Closure (2026)
Directed by: Michał Marczak Rating: ★★★★☆ Sometimes a documentary’s domestic and international titles can complement each other perfectly, even when they point to different aspects of the […]
Polish Documentary Films
Double Trouble (2025)
Directed by: Emilia Śniegowska Rating: ★★★☆☆ Rural communities across the world are slowly shrinking. Many villages remain inhabited, but their future is uncertain. Few subjects are therefore […]
The Queen and the Smokehouse (2025)
Directed by: Iga Lis Rating: ★★★★☆ A group of female filmmakers is reshaping portrait documentaries in Poland with a fresh focus on modern queens of all kinds. […]
The Balcony Movie (2021)
Directed by: Paweł Łoziński Rating: ★★★★☆ For the avoidance of doubt, Paweł Łoziński did not make virtue out of necessity when he embarked in the making of Film […]
Boylesque (2022)
Directed by: Bogna Kowalczyk Rating: ★★★★☆ Mission accomplished for Bogna Kowalczyk who returned from Hot Docs in Toronto with an Emerging International Filmmaker Award in […]
Hometown (2021)
Directed by: Mateusz Kudła, Anna Kokoszka-Romer Rating: ★★★★☆ Almost two decades after directing The Pianist (2002), it’s hard to believe that Roman Polański will craft […]
Communion (2016)
Starring: Marek Kaczanowski, Nikodem Kaczanowski, Magdalena Kaczanowska, Ola Kaczanowska Directed by: Anna Zamecka Rating: ★★★★☆ 2016 was certainly a memorable year for Polish cinema in Locarno, at […]
Mundial, The Highest Stakes (2013)
Directed by: Michał Bielawski Rating: ★★★★☆ When Poland’s national team qualified for the 1982 World Cup, it was a welcome, if unexpected, distraction from the grim political […]
Diary of a Journey (2013)
Directed by: Piotr Stasik Rating: ★★★★☆ Dziennik z podróży (Diary of a Journey) is a very straightforward, but highly affecting documentary about the relationship between acclaimed Polish photographer, […]
Father and Son (2013)
Starring: Paweł Łoziński, Marcel Łoziński Directed by: Paweł Łoziński Rating: ★★★★★ Few documentary makers today have managed to investigate their own family milieu with such […]