„It’s not my film” is a story that start’s where most of the romantic movies end. We are way past the “they lived happily ever after”. Wanda and Janek love each other, but at the same time they cannot stand each other anymore. Their relationship is going through a constant crisis like most of the long-term relationships. The crisis is not caused by some outstanding event – it’s more of a mixture between everyday-life and boredom. One day, when they finally hit a wall they decide – let’s take a walking trip along Polish Baltic coast. Strict rules – no phones, no whining – just the two of us. If they manage to obey the rules, they will stay together forever but if they fail – they part ways.

Maria Zbąska’s feature debut is a contemporary and intelligently humorous love story. In a time when everything is disposable and easy to replace, Wanda and Janek will attempt to repair a relationship in which not everything is lost yet.

„It’s not my film” represents Poland in the Smart 7 competition organized by seven European festivals. The world premiere of the film took place at the Kino Pavasaris festival in Vilnius, and the Polish premiere – at the Mbank New Horizons IFF. As part of Smart 7, the film is also shown at the following festivals: Indie Lisboa IFF (Portugal), Filmadrid (Spain), Transilvania IFF (Romania), Reykjavik IFF (Iceland) and Thessaloniki (Greece).

It also takes part in the Perspektywy Competition at the 49th Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia.

This documentary of sorrow and rage tells the story of Olga Morawska, the wife of celebrated mountaineer Piotr Morawski. The film draws parallels between the solitude of the climber and the solitude of the bereaved whilst posing questions about the sacrifices we make in marriage and the choices that shape our lives and the lives of those around us.

The film chronicles Morawski’s ascent on Ama Dablam and Morawska’s poignant testimony recorded within weeks of her husband’s death.

The documentary premiered at the Krakow Film Festival, and was under the patronage and festival care of the Krakow Film Foundation. The effect of this cooperation was the participation of the film in over 20 festivals in Poland and in the world, among others at the Youth and Film Festival in Koszalin, Doc Aviv in Tel Aviv, BCN Sports Film in Barcelona, ​​AFI Docs in Washington, World Mountain Documentary Festival in Shanghai , IMMF in the Czech Republic, „Cinema Verite” International Documentary Film Festival in Iran, or International Mountain Film Festival, in Kathmandu.

The film received not only favorable reviews but also awards: the Golden Gentiana at the Mountain Film Festival in Trento, the „Connexion Jury” award at the Autrans festival and the award for the Best Directing at the Al Jazeera Documentary Film Festival in Qatar.

They want to fulfill their dreams of fame, money and beautiful women, while their reality is not too rosy. Boguś deals in cassettes, Sebastian is formally unemployed. One day, due to a lack of knowledge of the basics of television technology, they accidentally play German porn, which is watched by the entire district.

The embarrassing event gives rise to the first independent local television. Boguś and Sebastian gain respect and recognition. Money ceases to be a problem. However, great success attracts the attention of local mafiosis. Involved in business and politics, friends must decide whether, in an era of capitalism exploding, it is worth investing in something more than friendship .

The screenplay by Elżbieta Benkowska was created with financial support from the funds of the Marshal of the Pomeranian Voivodeship and thanks to a script grant from the Polish Film Institute. In 2019, it received a special award in the ScriptPro competition and is currently being developed as part of the ScriptEast program.