Manchester / Kinoteka 2026

04 FEBRUARY - 29 MARCH 2026

Programmes in Manchester

ASHES AND DIAMONDS

Andrzej Wajda

08 Apr, 18:15
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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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MAN OF MARBLE

Andrzej Wajda

11 Apr, 14:00
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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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INNOCENT SORCERERS

Andrzej Wajda

15 Apr, 18:15
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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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THE MAIDS OF WILKO

Andrzej Wajda

21 Apr, 18:00
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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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MAN OF IRON

Andrzej Wajda

25 Apr, 14:00
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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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