The author used the quantitaive method to examine the full-lenght feature polish debuts from 2006-2021. The aim of the article is to present the dynamics of the field of young polish cinema in the reality of Polish cinematography after the founding of the Polish Film Institute. The author examines the rookie’s profile in terms of age, gender and education. He also checks which entities from the audiovisual industry most willingly produced debuts, which companies most often distributed them, and what results did this type of films achieve in the box office. The research is also accompanied by an attempt to recreate the institutional environment in which young filmmakers have operated for the last 16 years.The author used the quantitaive method to examine the full-lenght feature polish debuts from 2006-2021. The aim of the article is to present the dynamics of the field of young polish cinema in the reality of Polish cinematography after the founding of the Polish Film Institute. The author examines the rookie’s profile in terms of age, gender and education. He also checks which entities from the audiovisual industry most willingly produced debuts, which companies most often distributed them, and what results did this type of films achieve in the box office. The research is also accompanied by an attempt to recreate the institutional environment in which young filmmakers have operated for the last 16 years
