We announce the line-up of the Polish Films Competition of the 34th edition of ToruńCAMERIMAGE International Film Festival.
A FREE WOMAN
Original title: Kobieta stanu wolnego
Directors: Eliza Godlewska, Alan Ruczyński
Cinematographer: Alan Ruczyński
Produced by: ISTV Media
Polish distributor: ISTV Media
Country and year: Poland, 2026
Fifty-year-old Roma is facing the most difficult time of her life. She dreams only of a place that could be her new home. When she once again comes up against bureaucracy and loses hope of improving her situation, all she can do is forget her worries for a moment. Unexpectedly, thirty-year-old Marta crosses her path...
GORKY RESORT
Original title: Pojedynek
Director: Łukasz Palkowski
Cinematographer: Piotr Sobociński Jr
Produced by: Bowandaxe
Polish distributor: Monolith Films
Country and year: Poland, 2026
The year is 1939. The world is descending into chaos. Thousands of Poles, held captive in a former monastery by the Russians, are being subjected to relentless indoctrination. An ambitious enemy agent makes it a point of honour to break one of them. He is a renowned young pianist, esteemed among his fellow prisoners. Should he falter, the enemy’s influence may overtake many. A devious game begins, filled with refined manipulation, threats and promises. Can a young artist, devoted father and loving husband win the duel with an agent who wields all the power and trickery of the Russian regime?
LACHTARA. LONGING
Original title: Lachtara. Tęsknota
Director: Sebastian Chondrokostas
Cinematographer: Piotr Wojtowicz
Produced by: MWM MEDIA
Polish distributor: TVP Dystrybucja
Country and year: Poland, Greece, 2026
In 2015, Europe is overshadowed by the financial and migration crises. Piotr, a Polish stockbroker, reunites with his father Jorgos, an eccentric Greek musician, after many years apart. Together, they set off in an old car from Greece to Poland to settle a family inheritance. Everything divides them: money, temperament, memory and unspoken resentment. As they travel, the demons of the Greek Civil War, emigration and their separation years ago resurface. When a Syrian refugee crosses their path, their journey takes on a new, unexpected dynamic, and father and son must confront a family secret whose origins date back to Poland in 1987.
NASZA REWOLUCJA
Original title: Nasza rewolucja
Director: Piotr Domalewski
Cinematographer: Michał Sobociński
Produced by: Next Film
Polish distributor: Next Film
Country and year: Poland, 2026
Our Revolution is a story of a love one would not dare to dream of, yet one that truly happened. He is passionate, outspoken and charismatic. She is courageous, gentle and full of warmth. Deeply in love, Jacek and Grażyna Kuroń believe that together they can change the world. They give up their privacy and devote themselves to the fight for freedom, while their flat becomes the opposition’s ‘headquarters’, a meeting place for people willing to risk everything for a better future. But a life devoted to a shared cause puts their love to a severe test. Brief moments of intense intimacy alternate with long periods of separation, when prison bars keep them apart. The declaration of martial law confronts them with further dramatic choices. Can their love survive in a reality that so ruthlessly tries to keep them apart?
PICASSO'S MERMAID
Original title: Syrenka Picassa
Director: Janusz Zaorski
Cinematographer: Łukasz Gutt
Produced by: Holly Pictures
Polish distributor: TVP Dystrybucja
Country and year: Poland, 2026
A film inspired by a true story. Mary accidentally discovers a drawing of a mermaid on the wall of her small apartment in Warsaw. It turns out it was drawn by Pablo Picasso during his visit to Poland in 1948! Mary is thrilled. After all, not everyone has an original Picasso on their own wall. Little does she know that the mermaid is about to turn her life upside down! Living on the other side of the wall is Radomski, a retired journalist who remembers Picasso’s visit. He is far from pleased by the discovery. It brings back memories he had long since forgotten. His thoughts drift back to those events and the fate of his neighbours, who, in exchange for being granted an apartment, were required to show the mermaid to anyone who wished to see it.
THE TIME THAT NEVER CAME
Original title: Czas, który nie nadszedł
Director: Julia Rogowska
Cinematographer: Mikołaj Syguda
Produced by: Shipsboy
Polish distributor: Next Film
Country and year: Poland, Belgium, 2025
In a world where ageing has become the ultimate taboo, Sara and her partner Oskar once planned to grow old together. In the end, however, they made different choices. Sara remained faithful to the natural course of life, while Oskar underwent an anti-ageing treatment that guaranteed him youth and a place in the new society. Years later, they unexpectedly meet again. Their appearances set them apart, but they are united by unanswered questions they have pushed aside for years. Can feelings survive the passage of time and irreversible change? Can anyone truly be free in a world that denies people the right to grow old?
WILD, WILD EAST
Original title: Dziki, dziki wschód
Director: Jan Holoubek
Cinematographer: Bartłomiej Kaczmarek
Produced by: TPB POL
Polish distributor: Warner Bros. Entertainment
Country and year: Poland, 2026
It is February 1943. During a snowstorm, a lone horseman arrives in the small town of Małe Zalesie. He is Wolff, a German official sent from Berlin. His official mission is to recover important documents once held by Levi, a wealthy local Jew. In reality, however, Wolff is hunting for gold that Levi supposedly left with his lawyer just before fleeing Poland. He suspects that the ‘Jewish treasure’ was found and hidden by Józef Kaim, the German-appointed administrator of Levi’s abandoned estate. Another treasure ‘hunter’ arrives in town and discovers that Wolff’s real name is Israel Levi, and that his true mission is to recover his father’s gold to support Jewish fighters preparing for the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.