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Powrót: Directed by Magdalena Lazarkiewicz. With Sandra Drzymalska, Agnieszka Warchulska, Katarzyna Herman, Miroslaw Kropielnicki. Back Home tells a story of a family. A very typical family next-door. Hidden secrets and inner parents- -children relations lead to disintegration of the relationship both between the family members, as well as between them and the local community. The desire to build family relations on the existing morality and a clear-cut moral code within the changing world lead to a crisis. The dynamics of contemporary social processes, as well as of the local communities of small and medium-sized towns, makes adolescents distant from their families and traditions. The protagonist, Urszula, walks the dramatic path to independence and finding her own definition of the terms that are crucial in life and for building relations with other people, such as kinship, love, dedication, brotherhood.

Werewolf: Directed by Adrian Panek. With Kamil Polnisiak, Nicolas Przygoda, Sonia Mietielica, Danuta Stenka. Children liberated from a Nazi concentration camp have to overcome hunger, thirst and vicious dogs in an abandoned mansion surrounded by the forest.

Ciemno, prawie noc: Directed by Borys Lankosz. With Magdalena Cielecka, Rafal Mackowiak, Modest Rucinski, Jerzy Trela. Reporter Alicja Tabor returns to Walbrzych, the city of her childhood. There she will go back to all her hardcore family secret dramas, and start investigating a sinister case related to the disappearance of children.

Ikar. Legenda Mietka Kosza: Directed by Maciej Pieprzyca. With Dawid Ogrodnik, Cyprian Grabowski, Piotr Adamczyk, Mikolaj Chroboczek. "Icarus" is the true story of Mieczyslaw "Mietek" Kosz, a Polish jazz pianist who died in tragic circumstances and whose life we see through select episodes depicting the most influential moments in his life and career: his childhood on a poor farm in the farmlands of Poland and the loss of his eyesight at age 12 to a debilitating disease and the trauma that it causes. We witness the birth of his gifts - an uncanny ear for music and his determination shared only by true virtuoso's. We witness the great heights he achieves in his career that is accompanied by his loneliness and desperate need for acceptance. We see how low he falls due to his fight with alcoholism and trying to deal with the consequences of his fame. All this leads to his "rebirth" when he meets the love of his life, Ewa.

Ikar. Legenda Mietka Kosza: Directed by Maciej Pieprzyca. With Dawid Ogrodnik, Cyprian Grabowski, Piotr Adamczyk, Mikolaj Chroboczek. "Icarus" is the true story of Mieczyslaw "Mietek" Kosz, a Polish jazz pianist who died in tragic circumstances and whose life we see through select episodes depicting the most influential moments in his life and career: his childhood on a poor farm in the farmlands of Poland and the loss of his eyesight at age 12 to a debilitating disease and the trauma that it causes. We witness the birth of his gifts - an uncanny ear for music and his determination shared only by true virtuoso's. We witness the great heights he achieves in his career that is accompanied by his loneliness and desperate need for acceptance. We see how low he falls due to his fight with alcoholism and trying to deal with the consequences of his fame. All this leads to his "rebirth" when he meets the love of his life, Ewa.

Fuga: Directed by Agnieszka Smoczynska. With Gabriela Muskala, Lukasz Simlat, Malgorzata Buczkowska, Piotr Skiba. Alicja suffers from memory loss and has rebuilt her own free spirited way of life. Two years later, she returns to her former family to assume against her will her role as wife, mother and daughter. Her estranged husband and son do not recognize this woman who looks familiar and yet behaves like a stranger. Feelings of alienation, love and revelations rekindle her interior flame.

Blinded by the Lights: With Kamil Nozynski, Jan Frycz, Robert Wieckiewicz, Janusz Chabior. An eight-episode story charting seven days from the life of a cocaine dealer whose perfectly organized life begins to sink into chaos while he is forced to make the most important choices in his life.

Jak pies z kotem: Directed by Janusz Kondratiuk. With Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Robert Wieckiewicz, Bozena Stachura, Aleksandra Konieczna. Estranged brothers Andrzej and Janusz are both acclaimed film directors. When older Andrzej gets paralyzed after the stroke, Janusz and his wife decide to take care of him.

Kruk: Created by Jakub Korolczuk. With Michal Zurawski, Tomasz Wlosok, Katarzyna Wajda, Danuta Kierklo. A police inspector is sent to his hometown to investigate a kidnap case, but apart from solving the mystery, he has to face the demons of his past.

Chylka: With Magdalena Cielecka, Filip Plawiak, Piotr Zurawski, Jakub Gierszal. The Szlezyngiers' peace is ruined when their daughter disappears mysteriously. Will an old friend and lawyer be able to defend the desperate parents?

Cicha noc: Directed by Piotr Domalewski. With Dawid Ogrodnik, Tomasz Zietek, Agnieszka Suchora, Arkadiusz Jakubik. Adam unexpectedly visits his family house at Christmas after a few years of working abroad. No family member knows about his secret plans and the real reasons of his visit.

Lullaby Killer: Directed by Krzysztof Lang. With Tomasz Schuchardt, Andrzej Chyra, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Andrzej Grabowski. A young investigator struggles to solve multiple disappearances in 1950s Cracow.