
First They Killed My Father(2017)
A 5-year-old girl embarks on a harrowing quest for survival amid the sudden rise and terrifying reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.


“Murder of the Innocent”
Summer of 1939. Zosia is a young Polish girl who is deeply in love with Ukrainian Petro. Their great love will be put to the test when her father decides to marry her to a wealthy widower Skiba. Right after wedding she is left alone because her husband is drafted to the Polish army for the war with Germany. Meanwhile, tensions grow due to Jews, Poles, and Ukrainians living side by side.

Michalina Łabacz
Zosia Głowacka

Arkadiusz Jakubik
Maciej Skiba

Adrian Zaremba
Antek Wilk

Lech Dyblik
Hawryluk

Dorota Liliental
School Teacher

Jacek Braciak
Głowacki

Izabela Kuna
Głowacka
Andrzej Popiel
Romek Głowacki

Jarosław Gruda

Tomasz Sapryk
Izaak Menzl
Hatred is a war, drama, history film released in 2016 exploring themes of war crimes, village life, nationalism, atrocity, genocide, volhynia. Directed by Wojtek Smarzowski, it stars Michalina Łabacz, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Adrian Zaremba. Summer of 1939. Zosia is a young Polish girl who is deeply in love with Ukrainian Petro. Their great love will be put to the test when her father decides to marry her to a wealthy widower Skiba. Right after wedding she is left alone because her husband is drafted to the Polish army for the war with Germany. Meanwhile, tensions grow due to Jews, Poles, and Ukrainians living side by side.
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