04 FEBRUARY - 29 MARCH 2026

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  • New Polish Cinema
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  • Kinoteka on Tour
  • Andrzej Wajda Retrospective at BFI
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  • Andrzej Wajda Retrospective at Ciné Lumière
  • Andrzej Wajda Retrospective at ICA
  • Closing Night Gala
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  • Tribute to Krzysztof Kieślowski
  • Two Visions One Nation: Wajda and Żuławski

Programmes in Newcastle

  • ASHES AND DIAMONDS

    Andrzej Wajda

    14 Mar, 15:30
    Tyneside Cinema
    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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  • AFTERIMAGE

    Andrzej Wajda

    25 Mar, 18:00
    Tyneside Cinema
    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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