SATURDAY at the 50th PFF | 27th September

SATURDAY at the 50<sup>th</sup> PFF | 27<sup>th</sup> September

What’s on the programme for today?

27.09.2025

  • Awards Ceremony and Closing of the 50th PFF | by invitation only | broadcast
  • Red Carpet Ceremony
  • 11:15 a.m. The unveiling of a portrait of Leszek Kopeć, created by Andrzej Pągowski | Gdynia Film Centre hall 
  • 12:00 p.m. POLISH FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION FORUM | Tango and  Orion Rooms, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel | admission is free, no invitations are required 
  • TALKS WITH POLISH FILM INSTITUTE EXPERTS AT THE PFI STAND |  PFI stand, Musical Theatre, 1st floor
  • Screenings of all  Main Competiton 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 | press conference
Clarinet, written and directed by: Tola Jasionowska | press conference
LARP, directed by: Kordian Kądziela, written by: Kordian Kądziela, Michał Wawrzecki
The Altar Boys, written and directed by: Piotr Domalewski
No Ghosts on Good Street, directed by Emi Buchwald, written by: Emi Buchwald, Karol Marczak
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 | press conference
Operation Pope, written and directed by: Władysław Pasikowski
Life for Beginners, directed by: Paweł Podolski, written by: Paweł Podolski, Lynn Kucharczyk

  • 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 the Short Film Competition blocks, including the block of winning films
  • The Big Five
    Marek Koterski: Ashes and Diamonds, dir. Andrzej Wajda
  • Special Screenings:
    Redliński x 2
    Progress, directed by: Janusz Zaorski
  • Gdynia – City of Modernism – Invites You to Architectural Tours
  • Catching the Wave of Time – Exhibition
  • Leszek Kopeć: A Memorial Exhibition
  • Festival History Studio
  • Painting Film. The Polish Film School through the Eyes of Contemporary Female Painters – Exhibition