The Altar Boys

Director: Piotr Domalewski
Script: Piotr Domalewski
Cinematography: Piotr Sobociński Jr.
Editing: Agnieszka Glińska
Music:
Producers: Leszek Bodzak, Aneta Hickinbotham, Piotr Walter, Jarosław Jakubiec
Cast: Tobiasz Wajda, Bruno Błach-Baar, Mikołaj Juszczyk, Filip Juszczyk, Daria Kalinchuk, Kamila Urzędowska, Tomasz Schuchardt, Sławomir Orzechowski, Artur Paczesny

Poland 2025
104′

language: polish
subtitles: english
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with actress Kamila Urzędowska.

A group of teenage altar boys, frustrated by the indifferent attitude of adults and the Church institution toward social injustice, decide to implement their own, unusual plan for moral renewal. Armed with youthful rebellion and their own interpretation of the Scriptures, they install a bug… in the confessional, to better understand their neighbors. Masked like Zorro and with ambitions worthy of Robin Hood, they become judges in their neighborhood world, helping those in need and punishing sins.

However, their mission turns into a dangerous game, and the boys, following their own idealistic code of honor, begin to walk a thin line between good and evil. The real life of the housing estate mixes with a mission straight out of superhero comics—but instead of capes, the heroes wear albs.