FRIDAY at the 50^th PFF | 26^th September

What’s on the programme for today?

26.09.2025

• Young Gala and  Fryderyk Lutyński’s concert | by invitation only

• 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 | 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 all Short Film Competition blocks
• The Big Five

Agnieszka Holland: The Lure, dir. Agnieszka Smoczyńska

Marcin Koszałka: Hospital of the Transfiguration, dir. Edward Żebrowski

• Documentaries in Gdynia

Passion According to Agnieszka, directed by: Wojciech Staroń | KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL CATCHING WAVES | After the film, a meeting with the director and the producer Małgorzata Staroń

Trains, directed by: Maciej Drygas. After the film, a meeting with the director

• Special screenings:

Marcin Wrona – 10 years later
Screenings of A Magnet Man and Demon, directed by: Marcin Wrona. After the films, a meeting with Paweł Maślona, Marcin Macuk and Katarzyna Warzecha, hosted by Anita Skwara

FINA: Double Hit
Va Banque, directed by: Juliusz Machulski
The Sting, directed by: George Roy Hill

Redliński x 2
The Linnet, directed by: Witold Leszczyński. Introduction by Michał Oleszczyk

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

Grandpa, Let’s Go!, dir. Olga Chajdas

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

• Catching the Wave of Time – Exhibition

• At the Junction – Exhibition

• Festival Commemorative Coins

• 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 GIUSEPPE IN WARSAW, BUT FILMS IN WROCŁAW |  Omega Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel

10.45 ADDITIONAL FILM FINANCING – WHERE AND HOW TO FIND IT? | Omega Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel

15.00 20/20 DOK – PRESS BRIEFING | Omega Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel

15.15 PRESENTATION OF THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE’S OPERATIONAL PROGRAMMES FOR 2026 | Omega Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel

TALKS WITH POLISH FILM INSTITUTE EXPERTS AT THE PFI STAND |PFI stand, Musical Theatre, 1st floor

18:00 HAPPY HOUR (by Kino Świat, Canal+, Kino Polska) |Gallery of the Gdynia Film Centre

10:15–11:45 MENTAL POINT |Gallery of the Gdynia Film Centre

9:30 PPA YOUNG PRODUCERS’ NETWORKING BREAKFAST | Orion + Winestone, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel

13:30 MENTORING LUNCH WITH THE PFF PROGRAMME COUNCIL | Conrad Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel

1:1 MEETINGS POWERED BY THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE | PFI stand, Musical Theatre, 1st floor

GDYNIA PRO (The programme’s activities will be tailored to the needs of the selected participants)