WHAT BELONGS TO OTHERS
CUDZE RZECZY
Directed by Grzegorz Dębowski
Poland | 105 min | 2026 | Polish
Kasia earns her living by breaking into other people’s homes. One day on the job she finds a dead body of a man and decides to move into his apartment and find out who he was. As she starts to piece together his memories, relationships and secrets, it awakens in her a dream of another life and gives her strength to make changes in her own.
Credits
Director: Grzegorz Dębowski
Screenplay: Grzegorz Dębowski
Cinematography: Stanisław Horodecki
Editing: Anna Garncarczyk
Production Design: Maja Pawlikowska-Kobylińska, Magdalena Marszałek
Sound Design: Przemysław Dzięgiel, Franciszek Kozłowski
Cast: Monika Kwiatkowska
Produced by: Agnieszka Skalska (Blue Onion)
Co-production Companies: Mazowiecki i Warszawski Fundusz Filmowy, Koi Studio, Color Pro, Ucho Studio
With support of: Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej
Festivals & Awards
World Premiere – Venice Biennale 2026 | Orizzonti Competition
press quotes
“a more audience-friendly form of social cinema.”
“Grzegorz Dębowski combines social-realist aesthetics with crime-story propulsion”
“an unexpectedly hopeful belief in human connection”
“Grzegorz Dębowski’s Sublime ‘What Belongs to Others’ Should Contend For Poland’s Oscar Entry”
“Kwiatkowska is a marvel”
press quotes
“a more audience-friendly form of social cinema.”
“Grzegorz Dębowski combines social-realist aesthetics with crime-story propulsion”
“an unexpectedly hopeful belief in human connection”
CINEUROPA
“Grzegorz Dębowski’s Sublime ‘What Belongs to Others’ Should Contend For Poland’s Oscar Entry”
“Kwiatkowska is a marvel”
THE CONTENDING
“Dębowski’s film stands out for its understated sense of hope”
“What Belongs to Others joins the long tradition of films built around assumed identities, but it approaches the theme from an original angle. “
MICROPSIA CINE
“Grzegorz Dębowski’s taut feature follows a Polish burglar who assumes the identity of a dead stranger’s girlfriend, with unexpectedly tender results.”
“Monika Sabina Kwiatkowska’s brilliant performance and Stanisław Horodecki’s extra-crisp cinematography”
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