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Listy z Wilczej

Letters from Wolf Street
Panorama Dokumente 2025
© Arjun Talwar / Unisolo Studio
A street in central Warsaw is the focus of this witty and personal portrait of Poland. Filmmaker Arjun Talwar immigrated to the country a decade ago but still struggles to fit in. Ulica Wilcza, the street where he lives, has not really helped matters. In an attempt to accelerate his integration, he begins filming his neighbours, sounding out his relationships with them and seeking ways to overcome his own feelings of alienation. With the help of his friend Mo, another immigrant-turned-filmmaker, Arjun uncovers the hidden secrets of the street, revealing a host of charming inhabitants. He finds other people like himself who are living between the past and present, between an imagined homeland and the real one. The street connects them all like an invisible thread, offering solace in the melancholy of everyday life. Along this kilometre-long stretch, a picture of modern Europe emerges, exposing a kaleidoscope of contradictions and anxieties as a foreign filmmaker holds up a mirror to a country that is often perceived as homogeneous, unwelcoming and politically right-wing.
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by Arjun Talwar (Director, Screenplay)
with Piotr Chadryś, Mo Tan, Feras Daboul, Barbara Goettgens, Oskar Paczkowski Poland / Germany 2025 Polish, English 97' Colour World premiere | Documentary form

With

  • Piotr Chadryś
  • Mo Tan
  • Feras Daboul
  • Barbara Goettgens
  • Oskar Paczkowski

Crew

Director Arjun Talwar
Screenplay Arjun Talwar
Cinematography Arjun Talwar
Editing Bigna Tomschin (main editor), Arjun Talwar, Sabina Filipowicz
Music Aleksander Makowski
Sound Design Franciszek Kozłowski
Producers Karolina Śmigiel, Jarosław Wszędybył
Co-Producers Friedemann Hottenbacher, Gregor Streiber

Produced by

Uni-Solo Studio

inselfilm produktion

Photos

Arjun Talwar

© Vincent Prochoroff

The director grew up in Delhi. He first studied mathematics before being admitted to the cinematography department of the Polish Film School in Łódź. His short films have screened at various international festivals including Visions du Réel, the Big Sky Documentary Film festival, FID Marseille and Tampere. His first feature-length documentary, Der Esel hieß Geronimo (A Donkey Called Geronimo), premiered at DOK Leipzig and went on to be released in cinemas.

Filmography

2014 Gdzie ja (Where I Can’t Be Found); short documentary · Gniazdo (Habitat); short documentary, co-director: Oliver Krüger 2018 Deportacja (Deportation); short film, co-director: Sandro Wysocki · Der Esel hieß Geronimo (A Donkey Called Geronimo); documentary, co-director: Bigna Tomschin 2025 Listy z Wilczej (Letters from Wolf Street); documentary

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2025