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SUMMARY:Kinoteka on Tour - Screenings of Wajda's films at the Chichester Film Festival 2026
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DESCRIPTION:This years film festival will run from the 7th to 23rd August 2026
Screenings of Andrzej Wajda's films: 14th - 23rd August 2026 
Chichester Film Festival
For 15 days each summer, the Chichester International Film Festival brings
the best in cinema from the UK and abroad to the south coast of England.
Featuring an outstanding variety of films and talks, including UK premieres
and previews, retrospectives on the world’s best filmmakers, treasures
from the archives, and an exciting array of special events such as
filmmaker Q&A’s (Alec Guinness, Ralph Fiennes, Kathleen Turner, Derek
Jacobi for starters), open-air screenings and silent films accompanied by
live music.
This renowned Film Festival was launched in 1992 as the flagbearer for the
art of film at the Festival of Chichester, a summer programme of the arts
in the city. Since then, it has developed into a nationally acclaimed Film
Festival with a focus on quality cinema from all over the world.
Andrzej Wajda
A visionary master of world cinema and theatre, he stands as one of the
most towering directors in film history, honored with a Lifetime
Achievement Academy Award and the Cannes Palme d'Or for Man of Iron. He
created timeless masterpieces including Kanal, Ashes and Diamonds, and The
Promised Land, while directing genius stage productions that captivated
audiences worldwide.
Fueled by profound personal resilience, as the son of a Polish officer
murdered in the Katyń massacre, he used his art to champion truth. He
bravely backed the anti-communist Solidarity movement, served as a Senator
during Poland’s democratic rebirth, and co-founded Kraków's Manggha
Museum. A passionate mentor, he established the renowned Wajda School to
inspire future filmmakers, leaving a lasting legacy of artistic courage and
cultural triumph.
Featured Films & Talks at Chichester Film Festival 2026:
ASHES AND DIAMONDS | 14th August | 11:00AM | Main Auditorium
In the last days of the Second World War, Maciek, a Polish resistance
fighter, is tasked with the assassination of a Communist official. When he
meets Krystyna, he is offered a glimpse of a world beyond war and
destruction, and questions his assignment. Wajda’s classic drama, which
cemented his position as a world-class filmmaker, features an iconic
central performance by Cybulski – the ‘Polish James Dean’ – who
contributes immeasurably to this probing look at the complex post-war
future for a new nation and its people. It’s essential viewing.
MAN OF MARBLE | 16th August | 11:30AM | Lumiere
In the 1970s, young filmmaker Agnieszka investigates the life of a 1950s
bricklayer and worker’s hero. When she learns that the facts behind his
story were suppressed, she has to decide whether to pursue the truth or
not. Man of Marble is a thought-provoking examination of the moral
responsibility of an individual and art in challenging dominant ideology,
censorship and oppressive authorities. It’s a powerful milestone in
Polish cinema.
MICHAEL BROOKE TALK ON WAJDA | 18th August
British film historian, writer and critic Michael Brooke to deliver a talk
on Andrzej Wajda. Widely recognised for his authoritative expertise on
Eastern European cinema, he is a prominent contributor to the BFI and has
produced extensive historical analysis and audio commentaries on Wajda.
To mark the centenary of his birth and ten years after his death, this talk
will look back at the astonishing career of the Polish auteur.
AFTERIMAGE | 21st August | 10:30AM | Lumiere
In his final film, Wajda returns to previously explored themes of personal
and artistic resistance to an authoritarian state and ideology. Based on
the life of avant-garde painter and theorist Władysław Strzemiński, the
film chronicles his struggles against expulsion from state institutions,
and erasure from a nation’s collective memory, as a result of political
and artistic convictions that were at odds with the official Stalinist
post-war doctrine.
KATYN | 22nd August | 13:00PM | Lumiere
Wajda focuses on personal stories and a wider human tragedy in this
Oscar-nominated film, set against one of the most painful and politically
sensitive topics in Polish history: the 1940 massacre of thousands of
Polish soldiers and intellectuals in the Katyn forest. A personal project
for Wajda, whose father was murdered in the massacre, Katyn poignantly
frames historical events through the stories of women looking for the truth
about their missing relatives.
KANAL | 23rd August | 20:00PM |  Picturedrome, Bognor Regis
A unit of Polish freedom fighters goes underground to escape German troops,
in the final stages of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. Wajda’s claustrophobic,
nightmarish masterpiece employs haunting images to convey their struggle as
they journey through the city’s sewers. The film that brought
international acclaim for the director, Kanal is based on true events. It
is an evocative portrait of the Polish resistance movement and a
heartbreaking depiction of strength, duty and hope in the face of
insurmountable odds.
LINKS:
Visit the Official Chichester Film Festival Webpage
Andrzej Wajda at Chichester Film Festival
See the Full Film Listings Here
Details of Festival Venues Here
Dates
Tickets go on sale for Members from 10am on Wed 22 July
Tickets go on sale for General Public from midnight on the morning of Sat
25 July
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