Almost 52 million cinema tickets were sold in 2006, six million more than a year before. The majority of screenings take ...

Agnieszka Zwiefka’s documentary story about refugees from the Polish-Belarusian border is stripped of political slogans and ...

They combine the standard documentary format with animation, feature and... opera. They play with form and venture beyond its ...

In the 19th century, the Polish city of Łódź grew from a tiny farming town into a bustling textile industry metropolis – at a rate unseen anywhere else in Europe at the time. The cosmopolitan city was ...

The Polish cavalry called the hussars or ‘winged horsemen’ were amongst the deadliest army units in Europe, playing a crucial role in military history. Unsurprisingly, they have been immortalised by ...

Polish-born Ganna Walska was an operatic singer so unsuccessful that her failure as a vocalist is near-legendary: it inspired a theme of Orson Welles' Citizen Kane and has been described in numerous ...

The most recognisable symbol of Poland is undoubtedly the eagle. The white bird adorns the nation’s crest, is found on its currency, adorns the uniforms of its football stars, and gives its name to ...

In May 2015, the University of Cambridge unveiled a strange white structure shaped like a futuristic Christmas tree. The occasion was the 100th anniversary of the Sierpiński triangle, a type of ...

Five European capitals hosted the refurbished version of the 1918 silent film “Mania. The Story of a Cigarette Factory Worker ...

Music has the power to bring people together. We go through a film whose famous Polish pianist brought people together, ...

A two-minute piece must last for several minutes or several hours – Filip Lech talks to the composer of film, television and ...

In 2026, the Polish Parliament declared the Year of Józef Czapski to mark the 130th anniversary of the birth of this ...