WEDNESDAY at the 50th PFF | 24th September

Published on 23.09.2025

What's on the programme for today?

24.09.2025

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 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 | press conference No Ghosts on Good Street, directed by Emi Buchwald, written by: Emi Buchwald, Karol Marczak | press conference 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 Operation Pope, written and directed by: Władysław Pasikowski Life for Beginners, directed by: Paweł Podolski, written by: Paweł Podolski, Lynn Kucharczyk | press conference

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

PORTRAITS: The Passenger Andrzej Munk, dir. Michał Bielawski. Meeting with the director after the screening.

Films from Gdynia

Rome, the Cabaret. Behind the Scenes of the Quo Vadis Musical, dir. Agata Hering

The Exam, dir. Piotr Bańkowski

Zmęczone, dir. Elżbieta Benkowska

The Big Five

Sonia Bohosiewicz – 'Avatar’ or Exchange of Souls and I’m Burning!, dir. Janusz Majewski

Special Screenings:

Indie Film In Gdynia: Kallafiorr, dir. Jacek Borcuch. After the film, a meeting with the director, hosted by Korek Bojanowski

100 Years of Fipresci: Identification Marks: None i Walk-over, dir. Jerzy Skolimowski

Gdynia for Children | Janusz Korczak Golden Lion Cubs Award:

Pixie. The New Beginning, dir. Krzysztof Komandor

1:00 p.m.opening of the exhibition Painting Film.The Polish Film School through the Eyes of ContemporaryFemale Painters | by invitation only
8:00 p.m. Polish Film Institute Awards Ceremony | by invitation only

High Noon. Guests on 24rd September will include: Dorota Stalińska, actress, laureate, Michał Oleszczyk, artistic director, researcher, podcaster Konrad Lenkiewicz – cinema-goer, regular since the 1970s

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

10:30 SECOND ACT IN THE SPOTLIGHT | Omega Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hote | Guesta: Dagmara Molga (Letnia Akademia Filmowa w Zwierzyńcu), Korek Bojanowski (reżyser, scenarzysta), Ewelina Zbydniewska (Kino ECK)
12:00 FAIR FILM AWARD PRESENTATION | Omega Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hote | Presenters: Zofia Moruś (ZZF), dr Malwina Krajewska (socjolożka, antropolożka)
15:00 POLISH FILM INSTITUTE DEBATE: I CAN SEE NO OBSTACLES. DEBATE ON HOW TO MAKE POLISH FILM MORE ACCESSIBLE | Omega Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hote | Guears: Melanie Hoyes (BFI), Fatih Abay (EFA), Kamila Dorbach (PISF) Maciej Dydo (MKiDN), Tomasz Kolankiewicz (FINA), Anna Żórawska (Fundacja Kultura bez Barier), Karol Piekarczyk (MDAG), Łukasz Wielgosz (Fundacja Avalon)
17:15 POLISH FILMMAKERS’ WORKING CONDITIONS 2023–2024: STUDY RESULTS PRESENTATION | Omega Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hote

TALKS WITH POLISH FILM INSTITUTE EXPERTS AT THE PFI STAND | PFI stand, Musical Theatre, 1st floor
12:30–14:30 ASK ZAPA! FIND OUT IF YOU’RE OWED ROYALTIES AND HOW TO CLAIM THEM | SFP and ZAPA stands, Musical Theatre, 1st floor
13:00–15:00 POLISH ACTORS’ TRADE UNION CONSULTATIONS | hall, Hotel Mercure Gdynia Centrum

18:00 HAPPY HOUR – hosted by ORKA | Gallery of the Gdynia Film Centre
FAM TOUR WITH GDAŃSK FILM COMMISSION