The story of Jan Nowak-Jeziorański’s mission which took place moments before the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising. Inspired by true events from the times when ‘Jan Nowak’ travelled to the West and back with secret missions as a messenger and emissary of the Commander-in-Chief of the Home Army. In the film his task is to get to Warsaw in order to bring a message, crucial for the fate of post-war Poland, that there is no allied support in case of an uprising in the capital. Resigning from a chance for love, he sets out from London overnight, risking his life to get through to occupied Poland and prevent the outbreak of an uprising which he believes doomed to failure. Having arrived in his homeland, racing against time and the Germans watching his every step, he must do whatever it takes to reach the Home Army Headquarters before it issues the order to start open battle. Poland’s freedom or enslavement is what’s at stake.
The Messenger – Polish Film Festival
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51st PFF
22.09.2026 Tuesday
screening O 11:45 projekcja filmu „A Free Woman” – Leszek Kopeć Gdynia Film Centre Warszawa Screening Room screening O 11:45 startuje Krzysztof Kieślowski Short Films block – Leszek Kopeć Gdynia Film Centre Goplana Screening Room screening O 11:35 projekcja filmu „Our Revolution” – Leszek Kopeć Gdynia Film Centre Morskie Oko Screening Room screening O 11:30 projekcja filmu „The Time That Never Came” – Riviera Centre Helios 2 screening room screening O 11:30 projekcja filmu „Less of a Stranger” – Riviera Centre Helios 7 (Dream) screening room event O 11:30 rozpoczynamy: Union of Polish Stage Artists Consultations — screening O 11:30 startuje Gdynia for children: SET 2 – Consulate of Culture screening O 11:30 startuje Short Film Competition Block 3 – Danuta Baduszkowa Musical Theatre New Stage screening O 11:25 projekcja filmu „Winter of the Crow” – Riviera Centre Helios 3 screening room screening O 11:15 projekcja filmu „Wild, Wild East” – Riviera Centre Helios 6 screening room screening O 11:00 projekcja filmu „The Shrew of Destiny” – Riviera Centre Helios 4 screening room screening O 11:00 startuje Short Film Competition Block 5 – Danuta Baduszkowa Musical Theatre Chamber Stage event O 11:00 rozpoczynamy: Strefa Psychologiczna Centrum Psychologii Wykonania — Danuta Baduszkowa Musical Theatre Punkt Mentalny – parter screening O 10:50 projekcja filmu „Our Revolution” – Riviera Centre Helios 5 screening room screening O 10:30 projekcja filmu „Wild, Wild East” – Danuta Baduszkowa Musical Theatre Large Stage event O 10:00 rozpoczynamy: Gdynia Campus – Class of 2026 — Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel screening O 10:00 projekcja filmu „The Stop” – Leszek Kopeć Gdynia Film Centre Warszawa Screening Room screening O 10:00 projekcja filmu „Nice Women” – Riviera Centre Helios 8 (Dream) screening room21.09.2026 Monday
event O 00:00 rozpoczynamy: Exhibition “Wajda Anew. Supplement” — Gdynia City Museum event O 00:00 rozpoczynamy: GDYNIA PRO Mentoring Programme — event O 00:00 rozpoczynamy: 1:1 Meetings — Miasto GDY Invest Komfort event O 00:00 rozpoczynamy: Exhibition “The Complete Kachu. The Art of Kazimierz Ostrowski” — Gdynia City Museum event O 00:00 rozpoczynamy: A Series of Meetings with Polish Film Institute Experts — event O 17:00 rozpoczynamy: Exhibition “Andrzej Wajda: Recollection” — Leszek Kopeć Gdynia Film Centre GFC Gallery