Documentary

The Midwife of Auschwitz: Extraordinary life of heroine who delivered 3,000 babies in horror death camp to be told in new documentary

After being sent to Auschwitz II Birkenau extermination camp Stanisława Leszczyńska began working as a midwife. Her incredible story is now set to be an hour-long documentary. Kalbar/TFN

When Stanisława Leszczyńska arrived at Auschwitz what she discovered went beyond any normal description of horror. Volunteering to work in the camp’s hospital as a midwife, she set about defying its murderous intent by bringing life to thousands of babies. Now, using intimate family accounts, records and photos, her great-niece Maria Stachurska, who is mother of successful sports trainer Anna Lewandowska, is turning the incredible story into a powerful new documentary.

The incredible story of a ‘heart of gold’ doctor who has devoted her life to curing leprosy in Indian village is turned into powerful new documentary

Despite suffering from polio, wheelchair-bound Dr. Helena Pyz has spent the last 30 years working with children and families suffering from leprosy. With her brusque manner and no-nonsense attitude, she has won over the hearts and minds of the villagers she treats. But, as a new documentary about her extraordinary work reveals, the future of her complex is now under threat.

Powerful unseen amateur film depicting horrors of the Warsaw Ghetto appears in new documentary

Filmed by champion motorcycle racer Alfons Ziółkowski, the 8mm film records the growing horror of the largest ghetto in German-occupied Europe.

Hitting a high: documentary film maker to dig deep into the minds and the lives of those who risk all on Himalayan peaks

Film director and climber, Eliza Kubarska took a TFN reporter to the beautiful Kampinos National Park to talk about her new project ‘The Wall of Shadows’ that examines what drives people to risk everything to get to the summits of the world’s highest mountains.

Hitting a high: documentary film maker to dig deep into the minds and the lives of those who risk all on Himalayan peaks

Award-winning documentary film maker Eliza Kubarska explains why she is accompanying an expedition to climb a sacred Himalayan mountain.

‘Harrowing’ documentary winning hearts and nominations wows at NY Film Noir screening

Communion is Anna Zamecka’s directorial debut. Set in Warsaw, the film delves into the harrowing life of 14 year-old Ola Kaczanowska. The documentary follows her journey as she struggles to take care of both her autistic kid brother and alcoholic father.

New documentary lifts the lid on the mind of Stanisław Szukalski, a long-lost artistic genius

Leonardo DiCaprio ads his weight to the Netflix documentary that hits screen across the globe on December 21.

New film tells the astonishing true story of when apparition of Virgin Mary appeared on roof of Warsaw church and communist powers tried to erase it

The film is based on a book by local historian Witold Dąbrowski, who discovered microfilms in the National Remembrance Institute with letters about the phenomenon that had been intercepted by the security service. At its peak, around 10,000 people were thronging the area each evening, coming from all over the city and from across Poland. TFN’s Stuart Dowell attended the film’s premiere and spoke to witnesses.

“Another Day of Life” in the heart of darkness

For the first time, Ryszard Kapuściński’s prose hits the big screens in an extraordinary hybrid of animated action film seamlessly mixed with classic documentary.

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