BALAPOLIS is a production company established by Agata Szymańska and Magdalena Kamińska. Its filmography contains feature films and documentaries as well as mojority and minority international coproductions. Balapolis produces author-driven films that are unconventional and ground-breaking. The company handles also distribution. In 2022 Balapolis finished We Haven’t Lost Our Way, the latest film by Anka and Wilhelm Sasnal that had its premiere at Berlinale. Another production by Balapolis, The Hamlet Syndrome by Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosołowski, opened 62. Krakow Film festival adnwas screened and awarded at Locarno Film Festival.

The latest production by Balapolis is White Courage by Marcin Koszałka. Currently, the company co-produces Hunter’s Son by Ricky Rijneke, produces Simona Kossak by Adrian Panek and works on tv series Black Daisies for CANAL+.

 

FILMOGRAPHY

2024

IN PRODUCTION:

SIMONA KOSSAK DIR. Adrian Panek

HUNTER’S SON DIR. Ricky Rijneke

BLACK DAISIES DIR. Mariusz Palej

THE MIRACLE DIR. Radosław Chrześciański

FINISHED FILMS:

2023 WHITE COURAGE DIR. Marcin Koszałka

2022 THE HAMLET SYNDROME DIR. Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosołowski

62. KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL | opening film

75. LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL | DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

2022 WE HAVEN’T LOST OUR WAY DIR. Anka and Wilhelm Sasnal

72. IFF BERLIN │ Forum

2018   WEREWOLF DIR. Adrian Panek

43. FPFF Gdynia Film Festival │MAIN COMPETITION

22. POFF Black Nights Film Festival │MAIN COMPETITION

2015   WALSER DIR. Zbigniew Libera

15. IFF NEW HORIZONS│MAIN COMPETITION

2015   BABY BUMP DIR. Kuba Czekaj

42. IFF VENICE│  Queer Lion Award

2014   AGFA 1939 DIR. Michał Wnuk

2013   HUBA DIR. Anka & Wilhelm Sasnal

64. IFF BERLIN │ Forum

2011   IT LOOKS PRETTY FROM THE DISTANCE DIR. Anka & Wilhelm Sasnal

41. IFF ROTTERDAM │ MAIN COMPETITION

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DISTRIBUTION:

2016   THE SUN, THE SUN BLINDED Me DIR. Anka & Wilhelm Sasnal

69. IFF LOCARNO │ Signs of Life

2015   BABY BUMP DIR. Kuba Czekaj

2013   HUBA reż. Anka i Wilhelm Sasnal

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PRODUCTION MANAGMENT:

2016  ERLPRINCE DIR Kuba Czekaj

67. IFF BERLIN │ Generation