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This documentary explores the changing faces of the old Polish city of Lodz, and how its modernization, both physically and culturally, affects the older, more conservative residents, many of whom lived through World War II and are confused and somewhat resentful at the changes they're seeing.

A portrait of Łódź, Poland that exists in a time-warp of sad memory.

The history of the phenomenon of Łódź Kaliska presented in a Monty-Pythonesque style. Łódź Kaliska is among the most eminent and original artistic groups in Poland, which has been continuously active on the avant-garde scene for 44 years.

Portait of a couple in the city of the title who have been married for fifty years.

A documentary portrait of three women of different ages working in textile factories in Łódź. In the deafening roar of machines, performing monotonous tasks, they talk about their everyday life and dreams.

The Polish city of Łódź was under Nazi occupation for nearly the entirety of WWII. The segregation of the Jewish population into the ghetto, and the subsequent horrors are vividly chronicled via newsreels and photographs. The narration is taken almost entirely from journals and diaries of those who lived–and died–through the course of the occupation, with the number of different narrators diminishing as the film progresses, symbolic of the death of each narrator.

Oliwia is going through a motherhood crisis. She is a young mother, raising her two-year-old son on her own. She devotes all her attention and time to taking care of the child, which does not give her much space to take care of herself.

In order to facilitate the destruction of Poland's three million Jews, the Nazis forced them to establish Jewish Councils responsible for administration of the Polish ghettos.

"Łódź from dawn to night" is a joint project of the second year of the directing Department of PWSFTViT in łódź implemented from January to March 2007.

A poetic, fictionalized documentary about the life and dangerous work of fishermen in a fishing village on the Baltic Sea.

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Two men spend the day together strolling through the streets of Łódź, following routes omitted from guidebooks. An attempt to take an honest look at the city and describe its atmosphere.

A large still-life painting hung on the wall above Lilka Elbaum's childhood bed in Lodz, Poland. It was the first thing she saw when she woke up, and the last thing she saw before she fell asleep.

Documentary about photographs shot inside of the Lodz ghetto.

The documentary explores the Labor Day at the Exhibition Industry in Lodz in 1912.

The eponymous sailor is a man hanging between two worlds: of memory and oblivion, of facts and creation. He comes to Łódź, a city with no sea to settle down... Will he find himself in the real world, and not just the imagined one?

When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican bobsled team.

To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging players whose job is to demolish the opposition.

Martina was a famous singer in Argentina during the late 90s, who's become completely frigid and disenchanted with love. The arrival of a so-called sister, alongside her attractive boyfriend, compel Martina to go to Chile with one objective in mind: getting back her libido.

Faced with sudden doubts about her marriage, a young New York mother teams up with her larger-than-life playboy father to tail her husband.

In nineteenth-century Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a lot of money by building and investing in a textile factory. An exceptional portrait of rapid industrial expansion is shown through the eyes of one Polish town.

Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.

2021 was a turning point for Belarus and 6 Belarusian students - as well as for the city of Łódź, Poland, in which they found themselves. Across the rails of change and transformation, documenting a time that has not been before and will not repeat again. Heroes of the film have very different fates and experiences, but they are all connected by the place they found themselves in - the post-industrial and post-apocalyptic city, which becomes a part of their story and a hero of its own. Students, transport, quaters, youth, revolution, local apocalypse, changes and turns - they all mix in a documentary kaleidoscope 'Across the Rails'.

The film is based on the true story of the Great Catholic Christian Massacre of nearly 700 Christians that took place in 1544 in Mannar and the chain of events related to the same massacre that took place in 1560.

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The Peace Newsreel is the prototype of those independent and collective film initiatives on topics of social and political interest that Cesare Zavattini later promoted further through the “Free Newsreels.” Here, the general theme is peace, and it is introduced by Mario Soldati.

In her public persona, Eleanor “Tussy” Marx was a translator, actress, a children’s rights activist and a persuasive labour organizer, a tireless powerhouse determined to carry on her father’s work. She held her own with twentieth century gods, including both her father and his colleague Engels. In her privately life, however, she was vulnerable and her attraction to the self-indulgent and self-important Edward Aveling led her into misery and ultimately proved fatal.

An unplanned pregnancy changes the lives of a Dublin teenage couple forever.

The group of stuntmen comes to the beach to shoot an adventure film. Guys are training all day long, polishing their skills. One of the stuntmen witnessed two men pursuing the girl. He saves her from bullies, and the fugitive finds protection and patronage in the crew. However, a woman's behaviour is strange: she keeps having nightmares, she's afraid of something or someone, but refuses to explain what was going on. Men realize that their new friend is hiding something ...

Young Pharaoh Ramses XIII clashes with Egypt's clergy over influence on the affairs of the state and its coffers. inexperienced, but quite ambitious pharaoh is putting up a fight against a powerful clan of priests usurping rule over the country.

An actress travels from Warsaw to Paris and during the trip reflects on the last few years of her life. It goes back to the German occupation and her hiding of a fellow actor who has supposedly killed a collaborator.

A tale of a young impoverished nobleman, who with his uncle returns from a war against the order of the Teutonic Knights in Lithuania. He falls in love with a beautiful woman and pledges an oath to bring her "three trophies" from the Teutonic Knights.

After being haunted by nightmares of processed food, Michael Hailer (William Rahner) goes on a journey of self discovery and hot dogs.

Two home invaders want some nuts and will do anything to get them.

A banana grieves with the death of its friend.

While struggling to be admitted to an ancient philosophy class, Lidia meets a rival, Hania, with whom she fights for the professor's recognition.

We all know that love can happen anywhere, but it's hard to believe that includes a Polish-Ukrainian class in a provincial primary school on the verge of being dissolved.

A young man from Colombia brings a group of Latin American workers into a forced labor scam in Poland, choosing to be complicit in an exploitative system that has entrapped him as well. When a tragic workplace accident occurs, he is forced to confront the harsh truths behind the deceptions he has accepted since his arrival.

Keshka loves his grandmother very much. One day, during a session of television magic, Keshka asked the magician to restore his grandmother's youth. It seems the magician doubled the "magical" power, and the effect of the rejuvenation turned out to be unpredictable...

In 1943, Ewa decides to take care of her Jewish neighbour's daughter and brings her home just for a few days. When the ghetto uprising begins, the woman keeps on looking after the little girl.

A brilliant but undisclipined ski jumper prepares for an event while also trying to win a beautiful singer's heart.