FRIDAY at the 50th PFF | 26th September – Polish Film Festival

What's on the programme for today?

26.09.2025

 

• Young Gala and  Fryderyk Lutyński’s concert | by invitation only

• 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 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 | press conference Clarinet, written and directed by: Tola Jasionowska | press conference 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 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 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 | press conference 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
• The Big Five

Agnieszka Holland: The Lure, dir. Agnieszka Smoczyńska Marcin Koszałka: Hospital of the Transfiguration, dir. Edward Żebrowski

• Documentaries in Gdynia

Passion According to Agnieszka, directed by: Wojciech Staroń | KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL CATCHING WAVES | After the film, a meeting with the director and the producer Małgorzata Staroń Trains, directed by: Maciej Drygas. After the film, a meeting with the director

• Special screenings:

Marcin Wrona – 10 years later Screenings of A Magnet Man and Demon, directed by: Marcin Wrona. After the films, a meeting with Paweł Maślona, Marcin Macuk and Katarzyna Warzecha, hosted by Anita Skwara FINA: Double Hit Va Banque, directed by: Juliusz Machulski The Sting, directed by: George Roy Hill Redliński x 2 The Linnet, directed by: Witold Leszczyński. Introduction by Michał Oleszczyk

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

Grandpa, Let’s Go!, dir. Olga Chajdas  

• Gdynia – City of Modernism – Invites You to Architectural Tours

 

• Catching the Wave of Time – Exhibition

 

• At the Junction – Exhibition

 

• Festival Commemorative Coins

 

• 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

    10.30 GIUSEPPE IN WARSAW, BUT FILMS IN WROCŁAW |  Omega Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel 10.45 ADDITIONAL FILM FINANCING – WHERE AND HOW TO FIND IT? | Omega Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel 15.00 20/20 DOK – PRESS BRIEFING | Omega Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel 15.15 PRESENTATION OF THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE’S OPERATIONAL PROGRAMMES FOR 2026 | Omega Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel TALKS WITH POLISH FILM INSTITUTE EXPERTS AT THE PFI STAND |PFI stand, Musical Theatre, 1st floor 18:00 HAPPY HOUR (by Kino Świat, Canal+, Kino Polska) |Gallery of the Gdynia Film Centre 10:15–11:45 MENTAL POINT |Gallery of the Gdynia Film Centre 9:30 PPA YOUNG PRODUCERS’ NETWORKING BREAKFAST | Orion + Winestone, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel 13:30 MENTORING LUNCH WITH THE PFF PROGRAMME COUNCIL | Conrad Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel 1:1 MEETINGS POWERED BY THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE | PFI stand, Musical Theatre, 1st floor GDYNIA PRO (The programme’s activities will be tailored to the needs of the selected participants)