Essential Polish Animation (1957-1987)
27 films spanning the breakthrough of Poland's animated works from the late-1950s to the close of the classic era in the 1980s..
THE BEAST TO DIE (1980)
A journalist who covered the Vietnam War becomes mentally unstable and goes on a spree of robbery and murder.
LADY VENGEANCE (2005)
After being wrongfully imprisoned for 13 years and having her child taken away from her, a woman seeks revenge through increasingly brutal means.
ARRIETTY (2010)
The Clock family are four-inch tall people who live anonymously in another family's residence, borrowing simple items to make their home...
WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES (2000)
A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.
WHISPER OF THE HEART (1995)
A love story between a girl who loves reading books and a boy who has previously checked out all of the library books she chooses.
COME AND SEE (1985)
After finding an old rifle, a young boy joins the Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces and experiences the horrors of World War II.
THE CONFORMIST (1970)
A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.
THE BOX MAN (2024)
A nameless man gives up his identity to live with a cardboard box over his head, to meet a range of people as he wanders through Tokyo.
HEART OF STONE (1950)
A poor charcoal burner seeks help from forest spirits to gain wealth and marry.
THE INVISIBLE SWORDSMAN (1970)
A cowardly young fencer becomes invisible thanks to a magic potion.
THE TALE OF OIWA’S GHOST (1961)
A samurai plots to reclaim his estranged wife after she leaves him over a murder scandal.