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Warsaw Film Festival Screens 190 Films as It Pushes for Wider Industry Role
The Warsaw International Film Festival is screening 190 films at its 42nd edition in Poland.
The program includes 102 world, international or regional premieres, alongside films already shown at other festivals.
The festival aims to be a place for discovering new films and filmmakers, with competitions for first and second features and short films.
Its autumn dates also let it screen films that other major festivals could not fit into their programs.
The festival’s Warsaw Industry Days is drawing more interest, with twice as many submissions to its co-production forum this year as last year.
Festival leaders want to build international partnerships and make Warsaw a stronger meeting point for the film industry.
They also plan to expand the co-production forum across Europe and potentially beyond.
The 42nd Warsaw International Film Festival is screening 190 films, including 132 features.
The festival opened on Oct. 9 with Jesse Eisenberg’s The Debut and wraps on Sunday.
The program includes 102 world, international or regional premieres.
The festival is expanding Warsaw Industry Days to strengthen its role as a meeting point for Polish and international film industries.
- Who
- The Warsaw International Film Festival, led by festival director Joanna Szymańska-Szcześniak and program director Bartek Pulcyn.
- What
- The festival is screening 190 films and expanding its industry activities.
- When
- The 42nd edition opened on Oct. 9 and wraps on Sunday.
- Where
- Warsaw, Poland.
- Why
- The festival aims to offer film discoveries and strengthen Warsaw’s role as a meeting point for the Polish and international film industries.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The festival opened with Jesse Eisenberg’s The Debut.
The festival is scheduled to wrap.
- Edition
- 42nd
- Films screening
- 190, including 132 features
- Premieres
- 102 world, international or regional premieres
- Submissions
- More than 4,000 received each year
- Co-Production Forum
- Submissions doubled this year
What people are saying
This year, we received twice as many submissions to the Warsaw Co-Production Forum.
My ambition is for Warsaw to be recognized not only as a place where important films are screened, but as a city where the international film community wants to meet.
We want Warsaw to be a place of major discoveries.