Polish Film Festival Kinoteka

28/04/2026

KINOTEKA ON TOUR 2026! 🎬

This year’s edition is anchored by a major retrospective of Andrzej Wajda, the Academy Award–winning auteur, marking the 100th anniversary of his birth. One of the most influential filmmakers of post-war Europe, Wajda saw cinema as a moral, civic and political act. His films explore war, occupation, totalitarianism and the struggle for freedom - raising timeless questions about responsibility, compromise and resistance. In today’s world, his work feels more relevant than ever.

Don’t miss BROTHER (Brat) – the London Kinoteka Closing Night Gala film, starring Agnieszka Grochowska alongside rising talents Filip Wiłkomirski and Tytus Szymczuk. The film received multiple nominations at the Polish Film Awards (Orły), including Best Film, Best Director (Maciej Sobieszczański) and Best Screenplay.

🎟️ Get your tickets here:
https://kinoteka.org.uk/programme/strands/kinoteka-on-tour

20/04/2026

We are excited to share that a new Polish film club, Kino Polonia, is launching at the Rio Cinema. The club aims to showcase the richness of Polish filmmaking, with a programme spanning cult classics as well as bold contemporary films.

More info below:

Showing from Tue 28 Apr

10/04/2026

🎥 In Oxford this weekend? Want to find out more about Polish cinema and one of its most legendary directors? - Visit the The Ultimate Picture Palace (UPP) at 15:00 on Sunday 12th April to watch a screening of Wajda's irconic 'Ashes and Diamonds' with an introduction by Ally Pitts.

🎞 Interested in more classic Polish films by Andrzej Wajda? The Ultimate Picture Palace (UPP) will be offering the chance to see three of Wajda's other films: Innocent Sorcerers, Man of Marble and Man of Iron between the 21st April - 3rd May.

🎫 Find out more & Book Tickets here:
https://uppcinema.com/show_type/kinoteka-on-tour-2026/

10/04/2026

Have you seen it yet? The Good Boy by Jan Komasa, co-produced by Jerzy Skolimowski enters its fourth week in UK cinemas.

Find a screening at your local cinema!

10/04/2026

📣 12th & 16th April - Two more chances to see the award-winning documentary "Trains" by Maciej Drygas at Bertha DocHouse - the documentary won the IDFA Grand Prize in Amsterdam and last month it also won the Audience Award at the 24th Kinoteka Polish Film Festival as well as receiveing a 4* review in the Guardian.

ℹ Read the Guardian Review here:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/19/trains-review-sober-documentary-explores-the-liberation-of-the-locomotive

🎫 Book Tickets below 👇

Elegantly crafted entirely from archive footage, Trains is a mesmerising portrait of Europe in the first half of the 20th Century.

10/04/2026

🎥📣 This Saturday 11th April at 14:00, come and learn more about Polsish cinema and one its most influential directors, Andrzej Wajda at The Dukes, Lancaster - watch a screening of Wajda's 'Ashes & Diamonds', one of his most iconic films, with an introduction by Professor Ewa Mazierska, Professor of Contemporary Cinema at the University of Lancashire.

🎞 The screening is part of Kinoteka on Tour and you can also catch two other iconic films by Andrzej Wajda: Man of Marble and Man of Iron on the 18th and 22 April

🎫 Book Tickets here:
https://kinoteka.org.uk/programme/strands/kinoteka-on-tour/lancaster

09/04/2026

📣 Don't miss Kinoteka on Tour at HOME Mcr Manchester! Screenings started yesterday 8th April and continue until 25th April - come to see classic films by Andrzej Wajda! - 4 screenings left between 11th April - 25th April. See more below 👇

📌 11th April - Man of Marble
📌 15th April - Innocent Socerers
📌 21st April - The Maids of Wilko
📌 25th April - Man of Iron

🎫 Book Tickets:
https://kinoteka.org.uk/programme/strands/kinoteka-on-tour/manchester

08/04/2026

KINOTEKA ON TOUR is here and coming to a city near you!

Don’t miss screenings at iconic UK venues, celebrating the 2026 centenary of Andrzej Wajda with a selection of his greatest films: Ashes and Diamonds, Man of Marble, Man of Iron, Innocent Sorcerers, and The Maids of Wilko.

Manchester – HOME Cinema
Oxford – The Ultimate Picture Palace Cinema
Chester – STORYHOUSE Cinema
Lancaster – The Dukes Cinema
Stoke-on-Trent – FILM THEATRE Cinema

+ more to be announced soon! 🎥🎟

More details here:
https://kinoteka.org.uk/programme/strands/kinoteka-on-tour

08/04/2026

📣 Kinoteka on Tour comes to StoryhouseLive Chester 7th May - 3rd June! 🎞🍿

❗ While Kinoteka may be over in London for this year, there are still plenty of opportunities to see Polish films at arthouse cinemas around the UK in the next few months. See the offer from Chester below:

🎥 Chester will celebrate the centenary of legendary Polish director Andrzej Wajda with screenings of 5 of his films next month at the Storyhouse Cinema:

📌 Ashes & Diamonds - 7th May
📌 Innocent Sorcerers - 10th May
📌 Man of Marble - 14th May
📌 Man of Iron - 17th May
📌 Katyn - 3rd June

🎫 Book Tickets here:
https://kinoteka.org.uk/programme/strands/kinoteka-on-tour/chester

08/04/2026

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