Republic, www.filmrepublic.biz

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Karan Anshuman

Director, screenwriter, popular film critic,new media expert. Before turning tofilmmaking, he studied everything fromcomputer studies to astronomy to arthistory. His first short Elevator Etiquette

premiered at the Digital Talkies festival inNew Delhi, while his later projectBhaichara was invited to participate inthe Berlinale Shorts Workshop.Karan is also the author of two innovativedigital projects: he is the creative directorof the Dreamscape Media interactiveagency, and co-founder of upperstall.com,a website dedicated to Indian films, votedby TIME magazine to be one of the topthree entertainment websites.Karan Anshuman has also worked as afilm critic for the Mumbai Mirror.Bangistan marks his feature debut as adirector.FILMOGRAPHY:

2015: Bangistan

BangistanINDIA – POLAND 2015 120 MIN COLOUR

The story of Hafeez and Praveen, two accidental religious extremists who travel from India to Krakow with a suicide mission.Their plans become complicated when the Polish police, hungry for publicity, get wind of the planned attacks and begin followingthe terrorists-to-be. Beautiful pub-owner Rosie and crafty Tamim trying to make an easy buck — these are but a few of the arrayof colourful characters who cross paths with the Indian terrorists, making the adventures of Hafeez and Praveen ever more exciting.A film with a peaceful message; a light-hearted look at intolerance and lack of understanding for our fellow human beings.

directed by Karan Anshuman written by Puneet Krishna, Sumit Purohit, Karan Anshuman director of photography Szymon Lenkowski music byRam Sampath edited by Shweta Venkat Matthew production design by Katarzyna Filimoniuk, Amit Ray and Subrata Chakraborty (India) costume design by Veera Kapoor hair / make-up artists Avan Contractor, Yasmin Rodgers sound by Vivek Sachidanand cast Riteish Deshmukh,Pulkit Samrat, Jacqueline Fernandez, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Tomasz Karolak, Janusz Chabior, Bilguun Ariunbataar, Andrezj Blumenfeld producersRitesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar produced by Excel Entertainment PVT Ltd., 701, Orchid Pride Corner of S. V. Road & Convent Avenue, SantaCruz (W), Mumbai 400 054, India, www.excelmovies.com presented by Junglee Pictures Ltd. co-produced by Zorg Werke, Lwowska 6/2,00-658 Warsaw, Poland, www.zorgwerke.com executive producer Vikesh Bhutani line producers Rupali Vaidya, Magdalena Jaworska

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Behind the Blue DoorZa niebieskimi drzwiami

POLAND 2015 90 MIN COLOUR

Mariusz Palej

Cinematographer, director. Graduated incinematography from the Łódź FilmSchool. Worked as cinematographeron multiple documentary films, televisionseries and television plays. Behind the Blue

Door marks his feature debut.FILMOGRAPHY:

2015: Za niebieskimi drzwiami (Behind theBlue Door

The story of eleven-year-old Łukasz whose mother is in a coma as a result of the injuries she suffered in a car accident. The boy goesto live in foster care at a seaside resort with an aunt he never met. Łukasz misses his mother and finds it difficult to adapt to the newcircumstances. Feeling lonely, he desperately wants to get away from the place where he doesn’t feel at home. He accidentallydiscovers that the blue door in the building leads to a fairy tale world; a world that at first appears very friendly but, as Łukasz willsoon learn, is so only up to a certain point.

directed by Mariusz Palej written by Adam Wojtyszko, Magdalena Nieć, Katarzyna Stachowicz-Gacek director of photography Witold Płóciennikmusic by Jacek Mazurkiewicz edited by Urszula Dutka production design by Katarzyna Sobańska-Strzałkowska costume design by BarbaraSikorska-Bouffał, Julia Bouffał make-up artists Alina Janerka, Czezary Kostrzewski sound by Mariusz Bielecki cast Michał Żebrowski, EwaBłaszczyk, Magda Nieć, Teresa Lipowska, Adam Ferency, Dominik Kowalczyk, Sara Ługowska, Oskar Wojciechowski, Jakub Gawarecki producers Andrzej Papis, Maciej Sowiński produced by TFP, Al. Stanów Zjednoczonych 53, 04-028 Warsaw, Poland co-produced by TelewizjaPolsat, FremantleMedia Polska, Heliograf, AlienFX, AB Film, Dreamsound executive producer Wojciech Stuchlik co-financed by the Polish FilmInstitute, Odra Film production manager Renata Marszewska distribution in Poland Mówi Serwis Dystrybucja world sales open

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Joanna Kos-KrauzeDirector and screenwriter. Born in 1972.Head of the Polish Directors Guild,member of the Artistic Council of MunkStudio, member of the European FilmAcademy and the Polish Film Academy.

Krzysztof Krauze (1953-2014)Director and screenwriter. Graduated incinematography from the Łódź FilmSchool. Author of multiple award-winning short and feature films,documentaries, and TV movies.Films directed by Joanna and KrzysztofKrauze have collectively received over 250awards.FILMOGRAPHY:

2004: Mój Nikifor (My Nikifor)2006: Plac Zbawiciela (Saviour Square)2013: Papusza2016: Ptaki śpiewają w Kigali (Birds AreSinging in Kigali)

Birds Are Singing in KigaliPtaki śpiewają w Kigali

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Poland’s first film about refugees. Beginning in 1994, in the days immediately preceding the beginning of genocide, and endingin 1997, the film tells the story of a Polish ornithologist researching the decline in the population of vultures in Rwanda. Whenthe genocide begins, she – somewhat accidentally – saves the life of a young Rwandan girl, the daughter of her Tutsi co-worker. She brings her to Poland. But after arriving in Poland, the two women are distraught and incapable of leading a normal routine life.They try desperately to get past their horrific experience. A story about friendship, forgiveness, and the power of nature.

written and directed by Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze directors of photography Krzysztof Ptak PSC, Józefina Gocman, Wojciech Staroń PSCedited by Katarzyna Leśniak production design and costume design by Agnieszka Zawadowska, Claudine Murenzi make-up artists Joel Echallier,Agnieszka Echallier, Joanna Bocheńska sound by Jarosław Bajdowski, Artur Kuczkowski, Zofia Moruś cast Jowita Budnik, Eliane Umuhire, WitoldWieliński producer Joanna Kos-Krauze produced by Joanna Kos-Krauze KOSFILM, ul. Paavo Nurmiego 79, 03-289 Warsaw, Poland, tel.+48 501 257 019 co-produced by Telewizja Polska – Agencja Produkcji Telewizyjnej i Filmowej, the National Centre for Culture, Odra-Film, Studio A executive producer Joanna Kos-Krauze production manager Aleksandra Bielska co-financed by the Polish Film Institutedistribution in Poland and world sales open

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BlindnessZaćma

POLAND 2016 110 MIN COLOUR

Ryszard Bugajski

Born in 1943. Studied philosophy at the Universityof Warsaw and film directing at the Łódź FilmSchool. Translated stage plays, wrote novels andshort stories. Member of Andrzej Wajda’sZespół X. In 1982, Bugajski directed Przesłuchanie

(Interrogation), a film based on his own novel.The film was shelved by the censors and did notsee the light of day until 1989. Forced to emigrateto Canada in the mid-1980s, where he made hisfeature Clearcut, he returned to Poland inthe late 1990s.FILMOGRAPHY:

1979: Kobieta i kobieta1980: Zajęcia dydaktyczne (TV series)1982: Przesłuchanie (Interrogation)1985-1989: The Twilight Zone (US TV series)1987: Alfred Hichcock Presents (US TV series)1988: T and T (US TV series)1989: The Hitchhiker (US TV series)1989: E.N.G. (Canadian TV series)1990: Saying Goodbye (Canadian TV movie)1991: Clearcut 1995: Gracze2001: Dzieci Witkacego (documentary series)2001: W kogo ja się wrodziłem? (TV movie)2005: Co się stało z naszą solidarnością?2005: Tak czy nie (TV series)2009: Generał Nil (General Nil)2013: Układ zamknięty (Closed Circuit)2016: Zaćma (Blindness)

A little known episode from the life of Stalinist security police office Julia Brystiger. Her nickname Bloody Luna was a referenceto her incredibly brutal methods of interrogation. In the early 1960s, she appears in a centre for the blind on the outskirts ofWarsaw, a place often visited by Cardinal Wyszyński, whose imprisonment in 1953-1956 Brystiger supervised personally. Duringa difficult and heated discussion with the cardinal, Brystiger denounces the communist ideology and begs for forgiveness forher crimes and for guidance in her search for God.

directed by Ryszard Bugajski written by Ryszard Bugajski director of photography Arkadiusz Tomiak music by Shane Harvey edited by MileniaFiedler production design by Andrzej Haliński costume design by Krzysztof Łoszewski make-up artists Tomasz Matraszek, Anna Gorońskasound by DREAMSOUND: Kacper Habisiak, Marcin Kasiński, Maria Chilarecka production manager Mariusz Mielczarek cast Maria Mamona,Małgorzata Zajączkowska, Janusz Gajos, Marek Kalita, Bartosz Porczyk, Kazimierz Kaczor, Sławomir Orzechowski, Marcin Troński, KrzysztofOgłoza, Barbara Bursztynowicz producer Ryszard Bugajski produced by RB Film, Warsaw, Poland co-produced by Telewizja Polska,the Mazovia Film Fund, the National Centre for Culture, TMS Diagnostyka co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage,the Polish Film Institute, distribution in Poland Kino Świat www.kinoswiat.pl world sales open

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Filip Bajon

Film and stage director, screenwriter.Graduated in film and television directingfrom the Łódź Film School in 1974. Headof the KADR Film Studio since 2015.Member of the Board of the PolishFilmmakers Association. Lecturer atthe Radio and Television Department ofthe University of Silesia and the Łódź FilmSchool. Dean of the directing departmentat the Łódź Film School since 2008.FILMOGRAPHY:

1986: Magnat (The Magnate)1996: Poznań 562001: Przedwiośnie (The Spring to Come)2005: Solidarność, Solidarność…(Solidarity, Solidarity…)2006: Fundacja (The Foundation)2010: Śluby panieńskie (Maiden Vows)2015: Panie Dulskie (Damaged)2017: Kamerdyner (The Butler)

The ButlerKamerdyner

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The story of Prussia’s von Krauss family and the love affair between a young Kashubian man named Mateusz and a German aristocratnamed Marta. The complicated fate of three nations in the old Polish-German region of Kashubia, where the artificial line of the borderdrawn at Versailles after the First World War divided not only the land, but also the people: Germans, Kashubians, Poles. The filmspans four decades, depicting the complicated choices forced upon the people who lived here. Prussia’s anti-Polish sentiments wereset against Kashubian patriotism, which led to the 1939 mass murder of thousands of Kashubians and Germans in the forests ofPiaśnica. The historical background is brought together by an emotional bond that manages to thrive in the face of adversity.

directed by Filip Bajon written by Mirosław Piepka, Michał S. Pruski, Marek Klat director of photography Łukasz Gutt production design by ZbigniewDalecki, Paweł Jarzębski costume design by Małgorzata Braszka, Ewa Krauze make-up artist Ewa Drobiec sound by Mirosław Makowski productionmanager Olga Bieniek cast Janusz Gajos, Anna Radwan, Adam Woronowicz, Sławomir Orzechowski, Łukasz Simlat, Daniel Olbrychski, SebastianFabijański, Marianna Zydek, Marcel Sabat, Kamilla Baar producer Olga Bieniek, Mirosław Piepka produced by FILMICON, ul. Nieborowska 18/1,80-034 Gdańsk, Poland, tel. +48 794 389 337, gosia@filmicon.pl, www.filmicon.pl co-produced by EDA Coffee Edward Łaskawiec, KrzysztofPałyska BELL p.p.h.u. Sam 34 Marek Theus Meron co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, the Pomeranian Voivodship Marshal Office, Businessinvestment&consulting, BAT distribution in Poland Next Film, www.nextfilm.pl world sales open

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Career GirlSłaba płeć?

POLAND 2015 95 MIN COLOUR

Krzysztof Lang

Director and screenwriter, author offeature, documentary and short films.Graduated in chemistry fromthe University of Warsaw and in film fromthe Film & TV Department ofthe University of Silesia. Co-owner andCEO of TFT Studio. His feature debut wasthe 1991 film Papierowe małżeństwo.Directed multiple television stage plays.Winner of multiple awards for hisdocumentary films. Directs TV series,including Fala zbrodni, Wydział zabójstw

and Magda M.

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1991: Papierowe małżeństwo (PaperMarriage)1995: Prowokator (Provocateur)2000: Strefa ciszy (Quiet Zone)2003-2008: Fala zbrodni (TV series)2009: Miłość na wybiegu (Love on theCatwalk)2010: Śniadanie do łóżka (Breakfast in Bed)2015: Słaba płeć? (Career Girl)

Zośka is an attractive and educated woman who knows what she wants. She is a career girl, however still far from accomplishing hergoals. Instead of a luxury penthouse, she has a studio and a mortgage. Instead of a prestigious job – she has a terrible boss. Instead ofa happy life – she has to pretend to be someone she’s not. One day Zośka is forced to face the harsh reality. Betrayed, she loses her job,as well as her reputation. She then wakes up from her plastic corporate dream and decides to take action. But by then she hasbecome a new Zośka – a strong woman who demands that life give her what she deserves: love, friendship, respect, and a fulfillingjob. Also, it wouldn’t hurt to punish her cheating old boss and catch a real man in the process. And they say women are weak…

directed by Krzysztof Lang written by Hanna Węsierska, Wojciech Pałys, Katarzyna Gryga based on the novel “Suka” by Katarzyna Gryga director ofphotography Michael Coulter music by Rafał Stępień edited by Milenia Fiedler production design by Ewa Skoczkowska costume design by ElżbietaRadke make-up artist Liliana Gałązka sound by Wojciech Mielimąka production manager Zofia Wieczorek cast Olga Bołądź, Piotr Adamczyk,Marieta Żukowska, Marcin Korcz, Katarzyna Figura, Piotr Głowacki, Marian Dziędziel, Magdalena Kumorek, Zofia Zborowska, Marek Bukowski,Kamil Kula, Anna Dereszowska, Janusz Chabior, Robert Gonera, Ewa Gawryluk, Mirosław Zbrojewicz, Bartosz Obuchowicz, Marta Ścisłowicz,Bogusław Kudłek, Nick Moran, Davina Reeves-Ciara producer Mariusz Łukomski produced by Monolith Films, Aleja Zjednoczenia 36,01-830 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 851 10 77, www.monolith.pl creative executive producer Wojciech Pałys distribution in Poland and world salesMonolith Films, www.monolith.pl

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Yesim Ustaoglu

Acclaimed European director, recognizedfor her films at some of the world’s topfilm events (Golden Shell in SanSebastian for Pandoras Box, Berlinaleawards for Journey to the Sun). One ofthe most prominent filmmakers in newTurkish cinema, alongside Nuri BilgeCeylan and Semih Kaplanoglu. Her filmsare daring portraits of the contemporaryTurkish family, still often dominated bymen and tradition; they posethe provocative question of the positionof young women in Turkey today.The power of her films lies in theirpsychological realism and spectacularaesthetics.FILMOGRAPHY:

1994: The Track1999: Journey to the Sun2003: Waiting for the Clouds2008: Pandora’s Box2012: Araf. Somewhere in Between2015: Clair – Obscur

Clair – ObscurTURKEY – GERMANY – POLAND – FRANCE 2015 100 MIN COLOUR

A shocking psychological drama about the encounter of two Turkish women coming from different worlds. Living in a seeminglyhappy marriage, the charismatic Chehnaz is a psychiatrist in a remote seaside town. One day, young Elmas is placed under Chehnaz’scare in a state of shock, having been forced by her father to marry a distant cousin. Chehnaz begins Elmas’ difficult therapy; she triesto reach out to the young woman, who by then has been charged with the murder of her husband and tyrant mother-in-law, yet hasno recollection of those fateful events.The meeting of these two women will change both their lives.

written and directed by Yesim Ustaoglu director of photography Michael Hammon edited by Agnieszka Glińska PSM production design by OsmanÖzcan costume design by Seda Yilmaz, Senay Citak make-up artist Canel Karadag music by Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz cast Funda Eryigit, Ecem Uzun, Mehmet Kurtulus, Okan Yalabık, Serkan Keskin, Sema Poyraz co-producers Eliza Oczkowska, Klaudia Śmieja (Poland) produced byUstaoglu Productions (Turkey), Una Film (Germany), Aeroplan Film (Poland), Slot Machine (France) distribution in Poland and world sales open

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Maciej Żak

Born in 1962 in Katowice. Graduated in filmand television directing from the Radioand Television Department ofthe University of Silesia. His feature debutwas the 2004 film Ławeczka, a screenadaptation of a stage play by AlexanderGelman.FILMOGRAPHY:

2004: Ławeczka2008: Rozmowy nocą (Midnight Talk)2012: Supermarket2016: Konwój (Convoy)

An inmate is murdered at one of the largest prisons. An investigation ensues. Having been part of the convoy two years earlier,sergeant Berg is now interrogated as someone who might be implicated in the crime. The convoy, led by sergeant Zawada, wastransporting a pedophile prisoner, dubbed “The Teacher,” accused of murdering two prison guards and their families. The prisonerhad been diagnosed with insanity and moved to a psychiatric hospital. But not everyone accepted this development.

written and directed by Maciej Żak director of photography Michał Sobociński music by Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz cast Janusz Gajos, RobertWięckiewicz, Łukasz Simlat, Ireneusz Czop, Tomasz Ziętek, Przemysław Bluszcz, Dorota Kolak, Agnieszka Żulewska producer Jacek Rzehakproduced by Profil Film co-financed by the Polish Film Institute distribution in Poland Kino Świat, www.kinoswiat.pl world sales open

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Marcin Kamiński

Marcin Kamiński, 34, born in Warsaw.Studies film directing at the Łódź FilmSchool. Author of short documentary andnarrative films. Member of the PolishFilmmakers Association.FILMOGRAPHY:

2005: Na dnie – short2007: Odbicia – short2007: Profiler – short2008: Złapać oddech – documentary2008: Mars – documentary short2009: Za strefą – short2009: Kocham Cię – short2009: Kubota – short2010: Elektromechanika – short2010: Śmierć Łodzi – documentary2010: La reveder – short2010: K – short2012: Karuzela – documentary2015: Kosmos (Cosmos)

CosmosKosmos

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According to scientists, the electromagnetic activity of the Sun is on the rise.Meanwhile, Ania, Adam and Robson are three friends who set off on a weekend trip to a country estate, away from civilization. Theystop to pick up hitchhiker Maja along the way. Robson invites her to join them for a few days in the woods. Maja accepts. It looks likeit’s going to be a wonderfully blissful time. But when they arrive on site, Adam starts isolating himself from the others. He becomesdangerous. Their bliss turns into nightmare. And the TV reports continue to deliver unnerving news of the consequences ofthe increased activity of the Sun…

written and directed by Marcin Kamiński director of photography Wojciech Rytel music by D-bomb, Mikołaj z Radomia edited by Marcin Kamińskiproduction design by Małgorzata Dąbrowska costume design by Agata Wasilewska make-up artist Agata Wasilewska sound by Szymon Orfin,Jacek Pająk, Rafał Nowak production managers Michał Kamiński, Marcin Kamiński cast Marcin Kowalczyk, Gabriela Całun, Agnieszka Findysz,Robert Buczyński producer Marcin Malatyński produced by the Łódź Film School, ul. Targowa 61/63, 90-323 Łódź, Poland, www.filmschool.lodz.pl,tel. +48 42 27 54 690 co-produced by Michał Kamiński, Marcin Kamiński (Michał Marcin Kamiński Attorneys at Law), Piotr Kempa, AdamSokołowski (Delord), Paweł Witecki, Michał Jankowski (Mastershot) executive producer: Michał Kamiński distribution in Poland and world salesopen

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Day of ChocolateDzień Czekolady

POLAND 2016 90 MIN COLOUR

Jacek Piotr Bławut

Graduate of the Wajda School and the FineArts Academy in Wrocław. Screenwriter,director and cinematographer, working onfeature and documentary films.FILMOGRAPHY:

2005: Eres z Ałtaju (Eres from Altaj) –documentary2006: Cisza (Silent) – short2010: Babcia (Granny) – documentary2012: Samotność dźwięku (Lonelinessof Sound)2013: Szczeniak (A Puppy) – short2016: Dzień czekolady (Day of Chocolate)

Dawid and Monika are kids; they’re neighbours who quickly become friends. Reluctant at first, Dawid gradually lets the wild Monikapull him into her world. Monika’s dream is to meet her deceased grandmother who, according to Monika, is a hula dancer living in Hawaii.Dawid and Monika enter the world of an old clock, inhabited by the likes of the Monday Eater, the Time Jumper, the Witch, andthe waiter. They learn about the mysterious world of magic and fantasies. It’s their way of coping after the loss of their loved ones.A modern fairy tale about the power of friendship that overcomes sadness and brings happiness.

directed by Jacek Piotr Bławut written by Jacek Piotr Bławut, Anna Onichimowska director of photography Radosław Ładczuk edited by KatarzynaBoniecka production design by Jagna Dobesz costume design by Lilit Hayrapetyan, Sandra Kowalska make-up artists Magdalena Kakietek, TomaszMatraszek sound by Tomasz Wieczorek, Radosław Ochnio production manager Robert Feluch cast Marek Bukowski, Magdalena Cielecka, WitoldDębicki, Tomasz Kot, Barbara Kurzaj, Katarzyna Kwiatkowska, Dawid Ogrodnik, Tomasz Sobczak, Katarzyna Zawadzka, Julia Odzimek, LeoStubbs producer Anna Bławut-Mazurkiewicz produced by Aura Films, ul. Pienista 47a/23, 94-109 Łódź, Poland co-produced by Studio FilmoweRabarbar, Di Factory, Silesia Film, Kijora Anna Gawlita, executive producer Aura Films co-financed by the Polish Film Institute distribution in PolandNext Film, www.nextfilm.pl world sales open

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Marcin Wrona (1973 - 2015)

Graduated in film studies from theJagiellonian University and in filmdirecting from the Radio and TelevisionDepartment of the University of Silesia,the Andrzej Wajda Master School of FilmDirecting, and the Binger Film Institute inAmsterdam. Lectured at the Radio andTelevision Department of the Universityof Silesia in Katowice.Winner of multiple awards for his studentfilm Człowiek magnes (Magnet

Man, 2001) and his feature debut Moja

krew (My Flesh My Blood).FILMOGRAPHY:

2009: Moja krew (My Flesh My Blood) 2010: Chrzest (The Christening)2015: Demon

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Piotr, known to his friends as ‘The Python,’ returns from England to marry the beautiful Żaneta. They plan to settle down in the oldhome that was their wedding gift. But their plans get complicated when, the day before the wedding, Piotr finds human remainsburied on the premises. The finding knocks Piotr unconscious, and when he comes to, he realizes that his terrifying discovery hasdisappeared. And he cannot remember anything that happened in the previous hours. Meanwhile it’s time for the wedding.The wedding guests, led by the bride’s brother, start to realize that there is something wrong with the groom.

directed by Marcin Wrona written by Marcin Wrona, Paweł Maślona director of photography Paweł Flis music by Marcin Macuk, KrzysztofPenderecki edited by Piotr Kmiecik production design by Anna Wunderlich costume design by Aleksandra Staszko make-up artist AgnieszkaHodowana sound by Tomasz Sikora, Mirosław Makowski cast Itay Tiran, Agnieszka Żulewska, Andrzej Grabowski, Adam Woronowicz, KatarzynaGniewkowska, Tomasz Schuchardt, Tomasz Ziętek producer Marcin Wrona co-producers Zbigniew Adamkiewicz, Wojciech Kabarowski, IzabelaHelbin, Katarzyna Wodecka-Stubbs, Marek Rozenbaum, Mariusz Wróbel, Katarzyna Ślesicka, Wojciech Marczewski, Mariusz Włodarski produced byMagnet Man Film, ul. Walecznych 18/1, 03-916 Warsaw, Poland co-produced by Telewizja Polska, Chimney Poland, the Krakow Festival Office,Transfax Film Productions, Silesia Film, Wajda Studio, Lava Films co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production manager Marek Rudnickidistribution in Poland Kino Świat, www.kinoswiat.pl international promotion Małgorzata Janczak world sales Reel Suspects, ICM (North America),www.reelsuspects.com

AWARDS: //FANTASTIC FEST AUSTIN, TEXAS, 2015: BESTHORROR FEATURE //HAIFA IFF, 2015: THE TOBIAS SZPANCERAWARD FOR BEST FILM IN "BETWEEN JUDAISM AND ISRAELISM"COMPETITION //BORDEAUX INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, 2015:SPECIAL MENTION OF THE YOUTH JURY //SITGES IFF, 2015: BESTCINEMATOGRAPHY //COTTBUS IFF, 2015: SPECIAL MENTION OF THE JURY //"LISTAPAD" MINSK IFF, 2015: BEST SCREENPLAY

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Denijal Hasanovic

Born in Bosnia, Denijal Hasanovic is a filmdirector and screenwriter. He left his homecountry because of the war, eventuallymoving to Poland where he continued hisfilm studies. He received his MA in filmdirecting from the Łódź Film School. Hisgraduation film The Letter premieredat the 52nd Berlin IFF. He co-wrote Blodbond

(Thicker than Water) which screenedat the 31st Toronto IFF, and Milchwald,which screened at the 53rd Berlinale.He lectures at the Łódź Film School andis the head of the screenwriting programmeat the Wajda Studio in Warsaw.FILMOGRAPHY:

2000: Zapach deszczu (The Scent ofRain) – short 2001: List (The Letter) – TV2015: Rosa (Dew)

Catalina is Colombian and has always dreamed of becoming a writer. But, lacking in self-confidence, she never went for it, insteadfollowing her father’s advice to study law. She has just finished her studies in Paris and now has only one wish: bringing her fatherfrom Colombia to live with her in France. The only problem is that her request for an extension on her residence permit in Francebeen denied. After consulting her professor, Catalina goes to Sarajevo to research the War Crimes Tribunal. She believes this studywill help her secure a job at her old University in Paris and thus solve her visa problems. When she is denied access to the mission’sarchives, she quickly learns that her plan has failed.

written and directed by Denijal Hasanovic director of photography Bogumił Godfrejów edited by Stefan Stabenow production design by SandaPopovac (B&H) costume design by Sanja Dzeba (B&H) make-up artist Snjezana Gorup (Croatia) sound by Predrag Doder (B&H), BartoszPutkiewicz cast Andrea Otalvaro Acevedo (Colombia), Andrzej Chyra (Poland), Lana Barić (Croatia), Mirjana Karanović (Serbia) producersMałgorzata Jurczak, Krzysztof Grędziński co-producers Amra Baksić, Camo (B&H), Irena Markovic (Croatia) produced by Skorpion Arte,ul. Wspólna 75, 00-687 Warsaw, Poland, Chełmska 19/21, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland co-produced by SCCA/PRO. BA (B&H), Focus Media (Croatia),Telewizja Polska, Studio Produkcyjne ORKA, Alvernia Studios co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, Eurimages production managersAmira Lekic (B&H), Anna Zajączkowska (Poland) distribution in Poland and world sales Skorpion Arte, www.skorpionarte.pl

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Film and television director, screenwriter(his credits include the Kariera Nikodema

Dyzmy, TV series). Producer of televisiontalk shows. Graduate of the Łódź FilmSchool. Awarded by the NationalEndowment for the Humanities in theUnited States. Member of the PolishFilmmakers Association.FILMOGRAPHY:

1974: Droga w świetle księżyca(Moonlight Road)1975: Jej powrót (Her Return)1980: Wyrok śmierci (Death Sentence)1982: Chłopiec z Wenecji (Boy fromVenice) – documentary1994: Zamach na Hitlera (Assassinationof Hitler) – documentary2016: Kobiety bez wstydu (Dr Charming)

Dr CharmingKobiety bez wstydu

POLAND 2016 104 MIN COLOUR

Handsome playboy Piotr, once a waiter in Vienna, is now a fake therapist running a psychoanalysis practice in Krakow. He cureswomen of their insecurities, frustrations, and broken hearts. He is extremely successful; a master manipulator, he is able to forgeintimate relationships with his patients. A satirical look at the world today.

written and directed by Witold Orzechowski director of photography Grzegorz Kędzierski music by Piotr Salaber edited by Jarosław Pietraszekproduction design by Joanna Białousz costume design by Dominika Gebel make-up artist Marcin Rodak sound by Krzysztof Jastrząb, KarolMańkowski production manager Paweł Bareński cast Anna Dereszowska , Joanna Liszowska, Weronika Książkiewicz, Michał Lesień, Ewa Kasprzyk,Karolina Chapko, Michał Milowicz, Agnieszka Warchulska producer Witold Orzechowski produced by Atlantic Production, ul. Mazowiecka 13, 00-052 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 826 24 12, film@atlanticproduction.com.pl, www.atlanticproduction.com.pl co-produced by Deco Art,Atlantic Media co-financed by Max Welt distribution in Poland Monolith Films, www.monolith.pl world sales open

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The Eccentrics. The Sunny Side of the StreetExcentrycy, czyli po słonecznej stronie ulicy

POLAND 2015 112 MIN COLOUR

Janusz Majewski

Born in 1931. Graduated in architecture fromthe Krakow Technical University, and in filmdirecting from the Łódź Film School.Director and screenwriter, film art scholar.Author of feature and documentary films,television films and TV stage plays.Winner of multiple awards, including atfilm festivals in Mannheim, Cork, Panama,and Sitges.FILMOGRAPHY:

1966: Sublokator (The Lodger)1969: Zbrodniarz, który ukradł zbrodnię(The Criminal Who Stole a Crime)1970: Lokis, Rękopis profesora Wittembacha(The Bear) 1973: Zazdrość i medycyna(Jealousy and Medicine) 1975: Zaklęte rewiry(Hotel Pacific) 1977: Sprawa Gorgonowej(The Gorgon Case) 1979: Lekcja martwegojęzyka (Lesson of a Dead Language)1982: Epitafium dla Barbary Radziwiłłówny(An Epitaph for Barbara Radziwiłł)1982: Słona róża (Salty Rose)1985: C.K. Dezerterzy (The Deserters)1989: Czarny wąwóz (The BlackGorge) 1998: Złoto dezerterów (Deserters’Gold) 2005: Po sezonie (After the Season)2010: Mała matura 1947 (The Rite ofPassage) 2015: Excentrycy czyliPo słonecznej stronie ulicy (The Eccentrics.The Sunny Side of the Street)

The story of a jazzman who returns to Poland from England in the late 1950s. He starts a swing big band with a group of eccentricmusicians. Their star performer is Modesta – together they rise to prominence. The musician quickly falls for the seductive andmysterious femme fatale. The two start having a passionate love affair. As the king and queen of swing, they set off on a tour ofPoland, and their life starts to resemble a Hollywood picture. The question is – will their feelings prove to be real?

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Born in 1956. Director of animated andlive action films, illustrator, posterdesigner, writer. Lecturer at the Łódź FilmSchool in Poland; has also taught atthe Konstfack College of Art in Swedenand at Harvard University in the UnitedStates.FILMOGRAPHY

ANIMATED FILMS:

1981: Lykantropia (Lycantrophy) 1983:

Czarny Kapturek (Little Black RiddingHood) 1984: Latające włosy (Flying Hair) 1985: Łagodna (Gentle) 1986: Nerwoweżycie kosmosu (Nervous Life ofCosmos) 1987: Ściany (Walls) 1988:

Wolność nogi (Freedom of Leg) 1991:

Franz Kafka 2000: Zbrodnia i kara (Crimeand Punishment) 2009: Walka, miłośći praca (Fight, Love and Work) 2010:

Dr Charakter przedstawia (Dr CharacterPresents 1) 2011: 8 kwartet smyczkowyDymitra Szostakowicza (8 String Quartetof Dmitri Shostakovich); Dr Charakterprzedstawia 2 (Dr CharacterPresents 2) 2012: Kołysanka (Lullaby) 2014: HipopotamyFEATURE FILMS:

2009: Las (Forest) 2015: Ederly

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Ederly is a city that exists outside the realm of time, where reality intersects with the dream world. It seems that Ederly exists solelyto allow Słow – the film’s main protagonist – to reach it. The city encircles Słow, as new identities are being forced upon him.

written and directed by Piotr Dumała director of photography Adam Sikora edited by Beata Walentowska production design by Katarzyna Sobańska--Strzałkowska, Marcel Sławiński costume design by Dorota Kołodyńska make-up artist Dorota Seweryńska sound by Jacek Hamela cast Mariusz Bonaszewski, Aleksandra Popławska, Helena Norowicz, Piotr Skiba, Wiesław Cichy, Aleksandra Górska, Janusz Chabior,Andrzej Szeremeta, Gabriela Muskała, Piotr Bajor, Jerzy Płażewski producer Bożena Krakówka co-producers Andrzej Jędrzejewski, Marcin Kryjom,Marek Rolka produced by Andersa Street Art and Media, ul. Andersa 13/37, 00-157 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 603 353 748, bkrakowka@gmail.comco-produced by Heliograf, D35, Film Factory Ltd co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production manager Anna Urzykowska distribution & world sales open

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POLAND 2016 100 MIN COLOUR

Kuba Czekaj

Graduated in film directing from the Radioand Television Department ofthe University of Silesia in Katowice(2010), and the Studio Prób programme atthe Wajda School in Warsaw (2011).Received a scholarship from the Ministerof Culture and National Heritage (2009and 2011). Winner of the “Talent Trójki”award of Polish Radio 3, the “Warto”award of Gazeta Wyborcza, andthe “Gwarancja Kultury” award of TVPKultura. Directed the multiple award-winning shorts Ciemnego pokoju nie trzeba

sie bać (Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark Room)and Twist & Blood. Finalist of the 2015College Cinema Biennale programme ofthe Venice Biennale.FILMOGRAPHY:

2015: Baby Bump2016: Królewicz Olch (The Erlprince)

The story of a 14-year-old prodigy who goes to university to study physics. He is developing a theory of parallel worlds that areconnected by light, or at least that’s what he initially believes.

written and directed by Kuba Czekaj director of photography Adam Palenta music by Bartłomiej Gliniak edited by Daniel Gąsiorowski productiondesign by Anna Wunderlich, Karina Baran costume design by Aleksandra Staszko make-up artist Aleksandra Dutkiewicz sound by Radosław Ochniocast Stanisław Cywka, Agnieszka Posiadlik, Sebastian Łach producers Jacek Bromski, Ewa Jastrzębska, Dariusz Gajewski produced by Munk Studio –the Polish Filmmakers Association, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 7, 00-068 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 556 54 740, fax +48 22 556 54 69,studiomunka@sfp.org.pl, www.studiomunka.pl co-produced by Telewizja Polska, Odra-Film co-financed by the Polish Film Institute productionmanagers Agata Szymańska, Magdalena Kamińska distribution in Poland and world sales open

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Acclaimed Polish screenwriter, director,and cinematographer. His films havescreened and received recognition atthe world’s top festivals, includingCannes, Venice, Berlin, Moscow, andTokyo. Member of the Polish FilmAcademy and the European FilmAcademy.FILMOGRAPHY:

1993: Jańcio Wodnik (Johnnie Waterman)1998: Historia kina w Popielawach(History of Cinema in Popielawy)2000: Daleko od okna (Keep Away fromthe Window)2003: Pornografia (Pornography)2006: Jasminum2009: Afonia i pszczoły (Afonia andthe Bees)2010: Wenecja (Venice)2012: Zabić Bobra (To Kill a Beaver)2014: Serce Serduszko (The Heart andthe Sweetheart)2016: Las, 4 Rano (Forest, 4 am)

Forest, 4 amLas, 4 rano

POLAND 2016 90 MIN COLOUR

The story of Forst, once a wealthy businessman, now a half-wild forest dweller, Nata, a road-side hooker and victim of gang feuds,and Jadzia, a stubborn little girl who appears in Forst’s life one day and demands that he take care of her.

directed by Jan Jakub Kolski written by Jan Jakub Kolski, Krzysztof Majchrzak director of photography Jan Jakub Kolski edited by Konrad Śniadyproduction design by Paulina Korwin-Kochanowska costume design by Monika Onoszko make-up artist Elżbieta Pyka sound by Katarzyna Szczerbaproduction managers Agnieszka Janowska, Paweł Kosuń cast Krzysztof Majchrzak, Olga Bołądź, Marysia Blandzi, Grzegorz Stelmaszewski, MichałKowalski producer Jan Jakub Kolski produced by Wytwórnia Filmowa Popielawy, Jan Jakub Kolski, Rokiciny 15 co-produced by Centrala, K2,Audiovisual Technology Centre executive producer Paweł Matysiak co-financed by the Polish Film Institute distribution in Poland and world sales open

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POLAND – CZECH REPUBLIC – GERMANY – SWEDEN – SLOVAKIA 2016 CA 120 MIN COLOUR

Agnieszka Holland

Film and stage director, screenwriter(wrote scripts for several films by AndrzejWajda). Works in Poland, France, Germany,and the United States. Member ofthe European Film Academy. Head ofthe Polish Film Academy since 2008.FILMOGRAPHY (SELECTED WORKS):

1978: Aktorzy prowincjonalni (ProvincialActors)1980: Gorączka (Fever)1981: Kobieta samotna (A Woman Alone; TV)1990: Europe Europe (Europa Europa)1991: Olivier, Olivier1993: The Secret Garden1997: Washington Square2001: Golden Dreams (short)2005: Copying Beethoven2009: Janosik. Prawdziwa historia(Janosik. The True Story; co-directed withKasia Adamik)2011: W ciemności (In Darkness)2013: Burning Bush (Gorejący krzew) 2016: Pokot (Game Count)

She used to build bridges in Syria, now she teaches English, reads the stars, and talks to animals. One night, Janina Duszejko findsthe body of her poacher neighbour. The only visible prints around his house are deer tracks. Then other locals begin disappearing inmysterious circumstances. They all have a shared passion for hunting. As the police searches for the murderers, Duszejko begins aninvestigation of her own. Could it be that the hunter has become the prey?

directed by Agnieszka Holland written by Olga Tokarczuk, Agnieszka Holland based on a novel by Olga Tokarczuk director of photographyJolanta Dylewska music by Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz edited by Pavel Hrdlicka production design by Joanna Macha costume design byKatarzyna Lewińska make-up by Janusz Kaleja sound by Andrzej Lewandowski, Thomas Huhn cast Agnieszka Mandat, Wiktor Zborowski, Borys Szyc, Andrzej Grabowski, Jakub Gierszał, Tomasz Kot producers Krzysztof Zanussi, Janusz Wąchała co-producers nutpodukce s. r. o. (CzechRepublic) Tomas Hruby, Pavla Kubecková; Heimatfilm GmbH & Co. KG (Germany) Johannes Rexin; The Chimney Pot (Sweden) Fredrik Zanderproduced by Studio Filmowe TOR, ul. Puławska 61, 02-595 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 845 53 03, www. tor. com. pl co-produced bynutprodukce s. r. o. (Czech Republic); Heimatfilm GmbH & Co. KG (Germany); The Chimney Pot Sverige AB (Sweden); nutprodukcia s.r.o(Slovakia) executive producer Janusz Wąchała project development co-financed by the Polish Film Institute (Polish-German Co-DevelopmentFund) and the EU Media Programme co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, Odra-Film, the National Audiovisual Institute, Medienbord Berlin--Brandenburg, the Czech Film Fund, the Swedish Film Institute, Film i Väst, the Slovakian Audiovisual Fund, Eurimages production managerAndrzej Besztak distribution in Poland and world sales open

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Born in 1976. Graduated in film directingfrom the Radio and TelevlsionDepartment of the University of Silesia inKatowice. His first feature Złom (Scrap)brought him the Special Jury Prize atthe 2002 Polish Film Festival in Gdyniaand went on to screen internationally. Hisfeature Raj za daleko (Paradise Too Far)received the Grand Prize at the 2007 EraNew Horizons festival and the Grand Prizein the Independent Cinema Competitionat the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia. Laterthat year, Markiewicz received the Awardof the Marshal of the Silesian Voivodshipfor Young Filmmakers.FILMOGRAPHY:

2002: Złom (Scrap) 2004: Metanoia2007: Raj za daleko (Paradise Too Far) 2015: Gejsza (Geisha)

GeishaGejsza

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Jakub Garda, or “Giant”, is a bouncer at a night club called “Geisha.” The boss of the local mafia offers him some extra work. On oneof his missions, Giant runs into his handicapped brother Patrick, who lives in a refuge for the homeless, cared for by a young therapistnamed Maja. Giant is forced to choose between the world of Maja and Patrick and the world of the mafia boss and the beautifulVelvet, a hooker at the night club who happens to be in love with Giant.

directed by Radosław Markiewicz written by Piotr Owcarz, Radosław Markiewicz director of photography Olaf Malinowski music by TomaszPodgórski edited by Norbert Rudzik production design by Iwa Kruczkowska-Król, Marek Kiedroń costume design by Anna Kurpas make-up artistAnna Warot sound by Zbigniew Malecki production manager Karolina Szlama cast Konrad Eleryk, Marta Żmuda Trzebiatowska, AgnieszkaWiędłocha, Marian Dziędziel, Mirosław Zbrojewicz, Patryk Laksa producer Piotr Owcarz, piotr@owcarz.eu produced by Media Partner,ul. Panewnicka 184b, 40-772 Katowice, Poland, www.gejszafilm.pl executive producer 24Media distribution in Poland Alter Ego Pictures,www.alteregopictures.pl world sales open

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Kamil Szymański

Born in Lublin in 1988. Graduated fromthe College of Art and Design in Łódź. Hiscredits include working with the HelenaModrzejewska Theatre. Participant andwinner of multiple independent filmfestivals.FILMOGRAPHY:

2009: Szoł Tajm – short2012: Kołysanka (Lullaby) – short2015: Git

Jakub M. or “The Troublemaker,” the undisputed leader of the Łęczyca prison, is murdered. From the interrogations and paperwork itappears that the crime was one of revenge by a fellow inmate, Grzegorz R. One week earlier, Jakub M. had given a television interview.The investigative journalist who interviewed him decides to get to the truth. The interview with the murderer will uncover a shockingcourse of events.

written and directed by Kamil Szymański director of photography Mikołaj Małecki music by Jacek Mazurkiewicz edited by Amadeusz Andrzejewski,Cezary Grzesiuk production design by Agnieszka Bąk costume design by Izabela Bułeczka, Ewa Szymańska make-up artists Nikolo Doko Mijadžević,Aleksandra Wizimirska sound on set Karol Szykowny cast Włodek Matuszak, Akradiusz Detmer, Tomasz Boruszczak, Grzegorz Kowalczyk, RafałDajbor, Maksymilian Bogumił, Artur Smołucha, Justyna Sieniawska, Marian Krawczyk, Paweł Galczak producer Ryszard Szymański produced byMAD Horse, ul. Rynek 16/9, 59-300 Lublin, Poland, www.madhorse.pl co-produced by Mushchelka, Avantgarde Productions co-financed byMushchelka production manager Paweł Wolff, Łukasz Wójcik distribution in Poland Mushchelka, www.mushchelka.com world sales open

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Director and screenwriter. Born in 1963 inZabrze. Graduated in architecture fromthe Technical University of Silesia and infilm directing from the Radio andTelevision Department of the Universityof Silesia in Katowice. Lecturer at his alma

mater since the mid-1990s.FILMOGRAPHY:

1991: Gry i zabawy wojskowe 1994: Gorący czwartek1997: Farba2001: Cisza (Silence)2006: Co słonko widziało (What the SunHas Seen)2008: Rysa (Damage)2016: Szczęście świata (The Happiness ofthe World)

The Happiness of the WorldSzczęście świata

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The story of an extraordinary building and its residents – a beautiful Jewish girl named Róża and three men (one Polish, one Silesian,one German) who are mesmerised by her beauty. Set in the summer of 1939, the first part of the film is a look at the lives of Rufin,Harald and Tomasz, which ends with a fateful wartime night when Róża has to ask the men for help. The second part of the film isset in the 1950s, when the surviving residents of the building need to face the new social circumstances.

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Katia Priwieziencew

Katia was born in Paris. She studied atthe Social Psychology College andthe Warsaw Film School. She has beenworking with Amondo Films since 2011.

Paweł Tarasiewicz

Paweł was born in Warsaw. He foundedthe “Odnowa” association in 2003. He studied at the Łódź Film School, andfounded Amondo Films in 2010.FILMOGRAPHY:

2015: Hel

As the summer season comes to an end, the Hel peninsula gradually becomes deserted. Jack, an underrated American screenwriter,comes to Hel to write his new screenplay in solitude. He is staying at a deserted campsite, where the security guard is Kail, a shyyoung man with an unusual hobby: testing people with a lie detector. One night Jack sees Kail running his lie detector test on threeyoung people. The next day, the body of the interrogated young woman is found, her tongue cut off. Encouraged by his friend Mili,Kail begins an investigation of his own.

written and directed by Katia Priwieziencew, Paweł Tarasiewicz directors of photography Clemence Thurninger, Joaquin Del Paso, PawełTarasiewicz music by Patryk Zakrocki edited by Katia Priwieziencew, Paweł Tarasiewicz production design by Maja Zaleska, Juliusz Bogdańskicostume design by Ewa Gronowska make-up artists Agnieszka Wasilewska, Paula Adryańczyk sound by Jacek Szyba production managerTomasz Samul cast Philip Lenkowsky, Marcin Kowalczyk, Małgorzata Krukowska, Katarzyna Paskuda, Andrzej Baranowski producer PawełTarasiewicz produced by Amondo Films ul. ul. Solec 101 m. 16, 00-382 Warsaw, Poland, www.amondofilms.com co-produced by Ba-Ba Studio, Dreamsound, Lightcraft, PWSFTViT, Szczęsny executive producers Katia Priwieziencew, Clemence Thurninger co-financed by the Polish FilmInstitute distribution in Poland Kino Świat, www.kinoswiat.pl world sales open

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Film director, screenwriter, producer.Graduated from the Łódź Film School.Makes movies in Poland and Russia.Participated in INPUT conferences,the Cannes Film Festival (Tous LesCinemas du Monde section) and PrixEuropa. His films have received a numberof prizes at international festivals,including the Golden Hobby-Horse inKrakow, the Great Silver Nanook in Perm,and the Grand Sterling Award fromthe American Film Institute. Member ofthe Polish Film Academy. The High

Frontier is his feature fiction debut.FILMOGRAPHY:

2006: Nasiona(The Seeds) – documentary; Miastoucieczki (The Refuge City) – short2009: Otchłań (Chasm) – documentary2013: Dom na końcu drogi (The LastHouse on the Road) – short2016: Na granicy (The High Frontier)

The High FrontierNa granicy

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A father and his two teenage sons travel to a small mountain cabin for a male bonding adventure. When a lost tourist arrives atthe cabin, their male-bonding outing turns into a struggle for survival.

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Humble ServantsSługi boże

POLAND 2016 120 MIN COLOUR

Mariusz Gawryś

Born in 1957. His 2006 featureSztuka masażu (The Art of

Massage) received the award forBest Directing Debut at the PolishFilm Festival in Gdynia andthe award for Best Screenplay atthe ‘Young and Cinema’ Festival inKoszalin. Winner of multiplescreenwriting awards. Worked asassistant, screenwriter, andconsultant on multiple theatricaland television productions.Graduated from the Andrzej WajdaMaster School of Film Directingin 2003.FILMOGRAPHY:

2006: Sztuka masażu (The Art ofMassage)2016: Sługi boże (HumbleServants)

A young German woman throws herself from the tower of a Wrocław church. The investigation into this mysterious death is led byexperienced and uncompromising detective Warski. To Warski’s dismay, Ana Wittesch – a German policewoman with Polish roots – is alsoassigned to the case. What Warski doesn’t know is that Ana is really in Wrocław on another secret investigation. Thanks to his wit andthe nose of a police hound, Warski quickly discovers the truth about Ana. What does the suicide of a German student, Ana Wittesch’sclassified investigation, and the arrival of a Vatican envoy have in common? Before this mystery can be solved, detective Warski and AnaWittesch must learn to cooperate and trust one another. Meanwhile, another young woman hurls to the ground from the church tower…

directed by Mariusz Gawryś written by Mariusz Gawryś, Maciej Strzembosz director of photography Mikołaj Łebkowski music by Bartosz Chajdecki edited byMilenia Fiedler production design by Janusz Sosnowski costume design by Anna Englert make-up artist Anna Dąbrowska sound by Radosław Ochnio,Wojciech Mielimąka production manager Marcin Ksobiech cast Bartłomiej Topa, Julia Kijowska ,Małgorzata Foremniak, Henryk Talar, Zbigniew Stryj,Krzysztof Stelmaszyk, Adam Woronowicz, Andrzej Konopka, Michał Meyer, Monika Dryl producer Maciej Strzembosz produced by Prasa i Film,ul. Chełmska 21 bud. 4 lok. 53, tel. +48 22 851 10 64, office@pifpartners.pl, www.prasaifilm.pl co-produced by Telewizja Polska, Agora, Odra-Film,WFDiF, Studio Produkcyjne Orka executive producer Dorota Hawliczek co-financed by the Polish Film Institute distribution in Poland Next Film,www.next-film.pl world sales EastWest Distribution, www.eastwest-distribution.com

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Tomáš Weinreb Petr Kazda

Graduates of the Independent FilmCourse in Pisk and the FAMU film schoolin Prague, they have made severalstudent films and documentariestogether. Their short documentaryEverything Is Crap (2009) screened atmultiple film festivals and was broadcaston Czech television. I, Olga Hepnarova

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2016: Ja, Olga Hepnarova (I, OlgaHepnarova)

I, Olga HepnarovaJa, Olga Hepnarova

CZECH REPUBLIC – POLAND – SLOVAKIA 2016 110 MIN BLACK & WHITE

Based on a true story, the film tells the story of Olga Hepnarova, a Czech criminal and the last woman in Czechoslovakia to beexecuted under capital punishment. On July 10, 1973, 22-year-old Olga drove a truck into a crowd of people at a tram stop inthe centre of Prague. Eight people were killed, eleven were wounded. Hepnarova described her crime as an act of revenge on society.

written and directed by Petr Kazda, Tomáš Weinreb director of photography Adam Sikora PSC music by Collegium Musicum – Marian Varga edited byVojtech Fric production design by Alexandr Kozák costume design by Aneta Grnáková make-up artist Alina Janerka sound by Richard Müller, PetrKapeller cast Michalina Olszańska, Martin Pechlát, Klara Melíšková, Marika Šoposká, Marta Mazurek, Szymon Piotr Warszawski, Zofia Charewicz,Juraj Nvota, Ondrej Malý, Martin Finger producers Tomáš Weinreb, Petr Kazda, Marcin Kurek, Sylwester Banaszkiewicz, Marian Urban co-producersVojtech Fric, Petr Tichy, Pavel Jech, Filip Marek produced by Black Balance, s.r.o. Lohniského 901/7, Prague 5 152 00, Czech Republic,blackbalancefilm@gmail.com; Mediabrigade, ul. Karkonoska 10, 53-015 Wrocław, Poland, tel.+48 71 799 14 50, biuro@mediabrigade.pl;Alef Film&Media Group, Tekovská 7, 821 09 Bratislava, Slovakia, recepcia@webdesign.sk; Frame100r, s.r.o. Vlkova 17, 130 00 Prague, Czech Republic, tel. +420 230 234 313, info@frame100r.com co-produced by Barrandov Studios (Czech Republic); Spoon (Czech Republic);Michael Samuelson Lighting (Czech Republic), FAMU – Film & Television Department (Czech Republic); Odra-Film (Poland); Arizona Productions(France) executive producers Rene Korenar, Agata Walkosz co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production managers Kamila Hlochová, Grzegorz Turzański, Jakub Špiroch, Martina Urbanová distribution in Poland open world sales Arizona Productions, guillaume@arizonafilms.net

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I’m a KillerJestem mordercą

POLAND 2016 110 MIN COLOUR

Maciej Pieprzyca

Born in Katowice, graduated in journalismfrom the University of Silesia in Katowice,in screenwriting from the Łódź FilmSchool, and in film and television directingfrom the Radio and Television Departmentof the University of Silesia in Katowice.FILMOGRAPHY:

1995: Przez nokaut1997: Zostanie legenda (“Małe ojczyzny”series)1998: Jestem mordercą... – documentary2008: Drzazgi (Splinters)2013: Chce się żyć (Life Feels Good)2016: Jestem mordercą (I’m a Killer)

A psychological thriller inspired by real events that took place in the early 1970s. Following the fiasco of an earlier investigation,a young police officer is appointed head of a task force set up to catch a serial killer.

written and directed by Maciej Pieprzyca director of photography Paweł Dyllus music by Bartosz Chajdecki production design by Joanna AnastazjaWójcik costume design by Agata Culak make-up artist Jolanta Grzelak sound by Mateusz Adamczyk, Sebastian Witkowski sound on set RobertCzyżewicz production manager Ewa Jastrzębska cast Mirosław Haniszewski, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Piotr Adamczyk, Magdalena Popławska, PiotrGarlicki, Tomasz Włosok producer Renata Czarnkowska-Listoś, Maria Gołoś produced by RE Studio, ul. Dembego 8b/21, 02-796 Warsaw, Poland,tel. +48 501 443 686 co-produced by the National Audiovisual Institute, Telewizja Polska, Agora, Monternia.pl co-financed by the Polish FilmInstitute distribution in Poland Next Film, www.nextfilm.pl world sales open

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Konrad Aksinowicz

Director and screenwriter. Receiveda scholarship from the School of VisualArts in Sydney. Directed multiplecommercials and music videos. W spirali

(Into the Spiral) marks his second film.FILMOGRAPHY:

1995: Puzzle – short1996: Alabama – short1998: Latawce (Kites) – short1999: Chuckles the Magnificent – short2000: Tom and her Helmet – short2003: Black Shoes with the ShiningBuckle – short2009: Zamiana2011: UFO w Piekarach – short2015: W spirali (Into the Spiral)

Into the SpiralW spirali

POLAND 2015 70 MIN COLOUR

A trip to the countryside, intended as a cleansing experience for a couple going through marital troubles, turns into a dangerousgame of wits when they pick up an eccentric hitchhiker named Tamir. Tamir serves as both witness and catalyst to their problems;this self-proclaimed healer wants to be their guide into enlightenment. Krzysztof and Agnes know they shouldn’t be together, butthey just can’t split. Or they don’t want to. A story of the kind of tormented love that is dangerous and toxic.

directed by Konrad Aksinowicz written by Konrad Aksinowicz, Julita Olszewska director of photography Wojciech Zieliński music by Atanas Valkovedited by Wojciech Jagiełło, Izabela Pająk production design by Katarzyna Klimek costume design by Weronika Wyrzykowska make-up artistsEwelina Mróz, Justyna Wróbel sound by Błażej Kafarski production manager Agnieszka Chromicka cast Katarzyna Warnke, Piotr Stramowski,Tamir Halperin, Antoni Królikowski, Olga Bołądź, Karolina Porcari, Nikodem Kasprowicz, Bartłomiej Kotschendoff producer Agnieszka Chromickaproduced by Chroma Pro Agnieszka Chromicka, ul. Nożownicza 37/3, 50-147 Wrocław, Poland co-produced by Miasto Aniołów Jerzy Kobyliński,Poznań Film Commission, Oversee Production, Juice, D35, Wojciech Zieliński, AKX Entertainment, Katarzyna Warnke, Piotr Stramowski, Julita Olszewska distribution in Poland Hagi Film, www.hagi.pl world sales open

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Wiktoria Szymańska

Writer, director with background asa painter and visual artist. Born in Poland,grew up in the UK, studied in France, andnow works between Poland, France,Mexico, and Tanzania. Her film Themerson and Themerson (2011)received acclaim around the world as oneof the best documentaries about art. HerThe Man Who Made Angels Fly (2013) wonthe IDFA Industry Award and screened atKarlovy Vary and Hot Docs. She has alsomade shorts and video installations aboutdance and the female body. Her mostrecent short film 7 Sheep had its worldpremiere at the 2015 Toronto IFF.FILMOGRAPHY:

2010: Themerson and Themerson –documentary2013: The Man Who Made Angels Fly –documentary2014: Women in the Cities – series ofvisual poems for Channel42015: 7 Sheep – short 2016: Journals – drama-documentary

There is a place in Mexico where people have discovered that disappearing is not that bad after all. You only truly die when no oneremembers you. Can we connect the life and afterlife through dreams and memories? Seven characters wander between dream andmemory, searching for the ones they lost. Interwoven destinies bring us an intimate and moving answer to this question by fulfillingtheir innermost dreams and connecting with the ones they love. What happens to the ones we love after their death? Can we bringthem back? Can we keep them alive through our memories? Or perhaps by placing them in an imaginary afterlife world? In itsvarious imaginative forms and visions around the world, Journals explores the question of existence and the afterlife. It is aboutthe parallel life – a life we can dream of, but cannot touch.

written and directed by Wiktoria Szymańska director of photography Martin Boege music by Florencia Di Costillo edited by David Torres production design by Wiktoria Szymańska sound by Pablo Hermandez production manager Agi Gutkowska cast Lidia Kotlowska, Andrzej Bujniewicz,Ed Lachman, Dulce Rodriquez, Femke Stromer, Małgorzata Szymańska, Ewa Szumilewicz, Maia Szymańska producers Martin Boege, Wiktoria Szymanska, Martin Beleand produced by Luna W (UK) 5 Burley Close London W1W7BL, victoria.sz@gmail.com co-produced by Teafilms(Mexico) executive producer Triade Films (France) co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, the Gdynia Fund distribution in Poland and world sales open

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Born in 1980. Graduated in law fromthe University of Warsaw. Directs promosfor TVN. His work has brought him severalawards at the PromaxBDA GlobalExcellence Promotional, Marketing andDesign Awards. KAMPER marks hisfeature debut as a director.FILMOGRAPHY:

2016: KAMPER

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Kamper is a Peter Pan-esque thirty-year-old with messy dark hair who looks at the world with eyes wide open. He never graduatedfrom college, but works as the manager of a team of professional video game testers. He likes spending his free time drinking beerand playing video games with his mates. He has just learned that his wife does not share his idea of marriage. Her betrayal will hurtKamper’s self-love, shake up his confidence, and drive him to revenge.

directed by Łukasz Grzegorzek written by Krzysztof Umiński, Łukasz Grzegorzek director of photography Weronika Bilska music by Czarny HIFIedited by Łukasz Grzegorzek production design by Dorota Kulawik costume design by Anna Krysiak make-up artist Anna Buttny sound by BłażejKafarski production manager Karina Lempkowska cast Piotr Żurawski, Marta Nieradkiewicz, Sheily Jimenez, Justyna Suwała, BartłomiejŚwiderski, Jacek Braciak producer Natalia Grzegorzek produced by Koskino, ul. Łowicka 19/20, 02574 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 605 764 774,www.koskino.pl co-produced by Łukasz Grzegorzek, Opus Film, D35, Toya Studios, Głośno, Piotr Gburek Realizacja Światła i Dźwięku executive producer Karina Lempkowska co-financed by the Polish Film Institute distribution in Poland and world sales open

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Jan Hryniak

Film director, graduate of the WarsawTechnical University (architecture) andthe Łódź Film School.FILMOGRAPHY:

1997: Przystań (The Harbour)2004: Trzeci (The Third)2010: TrickTV series:2014: Czas Honoru – Powstanie (Days ofHonour – Uprising) 12 episodes2014: Sama Słodycz (Nothing butSweetness) episodes: 4-6, 8-10, 122016/2017: Kantor

A film portrait of Tadeusz Kantor, founder of the Cricot 2 theatre, prominent painter, graphic artist, production designer, director andperformance artist, considered to be one of the last great avant-garde artists of the 20th century. This story about the fascinatinglife and work of Tadeusz Kantor is set against the backdrop of the most turbulent moments in 20th century history – from hischildhood in Wielopole Skrzyńskie, his school days in Tarnów, his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow and his activitiesin Krakow’s artistic circles, to his international acclaim.

directed by Jan Hryniak written by Łukasz M. Maciejewski, Jan Hryniak director of photography Piotr Śliskowski music by Włodek Pawlik edited byCezary Kowalczuk production design by Ryszard Melliwa costume design by Małgorzata Zacharska make-up artist Aneta Brzozowska sound byArtur Kuczkowski, Tomasz Dukszta C.A.S. production managers Jarosław Jakubiec, Piotr Śnieg cast Borys Szyc, Agnieszka Podsiadlik, PaulinaPuślednik, Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik, Mariusz Benoit, Wiktor Zborowski, Jan Frycz, Robert Gonera, Jacek Poniedziałek, KatarzynaHerman, Redbad Klijnstra, Klara Bielawka producer Anna Drozd produced by Studio Rewers, ul. Koronowska 24 A ,02-905 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 603 563 696, www.studiorewers.pl co-produced by the National Audiovisual Institute, Telewizja Polska, the Krakow Festival Office,Fundacja Tumult, DI Factory executive producer Studio Rewers co-financed by the Polish Film Institute distribution in Poland Kino Świat,www.kinoswiat.pl world sales open

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Graduated in film directing fromthe Radio and Television Department ofthe University of Silesia in Katowice.Author of the acclaimed documentaryDeep Love, which received awards atthe Moscow IFF and the Krakow IFF.FILMOGRAPHY:

2006: Razem (Together) – short2007: Myjnia (The Carwash) -short2008: Wiem, kto to zrobił (I Know WhoDid It) – short2009: Afterparty – short2011: Niebo (Heaven) – short2012: Offline – short2013: Deep Love – documentary2016: Ostatnia rodzina (The Last Family)

The Last FamilyOstatnia Rodzina

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Spanning a period of 28 years, the film tells the story of the Beksiński family. The main protagonists are: Zdzisław, head ofthe family and acclaimed painter; Tomek, Zdzisław’s son, prominent music journalist and film translator, and Zofia – extraordinarywoman, wife, and mother. The story begins in 1977 when Tomek moves out of the family house. His hypersensitive and unnervingpersonality gives his mother constant cause for concern. Meanwhile Zdzisław tries to dedicate himself to his art. After Tomek’ssuicide attempt, his parents need to try fighting not only for his son, but also for regaining control of their lives. When Zdzisław signsa contract with France-based art dealer Piotr Dmochowski and Tomek starts working for the Polish Radio, it seems that the worst offamily troubles are behind them. But a strange series of ill-fated events is yet to come.

directed by Jan P. Matuszyński written by Robert Bolesto director of photography Kacper Fertacz edited by Przemysław Chruścielewski productiondesign by Jagna Janicka costume design by Emilia Czartoryska make-up artists Anna Gorońska, Tomasz Matraszek sound by Jarosław Bajdowski,Kacper Habisiak, Marcin Kasiński production manager Aneta Hickinbotham cast Andrzej Seweryn, Dawid Ogrodnik, Aleksandra Konieczna,Andrzej Chyra, Zofia Perczyńska, Danuta Nagórna, Alicja Karluk, Magdalena Boczarska, Agnieszka Michalska producers Leszek Bodzak, AnetaHickinbotham produced by Aurum Film, ul. Niecała 15/U4, 20-080 Lublin, Poland, tel. +48 504 275 800, www.aurumfilm.pl co-produced byHBO Europe, Lightcraft, the Mazovia Film Fund executive producer Leszek Bodzak co-financed by the Polish Film Institute distribution in Poland Kino Świat, www.kinoswiat.pl world sales open

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Maciej Dejczer

Director and screenwriter, author ofthe acclaimed 300 mil do nieba (300 Miles

to Heaven). Graduated in Polish studiesfrom the University of Gdańsk and in filmdirecting from the Radio and TelevisionDepartment of the University of Silesia.FILMOGRAPHY:

1989: 300 mil do nieba (300 Miles toHeaven)1997: Bandyta (Brute)2001: Pielgrzymi – TV2004: Walker – short2005: Najwięcej samobójstw zdarza sięw niedzielę – TV2015: Listy do M. 2 (Letters to Santa 2)

Four years after the blockbuster hit Listy do M. (Letters to Santa), the characters of Poland’s most popular comedy of the past 25 yearsare back. Listy do M. 2 (Letters to Santa 2) weaves together the stories of regular people and the little miracles that happen to themon that magical holiday. Little twists of fate force them to slow down their daily bustle for a moment to see if love might just bethe best Christmas gift out there. They discover the power of love, hope, and forgiveness.

directed by Maciej Dejczer written by Marcin Baczyński, Mariusz Kuczewski director of photography Marian Prokop music by Łukasz Targosz edited byJarosław Barzan PSM production design by Joanna Kaczyńska costume design by Maria Bulanda, Robert “Mojo”Adamczyk make-up artist JolantaMadejska-Witek sound by Maciej Pawłowski, Tomasz Dukszta C.A.S production manager Przemysław Malec cast Maciej Stuhr, Roma Gąsiorowska,Agnieszka Dygant, Piotr Adamczyk, Tomasz Karolak, Agnieszka Wagner, Wojciech Malajkat, Magdalena Lamparska, Maciej Zakościelny, MartaŻmuda-Trzebiatowska, Paweł Małaszyński, Katarzyna Bujakiewicz producers Marta Grela-Gorostiza, Katarzyna Bielecka produced by TVN,ul. Wiertnicza 166, 02-952, Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 856 60 60, www.tvn.pl executive producer TVN distribution in Poland Kino Świat,www.kinoswiat.pl world sales TVN, distribution@tvn.pl, www.tvn.pl

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A story of freedom, love, and the price at which they come. A portrait of several people, each of whom harbours a deep secret.Political fiction, romance, and a film on social issues. A story of human passions, ambitions, and dreams.

written and directed by Ingmar Villqist, Adam Sikora director of photography Adam Sikora PSC edited by Aleksandra Gowin production design byAgata Adamus costume design by Beata Święcicka make-up artist Iwona Trzyna sound by Dreamsound: Kacper Habisiak, Marcin Kasiński cast Ireneusz Czop, Urszula Grabowska, Michał Kościuk, Michalina Olszańska, Aleksandra Popławska, Grażyna Szapołowska, Łukasz Sikora, Edyta Herbuś, Justyna Święs, Bernard Krawczyk producer Magdalena Nowacka, tel. +48 505 119 896 produced by Magic Production,biuro@magic-production.com, www.magic-production.com line producer Agata Sikora co-produced by Silesia-Film, Piramida Film,Studio Filmowe Ladachwila, Dreamsound, Non Stop Film Service co-financed by the Polish Film Institute distribution in Poland Spectator,www.spectator.com.pl world sales open

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Playwright, director, art historian. Bornin 1960. Head of various art galleriesand theatres, lecturer at the Academyof Fine Arts in Krakow and Katowice.Lecturer at the Radio and TelevisionDepartment of the University of Silesiain Katowice.Co-director (with Adam Sikora) of twofeature films: Ewa and Miłość w mieście

ogrodów (Love in the City of Gardens).

Adam Sikora

Cinematographer, director, photographer,painter. Born in 1960. Graduateof the Łódź Film School.Worked as DP on films by Lech Majewski,Piotr Dumała, Jerzy Skolimowski, as wellas documentaries, short features, andtelevision plays.Winner of multiple awards forcinematography, most notably the SilverFrog at the 2001 Camerimage festival forAngelus. Author of several photo exhibitions.Co-director (with Ingmar Villqist) of twofeature films: Ewa and Miłość w mieście

ogrodów (Love in the City of Gardens).

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Founder and co-owner of Federico Film.Member of the Polish FilmmakersAssociation and member of the board ofthe Polish Audiovisual Producers Chamberof Commerce.FILMOGRAPHY:

2016: Kochaj (Love)

An emotionally-packed film, to which every woman will be able to relate and find a side of herself reflected in the picture. Truefriendship between women and the search for love – these are the two main themes of this story about four young women in a bigcity who all want to be loved, each in her own way.

written and directed by Marta Plucińska director of photography Bogumił Godfrejów music by Gerard Lebik edited by Jan Kidawa-Błoński Jr.production design by Anna Niemira costume design by Magdalena Arłukiewicz make-up artist Patrycja Puławska-Krasicka sound by Piotr Lasotaproduction manager Maciej Szczygieł casting Nadia Lebik cast Małgorzata Kożuchowska, Olga Bołądź, Roma Gąsiorowska, Aleksandra Popławska,Magdalena Lamparska, Piotr Machalica, Piotr Polk, Michał Żurawski, Michał Czarnecki, Marcin Kwaśny, Aldona Jankowska producer Paweł Pluciński produced by Federico Film, ul. Chełmska 21, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland executive producer Paweł Pluciński distribution in Poland Kino Świat, www.kinoswiat.pl world sales Federico Film, www.federicofilm.com

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Dorota Kobiela

Painter, director, animator; graduate ofthe Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw andthe Warsaw Film School. Worked on filmssuch as Świteź (Berlinale 2011 OfficialSelection) and Splinter (2008, winner ofthe Best Animated Movie Award,Wroclaw). Directed Little Postman,the world’s first and only paintedanimation in 3D and Chopin’s Drawings;co-directed The Flying Machine, a 3D liveaction & animation film.SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:

2011: Rysunki Chopina (Chopin’sDrawings)2011: Mały Listonosz (Little Postman)2016: Twój Vincent (Loving Vincent)

Loving VincentTwój Vincent

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The tragic story of the life and death of Vincent van Gogh, one of the world’s most acclaimed painters, as told through his excellentworks. Loving Vincent is the world’s first feature painted animation. It is the story of the life and controversy surrounding the deathof Vincent van Gogh, told by the characters in his portraits. A devised plot allows for the mystery surrounding the death of this artist,so under-appreciated in his time, to be solved. Was it really suicide?

directed by Dorota Kobiela written by Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, Jacek Dehnel director of photography Łukasz Żal edited by JustynaWierszyńska costume design by Dorota Roqueplo producer Hugh Welchman co-producer Ivan Mactaggart produced by Loving Vincent, Trzy Lipy 3, 80-172 Gdańsk, Poland, sean@breakthrufilms.pl executive producers Sean Bobbitt, David Parfitt co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, Radamco, Breakthru Productions, Flying Machine, BGG Management, Odra-Film, the City of Wrocław,CETA, LSW Media private inverstors Steven Paul Muench/Sita Saviolo, Jarosław Świgulski, RBF Productions, RBF Productions production manager Tomasz Wochniak distribution in Poland open world sales CMG Sales, www.cinemamanagementgroup.com

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POLAND 2015 92 MIN COLOUR

Agnieszka Smoczyńska

Graduated in film and television directingfrom the Radio and Television Departmentof the University of Silesia in Katowice andthe Wajda School; also holds a degree incultural studies from the University ofWrocław. Winner of the Minister of Cultureand National Heritage scholarship. Hershort feature films Aria Diva, 3 Love andKapelusz received multiple awards at filmfestivals in Poland and abroad.FILMOGRAPHY:

2003: Kapelusz – short2006: 3 Love – short2008: Aria Diva – short2010: Viva Maria! – short2015: Córki dancingu (The Lure)

Teenagers Golden and Silver find themselves in the middle of the world of 1980s Warsaw dance parties, vibrant with music, glitteringwith neon lights and sequins. But these are no ordinary girls; they are mermaids, trying to understand what it means to be a womanin the world they live in. They join a band called Figs & Dates, becoming an instant sensation of the city’s nightlife. In the throes oflove and budding passions, they briefly forget their true nature. But all it takes is one broken heart for the situation to spin out ofcontrol.

directed by Agnieszka Smoczyńska written by Robert Bolesto director of photography Jakub Kijowski PSC songs by “Ballady i Romanse” Zuzanna Wrońska, Barbara Wrońska edited by Jarosław Kamiński production design by Joanna Macha costume design by Katarzyna Lewińskamake-up artist Janusz Kaleja special effects make-up Tomasz Matraszek sound by Maria Chilarecka, Marcin Lenarczyk production manager AndrzejBesztak cast Marta Mazurek, Michalina Olszańska, Kinga Preis, Magdalena Cielecka, Katarzyna Herman, Jakub Gierszał, Marcin Kowalczyk,Andrzej Konopka, Zygmunt Malanowicz, Katarzyna Sawczuk, Iwona Bielska, Roma Gąsiorowska, Zbigniew Buczkowski producer WłodzimierzNiderhaus produced by Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych co-produced by Platige Image co-financed by the Polish Film Institute distribution in Poland Kino Świat, www.kinoswiat.pl world sales open

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Marie Noelle

Grew up in France. Studied mathematicsand received an MBA from the EuropeanSchool of Management, Paris / Oxford /Berlin. Since 1982, she has been writingscreenplays and books, as well as makingdocumentary films. In 1995, she made herfeature debut with Ich erzähle mir einen

Mann, which was nominated for the MaxOphüls Preis and many other prestigiousawards. Founding member of “TreffpunktFilmkultur”, aimed at bringing the magicof film to children and young adults, andincreasing their sensibility to art inthe broad sense of the word.FILMOGRAPHY:

2008: Die Frau des Anarchisten (Żonaanarchisty)2012: Ludwig II2016: Maria Skłodowska-Curie

Maria Skłodowska-Curie (working title)

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The story of an extraordinary woman, forced to leave her homeland and move to France to begin the scientific career that would bringher global acclaim. In all written texts on Marie Skłodowska-Curie , she would be presented only in terms of her genius. Until recently,the tragic death of Marie’s husband and her subsequent affair with Paul Langevin were never addressed in public. When Marie’s affairwith her married colleague comes to light following an intrigue by Paul’s betrayed wife, the tabloids launch a ruthless smearcampaign, protesting against Skłodowska-Curie being awarded the second Nobel prize. Skłodowska-Curie, whose humble andnoble life had always been dedicated to her work, is suddenly accused of wrecking a model French family and bringing disgrace tothe name of her beloved husband.

directed by Marie Noelle written by Marie Noelle, Andrea Stoll director of photography Michał Englert music by Bruno Coulais (France) edited byLenka Fillnerova (Belgium) production design by Eduard Krajewski costume design by Florence Scholtes (Belgium), Cristobal Pidre Fernandez(Belgium) make-up artists Waldemar Pokromski, Mira Wojtczak sound by Philippe Vanendriessche (Belgium) cast Karolina Gruszka, AriehWorthalter, Izabela Kuna, Daniel Olbrychski, Charles Berling, Andre Wilms, Samuel Finzi, Sabin Tambrea, Piotr Głowacki, Jan Frycz producerMikołaj Pokromski co-producer Marie Noelle (Germany), Brigitte Faure (France) produced by Pokromski Studio, ul. Nowogrodzka 6A/10,00-513 Warsaw, office@pokromskistudio.pl, tel. +48 22 115 33 73, +48 502 587 387 co-produced by P’Artisan Film (Germany), Sephia (France) executive producer Ralf Ziemmermann co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, the Krakow Festival Office, Creative Europe, FFF Bayern, FFA(Germany), CNC (France) production manager Janusz B. Czech distribution in Poland Kino Świat, www.kinoswiat.pl world sales open

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Adam Guziński

Graduated in film directing from the ŁódźFilm School. His student film Jakub

received the Cinéfondation Grand Prize atthe Cannes film festival. His Antichrist

screened at over 80 film festivals, winningmultiple awards; to this day, the film isscreening in America as one of six ofthe most interesting shorts of the pastdecade in the “The World According toShorts” series. His feature debut Chłopiec

na galopującym koniu (The Boy on

the Galloping Horse) premiered atthe Cannes film festival and went on toscreen at over 60 key film festivals aroundthe world.FILMOGRAPHY:

2006: Chłopiec na galopującym koniu(The Boy on the Galloping Horse) 2016: Wspomnienie lata (Memories ofSummer)

Summer. Late 1970s. Twelve-year-old Piotrek lives in a small provincial town. At the beginning, we follow the first days of the summervacation he is spending with his mother, and observe the very strong bond between them. When his mother is at work, Piotrek likesto go to the local lake in search of company. It is there that he meets the charismatic Skowron and his gang; together, they engage incrazy, careless fun at the lake. At the same time, Piotrek’s mother starts going out almost every night, claiming to be meeting witha female friend. Seeing his mother’s changing behaviour, the boy becomes increasingly worried.

written and directed by Adam Guziński director of photography Adam Sikora edited by Maciej Pawliński production design by Grzegorz Piątkowskicostume design by Dorota Roqueplo make-up artist Anna Kieszczyńska sound by Mirosław Makowski production manager Magdalena Malisz castMax Jastrzębski, Urszula Grabowska, Robert Więckiewicz, Elżbieta Romanowska, Joanna Niemirska, Jakub Lustyk, Paulina Angielczyk producersŁukasz Dzięcioł, Piotr Dzięcioł produced by Opus Film, ul. Łąkowa 29, 90-554, Łódź, Poland, tel. +48 42 634 55 00, www.opusfilm.com co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, Telewizja Polska, Silesian Film Fund, distribution in Poland and world sales open

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Elżbieta BenkowskaGraduated in film directing fromthe Gdynia Film School and in Slavicstudies from the University of Gdańsk.Her graduation film Olena was the firstPolish film in official selection inthe Short Film Palme d’Or competition atthe 66th Cannes International FilmFestival.

Michał WawrzeckiFilm and stage director, screenwriter,author of short feature and documentaryfilms. Graduated in film directing andproducing from the Radio and TelevisionDepartment of the University of Silesia inKatowice, as well as the KrakowScreenwriting School.

Łukasz OstalskiGraduated in social studies fromthe University of Gdańsk. Winner of pressphotography competitions. In 2013, hegraduated in film directing fromthe Gdynia Film School. His graduationfilm Matka (Mother) received multipleawards at film festivals in Poland andabroad.

New WorldNowy Świat

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Three young characters from Belarus, Ukraine and Afghanistan on their journey in search of a better life and away from evil. Threepeople for whom Poland has become the eponymous “New World.” Having left her Belarusian opposition activist husband, Żannaand her daughter are now staying with Żanna’s sister in Warsaw. She wants to move into a place of her own as soon as possible, andbuild a new life with her boyfriend. Her plans are thwarted after her husband is once again arrested. Azzam, an Afghani man workingas a translator for the Polish army, is seen as a traitor by his fellow countrymen. After being evacuated to Poland, he is still unable toshake off the trauma of war. Vera is a Ukrainian woman who flees to Poland to undergo a sex change operation – a secret she iskeeping from her family. An unexpected visit from her father and young son forces Vera to reevaluate the question of her own identity.

directed by Elżbieta Benkowska, Łukasz Ostalski, Michał Wawrzecki written by Monika Dembińska, Elżbieta Benkowska, Maksymilian Nowicki,Izabela Aleksandrowicz directors of photography Sławomir Witek, Piotr Pawlus, Cezary Stolecki music by Jerzy Rogiewicz edited by Irena Siedlarproduction design by Katarzyna Filimoniuk costume design by Ewa Gronowska make-up artist Agnieszka Hodowana sound by Marek Wronko,Aleksandra Pniak, Kacper Habisiak, Marcin Kasiński production manager Inga Kruk executive producer Małgorzata Fogel-Gabryś cast Olga Kavalay-Aksenowa, Julian Świeżewski, Hassan Akkouch, Irena Melcer, Karina Minaeva, Stanislav Boklan producer Jan Kwieciński produced by AKSON STUDIO, ul. Piękna 44a, 00-672 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 840 68 30, www.aksonstudio.pl co-produced by Telewizja Polskaco-financed by the Polish Film Institute distribution in Poland and world sales open

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Paweł Sala

Film and stage director. Winner ofthe “Paszport Polityki” award for hisfeature debut.FILMOGRAPHY:

2010: Matka Teresa od kotów (MotherTeresa of Cats)2016: Niewidzialne

A day in the life of three Seamstresses in a sewing room located in the basement of an old tenement house – a story that is at timestragic, grotesque, and filled with black humour. Inside the sewing room, they are accompanied by Krojczy, a philosophy major, andMaria Miracle, a mysterious stranger who decides to descend to the low classes and help those who are at the bottom of the socialladder. A stain on the mouldy wall, which grows throughout the day and begins to take on on unnerving shapes, helps findthe solution to the Seamstresses’ dark secrets. Other tragic secrets are to be found in the garbage dump and under the floorboardsof the sewing room, where human moans and cries can be heard over the hum of the sewing machines.

written and directed by Paweł Sala director of photography Arkadiusz Tomiak music by Marcin Krzyżanowski production design by Andrzej Halińskicostume design by Ilona Binarsch make-up artist Anna Dąbrowska production manager Sylwia Rajdaszka cast Natalia Rybicka, Halina Rasiakówna,Sandra Korzeniak, Paweł Dobek, Aleksandra Popławska, Franciszek Grabski producers Daniel Markowicz, Piotr Galon produced by Lightcraft,ul. Dominikańska 21A, 02-738 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 604 420 500, www.lightcraft.pl co-produced by Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnychi Dokumentalnych, Skopia Film co-financed by the Polish Film Institute distribution in Poland and world sales open

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Slovenian director and screenwriter, bornin 1981. His film debut was the 2000documentary Not sponsored. In 2005, hemade an independent feature film Tu pa

tam, followed by the blockbuster Listy

do M. (Letters to Santa) in 2011. Directscommercials and music videos for someof Europe’s largest music labels.FILMOGRAPHY:

2000: Not Sponsored2002: Be Flexible2004: Tu pa tam2011: Listy do M. (Letters to Santa)2016: Planeta Singli (Planet Single)

Planet SinglePlaneta singli

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Ania is a romantic. She is a charming teacher, albeit slightly lacking in self-confidence. She visits dating websites in search ofthe perfect man. By chance, she meets Tomek, the host of one of the most controversial TV shows in the country. Delighted withAnia’s incorrigible romanticism, he offers her a part in his show: she will arrange her dates online, while he will use his show to showthe true face of the men flirting on these websites and mock the naïvety of the women who search for the ideal man online. Ania’s crazy dating adventures quickly make the show a hit. Then one day Ania actually finds Mr Perfect…

directed by Mitja Okorn written by Sam Akina, Jules Jones, Mitja Okorn, Łukasz Światowiec, Michał Chaciński cast Maciej Stuhr, AgnieszkaWiędłocha, Danuta Stenka, Paweł Domagała, Michał Czernecki, Katarzyna Bujakiewicz, Tomasz Karolak, Weronika Książkiewicz, Piotr Głowacki,Ewa Błaszczyk producers Radosław Drabik, Michał Chaciński produced by Gigant Films distribution in Poland Kino Świat, www.kinoswiat.pl world sales open

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Bartosz M. Kowalski

Born in 1984 in Gdynia. Graduated in filmdirecting from the EICAR school in Parisand USC in Los Angeles. Returned toPoland to work on documentaries, shortnarratives, and commercials. Laterdirected a dozen of TV commercials andmusic videos. Author of two award-winning documentary films produced forHBO. The screenplay for his feature debutPlac zabaw (Playground) brought himthe 2014 Script Pro grand prize. Currentlyworking on his next feature projectPrzejście.FILMOGRAPHY:

2012: Moja Wola (Dream in the Making) –documentary2015: Niepowstrzymani (Unstoppables) –documentary2016: Plac zabaw (Playground)

A portrait of teenagers in the modern world. The script was inspired by real events that took place over a decade ago. The film is setin an average small town in present-day Poland. It is a day in the life of three 13-year-olds who are getting ready to celebrate the endof the school year. At first, the film shows each of the three characters in their home environment, carefully following their everydayroutine. What begins as an innocent story leads to an unexpected and terrifying ending. Playground is a reserved contemplation ofevil in today’s world.

directed by Bartosz M. Kowalski written by Bartosz M. Kowalski, Stanisław Warwas director of photography Mateusz Skalski edited by Bartosz M.Kowalski production design by Marek Warszewski costume design by Agata Culak make-up artist Dorota Seweryńska sound by Radosław Ochnioproduction manager Mirella Zaradkiewicz cast Michalina Świstuń, Przemysław Baliński, Nikolas Przygoda, Patryk Świderski producers DariuszPietrykowski, Mirella Zaradkiewicz produced by Film It, ul. Różana 32, 02-569 Warsaw, Poland, www.filmit.com.pl co-financed by the Polish FilmInstitute distribution in Poland Next Film, www.next-film.pl world sales open

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Director and screenwriter, born in Franceto Polish parents. Raging Rose marks herfeature debut.FILMOGRAPHY:

2015: Znam kogoś, kto cię szuka (RagingRose)

Raging RoseZnam kogoś, kto cię szuka

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Józef travels to France to sort out an issue from his past. He stays in the home of a Polish immigrant who lives with his teenagedaughter Rose. The newly-arrived stranger catches the eye of the young woman. Her fascination gradually transforms into a subtlefriendship that leads to a favour: Józef is searching for his long-lost son, who happens to be Rose’s schoolmate.

written and directed by Julia Kowalski director of photography Simon Beaufils music by Daniel Kowalski edited by Martial Salomon productiondesign by Helene Cisterne, Monika Sajko-Gradowska costume design by Ada Cichowicz make-up artist Anna Nobel-Nobielska sound by PhilippeDeschamps cast Liv Henneguier, Yoann Zimmer, Andrzej Chyra, Artur Steranko producers Maria Blicharska, Monika Sajko-Gradowska (Poland),Mina Driouche (France) produced by Donten & Lacroix Films, ul. Pietraszewicza-Lota 1 m. 3, 02-790 Warsaw, Poland; Les Films de Francoise(France) co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, CNC, Region Bretagne, Arte/Coficine, Cine+ production managers Maciek Hamela, VeroniqueLamarche distribution in Poland Alter Ego Pictures, ul. Chełmska 21 lok. 422, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, www.alteregopictures.pl world sales AlphaViolet, www.alphaviolet.com

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Kasia Rosłaniec

Director, screenwriter. Graduated in filmdirecting from the Warsaw Film Schooland the feature course at the WajdaSchool. Winner of the Crystal Bear Awardat the Berlin IFF for her feature Baby

Blues.FILMOGRAPHY:

2009: Galerianki (Mall Girls)2012: Bejbi Blues (Baby Blues)2016: Szatan kazał tańczyć (Satan SaidDance)

it’s not who you know, it’s not who you blow.

you will die anyway.

everybody dies, keeping your life logic sucks

written and directed by Kasia Rosłaniec director of photography Virginie Surdej edited by Stefan Stabenow production design by Lieke Scholmancostume design by Kasia Rosłaniec make-up artist Robert Stouthamer sound by Jan Schermer cast Magdalena Berus, Łukasz Simlat, Tygo Gernandt,Hanna Koczewska, Tomek Tyndyk, Danuta Stenka, Marta Nieradkiewicz producers Piotr Kobus, Agnieszka Drewno co-producers CharlotteScott-Wilson & Trent produced by Mañana, ul. Chełmska 19/21, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, www.manana.pl co-produced by OAK Motion Pictures co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, Dutch Filmfund and the Dutch Production Incentive production manager Magdalena Jóźwiak distribution in Poland Kino Świat, www.kinoswiat.pl world sales open

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Actor, director, screenwriter, musician.Performed at the Warsaw Operetta (1993-1994) and Teatr Rampa (1997-2000).Frontman of a band known as Dr Misio.Member of the Polish Film Academy andthe European Film Academy.FILMOGRAPHY:

2010: Prosta historia o miłości (A SimpleLove Story)2016: Prosta historia o zabijaniu (ASimple Murder)

A Simple MurderProsta historia o morderstwie

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A thrilling story about a policeman’s family, shaken to the core after a mysterious crime. Jacek is a young policeman, trying everything in his power to protect his mother and brothers from their despot father, a policemaninvolved in some shady business. When the father is murdered, the son becomes the main suspect. While trying to prove hisinnocence, Jacek discovers, to his own horror, that he is becoming more and more like his father.

directed by Arkadiusz Jakubik written by Arkadiusz Jakubik, Igor Brejdygant, Grzegorz Stefański director of photography Witold Płóciennik PSCmusic by edited by Paweł Laskowski production design by Joanna Macha costume design by Agnieszka Werner make-up artist Tomasz Matraszeksound by Jarosław Bajdowski, Mateusz Adamczyk production manager Andrzej Besztak cast Andrzej Chyra, Filip Pławiak, Kinga Preis, AnnaSmołowik, Przemysław Strojkowski, Mateusz Więcławek, Ireneusz Czop, Marek Kasprzyk, Andrzej Konopka, Michał Czernecki, KatarzynaKwiatkowska, Eryk Lubos producer Włodzimierz Niderhaus produced by WFDiF, ul. Chełmska 21, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 841 26 83,www.wfdif.pl co-financed by the Polish Film Institute distribution in Poland Kino Świat, www.kinoswiat.pl world sales Kino Świat/WFDiF

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POLAND 2015 92 MIN COLOUR

Mariusz Grzegorzek

Film and stage director, screenwriter,production designer, graphic artist,television director, co-owner ofthe Krakatau production company. Long-term lecturer at the Łódź Film School.Rector of the Łódź Film School since 2012.FILMOGRAPHY:

1987: Krakatau (Krakatau)1988: Robak (Worm)1989: Jezusowi jest zimno (Jesus is Cold)1990: Goliathus, Goliathus (Goliathus,Goliathus)1993: Rozmowa z człowiekiem z szafy(Conversation with a Cupboard Man)1994: Ars Nova, El Llibre Vermell (Ars Nova,El Llibre Vermell)1995: Panny Smutne (Sad Girls)1995: Meredith (Meredith)1998: Gra liczb (A Game of Numbers)1999: Królowa Aniołów (The Queen ofAngels)2009: Jestem Twój (I Am Yours)2015: Śpiewający obrusik (The SingingNapkin)

The first feature film in the history of performative arts education to serve as the graduation piece of the students of the ActingDepartment of the Łódź Film School. Together with the young actors, the school’s rector Mariusz Grzegorzek creates a poignant filmpiece that takes no shortcuts. Four independent novellas are linked together using documentary footage from auditions, leading upto a surreal and frenetic finale, resulting in an original film voice.

written and directed by Mariusz Grzegorzek director of photography Przemysław Brynkiewicz edited by Mariusz Grzegorzek sound design by MariuszGrzegorzek production design by Natalia Giza costume design by Matylda Leśnikowska make-up artists Paula Adryańczyk, Rafał Rodak sound byRafał Nowak production coordinator Barbara Grzegorzek production manager Witold Franczak cast Mikołaj Chroboczek, Marta Herman,Sebastian Jasnoch, Michał Jóźwik, Alicja Juszkiewicz, Miłosz Karbownik, Karolina Krawczyńska, Damian Kret, Sylwia Madejska, Marcin Miodekproducer Marcin Malatyński produced by the Łódź Film School, ul. Targowa 61/63, 90-323 Łódź, Poland, tel. +48 42 275 55 947,www.filmschool.lodz.pl executive producer the Łódź Film School distribution in Poland and world sales Studio Filmowe INDEKS,www.studioindeks.pl

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Director and producer. Graduated in filmdirecting from the Łódź Film Schoolin 1981. Head of the Polish FilmmakersAssociation from 1990 to 1994. Memberof the Polish Film Academy.FILMOGRAPHY:

1984: Trzy stopy nad ziemią (Three FeetAbove the Ground)1988: Męskie sprawy (Men’s Business)1992: Pamiętnik znaleziony w garbie(Diary in a Marble)1996: Wirus (The Virus)2005: Skazany na bluesa (Destined forthe Blues)2010: Różyczka (Little Rose)2013: W ukryciu (In Hiding)2016: Gwiazdy (Stars)

StarsGwiazdy

POLAND 2016 120 MIN COLOUR

A story of passion, rivalry, love, and friendship. Jan Banaś, acclaimed Silesian football player of the 1960s and 1970s, struggles tomakes his dreams come true on and off the field. Stars is the story of a great love between young people torn by passion andambition.

directed by Jan Kidawa-Błoński written by Jan Kidawa-Błoński, Jacek Kondracki director of photography Michał Englert edited by Jan Kidawa-Błoński Jr. production design by Elwira Pluta costume design by Ilona Binarsch make-up artist Mirosława Wojtczak sound by Adam Wilk cast Mateusz Kościukiewicz, Paweł Deląg, Magdalena Cielecka, Sebastian Fabijański, Karolina Szymczak, Wojciech Mecwaldowski, MarianDziędziel, Eryk Lubos, Adam Woronowicz producers Jarosław Pachowski, Andrzej Serdiukow produced by Film Point Group, Al. Jerozolimskie 212,02-486 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 505 171 766, m.serdiukow@point-group.pl co-produced by the City of Zabrze, Telewizja Polska, the NationalCentre for Culture executive producer Teresa Dworzecka co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production manager Mirosław Warchoł distributionin Poland Forum Film Poland, www.forumfilm.pl world sales open

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POLAND 2015 108 MIN COLOUR

Dariusz Gajewski

Film director, producer and screenwriter.Studied directing at the Łódź FilmSchool. Winner of the Grand Amber Awardat the Koszalin Film Festival. Hisfeature debut Warszawa receivedthe Grand Prize and awards for BestDirector, Best Screenplay and severalothers at the Polish Film Festival inGdynia, as well as the Platinum Award atthe 2005 WorldFest IFF in Houston andSpecial Jury Award in Svietlogorskin 2005. In 2008, he was elected head ofthe Munk Studio Programme Council.Author of multiple documentaries.FILMOGRAPHY:

2002: Alarm2003: Warszawa (Warsaw)2007: Lekcje Pana Kuki (Mr Kuka’s Advice)2015: Obce niebo (Strange Heaven)

Basia and Marek live in Sweden. One white lie triggers a flood of suspicion and leads to Swedish child services taking their beloveddaughter away from them and placing her in foster care. A daughter’s love for her mother is put to the test. Basia and Marek areforced to stand up against the ruthless bureaucratic ways that give no consideration to human emotions. Faced with the nightmareof losing their child, the parents decide to fight to get her back, dangerously toeing the line of the law.

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Director, screenwriter. Studied atthe Department of Political Science ofthe University of Warsaw. Graduated infilm directing from the Łódź Film Schoolin 2001.SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:

2009: Ostatnia akcja (The Last Action)2015: Letnie przesilenie (SummerSolstice)

Summer SolsticeLetnie przesilenie

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Rural Poland, 1943. Four young people: Bunia, a Jewish girl who escaped from a train to the death camps; Guido, a German officer;and two Poles – Romek and Franka, are brought together by a series of extraordinary events. They find something that duringwartime can be both an escape and a source of danger: love.

written and directed by Michał Rogalski director of photography Jerzy Zieliński, ASC, PSC music by Alexander Hacke edited by Milenia Fiedler, Joanna Brühl production design by Janusz Sosnowski interior design by Wiesława Chojkowska costume design by Anna Englert, MagdalenaRutkiewicz-Luterek make-up artists Monika Kaleta, Dorothea Wiedermann sound by Paul Rischer cast Filip Piotrowicz, Jonas Nay, Urszula Bogucka,Maria Semotiuk, Gerdy Zint, Andre M. Hennicke, Steffen Scheumann, Bartłomiej Topa, Agnieszka Krukówna producers Maciej Strzembosz, EwaBorguńska, René Frotscher, Eva-Marie Martens co-producers Rene Frotscher, Eva-Marie Martens produced by Prasa i Film, Chełmska 21 bud. 4lok. 53, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, office@pifpartners.pl; Sunday Filmproduktions, Schulstraße 10, 06108 Halle, Germany, tel. +49 345 44572053co-produced by Telewizja Polska, WFDiF, Odra-Film, S.P. Orka, Mafilm, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, Synchron und Tonstudio Leipzig executive producers Maria Gołoś, Alexander Martens, Thomas Jeschner, Volker Zobelt, Andreas Richter co-financed by the Polish Film Institute,Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Deutscher Filmförderfonds production managers Andrzej Besztak, GrzegorzOlkowski, Christoph Kukula distribution in Poland Prasa i Film, www.prasaifilm.pl world sales Wide Management, www.widemanagement.com

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These Daughters of MineMoje córki krowy

POLAND 2015 87 MIN COLOUR

Kinga Dębska

Screenwriter, feature and documentaryfilm director. Graduated in Japanesestudies from the University of Warsaw andin film directing from FAMU in Prague. Herdebut feature Hel received several awardsat film festivals in Poland.FILMOGRAPHY:

2009: Hel2015: Moje córki krowy (These Daughtersof Mine)

A 40-year old actress (single and strong, yet lonely), her sister (an emotionally unstable schoolteacher whose married-with-kids lifeappears more orderly) and their domineering father, who gradually loses control over his family due to his wife’s sudden illness andhis own health troubles; these are the three individuals at the heart of These Daughters of Mine, a touching story about the strengthof family ties in a situation of imminent danger. A tongue-in-cheek story about life-and-death questions.

written and directed by Kinga Dębska director of photography Andrzej Wojciechowski music by Bartosz Chajdecki edited by Bartosz Karczyńskiproduction design by Ewa Skoczkowska costume design by Agata Culak make-up artist Ewa Kowalewska sound by Leszek Freund cast AgataKulesza, Gabriela Muskała, Marian Dziędziel, Małgorzata Niemirska, Marcin Dorociński, Łukasz Simlat producer Zbigniew Domagalski co-producer Włodzimierz Niderhaus produced by SF Kalejdoskop, Chełmska 21, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, +48 22 851 17 79, studio@kalejdoskop.art.plco-produced by WFDiF co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production manager Anna Wojdat distribution in Poland Kino Świat,www.kinoswiat.pl world sales SF Kalejdoskop, www.kalejdoskop.art.pl

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Born in Switzerland in 1979. In 2005, hegraduated from the Zürcher Hochschuleder Künste (ZHdK). Studied film directingand visual arts at the University of NewSouth Wales in Sydney. His short filmsscreened at multiple international filmfestivals (including Berlinale, PalmSprings, and Calgary), while his Hunde

was in the short film competition inCannes. In 2014, he made his featuredebut Arizona w mojej głowie (They

Chased Me Through Arizona) in Poland.FILMOGRAPHY:

1999: Little Girl2002: d’Gisela2003: Bad Signal2004: Das schwarze Boot2005: Hunde2006: Rakete4 Ferry Wheel2011: Genti Gegan2012: Men, Women, Work2014: Arizona w mojej głowie (TheyChased Me Through Arizona)

They Chased Me Through ArizonaArizona w mojej głowie

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The end of the analogue age. Leonard, an introvert technician, is asked to dismantle the local phone booths. He and his wild driverBen set off on a journey to the end of an era. A film about the inability to communicate between loved ones, about the pain thataccompanies this inability, and the troubles that go with reaching out to another human being. It is also the story of an attempt tobuild relationships; without relationships, life is empty and barren — not unlike the land where Leonard and Ben live.

directed by Matthias Huser written by Matthias Huser, Aurelius Eisenreich director of photography Gabriel Sandru music by Nicolas von Ritter-Zahonyedited by Milenia Fiedler PSM production design by Nicole Hoesli, Jedrzej Kowalski costume design by Małgorzata Karpiuk make-up artist MagdalenaŁęcka sound by Leszek Freund production manager Karolina Mróz cast Krzysztof Kiersznowski, Eryk Lubos, Halina Skoczyńska, Lorenz Clausse,Barbara Dembińska, Anna Lenartowicz, Lech Dyblik, Janusz Kubicki, Witold Dębicki, Henryk Gołębiewski, Mirosław Henke, Stanisław Berny,Grzegorz Palkowski, Marek Lipski, Jacek Opolski, Jan Wojciech Paradowski, Wojciech Bartoszek, Dariusz Kowalski, producers Elda Giudinetti,Andres Pfaeffli produced by ventura film sa al castello 6866 Meride, Switzerland co-produced by Lava Films executive producer Agnieszka Wasiakco-financed by RSI Radiotelevisione Svizzera, SRF Schweizer Fernsehen, Bundesamt für Kultur (EDI), Kulturfonds Suissimage, FilmPlusdella Svizzera italiana, Succès cinéma, Succès passage antenne SRG SSR, Zürcher Filmstiftung, Kanton Thurgau, Kulturelle Filmförderungder Staatskanzlei Thüringen, Media Programme of the European Union distribution in Poland open world sales Film Republic, www.filmrepublic.biz

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Three Falls of a SaintTrzy upadki świętego

POLAND 2016 95 MIN COLOUR

Jacek Januszyk

Graduated in cinematography fromthe Łódź Film School. Worked ascinematographer on multiple featurefilms, documentaries, and televisionseries.FILMOGRAPHY:

1993: Powrót – documentary1993: Aven – short1994: Teatr ekspresji – documentary1995: Mój ołtarz – documentary1996: Babie lato – short2016: Trzy upadki świętego (Three Fallsof a Saint)

Set in Poland’s mountain region of Podhale in the early 20th century. The quaint life of a small village is disturbed when torrentialrains destroy the crops and hunger begins to loom over the villagers. The hardened mountain people claim that it is the wrath ofGod. Redemption will surely come after a statue of St. Anthony is erected. Marcin Mudroń volunteers to sculpt the statue. This isthe opportunity for a better life for this single father raising his children in poverty. But his noble gesture, rather than beingwelcomed by the mountaineers, results in opening old wounds. The demons of the past return to disturb the quiet life of the village.

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Born in 1977. Began his studies insculpture at the Athens School of FineArts, then continued at the Universitatder Kunste Berlin. His first film Without

brought him seven awards at theThessaloniki IFF and a nomination forthe Best Director Award at the Milan IFF.Winner of the Silver Lion for Best Directorat the Venice IFF for his film Miss Violence.FILMOGRAPHY:

2008: Without 2013: Miss Violence 2016: True Crimes

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An investigator sent to work in a police archive re-opens an unsolved murder case from years before. At the age of 50, he tries to redefinehimself and prove his worth in a new reality where morality from the past no longer matters. Demoted from his police investigatorposition, he begins investigating a case that could discredit the current chief of police. What makes Jacek believe he is able to takeon the entire judiciary system? Frustrated with his work and his personal life, all he can do is prove that he deserves a place in thisnew, advanced society. A society that generously offers everything to everyone, claiming that if anyone fails in life, they have onlythemselves to blame.

directed by Alexandros Avranas written by Jeremy Brock director of photography Michał Englert edited by Agnieszka Glińska production design byWojciech Żogała, Francesca di Mottola costume design by Mayou Tirkeriotti make-up artists Marcin Rodak, Anna Nobel-Nobielska, Ewa Drobiec(personal make-up for Jim Carrey) sound by Nikos Bouyiukos line producer Justyna Pawlak production manager Magdalena Jaworska cast Jim Carrey, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Marton Csokas, Kati Outinen, Vlad Ivanov, Agata Kulesza, Robert Więckiewicz, Anna Polony, Zbigniew Zamachowski producers Brett Ratner, David Gerson, John Cheng, Jeffrey Soros, Simon Horsman produced by LAMF, RatpacEnternatinment 4000 Warner Blvd Bldg 95 Burbank, CA 91522 US tel. +1 818 954 1099 4000 co-produced by Opus Film executive producer Opus Filmco-financed by the Polish Film Institute, the Krakow Film Commission distribution in Poland open world sales Mr Smith, 77 Dean Street, London, tel. +44 207 494 1724, info@mistersmithent.com

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United States of LoveZjednoczone Stany Miłości

POLAND – SWEDEN 2016 104 MIN COLOUR

Tomasz Wasilewski

Director and screenwriter. Born in 1980.Graduated from the Łódź Film School.Winner of multiple awards at film festivalsin Poland and abroad.FILMOGRAPHY:

2012: W sypialni (In a Bedroom)2013: Płynące wieżowce (FloatingSkyscrapers)2016: Zjednoczone Stany Miłości (UnitedStates of Love)

Poland, 1990. The winds of change are blowing in Poland. The first euphoric year of freedom, but also of uncertainty for the future.Four apparently happy women of different ages decide it’s time to change their lives, fight for their happiness and fulfill their desires.

written and directed by Tomasz Wasilewski director of photography Oleg Mutu edited by Beata Walentowska production design by KatarzynaSobańska, Marcel Sławiński costume design by Monika Kaleta make-up artist Ewa Kowalewska sound by Christian Holm production managerRobert Feluch cast Julia Kijowska, Magdalena Cielecka, Dorota Kolak, Marta Nieradkiewicz, Tomek Tyndyk, Andrzej Chyra, Łukasz Simlatproducers Piotr Kobus, Agnieszka Drewno produced by Mañana, ul. Chełmska 19/21, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, www.manana.pl co-produced by Telewizja Polska, Film i Väst, Common Ground Pictures co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, Film i Väst distribution in Poland Kino Świat, www.kinoswiat.pl world sales New Europe Film Sales, www.neweuropefilmsales.com

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Director and screenwriter. Graduated incinematography from the Łódź FilmSchool. Winner of multiple awards at filmfestivals in Poland and abroad.FILMOGRAPHY:

1998: Małżowina (The Earlobe)2004: Wesele (The Wedding)2009: Dom zły (Dark House)

2011: Róża (Rosa)2013: Drogówka (The Traffic Department)2014: Pod Mocnym Aniołem (The MightyAngel)2016: Wołyń (Volhynia)

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POLAND 2016 CA 120 MIN COLOUR

An epic period piece. Set over the course of six years, the story mostly takes place during World War Two in a small village inthe eponymous region of Volhynia – a village inhabited by Ukrainians, Poles, and Jews. The life of this small community is then tornapart by history. In the spring of 1943, a wave of ethnic cleansing sweeps over the region. In a sea of brutality and hate, the film’sprotagonist Zosia Głowacka tries to save the lives of her children and her own.

written and directed by Wojtek Smarzowski director of photography Piotr Sobociński Jr. PSC music by Mikołaj Trzaska edited by Paweł LaskowskiPSM production design by Marek Zawierucha costume design by Magdalena Rutkiewicz-Luterk, Wanda Kowalska, Andrzej Grabarczyk make-upartist Ewa Drobiec sound by Jacek Hamela cast Michalina Łabacz, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Adrian Zaremba, Jacek Braciak, Lech Dyblik, Izabela Kunaproducers Dariusz Pietrykowski, Andrzej Połeć produced by Film it, ul. Różana 32, 02-569 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 853 8668, fax +48 22 852 1516, office@filmit.com.pl co-produced by Telewizja Polska, Andrzej Łudziński Productions, Canal +, Bemar, the NationalAudiovisual Institute, the National Centre for Culture, Odra Film executive producers Dariusz Pietrykowski, Andrzej Połeć, Feliks Pastusiak co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production manager Paweł Bareński distribution in Poland Forum Film Poland, www.forumfilm.pl world sales open

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Dariusz Glazer

Graduated in film directing from the Radio and Television Departmentof the University of Silesia. Co-wrotethe script for the award-winning featureChrzest (The Christening) by Marcin Wrona.Wrote and directed Podróż, a film madewithin the framework of the 30 Minutesprogramme. Winner of the Hartley-Merrilland ScriptPro competitions.FILMOGRAPHY:

2014: Mur (The Wall)

A young man decides to start a fresh chapter in his life. Having worked as a contractor on a newly built, gated estate, he now rentsa flat there himself, cutting himself off from his old life in a run-down tenement house with his mother and her need for medicalcare. But the new reality quickly puts all his illusions to bed. If he wants to change, he will first have to tackle all the baggage fromhis past. Will he hesitate before leaping over the wall?

written and directed by Dariusz Glazer director of photography Wojciech Staroń PSC production design by Anna Wunderlich costume design byNatalia Czeczott make-up artist Janusz Kaleja sound by Maria Chilarecka cast Tomasz Schuchardt, Aleksandra Konieczna, Marta Nieradkiewicz,Dariusz Toczek, Ewa Kasprzyk, Piotr Machalica, Ewa Kolasińska, Rafał Maćkowiak, Krzysztof Olszewski producers Jacek Bromski, Ewa Jastrzębska,Dariusz Gajewski produced by Munk Studio – the Polish Filmmakers Association, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 7, 00-068 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 556 54 740, fax +48 22 556 54 69, studiomunka@sfp.org.pl, www.studiomunka.pl co-produced by Telewizja Polska co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production manager Sylwia Rajdaszka distribution in Poland and world sales open

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Graduated in film directing fromthe Radio and Television Department ofthe University of Silesia. Finishedthe documentary course at the WajdaSchool. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize atthe Sundance Film Festival for hisdocumentary Gwizdek (The Whistle).FILMOGRAPHY:

2010: The Dog Hill2012: Gwizdek (The Whistle) –documentary2015: Love, Love – documentary2016: Fale (Waves)

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As she comes of age, Kasia finds herself at a moment in life when she needs to make a number of key decisions. At first, her situationappears hopeless; everyone around her is dragging her down. But with her moral instincts and good intuition about good and evil,she will manage to attempt to change her fate, despite her young age.

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Anna Jadowska

Polish director and screenwriter, whosework includes feature and documentaryfilms and television. She studied directingat the Łódź Film School and the WajdaSchool, followed by Ex Oriente and EAVEworkshops. Her feature film directingcareer began with Dotknij mnie (2003)and Teraz ja (2004). Her most recent workTrzy kobiety received the Magic Hour Awardat the 2014 Planete+ Doc Film Festival inWarsaw.FILMOGRAPHY:

2003: Dotknij mnie2004: Teraz ja (It’s Me, Now)2009: Generał. Zamach na Gilblartarze.(The General)2011: Z miłości (Out of Love)2013: Trzy kobiety2016: Dzikie róże (Wild Roses)

Ewa, 27, has a secret she is desperate to keep. While her husband is working abroad, she gives birth to an illegitimate child and secretlyputs the baby up for adoption. She tries to maintain a normal routine with her family but struggles to overcome her pangs of guilt.Can Ewa live with her secret and face the reality of life in a small village?

written and directed by Anna Jadowska director of photography Małgorzata Szyłak music by Agnieszka Stulgińska edited by Anna Mass productiondesign by Anna Anosowicz costume design by Marta Ostrowicz make-up artist Aleksandra Dutkiewicz sound by Agata Chodyra production managerKarolina Kajdanowicz cast Marta Nieradkiewicz, Michał Żurawski, Halina Rasiakówna producers Roman Jarosz, Iza Igel produced by Alter EgoPictures, ul. Chełmska 21/422, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, www.alteregopictures.pl co-produced by ITI NEOVISION (nc+), D35 SA, StudioDźwiękownia co-financed by the Polish Film Institute distribution in Poland All Muses world sales open

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Born in 1977. Graduated from the PoznańDrama School and the University ofWrocław. Writer, stage and film director,actress. Winner of multiple artisticawards. Head of the Lubuska School ofFilm & Television, the Lubuska School ofPhotography, and the ‘Quest Europe’International Auteur Film Festival.President of the ‘Otwarta Kultura’ (OpenCulture) Foundation.FILMOGRAPHY:

2003: Poczekalna (The WaitingRoom) – short2004: Przerwana lekcja bieli (A BrokenLesson of White Site of Life) – short 2005: Inna bajka (AnotherStory) – documentary2006: Królewska choroba(Schizophrenia) – documentary2010: Masza (Masza) – documentary2011: Tak, jestem lesbijką (Yes, I Am aLess) – documentary2012: Tortury (Torture) – short2016: Kolekcja sukienek (WomenCollection)

Women CollectionKolekcja sukienek

POLAND 2016 84 MIN COLOUR

Eight women of different ages. Love and loneliness. Fear. The vestures we all wear. A film about how choosing to live a ‘half-life’makes us rot. The women in Women Collection are subjects of an unusual experiment.

directed by Marzena Więcek written by Marzena Więcek, Jacek Kasprzycki based on ‘Mówią o sobie’ by Marta Rybarczyk director of photographyŁukasz Dębski production design by Marzena Więcek, Grzegorz Czajka costume design by Anna Adamczewska make-up artist Agnieszka Der sound by Grzegorz Lindemann cast Zbigniew Zamachowski, Ewa Szykulska, Marzena Trybała, Dorota Stalińska, Marzena Wieczorek, MarzenaWięcek, Iwona Katarzyna Pawlak, Adrianna Biedrzyńska, Katarzyna Bujakiewicz producer Marzena Więcek co-producer Grzegorz Czajka produced byAkademia Twórczych Poszukiwań, ul. Festiwalowa 3, 65-520 Zielona Góra, Poland, info@akademia.zgora.pl co-produced by Pracownia PromocjiSztuki, Grzegorz Czajka, ul. Jedności 44A/3, 65-013 Zielona Góra, Poland executive producer Lubuska School of Film and TV co-financed byLubuskie Voivodship, City of Zielona Góra, Polakpotrafi.pl production manager Marzena Więcek set manager Grzegorz Czajka distribution in Polandand world sales open

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POLAND 2016 92 MIN COLOUR

Mariusz Bieliński

Graduated from the Vocal and ActingStudio of the Music Theatre in Gdynia, andthe Directing Department of the DramaAcademy in Warsaw. Winner of multipleplaywriting and screenwritingcompetitions.FILMOGRAPHY:

2014: Nad (Above) – TV theatre2016: Mały Jakub (Young Jacob)

A simple story about reconciliation. A breakthrough at the age of nine or ten. The young human being crosses a threshold, finallyrealizing that the world is more complicated than it seemed before, and that simple divisions don’t always reflect the complexemotions that are starting to appear. How do we deal with them? How do we assimilate them? How do we process them?What is better, which attitudes are best suited for life? Is it those that focus on deluding ourselves, on immersing ourselves in ourown imagined world? Or is it those that are more realistic, more brutal, but at the same time allow us to have a more solid footing?Is it even worth it? And can this be determined at all at the age of ten?

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Director, screenwriter, lecturer atthe Wajda School and the Łódź FilmSchool. Co-directed The Performer, whichreceived an award at the Berlin IFF.FILMOGRAPHY:

2010: Urodziny – short2014: Performer (The Performer)2016: Zgoda

ZgodaPOLAND 2016 90 MIN COLOUR

1945. Communist secret police forces in Silesia build a labour camp for Germans, Silesians and Poles on the site of a former auxiliarycamp of Auschwitz-Birkenau. The secret police use punishing traitors as a pretext for purging the country of enemies of the system.Franek gets a job at the camp to save the woman he loves – a Polish woman named Anna. What Franek doesn’t know is that Erwin,a German man and Franek’s friend, who has long had feelings for Anna, is also an inmate at the camp. Franek joins the communists,deluding himself that he will be able to trick the system.Zgoda is the story of a love triangle, in which two young men compete for the affection of one woman.

directed by Maciej Sobieszczański written by Małgorzata Sobieszczańska director of photography Valentyn Vasyanovych music by BartłomiejGliniak edited by Rafał Listopad production design by Ewa Skoczkowska costume design by Agata Culak make-up artist Ewa Kowalewska sound byPaulina Bocheńska production manager Leszek Pieszko cast Julian Świeżewski, Zofia Wichłacz, Jakub Gierszał, Wojciech Zieliński, PawełTomaszewski, Danuta Stenka producer Zbigniew Domagalski produced by Studio Filmowe Kalejdoskop, ul. Chełmska 21, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland,tel. +48 22 851 17 79, tel./fax +48 22 841 21 35, www.kalejdoskop.art.pl co-produced by WFDiF, EBH Polska, Wajda School co-financed bythe Polish Film Institute distribution in Poland Kino Świat, www.kinoswiat.pl world sales open

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Marta Minorowicz

Born in 1979, Studied theatre studies atthe Jagiellonian University in Krakow.Graduated from the documentary courseat the Andrzej Wajda Master School ofFilm Directing. Made The Angel of Death

for Discovery History, a film about womenwho survived the medical experiments ofDoctor Mengele.Her documentary film Kawałek lata

(A Piece of Summer; 2010) screened ata number of top international filmfestivals, winning multiple awards,including the Grand Prize in Clermont-Ferrand, the Golden Dove award atDOK.Leipzig, and the White Cobra awardat the ‘Man in Danger’ Media Festival.Her Decrescendo (2011) received specialmention in the international short filmcompetition at the 51st Krakow FilmFestival.FILMOGRAPHY:

2008: Anioł Śmierci (The Angel of Death)2010: Kawałek lata (A Piece of Summer) 2011: Decrescendo2016: ZUD Zud – when the unforgiving forces of nature take their toll on the lives of people and animals. An unexpected return of snow destroys

the livelihood of a nomad family. Eleven-year-old Sukhbait is forced to leave his carefree childhood behind; the fate of his familydepends on whether or not he will be able to tame a wild horse in order to win a race. The intense relationship between the boy,his father and the wild horse shows how nature is capable of overwhelming human lives. Nobody remains unscathed after beingconfronted with the powers of the steppe.

directed by Marta Minorowicz written by Marta Minorowicz, Kenneth McBride director of photography Paweł Chorzępa edited by Beata Walentowskasound by Tomasz Kochan production managers Tumen Budsuren, Małgorzata Zacharko cast Sukbhat Batsaikhan, Batsaikhan Budee, Bayasgalan Batsaikhan, Bayajikh Batsaikhan, Baljinnyam Nyam-Ochir producers Anna Wydra, Ann Carolin Renningen, Thomas Kufus produced by Otter Films, ul. Puławska 61 lok. 506, 02-595 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 609 841 445, www.otterfilms.pl; zero one film, Lehrter Strasse 57; D-10 557 Berlin, tel. +49 (0) 30 390 66 30, www.zeroone.de supportig producer MM Films co-financed by the Polish FilmInstitute, Eurimages, Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg, Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA), Polish-German Co-Development Fund, MEDIA distribution in Poland open world sales Manuela Buono Sligshot Films, www.slingshotfilms.it

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Ministry of Culture and National Heritage

Krakowskie Przedmieście 15/1700-071 WarsawPoland phone +48 22 421 01 00 fax +48 22 827 39 58www.mkidn.gov.pl

Department of International Relations

phone +48 22 421 02 40fax +48 22 826 19 22

Contact for journalists:

Ministry’s Information Centre

phone +48 22 421 05 55fax +48 22 421 04 41e-mail rzecznik@mkidn.gov.pl

Polish Film Institute

Krakowskie Przedmieście 21/2300-071 WarsawPoland

General Directorof the Polish Film Institute

Magdalena Sroka

phone +48 22 421 05 18fax +48 22 421 02 41e-mail pisf@pisf.plwww.pisf.pl

Film Production and Film ProjectDevelopment Department

phone +48 22 421 05 77fax +48 22 421 05 82e-mail produkcja@pisf.pl

International Relations Department

Head of Department Izabela Kiszka-Hoflik

phone +48 22 421 04 03e-mail promotion@pisf.pl

Public Relations Department

Press Spokesperson Rafał Jankowski

phone +48 22 421 01 89e-mail rzecznik@pisf.pl

Film Culture Dissemination andPromotion Department

Head of Department Renata Pawłowska-Pyra

phone +48 22 421 01 56e-mail duk@pisf.pl

National Film Archive Filmoteka Narodowa

Puławska 6100-975 WarsawPoland phone +48 22 845 50 74fax +48 22 646 53 73 e-mail filmoteka@fn.org.pl www.fn.org.pl

Polish Filmmakers Associations

Krakowskie Przedmieście 700-068 WarsawPoland office phone

+48 22 556 54 40 +48 22 845 51 32 fax +48 22 845 39 08 e-mail biuro@sfp.org.pl www.sfp.org.pl

Polish Audiovisual Producers Chamber of CommerceKrajowa Izba ProducentówAudiowizualnych

Chełmska 21, bld. 28 C 00-724 WarsawPolandphone +48 22 840 59 01 e-mail kipa@kipa.plbiuro@kipa.pl www.kipa.pl

Telewizja Polska

Woronicza 1700-999 WarsawPoland phone +48 22 547 81 67 fax +48 22 547 42 25 www.tvp.pl

Creative Europe Desk Poland

Al. Ujazdowskie 41 00-540 Warsaw Poland phone +48 22 447 61 80 / 72e-mail info@kreatywna-europa.eu www.kreatywna-europa.eu

Key Addresses

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Łódź Film School

Targowa 61/6390-323 ŁódźPolandphone +48 42 275 58 00

Department of Promotion and International Relations

phone/fax +48 42 275 59 47e-mail promo@filmschool.lodz.plwww.filmschool.lodz.pl

Distribution

Indeks Film Studio

phone +48 515 123 369e-mail office@studioindeks.pl

Krzysztof Kieślowski Radio and Television DepartmentUniversity of Silesia in Katowice

Bytkowska 1b40-955 KatowicePolandphone +48 32 258 24 20+48 32 258 24 27+48 32 258 24 29writv@us.edu.plwww.writv.us.edu.pl

Department of PromotionPromotion & Festivals Coordination

phone +48 32 258 24 20, ext. 125e-mail michal.hudzikowski@us.edu.pl

Wajda School

Chełmska 2100-724 WarsawPolandphone/fax +48 22 851 10 56+48 22 851 10 57+48 22 851 10 67ext. 114, 115 – PR & Salese-mail info@wajdaschool.plwww.wajdaschool.pl

Warsaw Film School

Generała Zajączka 701-518 WarsawPolandphone/fax +48 22 839 00 50e-mail info@szkolafilmowa.plwww.szkolafilmowa.pl

International Relations, Festivals

phone +48 887 555 102e-mail

ewaszczepanowska@szkolafilmowa.pl

Gdynia Film School

Plac Grunwaldzki 2 81-372 GdyniaPolandphone +48 58 712 22 77e-mail info@gsf.plwww.gsf.pl

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9th PKO Off CameraInternational Festival of IndependentCinema

29 April - 8 May 2016, Krakow

Stowarzyszenie Sztuki Niezależnej i Nie Tylko Off Camera

Karmelicka 55/731-128 KrakowPolandphone +48 12 421 52 57fax +48 12 395 72 42e-mail info@offcamera.pl

PR Manager Alicja Myśliwiec

e-mail a.mysliwiec@offcamera.plwww.offcamera.pl

13th Docs Against Gravity Film Festival

6-15 May 2016, Warsaw, Wrocław and 20 cities across Poland

Against Gravity

Żurawia 22 pok. 21200-515 WarsawPolandphone/fax +48 22 828 10 79

Head of PR and Marketing Marta Berto

e-mail marta@againstgravity.plkontakt@againstgravity.plwww.docsag.plwww.againstgravity.pl

56th Krakow Film Festival

29 May - 5 June 2016, Krakow

Krakow Film Festival Office

Basztowa 15/8a31-143 KrakowPolandphone/fax +48 12 294 69 45e-mail info@kff.com.pl www.krakowfilmfestival.pl

PR Manager Anna Dziedzic

e-mail anna.dziedzic@kff.com.pl

office during the festival

Kijów.Centrum

al. Zygmunta Krasińskiego 3430-101 KrakowPolandphone +48 12 433 00 33+48 603 855 325

9th Animator International Animated Film Festival

8-14 July 2016, Poznań

Estrada PoznańskaMasztalarska 861-767 PoznańPolandphone/fax +48 61 852 88 33e-mail office@animator-festival.comwww.animator-festival.com

16th T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival

21-31 July 2016, Wrocław

New Horizons Association

Zamenhofa 1 00-153 WarsawPoland phone +48 22 530 66 40, fax +48 22 831 06 63 e-mail festival@nowehoryzonty.plsekretariat@snh.org.pl

PR Manager Agata Burdzy

e-mail agata.burdzy@snh.org.plwww.nowehoryzonty.pl

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41st Gdynia Film Festival

19-24 September 2016, Gdynia

Pomorska Fundacja Filmowa

Festival Office

Plac Grunwaldzki 281-372 GdyniaPolandphone +48 58 712 22 88fax +48 58 621 15 78e-mail biuro@festiwalgdynia.plwww.festiwalgdynia.plwww.fundacjafilmowa.pl

32nd Warsaw Film Festival

7-16 October 2016, Warsaw

Warsaw Film Foundation

P.O. Box 81600-950 Warsaw 1Polandphone +48 605 289 794fax +48 22 621 46 47 e-mail media@wff.pl www.wff.pl

12th CentEast Market

e-mail centeast@gmail.com

7th American Film Festival

25-30 October 2016, Wrocław

New Horizons Association

Zamenhofa 100-153 WarsawPolandphone +48 22 530 66 40fax +48 22 831 06 63e-mail aff@snh.org.pl

PR manager Błażej Grzechnik

e-mail blazej.grzechnik@snh.org.pl www.americanfilmfestival.pl

24th Camerimage International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography

12-19 November 2016, Bydgoszcz

Tumult Foundation

Rynek Nowomiejski 2887-100 ToruńPoland phone +48 56 621 00 19 +48 56 652 21 79 e-mail camerimage@camerimage.pl www.camerimage.pl

23rd Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival

22-27 November 2016, Krakow

Rotunda Association

Oleandry 130-060 KrakowPolandphone +48 12 633 35 38 ext. 26 fax +48 12 633 76 48e-mail biuro@etiudaandanima.comwww.etiudaandanima.com

34th Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film Festival

27 November – 4 December 2016,Poznań

Children’s Art Centre

Św. Marcin 80/8261-809 PoznańPolandphone +48 61 646 44 79+48 61 646 44 81fax +48 61 646 44 72e-mail festiwal@alekino.comwww.alekino.com

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Polish Title Original Title (or English title in case of Polish films) Distributor Country B. O. (PLN) Admissions Prints Release Date

1 LISTY DO M. 2 LETTERS TO SANTA 2 KINO ŚWIAT POLAND 52,274,306 2,874,420 328 13.11.2015

2 GWIEZDNE WOJNY: PRZEBUDZENIE MOCY STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS DISNEY USA 44,548,018 2,058,857 601 18.12.2015

3 SPECTRE SPECTRE FORUM FILM UK/USA 35,308,490 1,750,671 350 06.11.2015

4 PIĘĆDZIESIĄT TWARZY GREYA FIFTY SHADES OF GREY UIP USA 35,054,592 1,814,116 305 13.02.2015

5 PINGWINY Z MADAGASKARU THE PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR IMPERIAL CINEPIX USA 30,751,659 1,634,542 235 30.01.2015

6 MINIONKI THE MINIONS UIP USA 30,414,721 1,669,881 307 26.06.2015

7 HOTEL TRANSYLWANIA 2 HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 UIP USA 21,862,174 1,154,354 213 09.10.2015

8 HOBBIT: BITWA PIĘCIU ARMII THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES FORUM FILM NEW ZEALAND/USA 19,343,472 950,232 435 26.12.2014

9 SZYBCY I WŚCIEKLI 7 FAST & FURIOUS 7 UIP USA/JAPAN 19,202,044 995,199 252 10.04.2015

10 W GŁOWIE SIĘ NIE MIEŚCI INSIDE OUT DISNEY USA 16,615,096 952,617 217 01.07.2015

11 DISCOPOLO DISCOPOLO NEXT FILM POLAND 16,181,641 877,369 242 27.02.2015

12 AVENGERS: CZAS ULTRONA THE AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON DISNEY USA 14,598,569 697,489 344 07.05.2015

13 WKRĘCENI 2 WKRĘCENI 2 INTERFILM POLAND 13,797,186 769,711 215 16.01.2015

14 JURASSIC WORLD JURASSIC WORLD UIP USA 13,487,825 652,347 304 12.06.2015

15 MAŁY KSIĄŻĘ THE LITTLE PRINCE KINO ŚWIAT FRANCE/CANADA 12,703,995 776,128 235 07.08.2015

16 IGRZYSKA ŚMIERCI: KOSOGŁOS. CZĘŚĆ 2 THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY - PART 2 FORUM FILM USA/GERMANY 12,547,876 666,754 243 20.11.2015

17 EVEREST EVEREST UIP UK/USA/ICELAND 11,653,084 527,805 155 18.09.2015

18 DOBRY DINOZAUR THE GOOD DINOSAUR DISNEY USA 10,957,032 677,159 228 27.11.2015

19 MARSJANIN THE MARTIAN IMPERIAL CINEPIX USA/UK 10,611,631 494,920 170 02.10.2015

20 PADDINGTON PADDINGTON MONOLITH UK/FRANCE 9,490,679 571,902 166 02.01.2015

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1 LISTY DO M. 2 (LETTERS TO SANTA) KINO ŚWIAT 52,274,306 2,874,420 328 13.11.2015

2 DISCOPOLO NEXT FILM 16,181,641 877,369 242 27.02.2015

3 WKRĘCENI 2 INTERFILM 13,797,186 769,711 215 16.01.2015

4 KARBALA NEXT FILM 7,083,176 408,233 306 11.09.2015

5 CHEMIA (CHEMO) VUE MOVIE 5,654,806 318,989 207 02.10.2015

6 ZIARNO PRAWDY (A GRAIN OF TRUTH) NEXT FILM 5,276,947 289,861 191 30.01.2015

7 BODY/CIAŁO (BODY) KINO ŚWIAT 5,161,571 289,117 152 06.03.2015

8 CARTE BLANCHE KINO ŚWIAT 4,819,045 290,645 151 23.01.2015

9 KRÓL ŻYCIA (THE KING OF LIFE) NEXT FILM 3,935,024 216,450 224 25.09.2015

10 ŻYĆ NIE UMIERAĆ (LIFE FEELS GOOD) KINO ŚWIAT 3,723,677 210,272 200 28.08.2015

11 OBCE NIEBO (STRANGE HEAVEN) NEXT FILM 2,517,834 145,464 176 16.10.2015

12 11 MINUT (11 MINUTES) KINO ŚWIAT 2,324,717 126,377 158 23.10.2015

13 PANI Z PRZEDSZKOLA (ALL ABOUT MY PARENTS) KINO ŚWIAT 2,280,024 120,544 148 25.12.2014

14 APARTAMENT KINO ŚWIAT 2,116,131 134,814 150 15.05.2015

15 PILECKI KONDRAT MEDIA 2,021,063 153,896 68 25.09.2015

16 PANIE DULSKIE (DAMAGED) KINO ŚWIAT 1,864,606 116,938 149 02.10.2015

17 KLUB WŁÓCZYKIJÓW (ADVENTURERS’ CLUB) FORUM FILM 1,813,409 131,062 159 18.09.2015

18 DEMON KINO ŚWIAT 1,766,744 107,934 141 16.10.2015

19 BOGOWIE (GODS) NEXT FILM 1,601,893 106,828 220 10.10.2014

20 IDA SOLOPAN 1,389,652 94,563 75 25.10.2013

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1 MAŁY KSIĄŻĘ THE LITTLE PRINCE KINO ŚWIAT FRANCE/CANADA 12,703,995 776,128 235 07.08.2015

2 PADDINGTON PADDINGTON MONOLITH UK/FRANCE 9,490,679 571,902 166 02.01.2015

3 UPROWADZONA 3 TAKEN 3 MONOLITH FRANCE 8,082,256 414,464 147 09.01.2015

4 UPS! ARKA ODPŁYNĘŁA OOOPS! NOAH IS GONE... KINO ŚWIAT GERMANY/BELGIUM/LUXEMBOURG/IRELAND/USA 4,520,239 273,710 213 02.05.2015

5 BARANEK SHAUN. FILM SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE MONOLITH UK/FRANCE 4,168,578 247,370 147 13.02.2015

6 FRU! YELLOWBIRD KINO ŚWIAT FRANCE/BELGIUM 4,054,822 246,734 144 06.03.2015

7 ASTERIKS I OBELIKS: OSIEDLE BOGÓW ASTERIX: LE DOMAINE DES DIEUX BEST FILM FRANCE/BELGIUM 3,491,057 199,403 140 27.02.2015

8 KINGSMAN: TAJNE SŁUŻBY KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE IMPERIAL CINEPIX UK 3,194,613 155,536 101 13.02.2015

9 AMY AMY GUTEK FILM UK/USA 2,701,170 156,397 83 07.08.2015

10 MŁODOŚĆ YOUTH GUTEK FILM ITALY/FRANCE/SWITZERLAND/UK 2,430,722 143,334 74 18.09.2015

11 TEORIA WSZYSTKIEGO THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING UIP UK 2,387,750 128,280 74 30.01.2015

12 MAKBET MACBETH BEST FILM UK/FRANCE/USA 2,334,999 156,112 120 27.11.2015

13 SEKRETY MORZA SONG OF THE SEA VUE MOVIE IRELAND/DENMARK/BELGIUM/LUXEMBOURG/FRANCE 2,244,372 141,525 143 08.05.2015

14 BELLA I SEBASTIAN 2 BELLE ET SEBASTIEN, L'AVENTURE CONTINUE MONOLITH FRANCE 2,225,347 156,076 148 25.12.2015

15 HUGO I ŁOWCY DUCHÓW GHOSTHUNTERS KINO ŚWIAT GERMANY/AUSTRIA/IRELAND 2,178,345 126,693 143 11.09.2015

16 KRÓLOWA ŚNIEGU 2 THE SNOW QUEEN 2 KINO ŚWIAT RUSSIA 2,112,293 125,284 137 25.12.2014

17 EX MACHINA EX MACHINA UIP UK 1,895,672 95,285 79 20.03.2015

18 SAWA. MAŁY WIELKI BOHATER SAVVA. SERDTSE VOINA MONOLITH RUSSIA 1,829,944 115,424 120 13.11.2015

19 KOKO SMOKO DER KLEINE DRACHE KOKOSNUSS MONOLITH GERMANY 1,685,914 106,885 175 24.07.2015

20 TRANSPORTER: NOWA MOC THE TRANSPORTER REFUELED KINO ŚWIAT FRANCE/CHINA/BELGIUM 1,453,775 71,947 113 04.09.2015

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1 GWIEZDNE WOJNY: PRZEBUDZENIE MOCY STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS DISNEY USA 44,548,018 2,058,857 601 18.12.2015

2 SPECTRE SPECTRE FORUM FILM UK/USA 35,308,490 1,750,671 350 06.11.2015

3 PIĘĆDZIESIĄT TWARZY GREYA FIFTY SHADES OF GREY UIP USA 35,054,592 1,814,116 305 13.02.2015

4 PINGWINY Z MADAGASKARU THE PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR IMPERIAL CINEPIX USA 30,751,659 1,634,542 235 30.01.2015

5 MINIONKI THE MINIONS UIP USA 30,414,721 1,669,881 307 26.06.2015

6 HOTEL TRANSYLWANIA 2 HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 UIP USA 21,862,174 1,154,354 213 09.10.2015

7 HOBBIT: BITWA PIĘCIU ARMII THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES FORUM FILM NEW ZEALAND/USA 19,343,472 950,232 435 26.12.2014

8 SZYBCY I WŚCIEKLI 7 FAST & FURIOUS 7 UIP USA/JAPAN 19,202,044 995,199 252 10.04.2015

9 W GŁOWIE SIĘ NIE MIEŚCI INSIDE OUT DISNEY USA 16,615,096 952,617 217 01.07.2015

10 AVENGERS: CZAS ULTRONA THE AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON DISNEY USA 14,598,569 697,489 344 07.05.2015

11 JURASSIC WORLD JURASSIC WORLD UIP USA 13,487,825 652,347 304 12.06.2015

12 IGRZYSKA ŚMIERCI: KOSOGŁOS. CZĘŚĆ 2 THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY - PART 2 FORUM FILM USA/GERMANY 12,547,876 666,754 243 20.11.2015

13 EVEREST EVEREST UIP UK/USA/ICELAND 11,653,084 527,805 155 18.09.2015

14 DOBRY DINOZAUR THE GOOD DINOSAUR DISNEY USA 10,957,032 677,159 228 27.11.2015

15 MARSJANIN THE MARTIAN IMPERIAL CINEPIX USA/UK 10,611,631 494,920 170 02.10.2015

16 SPONGEBOB: NA SUCHYM LĄDZIE THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER UIP USA 8,774,940 457,716 119 20.02.2015

17 SNAJPER AMERICAN SNIPER WARNER USA 8,718,204 449,923 168 20.02.2015

18 KOPCIUSZEK CINDERELLA DISNEY USA/UK 8,168,891 472,988 180 13.03.2015

19 DOM HOME IMPERIAL CINEPIX USA 6,901,650 376,218 211 10.04.2015

20 TED 2 TED 2 UIP USA 6,689,455 361,501 140 10.07.2015

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1 OGNIEM I MIECZEM WITH FIRE AND SWORD SYRENA 105,089,363 7,151,354 12.02.1999

2 PAN TADEUSZ PAN TADEUSZ VISION 82,839,843 6,168,344 22.10.1999

3 QUO VADIS QUO VADIS SYRENA 69,045,592 4,300,351 14.09.2001

4 AVATAR AVATAR IMPERIAL CINEPIX 88,329,136 3,679,885 25.12.2009

5 TITANIC TITANIC SYRENA 49,115,575 3,513,480 13.02.1998

6 PASJA PASSION OF THE CHRIST MONOLITH 44,673,615 3,462,159 05.03.2004

7 SHREK 2 SHREK 2 UIP 48,184,229 3,395,226 02.07.2004

8 SHREK TRZECI SHREK THE THIRD UIP 49,723,776 3,352,805 29.06.2007

9 LISTY DO M. 2 LETTERS TO SANTA 2 KINO ŚWIAT 52,274,306 2,874,420 13.11.2015

10 KATYŃ KATYN ITI CINEMA 35,243,623 2,770,252 21.09.2007

11 PARK JURAJSKI JURASSIC PARK UIP-ITI 8,745,471 2,735,908 03.09.1993

12 KRÓL LEW LION KING SYRENA 9,829,475 2,722,830 18.11.1994

13 LISTY DO M. LETTERS TO SANTA ITI CINEMA 44,740,047 2,560,734 10.11.2011

14 LEJDIS LADIES ITI CINEMA 41,706,225 2,530,660 01.02.2008

15 WŁADCA PIERŚCIENI: DRUŻYNA PIERŚCIENIA LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING WARNER 36,397,625 2,529,799 15.02.2002

16 HARRY POTTER I KAMIEŃ FILOZOFICZNY HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE WARNER 31,452,460 2,518,282 18.01.2002

17 SHREK FOREVER SHREK FOREVER UIP 54,638,129 2,469,957 09.07.2010

18 BOGOWIE GODS NEXT FILM 40,234,755 2,261,565 10.10.2014

19 HOBBIT: BITWA PIĘCIU ARMII THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES FORUM FILM 46,592,065 2,243,204 26.12.2014

20 MADAGASKAR 2 MADAGASCAR 2 UIP 36,722,680 2,239,644 01.01.2009

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1 OGNIEM I MIECZEM (WITH FIRE AND SWORD) SYRENA 105,089,363 7,151,354 12.02.1999

2 PAN TADEUSZ VISION 82,839,843 6,168,344 22.10.1999

3 QUO VADIS SYRENA 69,045,592 4,300,351 14.09.2001

4 LISTY DO M. 2 (LETTERS TO SANTA 2) KINO ŚWIAT 52,274,306 2,874,420 13.11.2015

5 KATYŃ (KATYN) ITI CINEMA 35,243,623 2,770,252 21.09.2007

6 LISTY DO M. (LETTERS TO SANTA) ITI CINEMA 44,740,047 2,560,734 10.11.2011

7 LEJDIS (LADIES) ITI CINEMA 41,706,225 2,530,660 01.02.2008

8 BOGOWIE (GODS) NEXT FILM 40,234,755 2,261,565 10.10.2014

9 W PUSTYNI I W PUSZCZY (IN DESERT AND WILDERNESS) VISION 25,407,628 2,227,228 23.03.2001

10 KILER UIP-ITI 17,219,108 2,200,943 17.10.1997

11 ZEMSTA (THE REVENGE) VISION 22,188,006 1,976,984 04.10.2002

12 MIASTO 44 (WARSAW 44) KINO ŚWIAT 26,031,390 1,751,886 19.09.2014

13 PRZEDWIOŚNIE (THE SPRING TO COME) SYRENA 21,354,697 1,743,933 02.03.2001

14 OCH, KAROL 2 (OH KAROL 2) INTERFILM 30,118,693 1,709,101 21.01.2011

15 TYLKO MNIE KOCHAJ (JUST LOVE ME) ITI/INTERFILM 24,678,960 1,669,638 20.01.2006

16 NIGDY W ŻYCIU ITI/INTERFILM 22,793,524 1,625,485 13.02.2004

17 1920 BITWA WARSZAWSKA 3D (1920, BATTLE OF WARSAW 3D) FORUM FILM 27,467,777 1,521,180 30.09.2011

18 JESTEŚ BOGIEM (YOU’RE A GOD) KINO ŚWIAT 25,144,462 1,444,814 21.09.2012

19 NIE KŁAM, KOCHANIE ITI/INTERFILM 22,995,209 1,400,287 28.03.2008

20 TESTOSTERON (TESTOSTERONE) ITI CINEMA 20,747,613 1,361,22 02.03.2007

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UIP 24.11%

DISNEY 13.74%IMPERIAL CINEPIX 10.38%

MONOLITH 8.55%

KINO ŚWIAT 15.20%

INTERFILM 1.68%

WARNER 5.57%

NEXT FILM 4.73%

FORUM FILM 10.07%

GUTEK FILM 1.63%

VUE MOVIE 1.45%

BEST FILM 1.04%

OTHERS 1.86%

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AVERAGE TICKET PRICE (PLN) 13.28 13.94 13.58 13.79 13.95 14.23 14.39 14.75 16.15 17.39 18.75 18.50 18.49 18.32 18.00 18.41

AVERAGE TICKET PRICE (USD) 3.10 3.40 3.31 3.54 3.82 4.45 4.80 5.88 4.99 6.21 6.51 5.49 5.98 5.99 4.84 4.48

TOTAL ADMISSIONS (MILLIONS) 18.7 26.2 25.9 22.3 33.4 23.3 32.0 32.6 33.8 39.2 37.5 38.7 38.5 36.3 40.4 44.7

POLISH FILMS 3.1 10.5 4.6 2.5 2.9 0.8 5.1 8.1 8.6 8.4 5.4 11.8 6.2 7.2 11.0 8.3

% 15.6% 40.0% 17.8% 11.2% 8.7% 3.4% 15.9% 24.70% 25.44% 21.52% 14.40% 30.43% 16.05% 19.92% 27.14% 18.65%

EUROPEAN FILMS 1.3 3.6 4.1 2.1 3.3 5.4 8.1 5.9 7.6 5.5 6.5 6.2 9.6 4.6 6.3 6.3

% 7.0% 13.9% 15.8% 9.4% 9.9% 23.2% 25.5% 18.09% 22.49% 14.06% 17.27% 16.06% 24.93% 12.63% 15.50% 14.51%

US FILMS 13.9 11.6 17.0 17.6 26.9 16.6 17.8 17.6 17.1 24.7 24.8 19.9 22.3 23.0 19.7 28.9

% 75.4% 44.5% 65.6% 78.9% 80.5% 71.2% 55.7% 53.90% 50.59% 63.10% 66.26% 51.29% 57.90% 63.40% 48.79% 64.64%

ADMISSIONS PER CAPITA 0.48 0.69 0.69 0.58 0.87 0.60 0.84 0.86 0.89 1.03 0.98 1.01 1.00 0.94 1.05 1.16

TOTAL BOX OFFICE (MILLIONS PLN) 248.3 365.2 351.6 307.5 465.6 331.6 460.6 481.6 547.1 681.3 703.0 716.2 711.3 665.2 726.9 822.9

POLISH FILMS 38.4 146.7 58.3 33.2 40.8 11.7 75.1 115.2 137.4 136.8 90.7 203.2 108.3 123.3 185.8 146.1

% 15.6% 40.2% 16.6% 10.8% 8.8% 3.5% 16.3% 23.92% 25.12% 20.07% 12.90% 28.38% 15.23% 18.54% 25.57% 17.76%

EUROPEAN FILMS 18 51.8 56.6 27.7 47.3 72.0 110.3 87.6 120.9 89.9 109.6 115.3 169.1 78.2 105.3 104.1

% 7.3% 14.2% 16.1% 9.0% 10.2% 21.7% 23.9% 18.19% 22.09% 13.19% 15.60% 16.10% 23.78% 11.76% 14.48% 12.65%

US FILMS 187.6 160.1 234.3 243.2 373.0 239.8 261.6 263.4 281.0 445.8 488.0 383.7 426.4 437.9 371.1 552.8

% 76.4% 43.8% 66.6% 79.1% 80.1% 72.3% 56.8% 54.69% 51.36% 65.43% 69.42% 53.58% 59.95% 65.83% 51.05% 67.18%

TOTAL BOX OFFICE (MILLIONS USD) 57.14 89.07 85.76 78.85 127.6 103.63 153.5 191.9 168.3 243.3 244.1 212.7 230.0 217.6 195.5 200.1

TOTAL OF FILMS RELEASED 195 204 190 195 207 224 248 272 280 264 277 303 302 312 341 343

POLISH FILMS 25 29 24 23 12 24 26 25 36 35 35 41 27 39 39 41

EUROPEAN FILMS 48 61 46 56 60 74 92 106 90 93 100 114 140 126 134 163

US FILMS 115 110 113 106 117 104 105 110 116 117 122 127 114 123 129 119

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Aksinowicz, Konrad 42

Anshuman, Karan 16

Avranas, Alexandros 68

BBajon, Filip 20

Benkowska, Elżbieta 54

Bieliński, Mariusz 75

Bławut, Jacek Piotr 25

Bugajski, Ryszard 19

CCzekaj, Kuba 15, 31

DDejczer, Maciej 47

Dębska, Kinga 65

Dumała, Piotr 30

FFontaine, Anne 10

Fuente, Raúl de la 13

GGajewski, Dariusz 63

Gawryś, Mariusz 39

Glazer, Dariusz 71

Glińska, Agnieszka 6

Grzegorzek, Łukasz 44

Grzegorzek, Mariusz 61

Guziński, Adam 53

HHasanovic, Denijal 27

Holland, Agnieszka 33

Hryniak, Jan 45

Huser, Matthias 66

JJadowska, Anna 73

Jakubik, Arkadiusz 60

Januszyk, Jacek 67

KKamiński, Maciej 24

Kasperski, Wojciech 38

Kazda, Petr 40

Kidawa-Błoński, Jan 62

Kobiela, Dorota 50

Kolski, Jan Jakub 32

Kos-Krauze, Joanna 18

Kowalski, Bartosz M. 57

Kowalski, Julia 58

Krauze, Krzysztof 18

LLang, Krzysztof 21

MMajewski, Janusz 29

Marczak, Michal 11

Markiewicz, Radosław 34

Matuszyński, Jan P. 46

Minorowicz, Marta, 77

NNenow, Damian 13

Noelle, Marie 52

OOkorn, Mitja 56

Orzechowski, Witold 28

Ostalski, Łukasz 54

PPakalnina, Laila 14

Palej, Mariusz 17

Pieprzyca, Maciej 41

Plucińska, Marta 49

Priwieziencew, Katia 37

RRogalski, Michał 64

Rosa, Michał 36

Rosłaniec, Kasia 59

SSala, Paweł 55

Sikora, Adam 48

Skolimowski, Jerzy 7

Smarzowski, Wojtek 70

Smoczyńska, Agnieszka 51

Sobieszczański, Maciej 76

Szafrański, Tomasz 8

Szymańska, Wiktoria 43

Szymański, Kamil 35

TTarasiewicz, Paweł 37

UUstaoglu, Yesim 22

VVillqist, Ingmar 48

WWajda, Andrzej 9

Wasilewski, Tomasz 69

Wawrzecki, Michał 54

Weinreb, Tomáš 40

Więcek, Marzena 74

Wrona, Marcin 26

ZZariczny, Grzegorz 72

Żak, Maciej 23

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#WszystkoGra 611 Minutes 7

AAdventurers’ Club 8

Afterimages 9Agnus Dei 10

All These Sleepless Nights 11

Amok 12

Another Day of Life 13

Ausma 14

BBaby Bump 15

Bangistan 16

Behind the Blue Door 17

Birds Are Singing in Kigali 18

Blindness 19

Butler, The 20

CCareer Girl 21

Clair – Obscur 22

Convoy 23

Cosmos 24

DDay of Chocolate 25

Demon 26

Dew 27

Dr Charming 28

EEccentrics. The SunnySide of the Street, The 29

Ederly 30

Erlprince, The 31

FForest, 4 am 32

GGame Count 33

Geisha 34

Git 35

HHappiness of the World, The 36

Hel 37

High Frontier, The 38

Humble Servants 39

II, Olga Hepnarova 40

I'm a Killer 41

Into the Spiral 42

JJournals 43

KKAMPER 44

Kantor 45

LLast Family, The 46

Letters to Santa 2 47

Love in the City of Gardens 48

Love 49

Loving Vincent 50

Lure, The 51

MMaria Skłodowska-Curie 52

Memories of Summer 53

NNew World 54

Niewidzialne 55

PPlanet Single 56

Playground 57

RRaging Rose 58

SSatan Said Dance 59

Simple Murder, A 60

Singing Napkin, The 61

Stars 62

Strange Heaven 63

Summer Solstice 64

TThese Daughters of Mine 65

They Chased Me Through Arizona 66

Three Falls of a Saint 67

True Crimes 68

UUnited States of Love 69

VVolhynia 70

WWall, The 71

Waves, The 72

Wild Roses 73

Women Collection 74

YYoung Jacob 75

ZZgoda 76

ZUD 77

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AAmok 12

Arizona w mojej głowie 66

BBaby Bump 15

Bangistan 16

CClair – Obscur 22

Córki dancingu 51

DDemon 26

Dzień Czekolady 25

Dzikie róże 73

EEderly 30

Excentrycy, czyli po słonecznejstronie ulicy 29

FFale 72

GGejsza 34

Git 35

Gwiazdy 62

HHel 37

JJa, Olga Hepnarova 40

Jestem mordercą 41

Jeszcze dzień życia 13

Journals 43

KKamerdyner 20

KAMPER 44

Kantor 45

Klub Włóczykijów 8Kobiety bez wstydu 28

Kochaj 49

Kolekcja sukienek 74

Konwój 23

Kosmos 24

Królewicz Olch 31

LLas, 4 rano 32

Letnie przesilenie 64

Listy do M. 2 47

MMały Jakub 75

Maria Skłodowska-Curie 52

Miłość w mieście ogrodów 48

Moje córki krowy 65

Mur 71

NNa granicy 38

Niewidzialne 55

Niewinne 10

Nowy Świat 54

OObce niebo 63

Ostatnia rodzina 46

PPlac zabaw 57

Planeta singli 56

Pokot 33

Powidoki 9Prosta historia o morderstwie 60

Ptaki śpiewają w Kigali 18

RRosa 27

SSłaba płeć 21

Sługi boże 39

Szatan kazał tańczyć 59

Szczęście świata 36

Śpiewający obrusik 61

Świt 14

TTrue Crimes 68

Trzy upadki świętego 67

Twój Vincent 50

WW spirali 42

Wołyń 70

Wspomnienie lata 53

Wszystkie nieprzespane noce 11

ZZa niebieskimi drzwiami 17

Zaćma 19

Zgoda 76

Zjednoczone Stany Miłości 69

Znam kogoś, kto cię szuka 58

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