Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych

Robotnicy - Nic o nas bez nas tells a story about Gdańsk Shipyard and its workers after so called Grudzień 1970 (1970 protests). After those events Edward Gierek replaced Władysław Gomułka as party first secretary and promised redical change in style and methods of ruling. Kieślowski shows the skepticism of workers and their attitude to party members. He also pictures conflicts inside the party (PZPR) and usual work in shipyard. The political criticism of this movie made it a target of censorship – it was suspended and cut against the will of director.

People of different age, profession and social status answer two simple questions: who they are and what they want from life.

Kieslowski’s later film Dworzec (Station, 1980) portrays the atmosphere at Central Station in Warsaw after the rush hour.

Documentary record of the first shift in Wujek coal mine in Silesia in 1962. We observe the course of events from the perspective of the mine's dispatcher at a modern desktop. We see one man, but the whole first shift crew is working.

Piwowski's documentary debut is a satirical reportage, referring to the poetics of the Czech school at the time. The starting point was an order from a film studio to join a project proposed by the Germans: what do teenagers in your country do on Saturday at 5 pm? Images from the lives of teenagers from Kętrzyn make up a contrasting slice of free time in a small town. Firemen maneuvering to start a fire outside working hours, bodybuilders training, choir rehearsal, dancing in Hitler's former headquarters...

A psychological drama about a mother and daughter. The first was once a journalist and a brave soldier, the second interrupted her studies in philosophy

24 hours in the life of a hospital from the point of view of the doctors and nurses.

Documentary of the Kurylewicz Quintet rehearsing a jazz piece in a recording studio. After a few fits and starts the band finally hits its stride.

At the time of the Polish social regime, a security officer is promoted to work at a prison yard. Introducing concurrently with the narrator; he speaks of himself, his thoughts, his point of view.

A documentary about the hard work of the workers in the reconstruction of the Bieszczady road.

Impressionistic study of the fate of a stray dog, trying to avoid the results of human indifference and cruelty.

This film describes the Second World Congress of Peace Defenders, held in Warsaw on November 16-22, 1950. Sheffield, an industrial city in England, was the initial location of the event, however, it was transferred to the capital of Poland at the very last moment.

Polish schoolboy Janek, and Russian girl Tanya are traveling by a plane which ended up in the hands of a gang of drug dealers headed by ex Nazi criminal Henrich Scharf.

This documentary wants people to stop armament. Instead of that, we should focus on humanitarian aid, education and healthcare. There is no commentary in the film, some images of the modern world spread the message. On the one hand, it is industry; on the other hand – famine.

A document about a religious sect founded in Silesia in the 1950s - the Holy See of God and the Lamb of the Apostles in Spirit and Truth, Alpha and Omega, The Beginning and the End, an informal Christian denomination whose members consider themselves to be advocates of peace and universal union.

"Our Lodz Friends" is a documentary portrait of three women of different ages working in textile factories in Łódź. In the deafening roar of machines, performing monotonous tasks, they talk about their everyday life and dreams.

An impressionistic description of the camp experience of Xawery Dunikowski (1875-1964), sculptor, painter and educator, prisoner of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp (1940-45).

The production is a poetic impression, its tone is mournful. The film shows the landscape of Vietnam two years after the end of the war. There is no commentary in the production, the image is accompanied by Mozart's composition.

Reportage from the set of the film "Everything for Sale", focusing on the director - Andrzej Wajda. At one stage of the filming, Wajda planned to include all the documentary material shot by Ziarnik in his film. Ultimately, however, he changed the concept.