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Based on the lives of June and Jennifer Gibbons, real-life identical twins who grew up in Wales and became known as "the silent twins" because of their refusal to communicate with anyone but each other.

The action of the film takes place in 1943. The title character is a cosmopolitan and incapable of deeper feelings seducer. In Poland, he lost his entire family. Alone - being in the heart of Nazi Germany - he hides his Jewish origins and often eludes death. He works as a waiter in the restaurant of an exclusive hotel and carelessly enjoys all the charms of life surrounded by luxury, beautiful women and friends from all over Europe. However, when the war begins to take a bloody toll on those closest to him, the intricately built world that surrounds him crumbles like a house of cards.

Marusarz. Tatrzanski orzel: Directed by Marek Bukowski. With Mateusz Janicki, Marta Maria Wisniewska, Mateusz Bozek, Janka Cholewa. Stanislaw Marusarz, a well-known Polish jumper, including: the 1938 world vice-champion in Lahti, four-time Olympian, seven-time participant in the ski world championships, as well as a second lieutenant of the Home Army, a Tatra courier. From the first months of the occupation, he was active in the underground as a courier of the Underground State to Hungary. In 1940, he jumped from the second floor and escaped from the Gestapo prison in Krakow. After the war, he was one of the longest active ski jumping athletes in the world. Marusarz became the guest of honor at the 4-Hills-Tournament in the 1965-66 season. He stood on the famous Gross-Titlis-Schanze at the age of 53 - his jump in a suit and tie has made his legacy. Marusarz's spectacular jump in a suit during the Four Hills Tournament '66 became a pretext to tell his fate, as well as the story of his sister Helena - a talented skier, participant of the Resistance Movement, murdered by the Nazis in 1941.

The Magic of Casting and its Disenchantment The first day of the Gdynia Industry events was dedicated to casting, i.e. casting, its process and the myths that have grown up around it. The main protagonists of the talk were casting directors – the artists involved in creating the human landscape in film For years, representatives of this profession have been fighting for its visibility and the recognition of their creative contribution to filmmaking. In June this year, the Polish Casting Directors Guild was established, and currently has 12 members, as Ewa Brodzka, its president, announced at the event. During the 47th Gdynia Film Festival, the Best Casting Award will be presented for the first time by the jury on Friday the 16th of September at the so-called Small Gala. In 2021, for the first time a casting director was awarded at the festival – the award for lifetime achievement went to Violetta Buhl. ... Magia castingu i jego odczarowanie Pierwszy dzień wydarzeń branżowych Gdynia Industry poświęcony był tworzeniu obsady, czyli castingowi, jego przebiegowi i mitom, jakie wokół niego narosły. Głównymi bohaterami rozmowy były reżyserki i reżyserzy castingu – artyści zajmujący się tworzeniem ludzkiego krajobrazu w filmie. Przedstawiciele i przedstawicielki tego zawodu od lat walczą o jego widoczność i docenienie swojego twórczego wkładu w dzieło filmowe. W czerwcu tego roku powstała Gildia Polskich Reżyserek i Reżyserów Castingu, która obecnie liczy 12 członków – jak podała podczas wydarzenia jej przewodnicząca Ewa Brodzka. Podczas 47. Festiwalu w Gdyni będzie przyznana po raz pierwszy nagroda za najlepszy casting – wręczy ją jury w piątek 16 września na tzw. Małej Gali. W 2021 roku po raz pierwszy na festiwalu przyznano nagrodę reżyserce castingu – za całokształt twórczości otrzymała ją Violetta Buhl....

Staszek lives in Bialystok and is a member of the Radical Youth Association, abbreviated as ZMR. He is not a radical himself, but belonging to nationalists gives him strength and a sense of purpose. Fulfilling the orders of the charismatic leader - Roman, Staszek and the rest of their buddies engage in patriotic activities and actions that are to give the organization due publicity. Unfortunately, most of them end in a fiasco and a total catastrophe ... During one of such actions, Staszek meets Pola, a young left-wing activist who recently broke up with her boyfriend - Kajetan. Staszek, enchanted with the girl, decides to hide his affiliation with ZMR from her. Soon, the couple in love will become Romeo and Juliet of two opposing camps: national and hipster-left, and the "forbidden love" of young heroes will lead to a series of surprising events, the finale of which will take place in Warsaw, during the celebration of the greatest Equality Parade in history.

"Everyone Knows Better" is an original comedy, reminiscent of the best New York tradition of independent cinema, dominated by warm relations and close intimacy with the characters. It tells about the adventures of a couple who try to put together one family from two different worlds. Other people's children, ex-spouses, pushy grandparents. Will Ania and Grzesiek survive the invasion of their families who are trying to fight the relationship of their adult children?

Pola is at the peak of popularity - at the age of only 22, she fills the halls at her concerts and is extremely successful in the music industry. One day, after one of her performances, the girl, under the influence of alcohol, causes a car accident. To silence the matter, the star's father and manager places her in an addiction therapy and treatment center, where the singer is forced to do community service. Soon there he meets Boris - a charismatic instructor, famous for his unconventional methods of work. He, too, was once a popular musician, but fell into the traps of his early fame. Despite their initial distrust, the couple get closer thanks to a shared musical passion. Unfortunately, the secrets of Boris's past and Pola's career hanging in the balance are standing in the way of this nascent feeling. Is there a chance for happiness and true love for two people who share so much?

The Silent Twins: Directed by Agnieszka Smoczynska. With Letitia Wright, Tamara Lawrance, Leah Mondesir-Simmonds, Eva-Arianna Baxter. Based on the lives of June and Jennifer Gibbons, real-life identical twins who grew up in Wales and became known as "the silent twins" because of their refusal to communicate with anyone but each other.

Mój agent: With Aleksandra Pisula, Ewa Szykulska, Marek Gierszal, Maciej Maciejewski. The heroes of the series are agents who have the greatest stars of film, theater and television under their care. The fate of the agency they work for becomes questionable when its owner, Gustaw, dies. Now, in addition to daily struggles with extremely absorbing stars, all four will have to fight for the survival of one of the most prestigious acting agencies in Warsaw. At the same time, Dorota, Marek's adult daughter, whose existence he had hidden from his co-workers and family, appears in the office. For the girl, the world of photo sets, scripts, meetings with stars is what she dreams about. By chance, she starts working at the agency, alongside her father and ... against his will.

Braty: Directed by Marcin Filipowicz. With Hubert Milkowski, Sebastian Dela, Cezary Lukaszewicz, Marta Stalmierska. Filip is seventeen, but he is still a kid who loves skateboarding. His older brother will soon leave the family home to live on his own, but he is still a strong presence in Filip's life and tries to prepare him for adulthood. The two brothers have to deal with the recent loss of their mother and with the father whose grief and depression isolate him from the rest of the world and push him towards hard drugs. The broys, prematurely forced to fend for themselves, try to enjoy their last moments of their seemingly carefree lives. They skateboard, kill time roaming around the suburbs, roll joints, have sex in the first sports cars, and then use them to burn rubber in deserted hangars. Little do they know that their brotherhood is about to be put to the toughest test yet.

Odwilz: Created by Marta Szymanek. With Katarzyna Wajda, Bartlomiej Kotschedoff, Juliusz Chrzastowski, Andrzej Grabowski. The body of a young woman is discovered in the icy river. The investigation is led by Zawieja for whom solving the case will be a fight for herself.

When a young man goes missing soon after his friend dies, life in a tight-knit, affluent Warsaw suburb slowly unravels, exposing secrets and lies.