In this documentary Koszałka looks into the life of one of Poland’s most renowned mountain climbers ‘Mad’ Piotr Korczak. The interviews take place around the time the great mountaineer is coming towards the end of his career, painting a portrait of a man of ever-strong spirit, and yet a naturally ageing body. It’s about the quest for immortality, and coming to terms with the fact that it can never really be achieved. The short documentary won several awards including the Silver Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival.
Loosely based on the serial killer (so-called Vampire of Kraków) who tormented Poland in the 1960s, Koszałka’s directorial debut is more of a thriller than biopic, exploring the evil tendencies of people and how they come to be the...
A deeply touching documentary about the lives of the people who are forced to live in a junkyard in Moscow. The Svalka is the biggest wasteland in Europe and lies just thirteen miles from the Kremlin. Inside the guarded junkyard...
Here Jakubowska looks at the Holocaust once more, but from the perspective of Polish slave labourers made to work in a German man’s factory. There is a great sense of community that arises from the group over their shared experience...
