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41st Warsaw International Film Festival opens for submissions - deadline - July 31

The 41st edition of Warsaw International Film Festival (WFF) is planned October 10-19, this year. WFF is accredited by FIAPF as a non-specialised competitive film festival.

We are open for submissions of:
- fiction features
- documentary features
- shorts (of 40 min or less): live action, animation, documentaries.

Regular deadline: July 15
Late deadline: July 31

WFF has four competitive sections with international juries and cash awards, including a 100,000 PLN (over 20,000 euro) Warsaw Grand Prix, funded by the Mayor of Warsaw.

Bartłomiej Pulcyn, the new program director of the Warsaw Film Festival

The Warsaw Film Festival, which celebrated its 40th anniversary last year, is beginning a new chapter in its history – Bartłomiej Pulcyn, who had been associated with the WFF for many years in the past, has just taken over the position of programming director of the festival. The managing director and producer of the Festival is Joanna Szymańska-Szcześniak. This year's, 41st Warsaw Film Festival will take place on October 10-19, 2025.

Winners of the Audience Award at the 40th Warsaw Film Festival

Here are the films, which were liked the most by the audience of the 40th Warsaw International Film Festival, which came to an end yesterday:

A. Fiction features:
1. Where Do We Begin, dir Monika Majorek, Poland
2. Bucha, dir Stanislav Tiunov, Ukraine
3. Lioness, dir Liina Trishkina-Vanhatalo, Estonia / Germany / Latvia
4. Kulej. All That Glitters Isn’t Gold, dir Xawery Żuławski, Poland
5. Black Dog, dir Guan Hu, China

B. Filmy dokumentalne:
1. War Correspondent, dir Benjamin Tuček, David Čálek, Czech Republic / Ukraine / Slovakia
2. Soldiers of Song, dir Ryan William Smith, Ukraine
3. A Sentimental Journey to the Parajanov Planet, dir Taras Tomenko, Ukraine
4. Ice Maiden, dir Nathaniel C. T. Jackson, James Blannin-Ferguson, Australia / New Zealand
5. Made In Ethiopia, dir Xinyan Yu, Max Duncan, Canada / Ethiopia / US / UK

C. Filmy krótkometrażowe:
1. Tiger Soup, dir Kacper Świtalski, Poland
2. Stimulants And Empathogenes, dir Mateusz Pacewicz, Poland
3. All That Remains, dir Andrei Redinciuc, Romania
4. First Frames, dir Ilie Mitaru, Türkiye / US / Netherlands
5. Service, dir Michał Edelman, Poland

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