For the media – Polish Film Festival

Press conferences at the 51st Polish Film Festival in Gdynia: 

8.09 (Tuesday) 11:00 a.m. Iluzjon cinema in Warsaw
15.09 (Tuesday) 11:00 a.m. Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel, Finn room, Gdynia

Press screenings of films from the Main Competition are held in the Warszawa screening room, on the first floor of the Leszek Kopeć Film Centre in Gdynia.

Press conferences for films, attended by the filmmakers, are held at the Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel in the Finn Room. The live streams can be viewed on the festival’s YouTube channel and on screens throughout the festival venues – including the Press Office at GFC and the Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel.

At the hotel, the Opal Room is available to journalists for one-to-one interviews with artists following press conferences.

To cater for the needs of accredited journalists at the 51^st PFF, we have provided a workspace. The following facilities are available:

• the main Press Office and information point at the Leszek Kopeć Gdynia Film Centre,
• the Europa Room at the Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel, which houses the second Press Office and information point,
• the Finn Room at the Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel, where press conferences are held,
• the Opal Room at the Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel, dedicated to individual interviews following press conferences,
• the Quiet Zone – a room designed for quiet work – at the Leszek Kopeć Gdynia Film Centre,
• the video studio at the Leszek Kopeć Gdynia Film Centre, intended primarily for journalists recording interviews on camera. The video studio must be booked for exclusive use by notifying the Press Office of this requirement.

Journalists accredited to the Festival present an award to a film from the Main Competition. This is one of the oldest awards in the event’s history. The winner is chosen by an open vote held after the festival’s final press conference. The award is presented during the Young Gala.