April 25, 2026 at 6:00:00 PM
AFS Cinema
Texas Premiere
Listy z Wilczej (Letters From Wolf Street)
Poland, Germany
2025
Virtual Q&A with writer-director Arjun Talwar
Preceeded by the short film Showtime
After a decade of living in Warsaw, Indian filmmaker Arjun Talwar still feels like an outsider. In a witty and deeply personal attempt to finally "fit in," he turns his camera toward his neighbors on Ulica Wilcza (Wolf Street). What begins as a quest for integration quickly evolves into a soulful, cinematic exploration
of a single kilometer in central Warsaw—a street that holds the secrets of both the past and the present.
Guided by his friend Mo, a fellow immigrant-turned-filmmaker, Arjun uncovers a kaleidoscope of charming, eccentric, and melancholic inhabitants. Through his lens, the supposedly homogeneous and politically rigid landscape of modern Poland is revealed to be a place of deep contradictions and unexpected connections. Fresh from its World Premiere at the 2025 Berlinale, Letters from Wolf Street is a poignant reflection on the meaning of home, the solace of the everyday, and the invisible threads that connect us all.
Restoration Process
Film restoration process
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Photo courtesy: Film Heritage Foundation
About the Artist
Arjun Talwar 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.
Trailer
For English subtitles, make sure to turn on the YouTube closed captions.
Credits
Director:
Arjun Talwar
Writer:
Arjun Talwar
Producer(s):
Uni-Solo Studio: Karolina Śmigiel, Jarosław Wszędybył
Film Editor:
Binga Tomschin
Piotr Chadryś
Mo Tan
Feras Daboul
Barbara Goettgens
Kazimierz ”Oskar” Paczkowski
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