Accompanying Events

22nd-26th September 2025, 8:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. 27th September 2025, 8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Grunwaldzki Square and Riviera Shopping Centre Kino Polska has been a long-standing sponsor of the Polish Film Festival Audience Award and is one of the Main Sponsors of the event.With the environment in mind, Kino Polska once again provides free bicycles to travel around the Festival grounds. There are two bicycle stations: by the...

23rd-26th September 2025 - Musical Theatre, 1st floor (SFP & ZAPA stand) BEHIND THE SCENES OF SFPITCH - Tuesday, 23rd September 2025, 1:30–2:30 p.m. Every film begins with a screenplay and a well-prepared presentation. How can you prepare a project for SFPitch and make the most of your opportunity during pitching sessions? Kamil Chomiuk and Maciej Wiktor, the founders and organisers of SFPitch, will explain. The presentation will be followed...

50. Tyle razy kino is a unique publication accompanying the jubilee edition of the PFF in Gdynia. Widely available during the Festival, it’s a valuable collector’s item, just like the two previous books published to mark the 30th and 40th anniversaries of the PFF. The book was written by Dr Anna Wróblewska (Łódź Film School) – historian, PFF archivist, and co-author of the earlier publications A statek płynie… and Film...

27th September 2025, 11:00 a.m. - Gdynia Film Centr To commemorate and honour Leszek Kopeć’s contributions to Polish culture and film, the City Council of Gdynia passed a resolution on 27th August 2025 to name the Gdynia Film Centre after him. Leszek Kopeć was not only the Director of the Polish Film Festival but also the founder and long-serving Director of the Gdynia Film Centre – the institution that transformed...

22nd-27th September 2025, 10:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. – Gdynia Film Centre, second floor On the second floor of the Gdynia Film Centre, near Leszek Kopeć’s office, we have created a memorial corner. We have gathered memorabilia that bring his personality to life in many dimensions – not only professionally, as the long-time Director of the Polish Film Festival and a man devoted to Polish cinema, but also personally, as a lover...

The 50th Polish Film Festival Newsreel comprises five short documentaries filmed and post-produced throughout the week by directing and cinematography students representing the most important Polish film schools: Gdynia Film School, the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School at the University of Silesia in Katowice, the Łódź Film School, the Wajda School, and the Warsaw Film School. The episodes are edited by students of editing at the Łódź Film School, under the...