{"id":362561,"date":"2026-01-10T09:50:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T09:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/362561\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T09:50:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T09:50:31","slug":"uks-biggest-polish-film-festival-has-just-announced-its-2026-line-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/362561\/","title":{"rendered":"UK\u2019s Biggest Polish Film Festival Has Just Announced Its 2026 Line-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the UK\u2019s biggest celebrations of international films, Kinoteka Film Festival is back with another two months of carefully curated Polish cinema.<\/p>\n

Headline news from this year\u2019s newly announced line-up is a special retrospect for Polish great Andrzej Wajda, as well as new movies from contemporary filmmakers like Corpus Christi<\/a> director Jan Komasa and Agnieszka Holland, who returns with Franz Kafka biopic Franz.<\/p>\n

Komasa has two films at the festival: Good Boy, a black comedy with Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough; and political thriller Anniversary, starring Diane Lane, Kyle Chandler, Phoebe Dynevor and Dylan O\u2019Brien.<\/p>\n

Alongside screenings of Andrzej Wadja\u2019s work at BFI Southbank, ICA and Cin\u00e9 Lumi\u00e8re, look out for a 35mm presentation of Ashes and Diamonds \u2013 his classic 1958 war film<\/a> will open the festival at BFI Southbank on February 4.<\/p>\n

Look out, too, for a double bill screening of Wadja\u2019s Man of Iron alongside Andrzej \u017bu\u0142awski\u2019s legendary 1981 horror movie Possession starring Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill.<\/p>\n

\"Ashes
\nPhotograph: BFI STILLS POSTERS & DESIGNS\u2018Ashes and Diamonds\u2019 <\/p>\n

It\u2019s part of a Cin\u00e9 Lumi\u00e8re<\/a> double bill series which juxtaposes the work of Wadja and his filmmaking rival \u017bu\u0142awski.<\/p>\n

The festival\u2019s closing gala on March 29 is Maciej Sobieszcza\u0144ski\u2019s powerful coming-of-age drama Brother.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The festival runs from February 4 to March 29 at venues across London and the UK.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Outside of London, UK venues include Filmhouse Edinburgh, Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle and Oxford\u2019s The Ultimate Picture Palace.
Head to the official website<\/a> for full programme info and to book tickets.<\/p>\n

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