Krakow Film Festival 2019: Full Program

Kate Moyes 9 min read 0 comments Updated 11th Feb 2020

Here's the full program for the 59th Krakow Film Festival, in all it's glory. Browse it at your leisure, but don't take too long deciding which of these 200+ incredible films to see because 1. you really can't go wrong and 2. you might miss out! Stay tuned for our personal recommendations and keep an eye on our Facebook to follow along with the festival through our regular updates, live streams, photos and videos.

59th KFF - Full Program

Sunday, May 26

Galeria ASP

16:00 - 17:00

Memory. The opening of the photo exhibition

Memory. Leonid Burlaka - a forgotten archive of the cinematographer

Kijów.Centrum

18:00 Documentary Competition 4 | National Competition 275'

The Opening Ceremony
- The Wind. A Documentary Thriller

Kino Pod Baranami Red Room

13:30 Documentary Competition 183' + Q&A
- Stress
16:00 Documentary Competition 370'
- A House for You

MOS 1

12:00 Short Film Competition 186'
14:30 DocFilmMusic Competition 189'
- Kate Nash: Underestimate the Girl

MOS 2

12:30 Focus on Finland 187'
- The Magic Life of V
15:00 Special Screening 190'
- My Daddy Maciek
- Aleppo. Notes from the Dark

National Museum in Kraków

10:00 - 11:00

Wajda. Exhibition

An exhibition dedicated to the creative work of Andrzej Wajda

Scena AST

13:00 National Competition 189'
- The Hunt
- Ricochets
- Idol
- On Strike!
- Metro
15:30 Documentary Competition 264' + Q&A
- Heat Singers

Monday, May 27

Agrafka

15:30 World Stories 190' + Q&A
- In Search...
18:00 Festivals Award Winners 295'
- My Branch So Thin
- Vacancy
20:30 Focus on Finland 393'
- Fuck Off II – Images from Finland

Kino Pod Baranami Blue Room

14:00 Somewhere in Europe 1105'
- The Case
16:30 Focus on Finland 272' + Q&A
- The Hypnotist
19:00 Polish Documentary Panorama 278'
- Diagnosis
21:30 World Stories 281'
- Midnight Family

Kino Pod Baranami Red Room

11:30 National Competition 385' + Q&A
- Shadows of the Empire
- The Little Soul
13:30 Documentary Competition 5106'
- Around the Bed of a Dying Collaborator
- But Now Is Perfect
16:00 National Competition 595' + Q&A
18:30 Documentary Competition 7112'
- The Border Fence
21:00 National Competition 692'

Mikro

09:00 Kids&Youth 183'
- Double Trouble
15:00 DocFilmMusic Competition 375'
- The Men's Room
17:30 Short Film Competition 387' + Q&A
20:00 DocFilmMusic Competition 5107' + Q&A
- Die Toten Hosen - You Only Live Once

MOS 1

12:00 DocFilmMusic Competition 294'
- A Bright Light - Karen and the Process
14:30 Short Film Competition 292'
- Slug Life
- Greykey
- Black Forest
- Mars, Oman
- Safety
17:00 DocFilmMusic Competition 4113'
- Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
19:30 Documentary Competition 871'
- Mussolini's Sister

MOS 2

12:30 Festivals Award Winners 192'
15:00 Polish Documentary Panorama 184'
- Zlota
17:30 Somewhere in Europe 278'
- Crazy Against the Nation
20:00 Short Matters! 92'

Open air cinema

21:30 Sound of Music 1132'
- Cobain: Montage of Heck

Paradox

17:00 Docs+Science 175' + Q&A
- The Silver Branch
19:30 Docs+Science 268' + Q&A
- Ticket to the Moon

Scena AST

14:00 National Competition 482' + Q&A
16:30 Documentary Competition 685' + Q&A
- Kabul, City in the Wind
19:30 Caroline Leaf Retrospective 90'

Dragon of Dragons Award Ceremony
21:30 National Competition 783'

Tuesday, May 28

Agrafka

13:00 Short Matters! 287'
15:30 Focus on Finland 486'
- Eastern Memories
18:00 Festivals Award Winners 395'
- Nefta Football Club
- Los Reyes
20:30 Polish Documentary Panorama 565'
- Searching for Tereska

Barbakan

21:00 Special Screening 293'

WFO - 70th Anniversary

Kino Pod Baranami Blue Room

14:00 Somewhere in Europe 374'
- A Moon for My Father
16:30 Focus on Finland 5. Tampere Short Film Festival presents92'
19:00 Polish Documentary Panorama 376' + Q&A
- Fateicz and the Sea
21:30 Student Films. DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival95'

Kino Pod Baranami Red Room

11:30 Documentary Competition 990'
- Memory Is Our Homeland
13:30 National Competition 9102'
- Summa
- Pure Art
16:00 Documentary Competition 1263' + Q&A
- Cerro Quemado
18:00 National Competition 1088' + Q&A
- Border Crossing
- The Antarctic Syndrome
19:30 - 20:30

Debate of the Tygodnik Powszechny Foundation after the screening of "The Antarctic Syndrome"
21:00 National Competition 12 | Short Film Competition 889'

Mikro

09:00 Kids&Youth 285'
- Super Furball
15:00 Short Film Competition 684' + Q&A
17:30 DocFilmMusic Competition 794'
- Steven Tyler: Out on a Limb
20:00 DocFilmMusic Competition 8109'
- Inna de Yard

MOS 1

12:00 Short Film Competition 495'
- Splash
- Like Them
- Ashmina
- Imbued Life
- Homesick
14:30 DocFilmMusic Competition 683' + Q&A
- This Is Love
17:00 Short Film Competition 789' + Q&A
19:30 Focus on Finland 673' + Q&A
- Gods of Molenbeek

MOS 2

15:00 - 16:00

Caroline Leaf Master Class
17:30 Somewhere in Europe 488'
- You Only Die Twice
20:00 Polish Documentary Panorama 496' + Q&A
- Weirdy
- The Last Swing

Open air cinema

21:30 Sound of Music 279'
- Songs of Redemption

Paradox

17:00 Docs+Science 378'
- Cielo
19:30 Docs+Science 491'
- Fly Rocket Fly

Scena AST

12:00 National Competition 8 | Short Film Competition 595'
14:30 Documentary Competition 11110'
- Advocate
17:00 Documentary Competition 1360' + Q&A
- Wongar
19:00 National Competition 1185' + Q&A
- Re-Cycle
- Long Day Tomorrow
21:30 Documentary Competition 1483'
- The Fourth Kingdom

Wednesday, May 29

Agrafka

13:00 Short Matters! 92'
15:30 World Stories 394'
- Hail Satan?
18:00 Polish Documentary Panorama 278' + Q&A
- Diagnosis
20:30 Focus on Finland 272'
- The Hypnotist

Alchemia

22:00 - 23:00

Night at Kazimierz Jewish District. Bester Quartet in concert

Barbakan

21:00 Special Screening 488'

70th Anniversary of the Documentary and Feature Film Studios (WFDiF)

Kijów.Centrum

19:00 Special Screening 3111'

Special screening of "Presto Filmowe" magazine. "Crossfire Hurricane" and meeting with Brett Morgen
- Crossfire Hurricane

Kino Pod Baranami Blue Room

14:00 Somewhere in Europe 579'
- The Revenge of the Diva
16:30 Focus on Finland 759' + Q&A
- Power of Yoik
19:00 Caroline Leaf Retrospective 69' + Q&A
21:30 World Stories 470'
- Family in Transition

Kino Pod Baranami Red Room

11:00 Documentary Competition 4 | National Competition 275' + Q&A
- The Wind. A Documentary Thriller
13:30 Documentary Competition 1577' + Q&A
- Pariah Dog
16:00 Documentary Competition 264'
- Heat Singers
18:30 National Competition 189' + Q&A
- The Hunt
- Ricochets
- Idol
- On Strike!
- Metro
21:00 Documentary Competition 685'
- Kabul, City in the Wind

Kino Pod Baranami White Room

16:30 Documentary Competition 5106' + Q&A
- Around the Bed of a Dying Collaborator
- But Now Is Perfect

Mikro

09:00 Kids&Youth 355' + Q&A
- Cross-Country
15:00 DocFilmMusic Competition 1090'
- The Disciples - a Street Opera
17:30Short Film Competition 186' + Q&A
20:00 DocFilmMusic Competition 189' + Q&A
- Kate Nash: Underestimate the Girl

MOS 1

14:30 DocFilmMusic Competition 958'
- Tõnu Kõrvits. Moorland Elegies
17:00 DocFilmMusic Competition 375'
- The Men's Room
19:30 Polish Documentary Panorama 683'
- The Last Mountain

MOS 2

12:30 Festivals Award Winners 493'
- Sister
- Honeyland
15:00 Festivals Award Winners 599' + Q&A
17:30 Short Matters! 386'
20:00 Polish Documentary Panorama 769' + Q&A
- I Remember

Open air cinema

21:30 Sound of Music 388'
- When God Sleeps

Paradox

17:00 Docs+Science 560'
- Mira
- Zeno Effect
19:30 Docs+Science 175'
- The Silver Branch

Scena AST

14:00 National Competition 1388'
- My Country So Beautiful
- Letters to A.
19:00 National Competition 1488' + Q&A
21:30 Documentary Competition 183'
- Stress

Thursday, May 30

Agrafka

13:00 World Stories 281'
- Midnight Family
15:30 Focus on Finland 673'
- Gods of Molenbeek
18:00 Festivals Award Winners 192' + Q&A
20:30 World Stories 575'
- The Polish Missionaries

Barbakan

21:00 Special Screening 576'

70th Anniversary of the Documentary and Feature Film Studios (WFDiF)

Kijów.Centrum

19:00 - 20:30

WFDiF jubilee concert: Voo Voo with the guest participation of Maciej Maleńczuk

Kino Pod Baranami Blue Room

14:00 Somewhere in Europe 278'
- Crazy Against the Nation
16:30 Focus on Finland 393' + Q&A
- Fuck Off II – Images from Finland
18:45 Polish Documentary Panorama 184' + Q&A
- Zlota
20:15 - 21:15

Debate of "Tygodnik Powszechny" weekly following the screening of "Zlota"
21:30 World Stories 190'
- In Search...

Kino Pod Baranami Red Room

11:30 Documentary Competition 871'
- Mussolini's Sister
13:30 National Competition 1185'
- Re-Cycle
- Long Day Tomorrow
16:00 Documentary Competition 4 | National Competition 275' + Q&A
- The Wind. A Documentary Thriller
18:30 Documentary Competition 11110'
- Advocate
21:00 National Competition 482'

Mikro

09:00 Kids&Youth 466'
- My Life as a Zucchini
12:30 DocFilmMusic Competition 4113'
- Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
15:00 Short Film Competition 789'
17:30 DocFilmMusic Competition 294'
- A Bright Light - Karen and the Process
20:00 Short Film Competition 495' + Q&A
- Splash
- Like Them
- Ashmina
- Imbued Life
- Homesick

MOS 1

14:30 DocFilmMusic Competition 8109'
- Inna de Yard
17:00 Short Film Competition 387' + Q&A
19:30 DocFilmMusic Competition 1172'
- Once Aurora

MOS 2

12:30 Festivals Award Winners 295'
- My Branch So Thin
- Vacancy
15:00 Polish Documentary Panorama 376'
- Fateicz and the Sea
17:30 Somewhere in Europe 1105' + Q&A
- The Case
20:00 Polish Documentary Panorama 565' + Q&A
- Searching for Tereska

Open air cinema

21:30 Sound of Music 4102'
- Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda

Paradox

17:00Docs+Science 268'
- Ticket to the Moon
19:30Docs+Science 378'
- Cielo

Scena AST

11:30 National Competition 692' + Q&A
14:00 Documentary Competition 7112'
- The Border Fence
16:30 National Competition 595'
19:00 National Competition 9102' + Q&A
- Summa
- Pure Art
21:30 National Competition 385'
- Shadows of the Empire
- The Little Soul

Friday, May 31

Agrafka

13:00 Focus on Finland 5. Tampere Short Film Festival presents92'
15:30 World Stories 470'
- Family in Transition
18:00 Festivals Award Winners 493'
- Sister
- Honeyland
20:30 Focus on Finland 759'
- Power of Yoik

Kino Pod Baranami Blue Room

14:00 Polish Documentary Panorama 496' + Q&A
- Weirdy
- The Last Swing
16:30 Focus on Finland 486' + Q&A
- Eastern Memories
19:00 Somewhere in Europe 488'
- You Only Die Twice
21:30 World Stories 394'
- Hail Satan?

Kino Pod Baranami Red Room

11:30 Documentary Competition 1360'
- Wongar
13:30 Documentary Competition 1483' + Q&A
- The Fourth Kingdom
16:00 National Competition 783' + Q&A
18:30 National Competition 8 | Short Film Competition 595' + Q&A
21:00 National Competition 1388' + Q&A
- My Country So Beautiful
- Letters to A.

Mikro

13:30 Caroline Leaf Retrospective 69'
15:00 DocFilmMusic Competition 683'
- This Is Love
17:30 Short Film Competition 292' + Q&A
- Slug Life
- Greykey
- Black Forest
- Mars, Oman
- Safety
20:00 DocFilmMusic Competition 958' + Q&A
- Tõnu Kõrvits. Moorland Elegies

MOS 1

14:30 DocFilmMusic Competition 5107'
- Die Toten Hosen - You Only Live Once
17:00 Short Film Competition 684' + Q&A
19:30 DocFilmMusic Competition 794'
- Steven Tyler: Out on a Limb
22:30 Screening of music video90'

Music Video Night

MOS 2

09:00 Kids&Youth 550'
- Basia
10:30 Kids&Youth 650'
- Basia 2
12:30 Festivals Award Winners 395'
- Nefta Football Club
- Los Reyes
15:00 Special Screening 6117'
- Polska zza siódmej miedzy
17:30 Somewhere in Europe 579'
- The Revenge of the Diva
20:00 Polish Documentary Panorama 683'
- The Last Mountain

Open air cinema

21:30 Sound of Music 575'
- Maksymiuk. Concerto for Two

Paradox

17:00 Docs+Science 491'
- Fly Rocket Fly
19:30 Docs+Science 560' + Q&A
- Mira
- Zeno Effect

Scena AST

12:00 Documentary Competition 1263'
- Cerro Quemado
14:00 Documentary Competition 370' + Q&A
- A House for You
16:00 National Competition 12 | Short Film Competition 889' + Q&A
18:30 Documentary Competition 990' + Q&A
- Memory Is Our Homeland
21:30 Special Screening 774'

Celebration. Japanese animations

Saturday, June 1

Agrafka

13:00 Short Matters! 386'
15:30 Festivals Award Winners 599'
18:00 Polish Documentary Panorama 769'
- I Remember

Kijów.Centrum

20:00Award Ceremony120'

Closing Ceremony

Kino Pod Baranami Blue Room

14:00 World Stories 575' + Q&A
- The Polish Missionaries
16:30 Focus on Finland 187'
- The Magic Life of V

Kino Pod Baranami Red Room

13:00 National Competition 1488' + Q&A
15:30 DocFilmMusic Competition 1090'
- The Disciples - a Street Opera
18:15 - 19:20

Silent Film Festival: the screening of silent films with live music.

The 20th Jubilee Silent Film Festival at the 59th KFF. The screening of silent films with live music.

Mikro

15:00 Special Screening 890'

Around Szumowski
- Oddam życie za pracę
17:30 DocFilmMusic Competition 1172'
- Once Aurora

MOS 2

12:30 Short Matters! 287'
15:00 Somewhere in Europe 374' + Q&A
- A Moon for My Father
16:15 - 17:15

Meeting with Mania Akbari after the screening of "A Moon for My Father"

MOS 5

10:00 - 15:00

Build the world out of small pieces. A workshop for children with Albin Talik

Paradox

11:00 Kids&Youth 285'
- Super Furball
13:00 Kids&Youth 355'
- Cross-Country
15:00 Kids&Youth 466'
- My Life as a Zucchini

Scena AST

14:00 National Competition 1088' + Q&A
- Border Crossing
- The Antarctic Syndrome
16:30 Documentary Competition 1577'
- Pariah Dog

Sunday, June 2

MOS 1

12:00 - 21:30 Screening of Awarded Films 190'

More info:

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