Winner of the Audience Award at the Trieste Film Festival and the Ecumenical Jury Prize at the Warsaw Film Festival, BROTHER is a raw and compelling portrait of brotherhood, resilience and the price of growing up in a fractured world.

Fourteen-year-old Dawid is doing his best to protect his younger brother while navigating a home life shaped by instability and adult mistakes. With his father in prison and his mother desperate to escape the past, Dawid finds refuge in judo — and in a coach who sees a future in him beyond the limits of his circumstances. But when a new relationship enters the family’s fragile world, loyalties are tested and tensions begin to rise. Caught between responsibility, anger and the desire for a different life, Dawid must confront choices no child should have to make.

Directed by Maciej Sobieszczański, BROTHER is an emotionally powerful social drama that combines raw realism with tenderness and hope. Featuring a remarkable debut performance by Filip Wiłkomirski — winner of Best Acting Debut at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia — the film offers an intimate portrait of adolescence under pressure.

Polish language, English subtitles