The stories of two people become an opportunity for discussion between doctors from Poland and around the world, supporters and opponents of the procedures used today to adjudicate brain death. In 2003, 11-year-old Agnieszka suffered a brain injury after falling from a horse. Despite pressure contrary to procedures and applicable law, her parents did not consent to the declaration of brain death »
Valentyn, Heorhiy, Nadiia and Oleksandr have been selling books at the Pochaina flea market in Kyiv, Ukraine, for two decades. After losing their jobs in the volatile 1990s, second-hand books became their salvation and a new career. At the flea market, each of them has a different specialization: Valentyn, a computer science teacher, specializes in mathematics and physics; Heorhiy, a lecturer at »
Paweł and Franciszek Buchalik were just simple boys from the small village of Gotartowice in Silesia. They were primary school students and boy scouts. Funnily enough, they had the same last name even though there were not related. When the war broke out and repressions against Silesians intensified, the scouts from Gotartowice founded the Polish Secret Insurgent Organization. They helped families of »
The documentary presents different paths that emigrants from Ukraine have chosen after leaving their country. It shows how they try to make a new life for themselves in Polish cities and towns. They work in offices and local shops. Like everyone else, they cheer for their national football team. They renovate and clean Polish houses, study, run their own businesses. Some of »
This is a documentary about the tragic events of December 1970, when the workers’ revolt across Poland caused by a sudden increase in food prices and other everyday items, was brutally suppressed. The film is based on recently found, previously unknown, audio recordings from the Command Headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Warsaw. The recording constitutes more than 100 hours »
Millions of refugees, deaths, bombed houses, destroyed cities, drama, despair, bestiality, and extermination - all that comes with war and was brought by Russia to Ukraine. "Mothers of Wartime" is a documentary series by TVP Kobieta dedicated to women who escaped from war-torn Ukraine. The host of the series is the renowned journalist Marta Manowska, who specializes in conducting conversations on the most »
