The Altar Boys (film)
2025 film directed by Piotr Domalewski
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 as parish priest
Tomasz Schuchardt jako retreat leader
Kamila Urzędowska as Joanna, mother of Filip
Artur Paczesny as father of Dominika
Katarzyna Pietruska as mother of Dominika
Dominika Bednarczyk as mother of “Gucci”
Michał Majnicz as father of “Gucci”
Karolina Adamczyk as mother of “Kurczaki” (“Chickens”)
Krzysztof Ogłoza jako father of “Kurczaki” (“Chickens”)
Accolades
The Altar Boys won Golden Lions (film award) 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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