Set in 1946, the film tells a story of a Polish villager returning home after years in a concentration camp. Mateusz is an old-timer, a saddler, who finds nothing but hostility when he makes it home after years away. He is not a Jew, though the villagers brand him one and give him a hard time. They feel guilty about the death of his son at the end of the war, and don't want the father around. In the background: beginnings of the Communist regime in Poland.

A short film from Jan Jakub Kolski mixing the music of ojDADAna with his own visual tropes. A strange fusion, with the music an acquired taste, but the potency of some of Kolski's images is undeniable.

The original movie prepared by the Polish Television for the celebration of August 80 events. Film consists 13 etudes realized by prominent Polish directors, who share their reflections connected with 25. anniversary of NSZZ "Solidarity". Every etude is the stand-alone artistic statement, different in form and the content. Some have documental character, other are plot based shorts, one is even realized as a video clip. Mockery shuffles with pathos, seriousness with grotesque, nostalgia and emotion with disappointment, sorrow and anger. They present rather bitter view on polish latest history. Distorted ideals, lost heroes, unnecessary symbols - it shouldn't be this way. But though the movement didn't stamped its influence on the society, and young generation think about the "Solidarity" more often in the category of careerists and dirty politics than democracy and justice, it was the time of social unity, hope and belief, which majority of us never before experienced, and probably won't never again. Juliusz Machulski - Sushi The movie is opened by kept in comedy tone Juliusz Machulski's etude "Sushi". Movie producer Marek (Marek Kondrat) receives the proposal of realizing short film about "Solidarity". He engages his friends (Katarzyna Herman, Robert Więckiewicz) - experts in advertisement to help him. They wonder, what exactly "Solidarity" gave them. Andrzej Jakimowski - Bag In the second short story, Andrzej Jakimowski's "Bag", in the train, two thieves (Krzysztof Kiersznowski, Rafał Guźniczak) steal a fellow-traveller's (Leszek Żurek) bag. To their disappointment, there are only "Solidarity" leaflets copied on the duplicator in it. Jerzy Domaradzki - Blackboards Jerzy Domaradzki's document "Boards" tales a history of the boards, on which - with help of two students (Bartek Turzyński, Daniel Zawadzki) - strikers from Danzig's Shipyard made a list of their postulates, and they hung it on a shipyard's gate. Jan Jakub Kolski - The Great Bear Action of Jan Jakub Kolski's short takes place in the summer of 1980 in Italian Alps. Three young Polish cavers, Janek (Maciej Zakościelny), Rudy (Cezary Łukaszewicz) and Staszek (Eryk Lubos), during exploration of the cave become imprisoned under the ground. While waiting for help, they find out from colleagues about signature of August agreements. It becomes pretext to conversation about socio-political situation in Poland, their hopes and dreams. One of them, student Janek, is the later director of this short. Piotr Trzaskalski - Ball pen The hero of "Ball pen", Janusz (Waldemar Czyszak), wants to earn on huge, plastic ball pens with pope's picture, however nobody wants to buy them. Filip Bajon - Petrol In etude "Petrol" in August 1980 two young men: Tomek (Maciej Stuhr) and Filip (Marcin Dorociński) meet in the train going to coast. Both read Tadeusz Konwicki's "Small Apocalypse". Filip transports with him a can of petrol. During a conversation Tomek gets to suspect that his fellow-traveller wants to commit suicide by the self-immolation. In fervent words he tries to stop him. Krzysztof Zanussi - Tanks In documental etude "Tanks" Krzysztof Zanussi comes back to time, when he realized John Paul II's biography - "From a Far Country" in the winter of 1981 in Cracow. The probability of Soviet armies entering Poland caused, that when in one scene extras had to put on Soviet and German uniforms, all hands drew out for German. Robert Glinski - Scenery Robert Gliński's "Scenery" portrays the Danzig Shipyard as a depressing metaphor of what happened with "Solidarity". Rusting halls, empty docks, litter raised by wind. Only foreign trips go around historical cradle of the union. Former workers are in the majority unemployed. Ryszard Bugajski - What Happened to Our Solidarity? Richard Bugajski proposed video clip " What Happened to Our Solidarity??", in which Grzegorz Markowski, together with two young rappers, (Bzyk and Guzik from Wu - Hae band), dramatically sing latest 40 years of Polish history. Jacek Bromski - And You Know What? In the short story "And you know what?" Roman, businessman and former political prisoner (Krzysztof Stroiński), goes to bank to apply for a credit. The president of bank, former party dignitary and procurator (Janusz Gajos), who arrested the opposition members, including Roman, will now again decide about his future. Nervous Roman's wife (Anna Romantowska) waits outside. Feliks Falk - Short Story of One Blackboard Feliks Falk prepared the black and white animated etude "Short Story of One Blackboard", realized by the technique of collage. It is about a white board with the characteristic, red letter name "Solidarity" written on. After the period of fight and the euphoria of victory the myths and the symbols go away in oblivion gradually. Andrzej Wajda - Man of Hope "Man of hope" is a record of the "Man of Iron" creator and main performers - Krystyna Janda and Jerzy Radziwiłowicz - with Lech Wałęsą in a great, empty hall of Danzig cinema Neptun. In 1980, while congratulating Andrzej Wajda his movie about August events Wałęsa encouraged him to film up next one - the "Man of hope". Film hasn't been yet made. What would it be about if filmed nowadays? Malgorzata Szumowska - Father Cycle of "Solidarity" etudes is closed by the fabularised document "Father" by Małgorzata Szumowska, in which archival materials set by her father, well-known documentalist are used. Thirty-year woman (Maja Ostaszewska) tells how "Solidarity" altered the life of her family, and especially father (Kazimierz Borowiec), idealist, who hasn't gained any profits and honors like many other oppositionists, but his daughter can live in a free country.

Among Jan Jakub Kolski's short films, critics assign special significance to "Ładny dzień / A Nice Day", which tells the story of two elderly people who spend their time taking care of their old horse. This film is perceived as a harbinger of the unique sensitivity that would come to characterize the world which the director would create in his full-length features

影片讲述了一个温暖且幽默感十足的故事,一位名叫玛斯捷卡的11岁孤儿院女孩，喜欢芭蕾舞。在追求自己梦想中遇到的第一道坎就是格但斯克芭蕾舞学校的入学考试。为此和新雇佣的家教科杜拉一起逃出孤儿院去参加考试。她们横跨波兰，一路上小心翼翼的躲避警察的围追堵截，和帮助他们的人接头见面。

这是多年后的凌晨4点的森林。一名野蛮、衣衫褴褛、蓬头垢面的流浪汉正在森林中设置陷阱。他是福斯特。他曾是一名成功的企业家，因为厌倦了都市生活的乏味和冷漠，毅然辞职离开了都市走进了森林。 　　他住在树林里一个自己建造的小屋里，和一只三条腿的狗一起生活。他会捕猎动物，还会吃娜塔的剩菜——娜塔是一个在附近的高速公路边“工作”的妓女。他们常常一起谈论文学和生活。 一天晚上，纳塔因当地皮条客的一场争端而不幸遇害。福斯特陷入了绝望。他意识到，她是唯一能让他感受到生命的人。悲痛的福斯特在住所的地板上挖了一个洞，自己躺了进去，用土和树叶盖住身体。几天后，13岁的小女孩杰蒂佳来到了福斯特的住所外面。杰蒂佳不告诉福斯特她是谁，也闭口不谈她为什么离开城市。福斯特不需要任何人的陪伴，但杰蒂佳固执地不愿离开。于是，他们约法三章。福斯特让她留下开始一段试用期。 日子一天天地过去了，杰蒂佳学会了如何在森林里与福斯特一起生活。他们两人相处得出奇地好，福斯特身上也发生了一些改变。在教授杰蒂佳的过程中，他变得不那么苛刻了。宅宅网：

Jaśminowo修道院是个不起眼的贫穷的地方，然而又充满了神奇。五位僧人居住此地，其中三人拥有特质：每人身上散发不同的果香。 有一天，娜塔莎和五岁的女儿Gienia到访修道院。娜塔莎具有修复古画的天赋。小女儿与其中一位僧人结下友谊。僧人平静的生活由于女孩的好奇而变得动荡。 这是一部关于爱的影片，充满甜蜜与芬芳……

Two intellectuals, a writer and a director, begin to play a mysterious psychological game in a peaceful countryside manor house during the Nazi occupation.

1998 film by Jan Jakub Kolski

Marek is in his early teens and dreams of going to Venice. Although the war makes his plans highly unlikely, the boy won't let his dreams drift away too easily.

In a small village a couple fails to conceive. One day the man brings home to hide a Jewish woman whose family was murdered.

On the road wandering minstrel finds a mare, which, upholstered and sickly, is dying. He buries mare and casts a curse in the village where the animal was tortured. In the village lives Jańcio, a philosopher, a man loving life and his young wife, Weronka. Jańcio lives in harmony with God and is not expecting that he will be put to the test by him. He is convinced he has the power to make miracles. He leaves his pregnant wife, and goes to see the world, promising to return before the due date.