Maciej Cuske

'Igła" (The needle) is a former prisoner who seen the Blessed Virgin. He survived the conversion and wants to save people. In his quest to Warsaw meets the following characters: Martin - shy businessman and a victim of bullying, Lucy - working in a sex shop dreamer, Filip - a teenager who wants to get out of his native village, Jurek - embittered alcoholic who lost their lives and Monica - corporate single girl. Each of them is lonely, alienated - and each is at the threshold of a kind of awakening.

The making-of featurette of Andrzej Wajda's 2007 film Katyń.

A wedding reception in Masuria. 30-year-old Agata is expecting a child. She arrived at the party with her boyfriend Grzesiek but leaves on her own in the middle of the night. When her car lands in a ditch, Agata has to find a way out.

Chukotka is a place located on the edge of Siberia, where the cold winter lasts for ten months. It's a severe land, where only the strongest are able to survive. One of the oldest Siberian tribes lives there for centuries. Its traditions, culture and life in harmony with nature were brutally destroyed by the Soviet regime. Since the collapse of the USSR, they have been trying to survive, missing the wisdom of their ancestors and hope for the future. One of the last sources of life and tradition of Chukchi is whale hunting, but the fate of this old tradition is also threatened. For the Chukchi people, the whales give hope to survive the next winter. When the land of Lorino warms up from the sun, the hunting begins. It is a battle between two worlds, and each of them is on the edge of disappearing forever.

A record of a few months of struggle on the set, showing an atmosphere of work and a picture of immense film machinery, and at same time presenting the truest and intimate portrait of the Master of Polish Cinema, the Oscar winner.

Five short documental scenes by different directors, each showing their different interpretations of "silence."

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Stanislav takes his beloved Zosia on a mysterious and romantic journey. He wants to propose to her in the city of love. Stanislav doesn?t expect that it will be the most horrible night of his life, and his well planned trip will go much further than he anticipated.

A father goes on holiday with his son and two of his friends, during which time they make an amateur horror film together. As the years pass, they continue to shoot scenes for their “handcrafted,” carefree, imaginative horror project, with even more passion, dutiful consistency, and unwavering commitment: the documentary chronicles a decade of this beautiful adventure, as Maciej and the kids become a group of people who grow up… and yet somehow still manage to grow younger together.

The documentary is an observation of everyday life using the "patient eye" method of cameras during a special period for director Maciej Cuske. Here is Staś Cuske, the director's son in a few months will join the First Holy Communion.

'North from Calabria' is about a dream place to live, where living is easy and people know each other, tolerate their faults, like to meet to talk and just be together. For one summer, Sauter's film crew mingles with the inhabitants of a small town to enact an almost Italian comedy. It appears that all they needed was a few classes of Italian cuisine and the art of carpe diem to turn this Polish province into Calabria alike. A documentary midsummer night's dream.

Antiquarian bookstores are most often associated with the tranquility of visitors and the quiet due to old, dusty books. This one in Warsaw, however, is quite different. One comes here not only for the books, which one has to dig out oneself with difficulty from the piles piled up in a small room. Customers are mostly regulars, who treat it as a place to meet, talk and confide in people who are often strangers. The shrine is managed by Mr. Krzyś. Like a doctor, he seems to know what hurts his customers and what they need. Despite his coarse nature, he makes the conversations in the antique shop go on from morning to evening.

Ciechocinek, Poland's most famous health resort, which has even inspired songs, welcomes thousands of visitors every year. Patients expect to improve their health in a short time and to feel better spiritually as well. The characters in the film undergo health treatments, but also enjoy walks in the sun, listen to concerts, and go dancing. Three weeks spent in one place is not really much, but it is enough to experience happiness.

The history of the Wylatowa area is intriguing and fascinating. For six years now people have been gathering there who are convinced of the existence of extraterrestrial life forms regularly visiting our planet. Since the second sign appeared equally a year after the first one, groups of determined ufologists and fascinated people decided to prove that they are or are not a work and a proof of the presence of UFOs. This topic attracted the interest of Maciej Cuske "The film is about one particular enthusiast, ready to give up practically everything to prove that a UFO really exists. It is a documentary about a passion that borders on madness and even leads to loss". - says director Maciej Cuske about his documentary.

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