Today on WEDNESDAY (23.09) at the 51^st Polish Film Festival:

• Screenings of all films from the Main Competition
  The Time that Never Came dir. Julia Rogowska, written by: Małgorzata Piłacińska | special screening + meeting with the filmmakers
  Good Boy dir. Jan Komasa, written by: Bartek Bartosik, Naqqash Khalid | special screening + meeting with the filmmakers | meeting on the Riviera Stage
  Wild, Wild East dir. Jan Holoubek, written by: Aleksandra Takuska
  EXOTIC written and directed by: Sonja Orlewicz-Zakrzewska
  Liquid States dir. Maria Wider, written by: Maria Wider, Magdalena Kućka, Aleksandra Arent | special screening + meeting with the filmmakers
  HOT SPOT dir. Agnieszka Smoczyńska, written by: Robert Bolesto | press conference | special screening + meeting with the filmmakers
  A Free Woman written and directed by: Eliza Godlewska, Alan Ruczyński | meeting on the Riviera Stage
  Less of a Stranger dir. Kristoffer Rus, written by: Wiktor Piątkowski, Joanna Kozłowska
  Our Revolution dir. Piotr Domalewski | press conference | special screening + a meeting with the filmmakers
  Fatherland dir. Paweł Pawlikowski, written by: Paweł Pawlikowski, Henk Handloegten
  Gorky Resort dir. Łukasz Palkowski, written by: Dżamila Ankiewicz, Agatha Dominik, Robert Gliński | press conference
  Tell me what you feel dir. Łukasz Ronduda, written by: Łukasz Ronduda, Agata K.Koschmieder
  Through the Wall written and directed by: Maciej Sobieszczański | meeting on the Riviera Stage
  Picasso’s Mermaid dir. Janusz Zaorski, written by: Roman Jarosz | meeting on the Riviera Stage
  Violetta Villas dir. Karolina Bielawska, written by: Karolina Bielawska, Małgorzata Gospodarek
  Winter of the Crow dir. Kasia Adamik, written by: Sandra Buchta, Kasia Adamik, Lucinda Coxon
• Screenings of all films from the Perspectives Competition | Partner - KGHM Polska Miedź
  Empty Pockets written and directed by: Filip Bojarski
  The Cauliflower of Destiny dir. Anna Urbańczyk, written by: Emil Miszkowicz-Adamowicz
  A Bit of Meaning dir. Paweł Podolski, written by: Lynn Kucharczyk
  Nice Women dir. Maria Wojtyszko, Jakub Krofta, written by: Maria Wojtyszko
  Murkiness written and directed by: Bartosz Szyszko
  The Stop dir. Adam Uryniak, written by: Artur Michalik, Adam Uryniak
  Sick written and directed by: Agata Trzebuchowska
  ÒPI dir. Marta Giec, written by: Marta Giec, Dominika Kłoczewiak
• Screenings of all Short Film Competition Blocks (I, II, III, IV,V,VI)
• Screening of Too Old for Fairytales 3 dir. Kristoffer Rus, nominated for Janusz Korczak Golden Lion Cubs award | Partners: KGHM Polska Miedź, Telewizja Polska
• Gdynia for Children screenings | Co-organizer Polish Filmmakers Association
• Portraits - Krzysztof Kieślowski Parallel Tales dir. Asghar Farhadi
• Andrzej Wajda Everything for Sale dir. Andrzej Wajda | followed by a meeting with Michał Oleszczyk and Tadeusz Lubelski | Partner: Spoiler Master, Totalizator Sportowy, the owner of LOTTO brand, Patron of the 51^st Polish Film Festival
• The Big Five: Henryk Kuźniak At the Height of Summer dir. Feliks Falk
• Special Screenings: Europa Europa, dir. Agnieszka Holland | followed by a meeting with Agnieszka Holland and Agnieszka Smoczyńska
• TEATROTEKA programme of the Documentary and Feature Film Production Company: The Shelter Builders + Zero | followed by a meeting with the filmmakers

Documentaries in Gdynia: MDAG in Gdynia: Closure, dir. Michał Marczak

• Polonica: Demons dir. Natalka Worożbyt. Polonica: edited by Milenia Fiedler, producers; Dariusz Jabłoński, Violetta Kamińska and Izabela Wójcik (Apple Film Production) and Magdalena Zimecka (ORKA)
• Films from Gdynia: The Last Ride dir. Jan Batory | Partner: Zawsze Pomorze
• Talks about the city: Gdynia loves film, film loves Gdynia - revision of a popular slogan | Danuta Baduszkowa Musical Theatre, Scena Kameralna
• POLISH FILM INSTITUTE AWARDS CEREMONY | Witold Gombrowicz City Theatre | by invitation only
• BOGUSŁAWA SCHUBERT ONE-WOMAN SHOW VOYAGE VOYAGE. LEMON JOURNEY | Gdynia Film Centre rooftop | R@Port Support - R@Port Festival | registration required
• POLISH MEDIA AND FILM RESEARCH ASSOCIATION AWARD | Gdynia Film Centre Gallery
• WAJDA ANEW: SUPPLEMENT exhibition by Andrzej Pągowski | Gdynia City Museum
• ANDRZEJ WAJDA: RECOLLECTION exhibition | Gdynia Film Centre Gallery | curator of the exhibition - Kantor Sztuki
• The Complete Kachu. The Art of Kazimierz Ostrowski’ exhibition | Gdynia City Museum
• TVP digital reconstruction zone Classics given a second life. Experience the archive of Telewizja Polska in a brand new quality | pavilion at Grunwaldzki Square
• Run, Be Ready! with JYSK | Gdynia Film Centre

The Masters of École de Paris | BanGlob Marina/ Yacht Park

STORYLAB.PRO AND POLISH SCREENWRITERS GUILD NETWORKING LUNCH | MiastoGDY Invest Komfort

A SYSTEM IN NEED OF A REWRITE. HOW TO IMPROVE SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT? Omega Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel

AUDIOTEKA PRESENTS: AI CAN’T PLAY THIS ROLE | Omega Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel

PFA-ZAPA CONSULTATIONS. CHECK IF THERE ARE ROYALTIES WAITING FOR YOU AND HOW TO GET THEM! SFP and ZAPA stand, Musical Theatre, 1st floor

WHAT DOES A FILM COMPANY MEAN TODAY? Omega Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel

NO PROBLEMO MUSIC CONSULTATIONS | Hall, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel

GDYNIA STORY WORKSHOPS | MiastoGDY Invest Komfort

POLISH FILM INSTITUTE DEBATE: WHO LOST THE AUDIENCE? POLISH FILM BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION | Omega Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel

POLISH ACTORS’ TRADE UNION CONSULTATIONS Hall, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel

NATIONAL FILM ARCHIVE - AUDIOVISUAL INSTITUTE DEBATE: LET’S PLAY IT AGAIN: THE POPULARITY OF CLASSIC CINEMA | Omega Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel

HAPPY HOUR - hosted by ORKA | Gdynia Film Centre Gallery

Today, TUESDAY (22nd September), as part of the 51st FPFF:

• Screenings of all films from the Main Competition:
  The Time that Never Came dir. Julia Rogowska, written by: Małgorzata Piłacińska | press conference | meeting at the Riviera Stage
  Good Boy dir. Jan Komasa, written by: Bartek Bartosik, Naqqash Khalid | press conference
  Wild, Wild East dir. Jan Holoubek, written by: Aleksandra Takuska | meeting at the Riviera Stage
  EXOTIC written and directed by: Sonja Orlewicz-Zakrzewska | meeting at the Riviera Stage
  Liquid States dir. Maria Wider, written by: Maria Wider, Magdalena Kućka, Aleksandra Arent | official screening + meeting
  HOT SPOT dir. Agnieszka Smoczyńska, written by: Robert Bolesto
  A Free Woman written and directed by: Eliza Godlewska, Alan Ruczyński | press conference | official screening + meeting
  Less of a Stranger dir. Kristoffer Rus, written by: Wiktor Piątkowski, Joanna Kozłowska
  Our Revolution dir. Piotr Domalewski
  Fatherland dir. Paweł Pawlikowski, written by: Paweł Pawlikowski, Henk Handloegten
  Gorky Resort dir. Łukasz Palkowski, written by: Dżamila Ankiewicz, Agatha Dominik, Robert Gliński
  Tell me what you feel dir. Łukasz Ronduda, written by: Łukasz Ronduda, Agata K.Koschmieder
  Through the Wall written and directed by: Maciej Sobieszczański
  Picasso’s Mermaid dir. Janusz Zaorski, written by: Roman Jarosz| press conference | official screening + meeting
  Violetta Villas dir. Karolina Bielawska, written by: Karolina Bielawska, Małgorzata Gospodarek
  Winter of the Crow dir. Kasia Adamik, written by: Sandra Buchta, Kasia Adamik, Lucinda Coxon

• Screenings of films from the Perspectives Competition | Partner KGHM Polska Miedź
  Empty Pockets, written and directed by: Filip Bojarski
  The Cauliflower of Destiny dir. Anna Urbańczyk, written by: Emil Miszkowicz-Adamowicz
  A Bit of Meaning dir. Paweł Podolski, written by: Lynn Kucharczyk
  Nice Women dir. Maria Wojtyszko, Jakub Krofta, written by: Maria Wojtyszk
  Murkiness written and directed by: Bartosz Szyszko
  The Stop dir. Adam Uryniak, written by: Artur Michalik, Adam Uryniak
  Sick written and directed by: Agata Trzebuchowska
  ÒPI dir. Marta Giec, written by: Marta Giec, Dominika Kłoczewiak

• Screenings of all Short Film Competition Blocks (I, II, III, IV,V,VI)
• Screening of The Shrew of Destiny dir. Marcin Wasilewski, nominated for Janusz Korczak Golden Lion Cubs award | Partners: KGHM Polska Miedź, Telewizja Polska
• Gdynia for Children screenings | Co-organiser Polish Filmmakers Association
• Portraits – Tadeusz Konwicki: Jump, directed by: Tadeusz Konwicki. Lecture by Maciej Kędziora
• The Big Five: Anna Jadowska – Night Train, directed by: Jerzy Kawalerowicz
• Documentaries in Gdynia: Traces, directed by: Alisa Kovalenko, Marysia Nikitiuk, Magic Hour, directed by: Marcin Borchardt and meeting with the director
• Films from Gdynia: All That Jazz – “The Producers”, directed by: Agata Hering and Who Is Still Afraid of Natasha?, directed by: C. T. Jasper, Joanna Malinowska | Partner: Zawsze Pomorze
• „Talks About the City”: Culture In The City. What Are The Citizen’s Expectations? | Danuta Baduszkowa Musical Theatre
  Chamber Stage
• Concert ‘Wajda-Music’. Adam Sztaba & Adama Sztaba Orchestry | Co-organiser National Centre for Culture | Gdańsk Shakespear Theatre | tickets
• ‘We Are Alone in the World’ - reading of an unrealized screenplay by Andrzej Wajda | Co-organiser National – Audiovisual Institute | Gdynia City Museum | registration
• Opening of the Exhibition “Wajda Anew. Supplement” Andrzej Pągowski | Gdynia City Museum
• Exhibition “Andrzej Wajda: Recollection” | Gallery of the Gdynia Film Centre | exhibition curator Kantor Sztuki
• Exhibition “The Complete Kachu. The Art of Kazimierz Ostrowski” | Gdynia City Museum
• Tvp Digital Reconstruction Zone Classics Given A Second Life. Experience The Archive Of Telewizja Polska In A Brand New Quality | Pavilion at Grunwaldzki Square
• Tours of the Gdynia Modernism Route
• Exhibition “Masters of École de Paris” | BanGlob Marina / Yacht Park

Gdynia Industry is setting off! For Tuesday we have prepared::

GDYNIA CAMPUS - CLASS OF 2026

Union of Polish Stage Artists Consultations: A Safe Actor in the Age of AI | screening room - 2nd floor, Gdynia Film Centre

Union Of Polish Stage Artists Consultations: ZASP as collective management organisation | screening room - 2nd floor, Gdynia Film Centre

Networking Lunch hosted by the ATM Group - Gdynia Campus - class of 2026 | Gdynia Film Centre Gallery

Happy Hour - hosted by the What’s Your Story Film Foundation | Gdynia Film Centre Gallery

Polish Actors’ Trade Union ‘Pulsary’ Award Ceremony | Tango Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel

Gdynia Industry Opening Night | by invitation only

MAIN COMPETITION JURY:

• Krzysztof Zanussi – Chairman
• Przemysław Chruścielewski
• Jagna Dobesz
• Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik
• Mikołaj Trzaska
• Marcin Wierzchosławski
• Ita Zbroniec-Zajt

PERSPECTIVES COMPETITION JURY:

• Dorota Kędzierzawska – Chairwoman
• Elwira Pluta
• Jacek Poniedziałek

DIRECTING DEBUT OR SECOND FILM AWARD JURY (INTER-COMPETITION SECTION):

• Sławomir Fabicki – Chairman
• Magdalena Piekorz
• Wojciech Staroń

SHORT FILM COMPETITION JURY:

• Ewa Braun – Chairwoman
• Bartosz M. Kowalski
• Joanna Szymańska

For today, Friday 25^th September in the programme of the 51^st PFF:

● Young Gala and Concert OMASTA & WFO - WHITE NOTE JAZZ PROJECT | Witold Gombrowicz City Theatre | by invitation only

● Screenings of all films from the Main Competition:

The Time that Never Came dir. Julia Rogowska, written by: Małgorzata Piłacińska

Good Boy dir. Jan Komasa, written by: Bartek Bartosik, Naqqash Khalid

Wild, Wild East dir. Jan Holoubek, written by: Aleksandra Takuska

EXOTIC written and directed by: Sonja Orlewicz-Zakrzewska

Liquid States dir. Maria Wider, written by: Maria Wider, Magdalena Kućka, Aleksandra Arent | press conference | special screening + meeting with the filmmakers

HOT SPOT dir. Agnieszka Smoczyńska, written by: Robert Bolesto

A Free Woman written and directed by: Eliza Godlewska, Alan Ruczyński

Less of a stranger dir. Kristoffer Rus, written by: Wiktor Piątkowski, Joanna Kozłowska | meeting with the filmmakers on the Riviera Stage

Our Revolution dir. Piotr Domalewski

Fatherland dir. Paweł Pawlikowski, written by: Paweł Pawlikowski, Henk Handloegten | press conference | special screening + meeting with the filmmakers

Gorky Resort dir. Łukasz Palkowski, written by: Dżamila Ankiewicz, Agatha Dominik, Robert Gliński

Tell me what you feel dir. Łukasz Ronduda, written by: Łukasz Ronduda, Agata K.Koschmieder | press conference

Through the Wall written and directed by: Maciej Sobieszczański

Picasso’s Mermaid dir. Janusz Zaorski, written by: Roman Jarosz

Violetta Villas dir. Karolina Bielawska, written by: Karolina Bielawska, Małgorzata Gospodarek | meeting on the Riviera Stage

Winter of the Crow dir. Kasia Adamik, written by: Sandra Buchta, Kasia Adamik, Lucinda Coxon | special screening | meeting on the Riviera Stage

● Screenings of all films from the Perspectives Competition |

Partner - KGHM Polska Miedź

Empty Pockets written and directed by: Filip Bojarski

The Cauliflower of Destiny dir. Anna Urbańczyk, written by: Emil Miszkowicz-Adamowicz

A Bit of Meaning dir. Paweł Podolski, written by: Lynn Kucharczyk

Nice Women dir. Maria Wojtyszko, Jakub Krofta, written by: Maria Wojtyszko

Murkiness written and directed by: Bartosz Szyszko

The Stop dir. Adam Uryniak, written by: Artur Michalik, Adam Uryniak

Sick written and directed by: Agata Trzebuchowska

ÒPI dir. Marta Giec, written by: Marta Giec, Dominika Kłoczewiak

● Screenings of all Short Film Competition Blocks (I, II, III, IV,V,VI)

● Screening of The Amazing Adventures of Lost Socks 3: Socks in space! dir. Paweł Wendorff, Elżbieta Wąsik , nominated for Janusz Korczak Golden Lion Cubs award | Partners: KGHM Polska Miedź, Telewizja Polska

● Gdynia for children screenings | Co-organizer Polish Filmmakers Association

● The Big Five:

Katarzyna Herman My Nikifor dir. Krzysztof Krauze

Wojciech Smarzowski Teddy Bear dir. Stanisław Bareja

● Portraits:

Barbara Sass Nothing but Fear dir. Barbara Sass | followed by a meeting with Dorota Stalińska, moderated by Klara Cykorz

Krzysztof Kieślowski No End dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski | introduction by Michał Piepiórka

● Documentaries in Gdynia: Candidates of Death, dir. Maciej Cuske | followed by a meeting with the director

Krakow Film Festival Catching Waves: The Tuners dir. Paweł Chorzępa | followed by a meeting with the director

Krakow Film Festival Catching Waves: House of Ants dir. Katarzyna Kultys | followed by a meeting with the director

• Films from Gdynia: Gdynia. My city dir. Jerzy Rados | Partner: Zawsze Pomorze
• Talks about the city. INTIMATE RECORD OF THE CITY IN PRIVATE FOOTAGE | Chamber Stage, Musical Theatre
• Andrzej Wajda: Recollection exhibition | Gdynia Film Centre Gallery | curator of the exhibition: Kantor Sztuki
•  TVP digital reconstruction zone Classics given a second life. Experience the archive of Telewizja Polska in a brand new quality | pavilion at Grunwaldzki Square
•  Tours of the Gdynia film route
• Tours of the Gdynia modernism route
• The Masters of École de Paris exhibition |BanGlob Marina / Yacht Club

Promotion of the newest edition of PANOPTIKUM | Gdynia Film Centre Gallery

KIPA Young Producers section networking breakfast | MiastoGdy Invest Komfort

Fam Tour with Gdańsk Film Commission

Going next door for the budget. The strengths and challenges of incentive systems in neighbouring countries | Omega room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel

Gdańsk Soundstage Presents: Combining Locations Hooting With A State-Of-The-Art Soundstage | Omega room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel

No Problemo Music Consultations | hall, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel

Intergenerational Lunch With Pff Programme Council | Conrad Roon, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel

Polish Actors’ Trade Union Consultations | hall, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel

How to get started: a Polish producer’s first steps in international co-productions | Omega Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel

Workshops: Equality in an Audiovisual Industryfree From Violence | Omega Room, Mercure Gdynia Centre Hotel

Your Career Path in Film – a report on the position of women in Polish cinema 2018–2025 | Sala Omega, Hotel Mercure

Happy Hour – Hosted by Audioteka | Gdynia Film Centre Gallery