THURSDAY at the 50^th PFF | 25^th September

What’s on the programme for today?

25.09.2025

• 3:00 p.m. Debate Half a Century Passed. What’s Next? Where is Polish Cinema Heading? FPFF x EKRANY | guests: Ewa Puszczyńska – producer, Łukasz Grzegorzek – director, Michał Piepiórka – film critic,  Klara Cykorz – cultural studies scholar, film critic | reservations required for accredited persons or pass holders | Chamber Stage of the Musical Theatre

• 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 | press conference
Chopin, a Sonata in Paris, directed by: Michał Kwieciński, written by: Bartosz Janiszewski
Home Sweet Home, written and directed by: Wojciech Smarzowski | press conference
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
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 | press conference
Territory, directed by: Bartosz Paduch, written by: Marcin Grabowski, Bartosz Paduch | press conference
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 | press conference
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

• 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

Silver, dir. Natalia Koniarz | KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL CATCHING WAVES | After the film, a meeting with the director and director of photography Stanisław Cuske
PORTRAITS: Description Found Years Later, dir. Sławomir Rogowski, Stanisław Zawiśliński. After the film, a meeting with the director

• Platinum Lions:

Ewa Braun’s Masterclass, hosted by Łukasz Maciejewski

• Polonica:

Mama, directed by: Or Sinai

Her Will Be Done, directed by: Julia Kowalski

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

Oskar, Patsy and Baltic Gold, dir. Magdalena Nieć, Mariusz Palej

• Session one | 20 years of the Polish Film Institute

Louise’s Garden, dir. Maciej Wojtyszko

Tricks, dir. Andrzej Jakimowski

• High Noon. Guests on 25^th September will include::
  

• 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

• 10:00 ROUND-TABLE MEETING OF THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND NATIONAL HERITAGE WITH POLISH FILM INDUSTRY | Omega Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel

• 14:00 MUSIC IN FILMS – HOW TO AVOID LEGAL TRAPS | Omega III Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel
• 15:45 LEGALLY SAFE USE OF AI IN FILM PRODUCTION | Omega III Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel
• 13:00-15:00 ASK ZAPA! FIND OUT IF YOU’RE OWED ROYALTIES AND HOW TO
  CLAIM THEM | SFP & ZAPA stand, Musical Theatre, 1st floor
• 15:00-17:00 POLISH ACTORS’ TRADE UNION CONSULTATIONS | hall, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel
• TALKS WITH POLISH FILM INSTITUTE EXPERTS AT THE PFI STAND | PFI stand, Musical Theatre, 1st floor

• 18:00 HAPPY HOUR  hosted by Polish Postproduction Association| Gallery of the Gdynia Film Centre
• 10:15–11:45 MENTAL POINT | Gallery of the Gdynia Film Centre
• 9:30 NETWORKING BREAKFAST WITH STORYLAB.PRO, POLISH SCREENWRITERS’ GUILD, AND POLISH ACTORS’ TRADE UNION | sOrion and Winestone Rooms, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel
• 13:00 REGIONAL FILM FUNDS LUNCH| Conrad Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel
• 16:00-18:00 THE 1ST BIRTHDAY OF THE PFA FILM MUSIC COMPOSERS CIRCLE | Orion and Winestone Rooms, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel