The selection was made by a panel chaired in Poland by the prominent director Agnieszka Holland and included film makers and critics.

Set in 1981, during the Solidarity revolution in Poland, the film revolves around four teenagers who form a punk group as a way to express their longing for freedom and rebellion toward the grey socialist reality that surrounds them.

Their lyrics and music find appreciation at a music festival where they can see thousands of punk rock fans who share their feelings. One of the boys, an 18 year-old son of an army officer, falls in love with the daughter of a political dissident and Solidarity activist.

The film shows how politics interferes with the private lives of people and families.  In the view of the Polish selection panel, All that I Love is a very personal and sincere film that takes up the universal issues of freedom, solidarity and love.

All that I Love won the Best Screenplay Award at the International Film Festival in Brussels and the ‘longest applause’ award at this year’s Polish Film Festival in Gdynia. Earlier this year, it was shown at the Sundance Film Festival in Salt Lake City in the category ‘World Cinema Narrative Competition’.

Thirty nine-year old Jacek Borcuch is also the author of the script. All That I Love is his fourth feature. (mk)

Audio by Michal Kubicki

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