50 for 50 – a nationwide celebration marking the 50th anniversary of the Polish Film Festival 51st PFF

March-December 2025

The 50 for 50 project

In 2025, the Polish Film Festival—Poland’s premier event dedicated to domestic cinema – celebrated its 50th anniversary. This milestone offered a perfect opportunity to look back, revisit watershed events and historic moments, and reflect on the festival’s soul and character. There are many ways to tell the festival’s story and recall its key moments – diverse, colorful, and vivid. The 50 for 50 project –  a year-long, nationwide initiative organised by the Pomeranian Film Foundation in Gdynia, the festival’s producer – provided a platform to showcase a selection of these stories.

As part of the 50 for 50 project, film screenings featuring titles from the history of the Polish Film Festival were held in 34 cities, including Gdańsk, Warsaw, Kraków, Sejny, Hrubieszów, Bolesławiec, and Lubomierz. In this way, as many as 57 institutions celebrated the jubilee of Poland’s most important film event.

“We decided to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Polish Film Festival throughout the entire year – and not just in Gdynia – because, after all, it is a celebration we all share. I am very proud of the 50 for 50 programme; it is so diverse and multifaceted. I would like to thank our key partners: cultural centers, film discussion clubs, cinemas, festivals, and film schools. Thanks to them, we will be present in so many places across Poland – from Sejny to Sucha Beskidzka,” comments Joanna Łapińska, Artistic Director of the Polish Film Festival.

Below, we present a map marking the cities where events from the 50 for 50 series took place.

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