TUESDAY at the 50th PFF / 23rd September

Published on 23.09.2025

What's on the programme for today?

23.09.2025

Screening of The Saragossa Manuscript with Live Music�| tickets

Screening of all Main Competition films:

Brother, directed by: Maciej Sobieszczański, written by: Maciej Sobieszczański, Grzegorz Puda | press conference 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 Clarinet, written and directed by: Tola Jasionowska LARP, directed by: Kordian Kądziela, written by: Kordian Kądziela, Michał Wawrzecki | press conference 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 | press conference 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 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 the Short Film Competition blocks: I, II, III, V, VI

Documentaries in Gdynia

Bedrock, dir. Kinga Michalska | MDAG in Gdynia The Guest, dir. Zuzanna Solakiewicz, Zvika Gregory Portnoy. Meeting with the director after the screening.

The Big FIve

The Gateway of Europe, dir Jerzy Wójcik

Special Screenings:

European FilmAcademy – The First Award; A Short Film About Killing, directed: Krzysztof Kieślowski. After the film, a meeting with Mirosław Baka and Sławomir Idziak 100 Years of Fipresci and the screening of EO directed by: Jerzy Skolimowski. Introduction by Ola Salwa

Polonica:

Sanatorium underthe Sign of the Hourglass, directed by: Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay

Gdynia for Children | Janusz Korczak Golden Lion Cubs Award�

The Treasurer, dir. Tomasz Jurkiewicz The Travelling Dog 2, dir. Magdalena Nieć

High Noon
- Guests on 23rd September will include:
Feliks Falk – multiple FPFF award winner, director, screenwriter, writer, present at the FPFF since the 1970s Andrzej Ochalski – film critic, art dealer, FPFF legend: it was he who presented Andrzej Wajda with the famous brick in 1977! Jerzy Armata – film critic, writer. He has attended the Festival over 40 times and knows everything about it!

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 ContemporaryFemale Painters�– Exhibition

GDYNIA CAMPUS – YEAR 2025 Omega Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel�

10:00–10:45 | How to pitch a project – workshop. Host: Joanna Malicka 11:00–11:45 How we make arrangements? Q&A on what to look out for when signing contracts. Host: Maciej Sobczyk (GSP), Olga Chajdas (GRP), Olga Bieniek (PGP), Ola Cywka-Szustak (Agencja Jump) 12:00–12:45 Where to obtain funding for a film and how – an overview of public funding sources. Host: Olek Złotorawski (KIPA), Klaudia Preyss 14:00–14:45 Just take it easy – a workshop on resolving conflicts on set. Host: Natalia Grzegorzek (PGP) 15:00–15:45 Netflix Masterclass. Host: Anna Kępińska (Telemark), Kuba Razowski (Netflix) 16:00–16:45 Drawing the right conclusions – meeting with PFI experts. Host: Anna Serdiukow, Urszula Piasecka, Katarzyna Klimkiewicz, Sławomir Fabicki 17:00–17:45 Balance is key – workshops on work-life balance. Hosts: dr Aleksandra Zienowicz-Wielebska, Pola Weiner (Centrum Psychologii Wykonania)

13:00-14:30 NETWORKIN LUNCH – invites ATM Group | Gdynia Film Centre Gallery | invitations required | Gdynia Campus event

10:00-18:00 TALKS WITH POLISH FILM INSTITUTE EXPERTS AT THE PFI STAND� | PFI stand, Musical Theatre 1st floor

18:00 HAPPY HOUR hosted by European Film Academy;

20:00 POLISH ACTORS’ TRADE UNION AWARD CEREMONY� | Tango Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hote