The Altar Boys (film)

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The Altar Boys (Polish: Ministranci) is a 2025 film written and directed by Piotr Domalewski.

Cast

• Tobiasz Wajda as Filip Grabowski
• Bruno Błach-Baar as Gustaw “Gucci”
• Mikołaj Juszczyk as “Kurczak” (“Chicken”)
• Filip Juszczyk as “Mały Kurczak” (“Little Chicken”)
• Daria Kalinchuk as Dominika
• Sławomir Orzechowski [pl] as parish priest
• Tomasz Schuchardt jako retreat leader
• Kamila Urzędowska as Joanna, mother of Filip
• Artur Paczesny [pl] as father of Dominika
• Katarzyna Pietruska [pl] as mother of Dominika
• Dominika Bednarczyk [pl] as mother of “Gucci”
• Michał Majnicz [pl] as father of “Gucci”
• Karolina Adamczyk [pl] as mother of “Kurczaki” (“Chickens”)
• Krzysztof Ogłoza [pl] jako father of “Kurczaki” (“Chickens”)

Accolades

The Altar Boys won Golden Lions (film award) [pl] at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia.

At the 2026 Polish Film Awards the film was nominated in the categories: Best Film, Best Director (Piotr Domalewski), Best Supporting Actor (Sławomir Orzechowski), Best Cinematography (Piotr Sobociński Jr.), Best Film Score (Wojtek Urbański), Best Sound (Jerzy Murawski and Wojciech Mielimąka), Best Editing (Agnieszka Glińska) and Discovery of the Year (Tobiasz Wajda); it received awards for Best Screenplay (Domalewski) and the Audience Award.

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