
Maciej Ślesicki
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Biography
Maciej Ślesicki (born 1966 in Warsaw) is a film director, screenwriter and producer, and an esteemed teacher. He is the founder and Chancellor of the Warsaw Film School. He won the Golden Duck award, and the Best Director award at the 1995 Polish Film Festival in Gdyniafor his film Dad. In 1997 he received the distributors’ award for the box-office success of his film Sara. Twice he was nominatedfor an Academy Award for producing Our Curse and The Dress. He is the producer of the award-winning film,Preserve. He initiated many actions to support film debuts. His latest production is the high-profile film, The Land, made together with students and graduates of the Warsaw Film School.
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Sixteen-year-old Sara's father is a wealthy gangster and has a lot of enemies. Her father makes clear that whoever touches Sara will die and he looks for the right bodyguard to protect her.
Sara

On April 9, 2005, in an unprecedented gesture of unity and tribute, millions of Poles turned off the lights in their homes. At the same time, an emotional energy of unprecedented potential was released. At that moment, any earthly miracle could have happened. "Three Minutes" is a story about people whose fates intertwine at a historic moment. The film is about "down-to-earth miracles", internal transformations under the influence of unusual events. It is a portrait of modern Poles, far from uncritical apologia, ... but ultimately optimistic and positive. The four stories that make up the film depict the intersecting fates of the Director, Teacher, Painter, Student, Father and Boy.
Trzy minuty. 21:37

When the war in Ukraine breaks out, five women representing various generations and attitudes engage in a desperate fight to save themselves and their loved ones. Thrown together by life, they are protagonists in an uplifting story about life, courage, sacrifice and the power of human spirit.
People

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Przypadki Cezarego P.

Tato is the story of a divorced father fighting for the right to raise his 7-year-old daughter. When his marriage falls apart, he decides to kidnap his daughter rather than let the court award custody to his mentally ill wife, whom he deems unfit to raise their child. But as he quickly finds out, it’s easier to be a real man than it is to be a real father.
Tato

A crazy comedy about the residents of a small estate of mining familoks Fytel. The characters lead a rather quiet life. They pass their time sipping beer and reminiscing about how things used to be. The idyllic peace is disturbed by the appearance of a "scorcher" in Fytel. In the background there is love, and a tangle of various amusing events that will eventually unite several lonely hearts.
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Rita is twenty-four years old and has never had an orgasm. All she remembers from her first sexual experience is disappointment and a kitschy painting of peonies hanging on the wall before an old sofa creaking beneath her.
These Damn Peonies

After twenty years in prison, a man returns to his homeland to wait for death in peace. His world is completely changed when he accidentally meets a character from the magical world of nature.
The Dreams Of Lonely People

Jez Jerzy is a skateboarding hedgehog who likes to drink beer and fondle breasts. He finds it hard to pursue his passions, however, while being tormented by neo-nazi skinheads, mad scientists and a drooling, flatulent clone of himself.
George the Hedgehog

Kira, a 30-year-old Ukrainian, flees to Poland at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, after losing her husband. Her thoughts remain with her war-torn home, but here a new challenge awaits her: Kira finds out that she is pregnant.
Fuck Them All

Raised by an alcoholic father, a sheep breeder, Kuba is growing up in a small village where nothing ever happens. One day, an old friend from the big city arrives.
The Howling

The world is devastated by an ecological catastrophe. An old mercenary with a lung disease receives a seemingly simple assignment to deliver a young girl to a destination that would enable him to retire.
Winter Bloom

Fourteen-year-old Szymon lives in a seaside village. He's going through one of the most turbulent stages in his life - puberty. However his monotonous life is interrupted by an unexpected visit from his childhood friend. An ordinary meeting on a cliff turns into his first summer romance.
Where the Birds Cry

A single father raising a son with Down’s syndrome decides to fulfil his biggest dream of becoming a professional actor.
Son of Happiness

A new flat, an engagement, a future together – Eryk is sure he is about to enter the happiest phase of his life. However, one accidental discovery shatters his sense of stability. When his lover’s true gender identity comes to light, their love is put to the test. Will what they share survive the confrontation with the truth? An intimate story about acceptance, fear and redefining what ‘we’ means.
Rest of Our Life

Bartek's mother wants to prepare her son for what is worst and at the same time inevitable: her own death. She secures his financial and legal future and teaches him what to do and how to do it when the time comes. Although the boy listens to her carefully, there are completely different thoughts running through his head and heart.
Here for You

Based on a true story, a film about teenage Luka who goes to a religious rehab centre led by a self-proclaimed priest, Antonio. The despotic regime enforced with moral and physical torture make him realise that escape is the only way to survive.
Eden House

Three families of Ukrainian refugees find asylum in a seaside town in Poland. Each of them tell their own stories about the dangerous escape from the war. Their cars were vital in the whole journey and, like their owners, suffered a lot and will never be quite the same.
Cars from Ukraine

A woman with limited hopes due to dwarfism toils in a rundown motel in rural Poland, as a maid. Will the repeated visits of an interesting man, a truck driver, change the loneliness of her situation?