Numerous awards from international film festivals such as the Berlinale, the London festival, Cannes, and the recent Oscar for Pawel Pawiloski’s IDA, and renowned directors like Andrzej Wajda, Krzyszrof Kieslowski, and Roman Polanski have given Polish filmmaking a global reputation.  With co-financing from international partners, support from the Polish Film Institute, regional film funds and the European Union through its MEDIA and Europe-Images initiatives Poland has been producin...

Body, dir. Malgorzata Szumowska, Poland, Berlinale 2015 - Competition  by Martin I. Petrov In a visionary, humorous wander though the life of (not that much) ordinary people in the polish capital Warsaw, Malgorzata Szumowska’s Body aims to go far under the skin and explore incentives, find answers and criticise bits of our parallel realities.  A father living with his anorexic daughter Olga, after the death of his wife, is trapped between the cruelty he has to face...

  Body, dir. Malgorzata Szumowska, Poland, Berlinale 2015 - Competition    In a visionary, humorous wander though the life of (not that much) ordinary people in the polish capital Warsaw, Malgorzata Szumowska’s Body aims to go far under the skin and explore incentives, find answers and criticise bits of our parallel realities.    A father living with his anorexic daughter Olga, after the death of his wife, is trapped between the cruelty he has to face every ...