Heat Singers

The municipal district heating company from Ivano-Frankivsk has a cultural offer for its employees. To break away from their daily routine, run-down infrastructure and troublesome clients, they may come to sing in the company choir once a week. The folk and patriotic songs they practice at rehearsals become a bridge between the past communist era and the new political and economic reality. They help them to deal with the shock of transformation and simply spend some time together, just like in the good old times.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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What the Shark?

A look at sharks living deep in the ocean, where extreme adaptation is critical to survival.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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Transhood

Filmed over five years in Kansas City, this documentary follows four transgender kids – beginning at ages 4, 7, 12, and 15 – as they redefine “coming of age.” These kids and their families show us the intimate realities of how gender is re-shaping the family next door in a unique and unprecedented chronicle of growing up transgender in the heartland.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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Who Tells the Story?

Genre: Dokumentalny

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Novaya

'Novaya Gazeta'. One of the first independent editions of post-Soviet Russia. One of the last remaining today.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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Gatherers of Sea Grass

Every year teams of seasonal workers come to Solovki islands to harvest sea kale. They go out to sea and mow it from car-basses. As the last of the teams go back to Arkhangelsk in October, only a watchman and his dog are left to pass the winter.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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Ula

‘This is the cradle of our beloved music. We need to verify our skills there’, said Michał Urbaniak to Polish jazz vocalist Urszula Dudziak to convince her to go and conquer the US with him. The film is a recording of the fascinating and tumultuous journey reported from off-screen by the artist herself.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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Rubens: A Life in Europe

The Flemish painter, humanist and diplomat Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) was fortunate to be recognized during his lifetime as an artist of genius and one of the most prolific among his peers, making him a key figure of the Baroque.

Genre: Dokumentalny, Historyczny

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Silence Heard Loud

Seven individuals read excerpts from essays on various global issues. This is the only time we see them together. From the sun-drenched hall, we move to different parts of the city which provide background for their stories.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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Touching the Icon

An ethnographer originating from Kashubia comes back to her home region to explore folk religion.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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Wolf's Lair

Genre: Dokumentalny

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Daymohk

The film DAYMOHK tells the story of Chechen dance star and choreographer Ramzan Ahmadov, whose dance group Daymohk has found refuge with Chechnya’s current president Kadyrov. Momentarily postponing the extinction of this age-old folk dance. But the sacrifice this move takes, is great: in an attempt to save his country’s tradition, Ramzan collaborates with the authorities and sacrifices what he loves the most.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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Coś sędzia długą przerwę zarządził

Amateur documentary film about Polish Cup 1997-98 Final.

Genre: Dokumentalny

Actors: Marek Kowalczyk, Ryszard Forbrich, Wojciech Wąsikiewicz, Jerzy Kasalik, Paweł Kryszałowicz, Rafał Osajda

Chernobyl: Hour by Hour

The accident at Chernobyl released at least 100 times more radiation than the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Thousands of residents were displaced and an incalculable number of Europeans still hold the scars from what happened that disastrous night in Chernobyl. The accident at Chernobyl changed the image of the Soviet Union and provided a grave reminder of the true power of nuclear energy. But was it the catalyst for the downfall of the Union? Find out, as we take you into the heart of the disaster and what went wrong, hour by hour.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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Sakawa

There’s a treasure trove of information to be found in the poisonous e-waste in Ghana. It’s a relatively simple matter to open up hard drives and gain access to photos and the personal details of their former owners. Equipped with a name and address, almost anybody can be found online. A young mother looks in astonishment at an American street that she has conjured up on Google Maps in a matter of seconds—this is Ama, one of the internet con artists in this film.

Genre: Dokumentalny

Actors: Ama, One Dollar

Brandy Hellville & the Cult of Fast Fashion

Hiding behind the shiny Instagram façade of Brandy Melville, the go-to clothing brand for young women, is a shockingly toxic culture that lies within the global fast fashion industry.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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Insomnia

This is a surrealistic documentary with a strong format which is based on the point of view of author. Tan can't fall in sleep in the night, is that because too noisy in the world, or it's just her thoughts bothering herself? It seems life itself it's a mixture with the reality and the dreams.

Genre: Dokumentalny

Actors: Mo Tan

The D.C. Sniper's Wife

The life of John Allen Muhammad. The D.C. Sniper, as told by his ex-wife Mildred.

Genre: Dokumentalny

Actors: Mildred Muhammad, Charles Moose, William C. O'Toole, Adele Moses, Deirdre Walker, Stanley B. Barnes, Chester L. Moses, Gail Pennybacker

Beers of Joy

Medieval monasteries, historic German villages, and breweries from across the world serve as the backdrop for four people immersing themselves in their passion for beer.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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Handful of Dirt

Halina is one of the last funeral singers in Podlasie. Her son Andrzej is a gravedigger. Thousands of people have crossed to the other side accompanied by them. He dug, she sang.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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Tizzo: Storia di un grande campione

Genre: Dokumentalny

Actors: Salvatore Cherchi, Emiliano Marsili, Mario Massai

Joanna d'Arc

Aneta is the manager of an erotic massage parlor in France. She left Poland to find her own path but nothing goes as she would like it to. Pressing problems with her partner and growing up children motivate her to take her life in her hands.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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End of Natalka's World

Natalka is a bright nine-year old narrator of this Silesian story. She lives with her family in the little village of Nieboczowy, which in fact disappeared in 2020 – all the residents were resettled as the area was to be used as a construction site for a retention reservoir.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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Tempo Home

Is it possible to feel at home in a place which is meant to be temporary? Leila, Amir and Baqir are three of over a thousand residents of a refugee camp – made of containers – located at the former Berlin-Tempelhof Airport.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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