6.10.2023 - 15.10.2023 Events, Film

Polish Films @ BFI London Film Festival 2023 6-15th Oct

Five works which are either full Polish productions or co-productions feature in this year's BFI London Film Festival.

6th October – 15th October, various times and locations around London

Five Polish works, including full and co-productions, feature in this year’s BFI London Film Festival which takes place between the 4th-15th of October.

Check them out and book tickets using the links below 👇

📍 5th & 10th October, Unmoored (UK, co-production Sweden & Poland)

The ordered life of a TV presenter threatens to unravel when she finally confronts her domineering husband about yet another scandalous accusation. A bold adaptation of Håkan Nesser’s 2013 thriller The Living and the Dead in Winsford.

Buy tickets for Unmoored | BFI London Film Festival 2023

📍 6th & 7th October, Apolonia, Apolonia (Denmark, co-production Poland)

Raised in a grassroots theatre in Paris, Apolonia has lived and breathed bohemian life and art since childhood. Now a talented and free-spirited painter, she tries her hand at navigating an often-unforgiving art world. Filmed over 13 years and infused with Apolonia’s raw energy, this IDFA-winning documentary vividly captures the story of a woman living life entirely on her own terms.

Buy tickets for Apolonia, Apolonia | BFI London Film Festival 2023

📍 6th-22nd October – Murals (Poland)

This immersive visual experience uses cutting-edge 3D scanning technology to place viewers face to face with the war devastation in Ukraine, capturing Banksy’s artwork left on the rubble of people’s homes, schools and infrastructure. Participants can experience these powerful images, which tackle warfare and destruction while also finding hope and determination in those caught up in the maelstrom of conflict.

Murals | BFI London Film Festival 2023

📍 11th &12th October, The Peasants (Poland)

Using an advanced oil painting animation technique, and from the producers of Oscar-nominated Loving Vincent and Oscar-winning Peter & the Wolf, The Peasants is a visually thrilling rendering of Władysław Reymont’s Nobel Prize-winning tale.

Buy tickets for The Peasants | BFI London Film Festival 2023

📍 12th & 13th October, The Zone of Interest (US, co-production UK & Poland)

Jonathan Glazer investigates the domestic dream of Nazi Germany in this brilliantly penetrating rethink of Holocaust cinema, inspired by the Martin Amis novel.

Buy tickets for The Zone of Interest | BFI London Film Festival 2023

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Scheduled Events Film

Fragments – the words and music of

To mark the 100th anniversary of her birth in Warsaw, with music by Tyrone Landau and Pavel Timofeyesvky and words by Fiona Goldman and special guests, rediscover the fragments of a long forgotten artistic life.
27 11.2025 Events, Music

Remembering Katyń Victims – Honouring Memory, Fostering

A series of two events on the 15th & 22nd November, a discussion, film screen and guided walk, to honour the memory of the the Katyń atrocities, 85 years on, and foster dialogue around this signficant event in Polish history.
15 11.2025 22 11.2025 Events, History

Exhibition – Come with us! – Democratic

An exhibition about the story of the struggles and triumphs of Central and Eastern European nations as they regained their freedoms and democratic rights in the wake of the 1989 revolutions.
02 11.2025 08 12.2025 Events, History, Visual arts