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Cannes 2026: Paweł Pawlikowski Wins Best Director for Fatherland
Paweł Pawlikowski has received the Best Director award at the 79th Cannes Film Festival for Fatherland . It marks the second such distinction of his career — he previously won the same award for Cold War, which later went on to receive three Academy Award nominations: Best Foreign Language Film, Best Director, and Best Cinematography.
„Fatherland” will compete for the Palme d’Or
Paweł Pawlikowski, long established as a leading voice in European auteur cinema, returns to Cannes in what is already shaping up to be a particularly strong edition of the festival. His „Fatherland” will compete for the Palme d’Or in a lineup widely described by observers as the most impressive on the Croisette in years.
“Women’s Hell” is now streaming in full on HBO Max
Since Friday, the complete first season of “Women’s Hell,” a six-part series directed by Anna Maliszewska, has been available to stream on HBO Max, transporting viewers to 1930s Warsaw.
“Good Boy”: Jan Komasa Turns a British Basement Into a Macabre Lesson in Upbringing
In his latest film, Jan Komasa — the director of the Oscar-nominated "Corpus Christi" — tells the story of a nineteen-year-old partygoer who, after one of his nocturnal escapades, wakes up chained in the basement of a Victorian mansion. Yet instead of a conventional kidnapping thriller, the result is a subversive tale about upbringing, control and power relations.
Martial law as an experience of disorientation
On February 20, 2026, Winter of the Crow, directed by Kasia Adamik, opened in Polish cinemas — a hypnotic, densely layered thriller that transforms a familiar chapter of history into an experience that feels at once dreamlike and unnervingly immediate.
“Lead Children” — Netflix Series Premiere
Netflix has premiered the true-story-inspired series Lead Children. The six-episode thriller, set in 1970s Upper Silesia, was directed by Maciej Pieprzyca.
Eagles 2026: Dom Dobry Leads the Field with Record Nominations
The nominations for the Eagles — the Polish Film Awards — have been announced, with the strongest showing from Brat directed by Maciej Sobieszczański, Dom Dobry by Wojciech Smarzowski, Franz Kafka by Agnieszka Holland, and Emi Buchwald’s feature debut There Are No Ghosts in the Apartment on Dobra Street.
We Have a Teaser for “Women’s Hell”
The new Polish HBO Original series "Women’s Hell", directed by Anna Maliszewska, will debut on Friday, 6 March, on the HBO Max platform. New episodes of the six-part production will be released weekly on the service, leading up to the finale on 10 April.