WEDNESDAY at the 50^th PFF | 24^th September

What’s on the programme for today?

24.09.2025

• Screenings of all Main Competition films:

Brother, directed by: Maciej Sobieszczański, written by: Maciej Sobieszczański, Grzegorz Puda
Permit, directed by: Robert Kwilman, written by: Robert Kwilman, Malwina Górecka, Kirk Kjeldsen
Chopin, a Sonata in Paris, directed by: Michał Kwieciński, written by: Bartosz Janiszewski
Home Sweet Home, written and directed by: Wojciech Smarzowski
Franz, directed by: Agnieszka Holland, written by: Marek Epstein, Agnieszka Holland
Clarinet, written and directed by: Tola Jasionowska
LARP, directed by: Kordian Kądziela, written by: Kordian Kądziela, Michał Wawrzecki
The Altar Boys, written and directed by: Piotr Domalewski | press conference
No Ghosts on Good Street, directed by Emi Buchwald, written by: Emi Buchwald, Karol Marczak | press conference
Photosensitive, directed by: Tadeusz Śliwa, written by: Tomasz Klimala, Hanna Węsierska
Territory, directed by: Bartosz Paduch, written by: Marcin Grabowski, Bartosz Paduch
Three Loves, directed by: Łukasz Grzegorzek, written by: Łukasz Grzegorzek, Krzysztof Balcewicz, Weronika Bilska, Natalia Grzegorzek
Vinci 2, directed by: Juliusz Machulski, written by: Juliusz Machulski, Robert Więckiewicz
The Great Warsaw Race, directed by: Bartłomiej Ignaciuk, written by: Jan Purzycki, Bartłomiej Ignaciuk
Operation Pope, written and directed by: Władysław Pasikowski
Life for Beginners, directed by: Paweł Podolski, written by: Paweł Podolski, Lynn Kucharczyk | press conference

• Screening of all Perspectives Competition films:

13 Days Till Summer, directed by: Bartosz M. Kowalski, written by: Bartosz M. Kowalski, Mirella Zaradkiewicz, Thor Magnusson
Budapest Diaries, written and directed by: Rafał Kapeliński
Glorious Summer, written and directed by: Helena Ganjalyan, Bartosz Szpak
Woodland, written and directed by: Joanna Zastróżna
North South, directed by: Sebastian Pańczyk, directorial assistnat: Kuba Grabowski, written by: Sebastian Pańczyk, Kuba Grabowski
Beautiful!, directed by: Katia Priwieziencew, written by: Katarzyna Sarnowska
This Is Not Happening, written and directed by: Artur Wyrzykowski
Verily Hitler Is Dead, directed by: Monika Strzępka, written by: Paweł Demirski

• Screening of all Short Film Competition blocks

• Documentaries in Gdynia

PORTRAITS: The Passenger Andrzej Munk, dir. Michał Bielawski. Meeting with the director after the screening.

• Films from Gdynia

Rome, the Cabaret. Behind the Scenes of the Quo Vadis Musical, dir. Agata Hering

The Exam, dir. Piotr Bańkowski

Zmęczone, dir. Elżbieta Benkowska

• The Big Five

Sonia Bohosiewicz – ‘Avatar’ or Exchange of Souls and I’m Burning!, dir. Janusz Majewski

• Special Screenings:

Indie Film In Gdynia: Kallafiorr, dir. Jacek Borcuch. After the film, a meeting with the director, hosted by Korek Bojanowski

100 Years of Fipresci: Identification Marks: None i Walk-over, dir. Jerzy Skolimowski

• Gdynia for Children |   Janusz Korczak Golden Lion Cubs Award:

Pixie. The New Beginning, dir. Krzysztof Komandor

• 1:00 p.m.opening of the exhibition Painting Film.The Polish Film School through the Eyes of ContemporaryFemale Painters | by invitation only 
• 8:00 p.m. Polish Film Institute Awards Ceremony | by invitation only

• High Noon. Guests on 24^rd September will include:
  Dorota Stalińska, actress, laureate,
  Michał Oleszczyk, artistic director, researcher, podcaster
  Konrad Lenkiewicz – cinema-goer, regular since the 1970s

• Gdynia – City of Modernism – Invites You to Architectural Tours

• Catching the Wave of Time – Exhibition

• Has Anew – Exhibition  

• Leszek Kopeć: A Memorial Exhibition

• Festival History Studio

• TVP Digital Reconstruction Zone

• Painting Film. The Polish Film School through the Eyes of Contemporary Female Painters – Exhibition

• 10:30 SECOND ACT IN THE SPOTLIGHT | Omega Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hote | Guesta: Dagmara Molga (Letnia Akademia Filmowa w Zwierzyńcu), Korek Bojanowski (reżyser, scenarzysta), Ewelina Zbydniewska (Kino ECK)
• 12:00 FAIR FILM AWARD PRESENTATION | Omega Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hote | Presenters: Zofia Moruś (ZZF), dr Malwina Krajewska (socjolożka, antropolożka)
• 15:00 POLISH FILM INSTITUTE DEBATE: I CAN SEE NO OBSTACLES.
  DEBATE ON HOW TO MAKE POLISH FILM MORE ACCESSIBLE |  Omega Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hote | Guears: Melanie Hoyes (BFI), Fatih Abay (EFA), Kamila Dorbach (PISF) Maciej Dydo (MKiDN), Tomasz Kolankiewicz (FINA), Anna Żórawska (Fundacja Kultura bez Barier), Karol Piekarczyk (MDAG), Łukasz Wielgosz (Fundacja Avalon)
• 17:15 POLISH FILMMAKERS’ WORKING CONDITIONS 2023–2024: STUDY RESULTS PRESENTATION | Omega Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hote

• TALKS WITH POLISH FILM INSTITUTE EXPERTS AT THE PFI STAND |  PFI stand, Musical Theatre, 1st floor
• 12:30–14:30 ASK ZAPA! FIND OUT IF YOU’RE OWED ROYALTIES AND HOW TO
  CLAIM THEM |  SFP and ZAPA stands, Musical Theatre, 1st floor
• 13:00–15:00 POLISH ACTORS’ TRADE UNION CONSULTATIONS | hall, Hotel Mercure Gdynia Centrum

• 18:00 HAPPY HOUR – hosted by ORKA | Gallery of the Gdynia Film Centre
• FAM TOUR WITH GDAŃSK FILM COMMISSION