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Jan Komasa’s “Anniversary” to open the 41st Warsaw Film Festival!
We are delighted to announce that the 41st Warsaw International Film Festival (WFF) will open with the world premiere of "Anniversary", directed by Jan Komasa. The filmmaker, known for such acclaimed works as "Suicide Room", "Warsaw 44" and the Academy Award–nominated "Corpus Christi", returns with a bold new story about memory, identity, and the hidden forces that shape our lives. The Opening Gala of WFF will take place on 10 October 2025 at Warsaw’s Kinoteka Cinema, inaugurating ten days of screenings, meetings, and events that will once again make Warsaw the capital of world cinema.
I couldn’t imagine a better film to open WFF in its new chapter. Jan Komasa is an outstanding filmmaker, and at the same time a Varsovian and a faithful festivalgoer of WFF since his youth. Today he is beginning his international career, and I am glad that we can start this new era in the history of WFF together, says Bartek Pulcyn, Programming Director of WFF.
More about "Anniversary": https://wff.pl/en/film/41-anniversary
BOOM Generation – free screenings for seniors
We invite seniors to a special cycle of free film screenings BOOM Generation, accompanied by workshops and discussions. The screenings will take place at the “Pod Pelikanem” hall, 62 Krakowskie Przedmieście Street (Caritas Archdiocese of Warsaw).
Cinema in the clouds
Imagine a film night where even the journey to the screening room takes your breath away. This October, as part of the 41st Warsaw International Film Festival, we will for the first time invite audiences to Cinema in the Clouds on the 46th floor of Varso Tower (69 Chmielna Street), the tallest building in the European Union.
ENCOUNTERS – a new competition section at the Warsaw Film Festival
The Warsaw Film Festival is expanding with a new competition section – Encounters, which will debut during the 41st edition of the event. Returning to the roots of the legendary film showcase from the communist era, out of which the Warsaw Film Week and later the Warsaw Film Festival were born, this new edition of Confrontations will once again invite audiences to discover the most important and talked-about films of world cinema.
FESTIVAL BLOG
I don’t want to be the kind of director who makes the same movie over and over again
Moonika Siimets talks The Black Hole, winner of the Free Spirit Competition
Humility and determination
Nathaniel C. T. Jackson talks about Ice Maiden
Violence touches everyone
Eric Lamhène talks about Breathing Underwater
Tenderness during wartime is a vital feeling
Alina Maksimenko talks about In Limbo
Everyone’s flawed. They either try to overcome it or they make peace with it
Saulė Bliuvaitė talks about Toxic
Women have been working in the miner's shadow for years
Aneta Nowicka talks about The Coal's Daughter
I didn’t want to make a film that makes you want to shoot yourself in the head
Justyna Mytnik talks about Wet Monday
Death is a lonely business
Jorge Hernandez Aldana talks about winning film The Shadow of Catire
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