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The Festival Magazine of the 41st Warsaw Film Festival is now available!
We are pleased to announce that the brand-new Festival Magazine of the 41st Warsaw International Film Festival is now available online.
41. Warsaw International Film Festival
A fresh visual identity, new ideas, a new team, and even more emotions – the Warsaw International Film Festival returns in grand style! From October 10–19, 2025, the capital of Poland will once again become the center of world cinema – the 41st edition of WIFF marks the beginning of a new decade and the opening of a new chapter in the history of one of Europe’s most prestigious film festivals.
This October, for the 41st time, we will invite audiences to embark on a journey through images and emotions from around the world – from intimate stories to narratives of global scope, from debuts to masterpieces – announces Joanna Szymańska-Szcześniak, General Director.
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).
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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