Curatorial Theme: The Detective as Archaeologist of Trauma. Polish Noir is distinct, deeply entangled with history—the shadow of WWII, the grey moral compromises of the Communist era, and the wild, lawless capitalism of the 1990s.
Szczepan Twardoch · 2016
1937 Warsaw. Twardoch paints a brutal picture of pre-war Warsaw as a vibrant, violent metropolis.
Jakub Żulczyk · 2020
Modern Warsaw. A claustrophobic portrait of the city's dark, electric underbelly.
Zygmunt Miloszewski · 2013
Olsztyn. Teodor Szacki investigates a skeleton in a bunker, tackling domestic violence.
Zygmunt Miloszewski · 2007
Warsaw. Establishes the interconnectivity of the present and the communist past.
Zygmunt Miloszewski
Sandomierz. Bravely tackles the blood libel myth and provincial anti-Semitism.
Marek Krajewski · 1999
1933 Breslau. Thick with decadence, occultism, and fear in a city on the brink of Nazi takeover.
Katarzyna Bonda · 2014
Sopot/Gdynia. Blends forensic psychology with the specific landscape of the Polish coast.
Katarzyna Puzyńska · 2014
Lipowo Village. Focuses on the social dynamics of a village where everyone knows everyone's sins.
Jacek Dehnel, Piotr Tarczyński · 2015
1893 Kraków. Rich with period detail and satire of the Krakow bourgeoisie.
Wojciech Chmielarz · 2023
Countryside/Community. "The Doll's Farm" (Farma lalek) explores the dark secrets of a small town in the Kłodzko Valley.