An in depth look at the relationship between a 53 year-old man and his mother whom he lives with. After years of life together without any outsiders, he meets a woman and falls in love. Needless to say this causes a rift between him and his mother, as she is unwilling to let go of the way life has been. It’s a touching look at familial love, how unshakeable it can be and how emotionally abusive too. The tragicomedy won several awards including the Golden Dove at the Leipzig DOK 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...
Jakubowksa’s horrific semi-autobiographical story of being taken prisoner at Auschwitz. As she and the other prisoners await for the Red Army to free them, we get a glimpse of the reduced circumstances the women of Auschwitz had to...
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...
