Teresa Sawicka

Kundel (2022)

A homeless 60-year-old man learns that he doesn't have much life left. All he cares about now is securing a future for his dog. So he goes to his hometown; to the relatives he abandoned many years ago. Will they want to talk to him? ...

Dark, Almost Night (2019)

A reporter, Alicja Tabor, after many years returns to her hometown of Wałbrzych to write a report about kidnapped children and also to face her own dark family history. ...

Birds Are Singing in Kigali (2017)

We meet ornithologist Anna in 1994 just as genocide is raging in Rwanda, perpetrated by the majority Hutus against the Tutsis. Anna manages to save the daughter of a colleague whose family has been murdered, and she takes her to Poland. But the woman retur ...

Brzuszek (2014)

A comedy of errors about an unwanted pregnancy, a choleric father , a mother-in-law on his head, a nosy neighbor, a sadist dentist and a stubborn dog. ...

The Girl from the Wardrobe (2013)

This is the story of three characters (brothers Tomek and Jacek and their neighbor Magda), each of them is in their own way lonely and alienated. The title character makes herself secluded. Tomek's alienation results from his neurological disease, and Jace ...

Droga do raju (2010)

Ela is a resident of a provincial town in the foothills of the Sudetenland. She raises her 9-year-old son Damian alone. "She tries to survive in the gray of everyday life. Her every day closes in a circle of the same events: working at the local slaughterh ...

Little Moscow (2008)

During the Cold War, a local Polish officer and a young Soviet woman wedded to a Soviet officer are drawn together by music. ...

Kup teraz (2008)

Brothers Peter and David spend an evening together, lavishly sipped on alcohol. They complain about everything, most of all about their partners. Peter would like his beloved to be more romantic, while David dreams of a fiancée who is determined and deman ...

Beautiful (2008)

The story of several people involved in the sale of a yet unborn child. A couple of irresponsible young people want to sell their child to a couple who lost their offspring. The mother of the girl who wants to sell the child objects. This leads to conflict ...

The Boy on the Galloping Horse (2008)

The film tells the story of Jerzy, a writer whose creativity has burnt out. His wife and their seven-year-old son Jasiek live far from the city. Jerzy's enduring creative crisis and their related financial troubles affect the married couple. They are drift ...

Na boso (2007)

17-year-old Ala decides to commit suicide. The failed attempt ends with the girl falling into a coma. It turns out that the life of this seemingly ordinary girl was difficult and full of tensions. Alicia's severe condition causes relatives to try to learn ...

Homo Father (2005)

Gabriel and Robert have been together for three years. Robert is hiding their relationship from the world. Gabriel wants the opposite: he would like everyone to find out how much he and Robert love each other. One day, Natalia, a girl with whom Gabriel had ...

W dół kolorowym wzgórzem (2004)

The protagonist of the story is Rysiek, who, after serving a prison sentence in the Nysa Penitentiary, returns to his hometown with the intention of starting a new life. He wants to run the farm taken over from his deceased parents and win back his ex-girl ...

Louder Than Bombs (2002)

Set in a small Polish town coming-of-age story of Marcin, a 21-year-old with a penchant for James Dean and The Smiths. After the death of his father, Marcin must contend with the funeral arrangements while hosting his buffoonish out-of-town relatives who d ...

Nie ma zmiłuj (2000)

The film's heroes work in a company that distributes branded French wines. They are a group of friends, but their feelings are exposed to new attempts. Because in the world of salesmen there is no room for sentiments. Only sales counts, and everything can ...

Poniedziałek (1999)

The film is set in one day (the title Monday) in the small Silesian town (Świdnica). Manny (pin) drives a delivery van in the warehouse. His boss (Tomasz Stanko) did not pay him the money, because the liquidity due to lending to people who can not repay t ...

Love Stories (1997)

Jerzy Stuhr scripted, directed and plays four roles in this Polish comedy about four men -- an army officer, a college instructor, a priest, and a drug dealer -- and their relationships with four females. An attractive student puts the teacher in an awkwar ...

A Woman at War (1991)

Helene Moskiewicz, a young Jewish woman living in pre-World War II Belgium, is forced to suffer through German occupation by watching her parents arrested and her life destroyed. To fight back, Regine joins the underground resistance movement and strikes t ...

Szklany dom (1990)

The main character of the film has just received her dream apartment in an old tenement house. However, it is not allowed to enjoy it for too long. When he returns home with the child, it turns out that the tenement house has disappeared. The woman's goal ...

The Birthday Trip (1990)

When the hot-dog vendor Kaj from the small town of Skælskør in Denmark turns 40, his friends take him on a trip to Poland, to a long party with cheap liquor and emigration eager polish ladies. It will go merrily, but it gets serious for Kaj as he meets a ...

Tango z kaszlem (1988)

A clerk looks after a flower that reminds him of his former sweetheart. A man's affection for a plant makes his mother jealous. ...

Głód serca (1988)

Freelancer (1987)

Piotr is a freelancing journalist in early 1980's Poland. One day, he comes across a curious case of a woman's death during work and the workplace's refusal to pay the insurance to her mother. ...

Przez dotyk (1986)

Two women meet in the hospital. ...

Custody (1985)

A story of a young woman arrested by police on the day of her wedding for embezzlement, and promptly sentenced to life. She is already pregnant and has her baby in prison. Immediately after birth they are separated and only later Klara finds out that the c ...

Remis (1984)

The story of a sold football match and a conflict between a father - a football referee and his son. ...

On, ona, oni (1983)

Three vignettes showing a marriage crisis and a subsequent divorce. ...

Big Shar (1983)

Fresh out of prison, a seasoned poker hustler finds himself teaching the trade to a young cab driver chasing his first big win. ...

Głosy (1982)

Ewa, a 35-year-old assistant at the chemistry department, has been hearing voices for a long time—a series of sounds that cause her to have nervous breakdowns. She becomes involved with Marek, a doctoral student at the electronics department, who, after ...

Shivers (1981)

A boy comes of age under an oppressive, cruel socialist government and watches as it slowly but surely distorts his family, his school and even his own thoughts. ...

Ukryty w słońcu (1980)

Artist Janek is waiting for his beloved Joanna. He is worried because he has a feeling that there has been a tragedy the night before. After an hour of waiting, the man departs. He keeps reminiscing about Joanna all the time. ...

Laureat (1980)

Professor Borusiewicz receives a high state decoration, while family and friends await him at home. ...

Kung-fu (1980)

A well-regarded engineer in a big enterprise is hounded by trumped up attacks on his integrity when he delves too deeply into how bonuses are handled by the management. He gets into an argument with the guard, is arrested and subsequently fired. An old fri ...

Roman and Magda (1979)

A moral action drama showing a crisis and breakup of a married couple from the perspective of the both spouses, Roman and Magda. Through flashbacks the film reveals a shocking study of the disintegration of the relationship between two adult people and the ...

Padalce (1974)

An old farmer comes into conflict with his daughter and son-in-law, who value the teaching profession more than farming. ...