The Polish Poster School was largely free of the rigours posters are subject to in free-market economies – its artistic quality was of more concern than its advertising power. Here we take a look at ...

Mara Tamkovich’s debut film is first and foremost a tale of love and the price one has to pay for freedom. Beautiful and sad ...

In a story about mourning and experiencing loss, Matuszyński combines psychological drama with the road movie, comedy and an ...

Wojciech Bogusławski’s Singspiel, with music by Jan Stefani, is considered the most artistically perfect Polish opera work of ...

The Shakespeare-inspired teenage melodrama in Skonieczny’s film transforms into a tribute to turn-of-the-century Wrocław. His ‘Wrooklyn Zoo’ is an impressive but incoherent film, pulsating with energy ...

Netflix’s adaptation of ‘The Doll’ impresses with the sheer cheek its makers have shown the original novel. Superbly acted ...

One of Zofia Nałkowska’s most important novels, engaged with contemporary issues of morality and socio-political reality. At its centre are three protagonists – Zenon Ziembiewicz, Justyna Bogutówna ...

Yet the majestic space of the Pacific coast imperceptibly penetrated my dreams, transforming me, depriving me and thus perhaps liberating me.’ This is how Czesław Miłosz wrote about the landscape of ...

This year’s Gwangju Biennale revolves around change. However, this change doesn’t signify a turning point, but rather a slow process that takes place within the body, within our memory, or in the ...

In 1977, the communist authorities banned the jury from giving the top prize to ‘Man of Marble’. So the critics gave Andrzej Wajda a brick. For five decades, Poland’s most important film festival has ...

The Manuscript of Professor Wittembach’, was Poland’s first full-length horror film since the 1930s, tapping into the classic ...

W swoim wojennym westernie Jan Holoubek bawi się gatunkowymi schematami, zaprzęgając je do opowieści o traumie Zagłady. Zawieszony między powagą i umownością Dziki, dziki wschód to kino odważne i świa ...