Elżbieta Benkowska

Nowy świat (2015)

Three stories of immigrants trying to start new lives in Poland: an Afghan traumatised by the war, a Ukrainian lost in her own body, and a Belarusian running away from painful love. The Afghan, Azzam, works as a translator for the Polish army. In his homeland he is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elżbieta Benkowska  •  Michał Wawrzecki  •  Łukasz Ostalski
CAST:  Olga Aksyonova  •  Julian Świeżewski  •  Dominika Maiseyenka

Three stories of immigrants trying to start new lives in Poland: an Afghan traumatised by the war, a Ukrainian lost in her own body, and a Belarusian running away from painful love. The Afghan, Azzam, works as a translator for the Polish army. In his homeland he is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elżbieta Benkowska  •  Michał Wawrzecki  •  Łukasz Ostalski
CAST:  Olga Aksyonova  •  Julian Świeżewski  •  Dominika Maiseyenka

Olena (2013)

A couple of young Ukrainians, Olena and Dima, is travelling to Sweden. Dima’s wallet with her passport gets stolen in a Polish train. A thief throws it through a window. They have to find it before a ferry leaves. The real reason of this travel reveals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elżbieta Benkowska
CAST:  Oksana Terefenko  •  Ihor Aronov  •  Sebastian Perdek  •  Patryk Szwichtenberg

A couple of young Ukrainians, Olena and Dima, is travelling to Sweden. Dima’s wallet with her passport gets stolen in a Polish train. A thief throws it through a window. They have to find it before a ferry leaves. The real reason of this travel reveals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elżbieta Benkowska
CAST:  Oksana Terefenko  •  Ihor Aronov  •  Sebastian Perdek  •  Patryk Szwichtenberg

The Power of Resistance (2024)

Actress Olga's political idealism and hopes for a better tomorrow are put to the hardest test. The authoritarian, omniscient communist power decides to break the woman when her father is hospitalized and fighting for his life, and her husband is in custody. Olga ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elżbieta Benkowska
CAST:  Lena Góra  •  Tamara Arciuch  •  Andrzej Mastalerz  •  Cezary Żak

Actress Olga's political idealism and hopes for a better tomorrow are put to the hardest test. The authoritarian, omniscient communist power decides to break the woman when her father is hospitalized and fighting for his life, and her husband is in custody. Olga ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elżbieta Benkowska
CAST:  Lena Góra  •  Tamara Arciuch  •  Andrzej Mastalerz  •  Cezary Żak