Gray Edge

Where is this train going? Passengers are lulled to sleep by the rhythmic clatter of the wheels, familiar poetic lines about the native land, and folk songs. Is it possible to change the direction, to hop on another train, to rewind the tape? Quavering reflections dance in a strange roundelay: the grain, a girl, a stork, a bone, the truth, and the resentment... Welcome to the Gray Edge.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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The Wind. A Documentary Thriller

In the Podhale region in Poland, the Halny wind blows several times a year in spring and in autumn, in cycles. It is unpredictable, so you never know if—and when—it will metamorphose into a destructive storm, transforming the picturesque mountain chains into a décor dominated by the savage performance of nature.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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Cançons d'amor i Anarquia

Genre: Dokumentalny, Muzyczny

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Quebonafide: Romantic Psycho Film

What happens when you have it all?

Genre: Dokumentalny

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Tippi Hedren: The Birds and Other Wild Animals

Tippi Hedren, the unforgettable actress who starred in The Birds (1963), made in her memoirs a relentless portrait of its director, the genius British filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980), the same one who, despite his disturbing personality and questionable working methods, made her a Hollywood star. From Minnesota to Hollywood, the true story of a unique performer and a free woman.

Genre: Dokumentalny, Historyczny, film TV

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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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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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Igła

Genre: Dokumentalny

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South to Black Power

In his provocative 2021 book, The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto, New York Times opinion columnist Charles M. Blow calls for a “reverse Great Migration” of African Americans from the North back to the South to upend today’s political power structures while reclaiming the land and culture they left behind. South to Black Power does more than illustrate Blow’s enlightening ideas; we journey through Blow’s personal story, from his childhood in Louisiana to his role as father to young adult children in New York City, showing us the hard-won truths behind his vision for the future.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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Unconditional Love

A grandma and her gay grandson trying to find the way towards mutual acceptance and unconditional love in the intimate story full of emotions and humor.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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Orca: Black & White Gold

A riveting docu-thriller exposing the illegal trade in endangered wild orcas fueled by American business practices. Unprecedented access to activists, trainers, and journalists reveals the shocking truth behind the global orca trade.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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In Limbo

Russia's invasion of Ukraine finds Alina in Irpien, near Kiev. She is alone, with her leg in a cast after recent surgery. She manages to escape with her cat from a bombed and cut off city in one of the last evacuation groups. She reaches a cottage in a nearby village where her parents are stuck. For the first weeks they try to live normally. Her mother conducts online classes, her father takes care of his cats and the animals in the neighborhood, Alina records current events with her camera. However, the front is getting closer and closer, and they have to make a decision – to stay or to run away? When the neighbors leave their homes, Alina and her parents, under the cover of the night, hurry to pack. At the very last minute, the father decides to stay...

Genre: Dokumentalny

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The Soil of the Namib: Dreams

Far away, in the middle of the Namibian wasteland, on former German colonial soil. Unsecured, threatening tunnels lead deep into a monolithic mountain. Major, Esmeralda and Peter are working in illegal mines, searching for gemstones. The workers risk their lives every day, and their work brings little economic return. The group lives in its own microcosm, in which it seems they have buried their dreams.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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Last Call: Indian Son

There are some 77K foreign students in Ukraine. Naveen S G of India is one of them, studying in Kharkiv and hiding in a shelter. On 1 March, as he goes to buy some food, he becomes the first foreign student killed by Russia in this war. An episode of the web series "Ukraine on Fire 2" by Vyacheslav Bihun , which had a separate festival distribution as an independent work.

Genre: Animacja, Dokumentalny

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Svanmön

Genre: Dokumentalny

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Silent Legacy

Genre: Dokumentalny

Actors: Tanya Dimitrova

Parada Planet

Wadzim and Staś own a agritourism destination. They believe that the 2020 season will be successful because a very rare astronomical phenomenon, the so-called Planet Parade that occurs every 100 years. However, the unexpected events that began after the Presidential elections do not go according to plan.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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Border Cut

Halina, an elderly hairdresser, who has lead a difficult life, works with her young, carefree assistant, Angela, upon whom she tries to impart in a motherly fashion, all of life's lessons. Their clients are exclusivley German seniors, who travel across the nearby border to the tiny Polish village, in search of inexpensive cuts. While occupying the barber chair they share their dreams, fears, and life stories. Halina's wish is that Angela stays with her until the end of her days, but will Angela put her own dreams aside to stay with Halina in the salon?

Genre: Dokumentalny

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Who Will Clean Your Windows?

Darek is 24 and after 10 years of education at a school for students with intellectual disabilities he needs to confront himself with adulthood. At a film workshop, he receives a camera that will enable him to tell a story of the final weeks at his favourite place from his own perspective. In his musings about trifles as well as matters he cannot fully understand, he is accompanied by his best friend, Daniel. They experience the world in their own way and, at the same time, enable the viewer to see the reality through their eyes for a little while. Full of warmth and humour, the film is a story of friendship as a universal value that joins people regardless of any differences or limitations.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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Wielki strach

Genre: Dokumentalny

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The Earth Will Swallow It All

The change of the political system that occurred in Poland in the early 1990s brought not only hopes related to the social and economic transformation, but also anxieties and fears. At the time, such fears were treated as evidence of incompatibility with the new capitalist order and thus consistently relegated to the margins of public debate. The film is an attempt to recall the traumatic experiences of this period.

Genre: Dokumentalny, Animacja

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Putin's Patriots

As Russia faces growing international isolation, loyalists within the 30 million-strong Russian diaspora are dedicated to defending, supporting and promoting Putin overseas. Vladimir Putin has made it clear that he wants Russia to reclaim its former glory: across the globe, Russians echo his sentiment, shutting down critics of the Kremlin. From jeering newspaper articles, to counter-protestors staring down protestors who condemn the jailing of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Putin's international supporters are a force to be reckoned with.

Genre: Dokumentalny

Actors: Vladimir Putin

An Actress in Wonderland

‘I have always had the curiosity to look further’ – admits one of the greatest Polish actresses. Barbara Krafftówna takes the viewer on a visit to her magical land, inhabited by ghosts of the past, the Elderly Gentlemen's Cabaret and, above all, by her unforgettable artistic creations.

Genre: Dokumentalny

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Tizzo: Storia di un grande campione

Genre: Dokumentalny

Actors: Salvatore Cherchi, Emiliano Marsili, Mario Massai