Accreditations, passes and tickets for the 50th PFF
To participate in the Polish Film Festival, you need to choose one of the three following types of entries:
- ACCREDITATIONS – the first batch has been sold out! The second batch will be launched on 19th August 2025 at 12:00 noon
- PASSES – sales start on 5th August 2025
- TICKETS – sales start two weeks before the 50th PFF
ACCREDITATIONS – the first batch has been sold out! The second batch will be launched on 19th August 2025 at 12:00 noon.
NOTE: Due to the new sales system, online accounts from previous years are no longer active. Re-registration is required!
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 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, 22nd 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:
- 21st September 2025, 3:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
- 22nd–27th September 2025, 8:30 a.m.–9:00 p.m.
The Festival does not issue duplicates of accreditations. Exceptions are made for justified cases.
PASSES – sales start on 5th August 2025
A pass for the 50th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia is a personal ID entitling you to entry to film screenings (after prior online booking) held at the Helios cinema in the Riviera Centre, the Gdynia Film Centre and on the New and Chamber stages of the Musical Theatre.
SALES OF PASSES
- Passes sales start on 5th August 2025 at https://system.festiwalgdynia.pl.
- A pass costs PLN 380 and it comes with 20 points (1 point = 1 screening).
- The payment for the passes must be made immediately after placing the purchase order using the electronic payment offered on the website (eService payment). Unpaid orders will be automatically canceled.
- The purchase of the pass will be confirmed by email within 4 days of the payment being credited to the Organiser’s account.
- The pass is personal, i.e. it is issued in the name and surname provided in the order form.
- When ordering a pass, please complete all required fields and attach a current portrait photo no larger than 2Mb, with minimum dimensions of 400×400 pixels, in PNG, GIF or JPG format, which will be used to identify the pass holder.
- Online sales of passes will continue until 20th September 2025 inclusive or until the batch is exhausted.
- From 21st September 2025, at 12:00 noon, passes will be available for sale at the festival box offices located in the Helios cinema in the Riviera Centre (ul. Kazimierza Górskiego 2 in Gdynia).
- The Organiser reserves the right to end the sale at any time without giving reasons.
- The Organiser does not accept returns of purchased passes.
RULES FOR USING PASSES
- Admission to film screenings will only be possible after prior online booking a place in the auditorium. Reservations can be made after logging in at https://system.festiwalgdynia.pl.
- The pass does not entitle its holder to entry to screenings, press conferences or screenings on the Large Stage at the Musical Theatre, and does not entitle its holder to reserve seats for the Festival Opening and Closing Galas.
- A pass holder can only reserve one seat for a selected film screening at a specific time.
- Reservations for film screenings can be made from 8:00 a.m. on the day preceding the selected screening, but no later than 15 minutes before the start of the screening. The first day of the festival is an exception, for this day reservations open on Monday, 22nd September 2025 at 8:00 a.m.
- There will be staff on duty in front of each screening room with readers enabling identification and verification of reservations.
- Failure to cancel your reservation up to 15 minutes before the start of the screening and failure to attend the film screening will result in 4 points being deducted from your pass.
- Please do not be late for the screenings.
COLLECTION OF PASSES
A purchased pass may only be collected by the person in whose name it was issued, upon presentation of an ID card or other document with a photo. A pass can be collected at the Service Point in the Helios cinema in the Riviera Centre (ul. Kazimierza Górskiego 2) on the following dates:
- 21st September 2025, 12:00 p.m.–08:00 p.m.
- 22nd–27th September 2025, 8:30 a.m.–08:00 p.m.
The Festival does not issue duplicates of passes.
TICKETS – sales start two weeks before the 50th PFF
- Ticket sales for the 50th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia apply to single film screenings taking place in all festival venues, excluding the Large Stage of the Musical Theatre in Gdynia.
- Online ticket sales take place at https://system.festiwalgdynia.pl.
- Tickets will be available for purchase off-site at the box offices of the Gdynia Film Centre and the Helios cinema in the Riviera Centre.
Prices of tickets:
- regular ticket – PLN 29
- regular ticket for a screening in the Dream auditorium at the Helios cinema* – PLN 32
- reduced ticket – PLN 25
- ticket for short film screenings – PLN 20
- group ticket – PLN 18
* we do not sell discount tickets for screenings in the Dream auditoriums at the Helios cinema.
