TUESDAY at the 50th PFF / 23rd September
What’s on the programme for today?
23.09.2025
- Screening of all Main Competition films:
Brother, directed by: Maciej Sobieszczański, written by: Maciej Sobieszczański, Grzegorz Puda | press conference
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
Clarinet, written and directed by: Tola Jasionowska
LARP, directed by: Kordian Kądziela, written by: Kordian Kądziela, Michał Wawrzecki | press conference
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 | press conference
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
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: I, II, III, V, VI
- Documentaries in Gdynia
Bedrock, dir. Kinga Michalska | MDAG in Gdynia
The Guest, dir. Zuzanna Solakiewicz, Zvika Gregory Portnoy. Meeting with the director after the screening.
- The Big FIve
The Gateway of Europe, dir Jerzy Wójcik
- Special Screenings:
European FilmAcademy – The First Award; A Short Film About Killing, directed: Krzysztof Kieślowski. After the film, a meeting with Mirosław Baka and Sławomir Idziak
100 Years of Fipresci and the screening of EO directed by: Jerzy Skolimowski. Introduction by Ola Salwa
- Polonica:
Sanatorium underthe Sign of the Hourglass, directed by: Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay
- Gdynia for Children | Janusz Korczak Golden Lion Cubs Award�
The Treasurer, dir. Tomasz Jurkiewicz
The Travelling Dog 2, dir. Magdalena Nieć
- High Noon
- Guests on 23rd September will include:
Feliks Falk – multiple FPFF award winner, director, screenwriter, writer, present at the FPFF since the 1970s
Andrzej Ochalski – film critic, art dealer, FPFF legend: it was he who presented Andrzej Wajda with the famous brick in 1977!
Jerzy Armata – film critic, writer. He has attended the Festival over 40 times and knows everything about it!
- 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 ContemporaryFemale Painters�– Exhibition
- GDYNIA CAMPUS – YEAR 2025
Omega Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel�
10:00–10:45 | How to pitch a project – workshop. Host: Joanna Malicka
11:00–11:45 How we make arrangements? Q&A on what to look out for when signing contracts. Host: Maciej Sobczyk (GSP), Olga Chajdas (GRP), Olga Bieniek (PGP), Ola Cywka-Szustak (Agencja Jump)
12:00–12:45 Where to obtain funding for a film and how – an overview of public funding sources. Host: Olek Złotorawski (KIPA), Klaudia Preyss
14:00–14:45 Just take it easy – a workshop on resolving conflicts on set. Host: Natalia Grzegorzek (PGP)
15:00–15:45 Netflix Masterclass. Host: Anna Kępińska (Telemark), Kuba Razowski (Netflix)
16:00–16:45 Drawing the right conclusions – meeting with PFI experts. Host: Anna Serdiukow, Urszula Piasecka, Katarzyna Klimkiewicz, Sławomir Fabicki
17:00–17:45 Balance is key – workshops on work-life balance. Hosts: dr Aleksandra Zienowicz-Wielebska, Pola Weiner (Centrum Psychologii Wykonania)
- 13:00-14:30 NETWORKIN LUNCH – invites ATM Group | Gdynia Film Centre Gallery | invitations required | Gdynia Campus event
- 10:00-18:00 TALKS WITH POLISH FILM INSTITUTE EXPERTS AT THE PFI STAND� | PFI stand, Musical Theatre 1st floor
- 18:00 HAPPY HOUR hosted by European Film Academy;
- 20:00 POLISH ACTORS’ TRADE UNION AWARD CEREMONY� | Tango Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hote
