Stolen Children - Watch Docs 2026

dir. Martyna Wojciechowska, Jowita Baraniecka, Poland, Georgia 2025, 97'

The documentary by Martyna Wojciechowska and Jowita Baraniecka is a journalistic investigation into the proceedings that lasted almost 30 years. Starting in the 1990s and ending in 2005, children mysteriously disappear in Georgian maternity hospitals. It is estimated that about 100,000 newborns have been stolen and sold. The heroine is Tamuna Museridze, who is accompanied by a very personal story in the unraveling of this drama. There will be no shortage of tears of emotion in meetings after years and stormy emotions. Thanks to Tamuna's perseverance, she manages to reunite families and return the children to their parents. Just like Amy and Ano, who discovered their sisterhood with the help of social media. Over the years, the mysteries and upheavals that have been hidden give way to joy and hope.

19:50 “Between East and West. Behind the doors of Georgian shows” — meeting with Stasia Budzisz, reporter, film expert and translator of the Russian language, graduate of the Polish School of Reportage. She has been dealing with the Caucasus and Eastern Europe for many years, and Georgia is particularly close to her, where she lived for some time and which she knows not only from the perspective of a reporter, but also from a person observing the daily life of its inhabitants. She is the author of the book “Pokazucha. On Georgian Rules” - a reporter's picture of modern Georgia and the book “Welewetka. How the Kashubs Disappear.” In her texts, she looks at people, social transformations, and themes that often remain outside the official narrative. The conversation will be moderated by Adam “Włodek” Włodarczyk (Teraz Ulica).

Meeting translated into Polish Sign Language