Culture
FILM
The post-enlargement migration of Polish people to the British Isles has sparked the interest of film directors. The following list features films, TV series and documentaries that elaborate on the topic and have been produced in Poland, Ireland or Great Britain since 2004. The films are grouped according to the nationality of the film directors.
POLAND
FICTION
Londyńczycy [The Londoners]. Dir. Maciej Migas, Kordian Piwowarski, Wojciech Smarzowski. Poland: Telemark, 2008. Drama series.
Oda do radości [Ode to Joy]. Dir. Anna Kazejak-Dawid, Jan Komasa, Maciej Migas. Poland: Gutek Film, 2006. Film.
NON-FICTION
Tam, gdzie da się żyć [That Place To Live]. Dir. Magdaleny Piejko. Poland: Gazeta Polska, niezależna.pl, 2014. Documentary film.
Wyjechani [Gone Away]. Dir. Katarzyna Kawecka, Jacek Szatański. Poland: Telewizja Polska., 2007 - … Documentary series.
IRELAND
FICTION
It's a Free World... Dir. Ken Loach. UK: Filmcoopi Zürich, Film4, Polish Film Institute, Sixteen Films et al., 2007. Film.
Savage. Dir. Brendan Muldowney. Ireland: SP Films, Filmbase, 2010. Film.
UNITED KINGDOM
FICTION
Outlanders [Londyńczyk]. Dir. Dominic Lees. UK: Sterling Pictures Ltd. Film
Somers Town. Dir. Shane Meadows. UK: Big Arty Productions, Mother Vision, Tomboy Films, 2008. Film.
The Street, Series 3 Episode 4. Dir. David Blair. Peter Lloyd & Jimmy McGovern. Starring: Julia Krynke. UK: BBC, 2009. Drama series.
Coronation Street. Episodes from 2nd March to 2007 6th February 2009. Starring: Wanda Opalinska as Wiki Dankowska, Irena Rodic as Kasia Barowicz. Dir. Tony Warren. UK: Granada Television, 2007-2009. Soap opera.
NON-FICTION
The Poles are Coming! White. Series 1 Episode 4. Dir. Tim Samuels. UK: BBC2, 2008. Documentary series.
Benefits Street. Series 1 Episode 2. Dir. Hal Ashby. Starring: Anna Korzen. UK: Channel 4, 2014. Documentary series.
Young, Foreign and Over Here. Dir. Steph Atkinson. UK: BBC Three, 2011. Film.
- Compiled by Joanna Kosmalska