Narratives2020

CODE NAME: CHALLENGE / WYZWANIE

Virtual Streaming Available: Nov. 5 - 12

101 min I Action, Crime, Drama I 2020

Director: Maciej Dutkiewicz
Screenplay: Maciej Dutkiewicz, Arkadiusz Borowik
Cinematography: Marek Traskowski
Music: Jan Komar
Cast: Eryk Lubos, Marek Królikowski, Aleksandra Popławska,
Katarzyna Dąbrowska, Nel Kaczmarek.

Synopsis:
Two former policemen and inseparable friends who ostentatiously left the department, open a pub at a charming lake and soon find themselves in the middle of a riddling drowning case. The victim is a man who works for a local businesswoman involved in questionable dealings. While helping the local Police with the case things get more complicated when a young girl comes to work at the pub. The hot summer leads to romance involving the suspect, and the beautiful policewoman.

I NEVER CRY / JAK NAJDALEJ STĄD

Screening time: In Galaxy Theater
Sunday, Nov. 8, 4:00 pm

98 min I Drama, Comedy I 2020

Director: Piotr Domalewski
Screenplay:  Piotr Domalewski
Cinematography: Piotr Sobociński, Jr
Music: Hania Rani
Cast: Zofia Stafiej, Kinga Preis, Arkadiusz Jakubik

Synopsis:
Ola must travel to Ireland to bring her father's body back to Poland after he died working at a construction site. But never mind her dad, Ola wants to know if he saved money for the car he had promised. Dealing with foreign bureaucracy in her own street-smart way, Ola learns that her biggest dream wasn't a car, but getting to know her dad.

THE DAY OF WRATH / DZIEŃ GNIEWU

Virtual Streaming Available: Nov. 7 - 13 APFF@AJFF

84 min |Drama, War | 2019 | APFF@AJFF

Director:  Jacek Raginis-Królikiewicz
Screenplay:  Jacek Raginis-Królikiewicz
Cinematography: Przemysław Niczyporuk
Music: Stanisław Szczyciński, Marcin Bornus-Szczyciński,
Cast: Radosław  Pazura,  Rafal Gąsowski , Daniel Olbrychski,
Jan Marczewski, Natalia Rybicka

Synopsis:
In the autumn of 1943, a young Jew named Emanuel Blatt, a refugee from a nearby ghetto, appears at a Polish monastery asking for help. Nazis are punishing Poles with death for hiding Jews. An SS squadron-leader in charge of a death squad comes to the monastery. The Day of Wrath is a full-of-tension blend of war thriller and morality play. Written by Polish writer of Jewish origin, Roman Brandstatter, the Holocaust and hope for survival are the main themes of this movie.

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THE MARSHAL / PIŁSUDSKI

Virtual Streaming Available: Nov.14 - 20

108 min I Biography, History I 2019

Director: Michał Rosa
Screenplay:  Michał Rosa
Cinematography: Piotr Śliskowski
Music: Stefan Wesołowski
Cast: Borys Szyc, Magdalena Boczarska, Jan Marczewski,
Maria Dębska, Józef Pawłowski, Tomasz Schuchardt

Synopsis:
It’s 1901. After a daring escape from a psychiatric hospital, Józef Piłsudski once again becomes the leader of the underground independence movement in Poland. He’s unyielding on the battlefield, but in his private life he surrenders to passion, torn between the two women of his life: his wife and his lover. While the conservative members of the Polish Socialist Party see him as a terrorist, to achieve their goal of an independent Poland, Piłsudski and his closest associates will not refrain from anything, be it attacks on tsarist officials and highest-ranking army officers, smuggling bombs, or robbing trains. 1914 approaches and Pilsudski sees new opportunities for accomplishing the impossible,
the independence of Poland. This is picaresque movie is also
a passionate romance, the true story of the Polish national hero
Pilsudski as never shown before.

Screening time: In Galaxy Theater
Sunday, Nov. 22, 4:00 pm

86 min I Drama, History, Biography I 2006

Director: Ryszard Bugajski
Screenplay:  Ryszard Bugajski
Cinematography:
Music: Paweł Szymański
Cast: Marek Probosz, Marek Kalita,
Jacek Rozenek, Gabriela Muskała

Synopsis:
A story about the fate of Captain Witold Pilecki. Pilecki is considered to be one of the bravest and most faithful soldiers, who voluntarily entered German Concentration Camp in Auschwitz, organized resistance there and a channel of communication to pass information. After the war, Pilecki was arrested by communist regime and he was repeatedly tortured before going to trial. A show trial took place in 1948. Pilecki was charged with espionage for "foreign imperialism" (government-in-exile), and planning to assassinate several officials of the Ministry of Public Security of Poland. The story is focused on the excessive brutality of enquiries against him and on the trial during which he was falsely accused as well as on his indomitableness and perseverance.

ALL FOR MY MOTHER / WSZYSTKO DLA MOJEJ MATKI

English subtitles are added. If they do not show automatically, you have to turn on in subtitles box.

Virtual Streaming Available: Nov. 21 - 30

103 min I Drama I 2019

Director: Małgorzata Imielska
Screenplay:  Małgorzata Imielska
Cinematography: Tomasz Naumiuk
Music: Włodzimierz Pawlik
Cast: Zofia Domalik, Malwina Laska,
Halina Rasiakówna, Adam Cywka,

Synopsis:
A story about growing up, loneliness and looking for self-confidence in the reality of a correctional facility for teenagers. Olka is seventeen years old. For years, she had been looking for her mother. All in order to regain life, in which she is looking for a place for love. Her constant escapes from the orphanage landed her in a reformatory. She only wants her mother back.

THE LEGIONS / LEGIONY

Screening time: In Galaxy Theater
Sunday, Dec. 6th, 4:00 pm

140 min I Drama, History, Romance I 2019

Director: Dariusz Gajewski
Screenplay:  Tomasz Łysiak, Dariusz Gajewski,
Michał Godzin, Maciej Pawlicki
Cinematography: Jarosław Szoda, Arkadiusz Tomiak
Music: Łukasz Pieprzyk
Cast: Sebastian Fabijanski, Wiktoria Wolanska,
Bartosz Gelner, Miroslaw Baka, Jan Frycz, Borys Szyc

Synopsis:
A movie about the generation of the 1914-1916 Polish Legions which won Poland its independence. It is an epic historical spectacle made with state-of-the art film techniques. It shows young people who do not hesitate to throw themselves right in the middle of the fight for regaining independence, but also those who have just understood that they will be able to live their dreams only in a free Poland. A universal story about entering adulthood in difficult times, growing up to the community. The great history is the background for the love story unfolding in the foreground.

A love story which involves a deserter from the imperial army, Józek, a First Brigade intelligence agent and a member of the League of Women of the War Emergency Service, Ola, and her fiancé, an uhlan and member of the Polish Rifle Squads, Tadek. Apart from fictitious characters whose stories were modeled on the biographies of real legionnaires, many historical figures appear in the film. Among them: Brigadier Jozef Pilsudski, Lieutenant Stanislaw Kaszubski, pseud. "King" and many others. The film focuses on the Legion’s combat trail 1914-1916, and shows the famous attack of uhlans at Rokitna-one of the most spectacular scenes in the film.

I AM REN / JESTEM REN

Virtual Streaming Available: Nov. 29 - Dec. 5

75 min I Sci-Fi, Thriller, Drama I 2019

Director: Piotr Ryczko
Screenplay:  Piotr Ryczko
Cinematography: Yori Fabian
Music: Paweł Stolarczyk
Cast: Marta Król, Marcin Sztabiński,
Marieta Żukowska, Janusz Chabior, Olaf Marchwicki.

Synopsis:
We meet a mother quietly obsessing over the sudden change in her family's life. Gradually we learn she is an android, and has suffered a glitch. The company puts her into therapy in order to assess the damage. She comes to see that her android self is her own fantasy. She begins to cooperate with the therapy, hoping she will be able to return to her family.

PROCEDER

Virtual Streaming Available: Dec. 6 - 13

137 min I Biography, Music, Drama I 2019

Director: Michał Węgrzyn
Screenplay:  Maciej Chwedo, Aleksandra Górecka,
Michał Kalicki, Krzysztof Tyszowiecki
Cinematography: Wojciech Węgrzyn
Music: Rafał Sielawa
Cast: Piotr Witkowski, Kali, Antoni Pawlicki, Agnieszka Więdłocha,
Małgorzata Kożuchowska, Jan Frycz, Sonia Bohosiewicz, Gabriela Muskała, Ewa Ziętek, Piotr Głowacki, Anna Matysiak. 

Synopsis:
”Proceder” is a moving story of rapper Tomasz Chada, the boy who grew up in low income residential district. He had a poet’s soul and a gift for serious trouble. True and honest to the pain in his lyrics, Chada dies in unexplained circumstances leaving shocked fans and the girl he loved. Music was his whole life, passion and the world he ran away into when reality didn’t have much to offer him.

Virtual Streaming Available: Nov. 21 - Dec. 6

87 min I Family, Comedy, Adventure I 2020

Director: Marta Karwowska
Screenplay:  Marta Karwowska
Cinematography: Jakub Burakiewicz
Music: Jerzy Rogiewicz
Cast: Pola Król , Jakub Janota-Bzowski, Mia Goti,
Joanna Szczepkowska, Zbigniew Zamachowski

Synopsis:
Triple Trouble is another portion of the adventures of Julka and Olek. When Monet’s Beach in Pourville disappears from the National Museum in Poznań – the children face a task to find the painting, discover the identity of the thief and save an innocent painter accused of the robbery. A harmonious duo begins an investigation, but suddenly a crazy twelve-year-old Felka appears on the horizon and trouble comes with her. The story of jealousy and trust is intertwined with solving a criminal mystery. Triple Trouble shows that you cannot believe in a friend unless you first believe in yourself and that friendship put to the test may become even stronger. 

Virtual Streaming Available: Dec. 13 - 19

87 min I Drama I 2019

Director: Marek Lechki
Screenplay: Marek Lechki
Cinematography: Paweł Flis
Music: Jan Sanejko
Cast: Magdalena Popławska, Piotr Żurawski,
Tomasz Sapryk, Lech Mackiewicz, Marcin Piętowski

Synopsis:
Magda and Maciek, a thirty-something year old looking for their place in the world. She is a self-confident woman who puts professional success above her family. He is trapped in the clutches of capitalism, a fugitive who turns his life upside down. Two strangers, who seemingly differ in everything. They are, however, united by the place where they have to live. It is Poland - a country of great opportunities for some, for others a homeland of perdition. One day their fates cross and nothing will be the same for them. Will Magda be able to change her life and save her family? Will Maciek find a place for himself in the world that wants to destroy him?

Virtual Streaming Available: Dec. 20 - 27

100 min I Drama I 2019

Director: Piotr P. Gołębiowski
Screenplay: Piotr P. Gołębiowski
Cinematography: Jakub Stolecki
Music: Piotr Kubiak
Cast: Piotr P. Gołębiowski, Sebastian Cybulski,
Łukasz Matecki, Joanna Osyda

Synopsis:
The film tells the story of Michal Belok, who starts his career as an advocate. His personal life is not as successful as he would like. One day, Belok accidentally runs into a friend from college, Grzegorz who works at an international law film. Grzegorz arranges for Belok to meet with the firm’s Managing Partner, Andrzej Rohnert. Michal Belok will face a dilemma whether to compromise the principles instilled in him by his father or join the world of a legal Corporation that protects its dark secrets. The choice Belok makes will determine his entire future.

LETTERS TO SANTA / LISTY DO M.

Screening time: In Galaxy Theater
Sunday, Dec. 20th at 4:00 pm

110 min I Comedy, Romance I 2011

Director: Mitja Okorn
Screenplay: Marcin Baczyński, Karolina Szablewska
Cinematography: Marian Prokop
Music: Łukasz Targosz
Cast: Maciej Stuhr, Roma Gąsiorowska, Tomasz Karolak, Agnieszka Dygant, Piotr Adamczyk, Katarzyna Zielińska, Paweł Małaszyński, Katarzyna Bujakiewicz, Agnieszka Wagner, Wojciech Malajkat

Synopsis:
A romantic comedy set on Christmas Eve in Warsaw and centered around a series of various people who are lost in their lives. On that special day, five women and five men will find out that there is no escape from love and magic of Christmas.