THURSDAY at the 50th PFF | 25th September

Published on 24.09.2025

What's on the programme for today?

25.09.2025

3:00 p.m. Debate Half a Century Passed. What’s Next? Where is Polish Cinema Heading? FPFF x EKRANY | guests: Ewa Puszczyńska – producer, Łukasz Grzegorzek – director, Michał Piepiórka – film critic, Klara Cykorz – cultural studies scholar, film critic | reservations required for accredited persons or pass holders | Chamber Stage of the Musical Theatre

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 | press conference Chopin, a Sonata in Paris, directed by: Michał Kwieciński, written by: Bartosz Janiszewski Home Sweet Home, written and directed by: Wojciech Smarzowski | press conference 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 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 | press conference Territory, directed by: Bartosz Paduch, written by: Marcin Grabowski, Bartosz Paduch | press conference 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 | press conference 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 all Short Film Competition blocks

Documentaries in Gdynia

Silver, dir. Natalia Koniarz | KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL CATCHING WAVES | After the film, a meeting with the director and director of photography Stanisław Cuske PORTRAITS: Description Found Years Later, dir. Sławomir Rogowski, Stanisław Zawiśliński. After the film, a meeting with the director

Platinum Lions:

Ewa Braun’s Masterclass, hosted by Łukasz Maciejewski

Polonica:

Mama, directed by: Or Sinai

Her Will Be Done, directed by: Julia Kowalski

Gdynia for Children | Janusz Korczak Golden Lion Cubs Award:

Oskar, Patsy and Baltic Gold, dir. Magdalena Nieć, Mariusz Palej

Session one | 20 years of the Polish Film Institute

Louise’s Garden, dir. Maciej Wojtyszko

Tricks, dir. Andrzej Jakimowski

High Noon. Guests on 25th September will include::

Małgorzata Pieczyńska – actress Andrzej Pągowski – poster designer Anna Knap-Morzyk, cinema director and, in the 1980s, employee of the PFF office.

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 Contemporary Female Painters – Exhibition

10:00 ROUND-TABLE MEETING OF THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND NATIONAL HERITAGE WITH POLISH FILM INDUSTRY | Omega Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel

14:00 MUSIC IN FILMS – HOW TO AVOID LEGAL TRAPS | Omega III Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel
15:45 LEGALLY SAFE USE OF AI IN FILM PRODUCTION | Omega III Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel
13:00-15:00 ASK ZAPA! FIND OUT IF YOU’RE OWED ROYALTIES AND HOW TO CLAIM THEM | SFP & ZAPA stand, Musical Theatre, 1st floor
15:00-17:00 POLISH ACTORS’ TRADE UNION CONSULTATIONS | hall, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel
TALKS WITH POLISH FILM INSTITUTE EXPERTS AT THE PFI STAND | PFI stand, Musical Theatre, 1st floor

18:00 HAPPY HOUR hosted by Polish Postproduction Association| Gallery of the Gdynia Film Centre
10:15–11:45 MENTAL POINT | Gallery of the Gdynia Film Centre
9:30 NETWORKING BREAKFAST WITH STORYLAB.PRO, POLISH SCREENWRITERS’ GUILD, AND POLISH ACTORS’ TRADE UNION | sOrion and Winestone Rooms, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel
13:00 REGIONAL FILM FUNDS LUNCH| Conrad Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel
16:00-18:00 THE 1ST BIRTHDAY OF THE PFA FILM MUSIC COMPOSERS CIRCLE | Orion and Winestone Rooms, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel