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OPENING NIGHT GALA - ASHES AND DIAMONDS + EXTENDED INTRO
Andrzej Wajda
04 Feb, 18:10
15 Feb, 18:15
24 Feb, 20:50
BFI Southbank
In the last days of the Second World War, Maciek, a Polish resistance fighter, is tasked with the assassination of a Communist official. When he meets Krystyna, he is offered a glimpse of a world beyond war and destruction, and questions...
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THE MAIDS OF WILKO + Q&A
Andrzej Wajda
05 Feb, 18:00
25 Feb, 20:45
BFI Southbank
After the death of a close friend, Wiktor returns to a place of his youth. He reencourages a group of sisters with whom he spent an idyllic summer 15 years prior, discovering the extent to which their lives have changed. Wajda’s most...
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INNOCENT SORCERERS + THE BAD BOY
Andrzej Wajda
05 Feb, 20:40
20 Feb, 17:55
BFI Southbank
Following his lauded war trilogy, Wajda turned his camera on Poland’s socially modern but politically disengaged post-war generation. When hipster doctor Bazyli meets out-of-towner Pelagia in a nightclub, they spend a night in his flat...
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EVERYTHING FOR SALE + WARSAW (LOVE AT TWENTY)
Andrzej Wajda
06 Feb, 18:15
19 Feb, 20:30
BFI Southbank
When a leading actor disappears from a film set, his family and crew search for him before tragic news reaches them. Wajda’s homage to his beloved actor Zbigniew Cybulski, the star of Ashes and Diamonds (p27), is also a scathing portrait...
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THE ASHES + INTRO
Andrzej Wajda
07 Feb, 14:10
28 Feb, 16:25
BFI Southbank
This epic tale of the Napoleonic wars and Poles’ participation in them provides Wajda with an opportunity to consider thorny questions around heroism and patriotism. A young nobleman partakes in the conflict, fighting for Poland’s...
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HUNTING FLIES + ROLY POLY
Andrzej Wajda
07 Feb, 20:15
21 Feb, 17:40
BFI Southbank
An outlier in Wajda’s body of work, this comedy feature focuses on bookshop worker Włodek’s encounter with the strong and independent Irena, whose ambitions to turn him into a successful writer go wildly awry. A fascinating attempt by...
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THE WEDDING + INTRO
Andrzej Wajda
08 Feb, 15:10
11 Feb, 20:40
21 Feb, 20:50
BFI Southbank
Stanisław Wyspiański’s influential 1901 play details a marriage ceremony between a poet and peasant. The wedding party is attended by a cross-section of society. However, the veneer of harmony is broken when ghosts – drawn from local...
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AN INTRODUCTION TO ANDRZEJ WAJDA
11 Feb, 18:20
BFI Southbank
Join our invited guests for an exploration of Andrzej Wajda’s work, taking a closer look at the thematic preoccupations emerging from his filmography and the context for his cinema. Considering his best-known titles and spotlighting...
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A GENERATION + WHILE YOUR ARE SLEEPING
Andrzej Wajda
15 Feb, 12:10
BFI Southbank
Set in 1942, on the outskirts of Nazi-occupied Warsaw, Wajda’s striking feature debut centres on Stach, and a group of young, anti-German underground fighters, as they prepare for a new mission. The film not only established Wajda as a...
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THE WAR TRILOGY: KANAL + INTRO
Andrzej Wajda
15 Feb, 15:20
BFI Southbank
A unit of Polish freedom fighters goes underground to escape German troops, in the final stages of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. Wajda’s claustrophobic, nightmarish masterpiece employs haunting images to convey their struggle as they journey...
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THE SOLIDARITY TRILOGY: MAN OF MARBLE
Andrzej Wajda
16 Feb, 17:50
01 Mar, 12:10
BFI Southbank
In the 1970s, young filmmaker Agnieszka investigates the life of a 1950s bricklayer and worker’s hero. When she learns that the facts behind his story were suppressed, she has to decide whether to pursue the truth or not. Man of Marble...
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ROUGH TREATMENT + INTRO
Andrzej Wajda
17 Feb, 20:30
09 Mar, 20:20
BFI Southbank
The professional and personal lives of a respected journalist unravel unexpectedly, forcing him to reflect on his life to date. But will he be able to turn his life around? Co-written with Agnieszka Holland, Wajda’s drama is an affecting...
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THE SOLIDARITY TRILOGY: MAN OF IRON
Andrzej Wajda
22 Feb, 12:00
01 Mar, 15:00
15 Mar, 18:00
BFI Southbank
The Palme d’Or-winning follow-up to Man of Marble sees Winkel, a Communist-friendly radio journalist, charged with finding compromising information about a Solidarity opposition leader. But in witnessing protesting workers’ fight against...
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THE PROMISED LAND + Q&A
Andrzej Wajda
22 Feb, 17:45
11 Mar, 18:45
BFI Southbank
During the Industrial Revolution, three friends decide to open a textile factory to make their fortune. But friendships, personal relationships and moral values are soon tested. An adaptation of Nobel Prize-winning author Stanisław...
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THE CONDUCTOR + INTRO
Andrzej Wajda
26 Feb, 20:55
09 Mar, 17:50
BFI Southbank
An internationally renowned conductor of Polish decent (played with gusto by Gielgud) returns to his family’s homeland to conduct a provincial orchestra after meeting the orchestra’s violist – the daughter of an old love. Beloved by...
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THE WEDDING
Andrzej Wajda
28 Feb, 13:00
Ciné Lumière
In adapting Stanisław Wyspiański’s seminal 1901 poem-play of Polish national discord, Wajda created the first truly psychedelic Polish extravaganza, rivaled at the time only by some passages from his protégé’s slightly earlier Third Part...
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THE DEVIL
Andrzej Żuławski
28 Feb, 15:15
Ciné Lumière
Deemed unreleasable by the communist authorities in Poland upon its completion in 1972, The Devil remains one of the great films maudits of Polish cinema — even though it didn’t see the light of a projector before 1988.
A uniquely...
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CHOPIN, A SONATA IN PARIS
Michał Kwieciński
01 Mar, 15:30
12 Mar, 20:15
Ciné Lumière
Paris, 1835. Fryderyk Chopin has left Poland and established himself as a darling of the salons and toast of the French court. However, behind the brilliance and wit, the 25 year old celebrity is battling illness and inner conflict...
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PHOTOSENSITIVE
Tadeusz Śliwa
01 Mar, 16:00
The Garden Cinema
Well known on TV and with a small role in SCARBORN, this is Matylda Giegżno’s first film lead. Her portrayal of a dynamic, fulfilled social worker who is blind and whose life changes following a meeting with a more reserved photographer...
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WAŁĘSA: MAN OF HOPE
Andrzej Wajda
01 Mar, 18:20
16 Mar, 20:30
BFI Southbank
The third film in the director’s Solidarity Trilogy, Wajda’s portrait of Lech Wałęsa, leader of Poland’s Solidarity movement, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and one of the country’s most significant political figures, is a rousing...
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ANNIVERSARY
Jan Komasa
01 Mar, 18:40
The Garden Cinema
When Ellen and Paul’s son introduces his new girlfriend one lovely afternoon at their 25th anniversary party, no one suspects that it is the beginning of the end for this happy family. The new girlfriend is Liz, Ellen’s former student...
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PIXELS & PIEROGIS: 2ND-29TH OF MARCH
02 Mar, 10:00
Coal Drops Yard - Kiosk N1C
The event will run from 2 March to 29 March, 2026.
We’re shaking up Kinoteka with a dynamic series of special events at KX Coal Drops Yard. Enjoy free daily screenings of award-winning films from Warsaw’s Wajda School, experience an AI...
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KORCZAK + Q&A WITH AGNIESZKA HOLLAND
Andrzej Wajda
02 Mar, 19:10
13 Mar, 20:45
BFI Southbank
An account of the last years of Janusz Korczak, the heroic Polish Jewish educator and paediatrician, saw Wajda collaborate on the screenplay with Agnieszka Holland. The topic of Jewishness within Polish history and society is a feature...
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FRANZ + DIRECTOR AND ACTOR Q&A
Agnieszka Holland
03 Mar, 17:30
BFI IMAX
Selected as Poland’s official Oscar submission, Agnieszka Holland’s bold and dynamic portrait of Franz Kafka finds a creative young man at odds with the world. Franz is torn between a stern father and the monotony of his job at an...
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IN MEMORIAM: MARCEL ŁOZIŃSKI + INTRO WITH MARK ISAACS
04 Mar, 18:30
Bertha DocHouse
With an introduction by documentary filmmaker Marc Isaacs.
This special event honors the legacy of Marcel Łoziński, one of the most influential voices in world documentary cinema who passed away last year. A master of ethical...
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HOME SWEET HOME + DIRECTOR Q&A
Wojciech Smarzowski
05 Mar, 18:30
ICA
How well do we know the person we love? From the director of Clergy and Rose, an intense psychological drama that uncovers issues of domestic violence within Polish society, winning awards in Poland and abroad. Agata Turkot gives a...
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KATYN + INTRO
Andrzej Wajda
05 Mar, 20:30
10 Mar, 18:15
BFI Southbank
Wajda focuses on personal stories and a wider human tragedy in this Oscar-nominated film, set against one of the most painful and politically sensitive topics in Polish history: the 1940 massacre of thousands of Polish soldiers and...
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FRAMES OF FREEDOM - ANDRZEJ WAJDA, POLISH CINEMA & THE CULTURE OF DISSENT
06 Mar, 18:00
BIRKBECK University of London
The programme will feature a post-screening discussion panel with Michał Oleszczyk following the documentary We Film the People (2013) by Ania Szczepańska. Prior to the screening, guests will have the opportunity to view an exhibition of...
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MAN OF IRON + INTRO
Andrzej Wajda
07 Mar, 12:00
Ciné Lumière
The Palme d’Or-winning follow-up to Man of Marble sees Winkel, a Communist-friendly radio journalist, charged with finding compromising information about a Solidarity opposition leader. But in witnessing protesting workers’ fight against...
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POSSESSION
Andrzej Żuławski
07 Mar, 15:40
Ciné Lumière
Possession emerged as the ‘loser’ of the unofficial duel of two Cannes 1982 competition entries by esteemed Eastern European masters. While Andrzej Wajda’s somber Man of Iron won the Palme d’Or, his onetime protégé’s ambitious body...
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THE DOG WHO TRAVELLED BY TRAIN 2
Magdalena Nieć
08 Mar, 11:00
Ciné Lumière
Highly anticipated, after the huge success of part one in 2023, this sequel does not disappoint. Picking up with Zuzia preparing to return to Poland after her surgery, the film initially focuses on life at the station where Lampo the...
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DANTON + INTRO
Andrzej Wajda
08 Mar, 18:30
ICA
Danton wasn’t Andrzej Wajda’s first brush with Stanisława Przybyszewska’s seminal work of Polish political theatre, Danton’s Case (1929), which he first directed for the stage in 1975 at Teatr Powszechny, to rave reviews. The 1981 Palme...
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A SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING
Krzysztof Kieślowski
10 Mar, 18:30
Ciné Lumière
As contemplative as it is confrontational, Kieslowski addresses the notion of violence directly. Through a seemingly random murder by Jacek, followed by his state-sanctioned execution, Kieslowski does not seek to shock but to awaken...
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MR. OLBRYCHSKI + Q&A WITH DANIEL OLBRYCHSKI
Robert Wichrowski
10 Mar, 19:00
Ognisko Polskie - The Polish Hearth
The hero of the film is Daniel Olbrychski – the most famous Polish actor. He has played the main roles in five films nominated for an Oscar. Two of them – “The Tin Drum” and “Dangerous Moves” had won the Oscar. This film is a portrayal...
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THE GOOD BOY + DIRECTOR Q&A (TBC)
Jan Komasa
11 Mar, 18:10
The Barbican
Jan Komasa’s first English language film is a dark genre blending fable which shines a light on the excesses of trash culture. Anson Boon (1917) delivers a mercurial performance as transgressive bad boy Tommy who wakes up far away from...
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AFTERIMAGE + TOWARDS THE SUN
Andrzej Wajda
12 Mar, 18:20
18 Mar, 20:40
BFI Southbank
In his final film, Wajda returns to previously explored themes of personal and artistic resistance to an authoritarian state and ideology. Based on the life of avant-garde painter and theorist Władysław Strzemiński, the film chronicles...
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CALL KIEŚLOWSKI
13 Mar, 00:00
Ciné Lumière
CALL KIEŚLOWSKI is an immersive AI exhibition inviting audiences into an intimate conversation with the legendary filmmaker Krzysztof Kieślowski. Drawing on his legacy, participants will be able to converse with Kieslowski in real time....
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KIEŚLOWSKI DOCU-SHORTS + INTRO
Krzysztof Kieślowski
13 Mar, 18:20
Ciné Lumière
To mark the 30th anniversary of Krzysztof Kieślowski’s passing on 13 March, Kinoteka is partnering with Cine Lumière for a special tribute to the great filmmaker, who worked both in Poland and France. The programme features a selection...
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THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE + KIEŚLOWSKI BY THE QUAY BROTHERS
Krzysztof Kieślowski
13 Mar, 20:15
Ciné Lumière
A radiant contemplation on intuition, identity, and invisible connection, The Double Life of Véronique traces the lives of two women who have never met and yet seem mysteriously bound. One lives in Poland, the other in France; both share...
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THE POSSESSED
Andrzej Wajda
14 Mar, 15:30
Ciné Lumière
One of the most underseen films in the entire Wajda oeuvre, The Possessed is based on the notorious novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, first serialized between 1871 and 1872. Focused on a group of young anarchists whose radical politics and...
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THE PUBLIC WOMEN
Andrzej Żuławski
14 Mar, 17:55
Ciné Lumière
Before he tampered with Dostoyevsky’s The Idiot in Mad Love, Andrzej Zulawski made The Public Woman, a startling, indirect adaptation of another work by the same author—namely, the white-hot political tale of terror and conviction, The...
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A GENERATION + WHILE YOUR ARE SLEEPING
Andrzej Wajda
15 Mar, 14:00
ICA
Set in 1942, on the outskirts of Nazi-occupied Warsaw, Wajda’s striking feature debut centres on Stach, and a group of young, anti-German underground fighters, as they prepare for a new mission. The film not only established Wajda as a...
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KINOTECHA: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN FILM
17 Mar, 12:00
Samsung KX
This is an inaugural full-day conference that examines how artificial intelligence is transforming the film industry, from creative practice to audience engagement. In ‘Design & AI’, artists Andrzej Klimowski and Tomasz Opasiński,...
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A SHORT FILM ABOUT LOVE + Q&A
Krzysztof Kieslowski
17 Mar, 19:30
25 Mar, 18:20
Ciné Lumière
Kieslowski explores love not as romance but as an act of truly seeing another person. An absolute antidote to A Short Film About Killing, this cinematic gem is delicate and restrained, inviting us to experience the tender yet voyeuristic...
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TRAINS + DIRECTOR Q&A
Maciej J. Drygas
18 Mar, 18:15
Ciné Lumière
Winner of the prestigious IDFA Grand Prize, Maciej Drygas’s powerful and haunting TRAINS is crafted entirely from international archive footage. Using sound design and a thoughtful, humanitarian eye it reveals both the joyous...
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KANAL
Andrzej Wajda
18 Mar, 20:30
BFI Southbank
A unit of Polish freedom fighters goes underground to escape German troops, in the final stages of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. Wajda’s claustrophobic, nightmarish masterpiece employs haunting images to convey their struggle as they journey...
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ASHES AND DIAMONDS
Andrzej Wajda
19 Mar, 20:40
ICA
In the last days of the Second World War, Maciek, a Polish resistance fighter, is tasked with the assassination of a Communist official. When he meets Krystyna, he is offered a glimpse of a world beyond war and destruction, and questions...
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UNTOLD WAJDA: BLOKOWISKO
20 Mar, 20:00
Southbank Centre
Contemporary dance, electro-acoustic sound, and video scenography collide in a performance of urban resilience
Inspired by the notes and interviews of Oscar-winning director Andrzej Wajda, BLOKOWISKO – the Polish term for a housing...
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LARP: LOVE, TROLLS AND OTHER QUESTS
Kordian Kadziela
21 Mar, 18:30
ICA
First time feature film maker Kordian Kadziela has created an action packed comedy following the story of Sergiusz, whose passion for LARP (live-action role playing) makes him a victim of bullying until a new student arrives at school....
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FRANZ
Agnieszka Holland
21 Mar, 20:20
Ciné Lumière
Selected as Poland’s official Oscar submission, Agnieszka Holland’s bold and dynamic portrait of Franz Kafka finds a creative young man at odds with the world. Franz is torn between a stern father and the monotony of his job at an...
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PILATE AND THE OTHERS
Andrzej Wajda
24 Mar, 20:40
ICA
Made for West-German television in 1972, this loose adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov's cult novel The Master and Margarita (published posthumously in 1967) is perhaps the most experimental feature in Andrzej Wajda's oeuvre. The film stages...
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LETTERS FROM WOLF STREET + Q&A
Arjun Talwar With: Piotr Chadryś, Mo Tan, Feras Daboul, Barbara Goettgens, Oskar Paczkowski
26 Mar, 18:30
Bertha DocHouse
Over a decade ago Arjun Talwar arrived in Poland from New Delhi to study cinematography. Preoccupied with his continued sense of alienation in Polish society he sets out to explore the Warsaw street where he lives, talking with...
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LOVE IN GERMANY
Andrzej Wajda
26 Mar, 20:40
ICA
Based on a novel by Rolf Hochhuth (and co-scripted by Agnieszka Holland), this surprising entry in Andrzej Wajda's body of work made outside of his native Poland is a full-scale melodrama of sensual obsession, sometimes compared to the...
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THE IN-LAWS 3
Jakub Michalczuk
27 Mar, 18:15
Ciné Lumière
Do you remember that at the end of Teściowie 2 we learned that Weronika was pregnant? Director Jakub Michalczuk returns for this highly anticipated third instalment of the hit comedy in which the Chrapek and Wilk families reunite, this...
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CLOSING NIGHT GALA - BROTHER + Q&A
Maciej Sobieszczański
29 Mar, 18:00
Ciné Lumière
Dawid loves his younger brother. He also loves judo. He tries to meet expectations at home, school and the gym… Brother is a powerful coming of age drama focused on a family where violence and manipulation is always simmering under the...