FOCUS :: Gdynia Film Festival 2026

Details of one of the oldest film events in Europe - the 51st Gdynia Polish Film Festival will run September - were presented in Warsaw this week. Sixteen films compete for the Golden Lions, including Paweł Pawlikowski's Cannes-winning "Fatherland" and new works from Jan Komasa and Agnieszka Smoczyńska.

Details of the 51st Gdynia Polish Film Festival, running September 21–26, were presented in Warsaw this week.

Photo: Danuta Isler

TUNE IN to hear from Agnieszka Łapińska, the Festival's Artistic Director disclosing the program, as well as director Agnieszka Smoczyńska talking about hew new film "Hot Spot" and Robert Piaskowski of the National Culture Center discussing the condition of the Polish film industry, among others.  

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