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 worst versions of themselves. Filip Pławiak stars as the curious Karol who finds the serial killer and unable to tear himself away, begins to stalk him, eventually getting himself tangled in something he really shouldn’t have. The Red Spider was nominated ten times and has won four awards since its release.
Sad to inform that the Q&A with Marcin Koszałka was cancelled by Mr Koszałka himself due to unforeseen circumstances. Apologies for the inconvenience caused.
Robert Bolesto’s script takes the famous artistic Beksiński family as inspiration and imagines what the dynamic between the members might have been. The head of the house, Zdzisław the gothic painter, video-records his family over...
Andrzej Wajda’s last feature is a biopic about Władysław Strzemiński, the famous Polish avant-garde painter. As much as it’s a celebration of the brilliant work one man made, it also sheds light on the difficulties of Strzemiński’s...
Blindness is the true story of Julia Brystiger, an infamous member of security in Stalinist Poland. She had many nicknames throughout her time, but none more enduring than ‘Bloody Luna’, which came about due to the...
