A group of teenage altar boys, frustrated by the indifferent attitude of adults and the Church towards social injustices, decides to implement their own unconventional plan for moral renewal of their neighbourhood. Armed with youthful rebellion and their personal interpretation of the Bible, they set up a wiretap… in the confessional.
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Piotr Domalewski Director · Wojciech Urbański Composer Piotr Sobociński Jr. Cinematographer
United States release January 4, 2026 · Produced in Poland · Production Mazowiecki Instytut Kultury
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Aurum Film
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Mazowiecki Instytut Kultury
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Poland
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Original title
Ministranci
Original language
Polish
Spoken on screen
Polish
Release dates
Poland · September 22, 2025
Premiere · Gdynia Polish Film Festival
Poland · November 21, 2025
Theatrical
United States · January 4, 2026
Premiere · Palm Springs International Film Festival
Czechia
May 28, 2026 · Premiere · Zlín Film Festival
Luxembourg
October 11, 2025 · Premiere · CinEast − Central and Eastern European Film Festival
Poland
October 12, 2025 · Premiere · All About Freedom Festival
October 26, 2025 · Premiere · Camera Action Festival
November 19, 2025 · Premiere · Warsaw
February 26, 2026 · Digital · Prime Video
May 21, 2026 · Digital · Netflix
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