To participate in the Polish Film Festival, you need to choose one of the three following types of entries:

• ACCREDITATIONS – sale starts mid-July 2025
• PASSES – sale starts at the beginning of August 2025
• TICKETS – sale starts two weeks before the 50^th PFF

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ACCREDITATIONS – sale starts mid-July 2025 on https://system.festiwalgdynia.pl

An accreditation is a personalised identifier entitling its holder to:

• access all film screenings (prior online seat reservations required) – applies to MEDIA, INDUSTRY, OBSERVER accreditations;
• enter all festival venues without the right to make reservations and occupy seats in screening rooms – applies to BASIC INDUSTRY accreditations;
• receive a festival package containing festival materials – applies to MEDIA, INDUSTRY, OBSERVER accreditations;
• make reservations for press screenings and conferences – applies to MEDIA accreditations;
• participate in Gdynia Industry events – applies to MEDIA, INDUSTRY and BASIC INDUSTRY accreditations. OBSERVER accreditation holders may attend if space allows;
• participate in Festival accompanying events, with the exception of closed events with personal invitations required for participation.

TYPES OF ACCREDITATION

• INDUSTRY ACCREDITATION – granted to representatives of the film industry such as producers, distributors, to representatives of film institutions, film events and and other individuals professionally affiliated with the Polish and international film market
• STUDENT INDUSTRY ACCREDITATION – granted to students of film schools cooperating with the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia (Lodz Film School, Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Wajda School, Film and Television Academy in Warsaw, Warsaw Film School, Gdynia Film School) upon presenting a valid student card
• BASIC INDUSTRY ACCREDITATION – granted to representatives of film industry such as producers, distributors, to representatives of film institutions, film events and other individuals professionally affiliated with the Polish and international film market
• MEDIA ACCREDITATION – granted to representatives of the media (radio, press, television, the Internet) and photojournalists
• OBSERVER ACCREDITATION – granted to individuals who are not professionally affiliated with the film and/or media industry

ACCREDITATION COST

• INDUSTRY ACCREDITATION – PLN 600
• STUDENT INDUSTRY ACCREDITATION – PLN 300
• BASIC INDUSTRY ACCREDITATION – PLN 150
• MEDIA ACCREDITATION – PLN 600
• OBSERVER ACCREDITATION – PLN 600

RULES FOR USING ACCREDITATION AT THE FESTIVAL

• MEDIA, INDUSTRY, OBSERVER accreditation entitle their holders to participate in film screenings held in the Musical Theatre in Gdynia (Large, New and Chamber Stage), in Helios cinema in the Riviera Centre and the Gdynia Film Centre, prior to which the holder is required to make online seat reservations.
• BASIC INDUSTRY accreditation entitles its holder to access all festival venues: the Musical Theatre in Gdynia, Helios cinema in the Riviera Centre and the Gdynia Film Centre (without the right to make reservations and take seats in screening rooms), participate in Gdynia Industry events and meetings with creators and other accompanying events, with the exception of closed events with personal invitations required for participation.
• MEDIA, INDUSTRY, OBSERVER accreditations are programmed with 34 points (1 point corresponds to 1 film screening).
• BASIC INDUSTRY accreditation is programmed with 0 points.
• MEDIA, INDUSTRY, OBSERVER accreditations do not entitle their holder to make seat reservations for the Festival opening and closing ceremonies.
• Only MEDIA accreditation allows press screening reservations.
• An accreditation holder may book no more than one seat for a film screening within given time (the so-called screening block).
• Seat reservations for film screenings can be made from 8:00 a.m. on the day preceding the screening until the screening time. The first day of the Festival is an exception. Seat reservations can be made from Monday, 22^nd September 2025, from 8:00 a.m.
• An accreditation is supplied with a bar code for holder’s identification and reservation verification purposes. Permanent staff equipped with bar code readers will work shifts at the entrances to all screening rooms. Additionally, accreditations will be verified at each entrance to the Musical Theatre.
• Failure to cancel reservation up to 15 minutes prior to screening time and failure to attend the film screening will automatically result in deduction of 4 points from the accreditation.

COLLECTION OF ACCREDITATIONS

Purchased accreditation can be collected only by an individual in whose name it was ordered, upon presentation of an ID card or any other document with a photo. Accreditations can be collected at the Festival front desk in the Musical Theatre (New Stage entrance) at pl. Grunwaldzki 1:

• 21^st September 2025, 3:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
• 22^nd–27^th September 2025, 8:30 a.m.–9:00 p.m.

The Festival does not issue duplicates of accreditations. Exceptions are made for justified cases.