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September 12\u2014September 18, 2025
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)<\/a><\/strong>
30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part of Kino Polska<\/a> <\/strong>and BAM Film 2025<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Catch up on the best in recent cinema from Poland with our biannual festival showcasing boundary-pushing artistic voices, co-presented with the Brooklyn Academy of Music. This year\u2019s dynamic lineup weaves together powerful stories of resistance, identity, and transformation. From historical and contemporary dramas to poetic, deeply personal documentaries, the films reflect a region shaped by upheaval, resilience, and the enduring human spirit. Kino Polska<\/em> is a celebrated film series that offers New York audiences a compelling window into contemporary Polish cinema. Films by Wojciech Has are being shown to mark the 100th anniversary of his birth and the officially declared Year of Wojciech Has 2025 in Poland. As part of the festival, two of the director\u2019s films will be presented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PROGRAM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Friday, September 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Under The Grey Sky<\/em><\/a><\/strong> directed by Mara Tamkovich (2024)
With Aliaksandra Vaitsekhovich, Valentin Novopolskij, Dzianis Tarasenka
BUY TICKETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

+ Join us for<\/em> a post-screening Q&A with director Mara Tamkovich<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A pair of journalists fight to remain true to themselves despite suffocating repression in Belarus after one of them leaks footage of a government crackdown on peaceful protesters. Mara Tamkovich\u2019s chilling portrait of contemporary authoritarianism is inspired by the real life of a young journalist named Katsiaryna Andreyeva who is currently serving an 8-year sentence in a Belarusian prison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Under the Volcano<\/em><\/a><\/strong> directed by Damian Kocur (2024)
With Sofia Berezovska, Anastasiia Karpenko, Roman Lutskyi
BUY TICKETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A blended Ukrainian family spends the last day of their vacation in Tenerife, Spain. But when Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine leaves them stranded on an island, they must come face to face with isolation, duty, fear, and perhaps the scariest thing of all\u2014each other. Damian Kocur\u2019s sophomore feature screened at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival and explores the banal horror of biding time while war unfolds at a distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

„It\u2019s a notion that Kocur extends to current humanitarian crises in which we all have a stake, and the urge to do something is felt on screen and off.” \u2014 Variety <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Green Border<\/a><\/strong> <\/em>directed by Agnieszka Holland (2023)
With Jalal Altawil, Maja Ostaszewska, Behi Djanati Atai
BUY TICKETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the swampy forests along the Belarus-Poland border, refugees from the Middle East and Africa are lured by false promises of safe passage into Europe, only to become trapped in a brutal geopolitical standoff. Shot in stark black-and-white, Green Border<\/em> presents the migrant crisis via multiple angles: a Syrian family fleeing ISIS, the border guards tasked with enforcing cruel policies, and the activists who risk everything to help the migrants. Legendary and prolific Polish director Agnieszka Holland (Europa Europa<\/em>) returns with this raw, compassionate call to conscience and winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 2023 Venice Film Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

„The fury that radiates off Agnieszka Holland\u2019s \u201cGreen Border\u201d is so intense that you can almost feel it encasing you in its heat.” \u2014 New York Times <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The Girl with the Needle<\/a><\/em><\/strong> directed by Magnus von Horn (2024)
With Vic Carmen Sonne, Trine Dyrholm, Besir Zeciri
BUY TICKETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on a chilling true story, writer-director Magnus von Horn\u2019s latest follows young factory worker Karoline (Sonne) as she struggles to survive in post-WWI Copenhagen. When she ends up unemployed, abandoned, and pregnant, the charismatic Dagmar (Dyrholm) takes her in to help run an underground adoption agency for unwanted children. The two form an unexpected bond, but a sudden revelation changes everything. Gorgeously shot in striking black and white, The Girl with the Needle<\/em> was nominated for both the Oscar and Golden Globe for Best International Feature and competed at Cannes for the coveted Palme d\u2019Or.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese events scandalize, yet The Girl With the Needle<\/em> is most intriguing when it lingers in its disturbing fictions, which come to life with exceptional style.” \u2014 New York Times <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The Noose<\/a><\/em><\/strong> directed by Wojciech Has (1958)
With Gustaw Holoubek, Aleksandra \u015al\u0105ska, Teresa Szmigiel\u00f3wna
BUY TICKETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

+<\/em><\/em> Featuring an introduction by Annette Insdorf, Columbia University Film Professor and author of „Intimations: The Cinema of Wojciech Has”<\/em>
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A tormented alcoholic drifts through a single day in Krak\u00f3w in Polish director Wojciech Has\u2019 haunting portrait of postwar alienation. Shot in black-and-white, The Noose<\/em> captures a city and a man caught between memory and oblivion\u2014both a psychological character study and a chilling reflection on personal and collective trauma. This debut masterpiece foreshadows the surreal and existential style that would come to define Has\u2019 directorial career. Frequently compared to Billy Wilder\u2019s The Lost Weekend (1945), the film similarly chronicles the devastating grip of alcoholism, while transposing it into the uniquely Polish landscape of postwar disillusionment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Saragossa Manuscript<\/em><\/a><\/strong> directed by Wojciech Has (1965)
With Zbigniew Cybulski, Iga Cembrzy\u0144ska, El\u017cbieta Czy\u017cewska
BUY TICKETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

+<\/em><\/em> Preceded by a 10-minute short featuring Martin Scorsese and others, highlighting the significant recent restoration work done on Has’ films<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the most legendary 60s European cult films\u2014and Has\u2019 best-known work\u2014is this trancey, baroque acid-trip that follows a military officer (Cybulski) on a dreamlike odyssey through Andalusia. A proclaimed favorite of both Luis Bu\u00f1uel and Jerry Garcia, The Saragossa Manuscript<\/em> boasts gothic visuals, a trippy story-within-a-story structure, and an experimental score by renowned composer Krzysztof Penderecki. Based on Jan Potocki\u2019s sprawling 19th-century novel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPoland’s greatest cult film\u201d \u2014The Village Voice<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Woman Of\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/strong> dir. by Micha\u0142 Englert & Ma\u0142gorzata Szumowska (2023)
With Ma\u0142gorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik, Joanna Kulig, Mateusz Wi\u0119c\u0142awek
BUY TICKETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set against the backdrop of Poland\u2019s transformation from communism to capitalism, Micha\u0142 Englert and Ma\u0142gorzata Szumowska\u2019s Woman Of\u2026<\/em> spans 45 years in the life of Aniela Wesoly, a woman who spent more than half of her life as a man in a small provincial town. On her journey toward self-actualization, Aniela faces profound challenges\u2014in marriage, parenthood, and within a society that stigmatizes trans identity. As family ties strain and everyday life poses a new challenge, Aniela must reckon with what she\u2019s willing to sacrifice to truly become herself. Woman Of\u2026<\/em> earned a nomination for the top prize at Venice in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

„Woman of is a subtle film with revolutionary potential. Not only is it a deeply empathetic portrait of a woman who grows in a world that consistently denies her that very growth, but it is also a stance against reductionism and the rigidity of representation tropes.” \u2014 Cineuropa<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Monday, September 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Trains<\/em><\/a><\/strong> directed by Maciej J. Drygas (2024)
BUY TICKETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


This hypnotic documentary fresco, woven from archival footage and sound, offers a stunning portrait of life in the 20th century as embodied by the sprawling, history-changing impact of railroad development. Here, director Maciej J. Drygas brilliantly captures the collective hopes, desires, dramas and tragedies of our recent past set against a minimalist electronic score. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

„The camera is not just a silent witness; it can be an accomplice, too.” \u2014 Cineuropa<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Monday, September 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Filip<\/a><\/em><\/strong> directed by Micha\u0142 Kwieci\u0144ski (2022)
With Eryk Kulm, Victor Meutelet, Caroline Hartig
BUY TICKETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on Leopold Tyrmand\u2019s 1961 autobiographical novel of the same name, Filip<\/em> follows a Polish Jew (Kulm) who has escaped the Warsaw ghetto and is living and working at an upscale hotel in Frankfurt. Disguised as a gentile, Filip lives a life of debauchery and hedonistic pleasure. But as the war progresses and continues taking its bloody toll on those closest to him, Filip\u2019s carefully constructed facade begins crumbling like a house of cards. Micha\u0142 Kwieci\u0144ski writes, directs, and produces this fascinating portrait of wartime resistance and the lengths to which we go to protect ourselves.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Next to Nothing<\/a><\/em><\/strong> directed by Grzegorz D\u0119bowski (2023)
With Artur Paczesny, Monika Kwiatkowska, Agnieszka Kwietniewska
BUY TICKETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

+<\/em><\/em> Featuring a post-screening Q&A with director Grzegorz D\u0119bowski and production manager Agnieszka Skalska<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jarek (Paczesny) is a farmer who isn’t afraid to work hard, get his hands dirty, or confront the authorities. When a local MP betrays the interests of the locals, Jarek becomes a protest leader and organizes a picket outside the politician’s home. Little does he know, he\u2019ll soon find himself at the center of a dark intrigue that will threaten his loved ones and jeopardize his dream future. This gripping, slow-burn thriller, with its raw, almost documentary-style aesthetic, reminiscent of the Dogme 95 movement, will linger in your mind long after the credits roll<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Pianoforte<\/a><\/em><\/strong> directed by Jakub Pi\u0105tek (2023)
BUY TICKETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every five years, the world\u2019s most gifted young pianists gather in Warsaw for the legendary International Chopin Piano Competition. Jakub Pi\u0105tek\u2019s documentary takes us behind the curtain to reveal the triumphant highs and crushing lows of this once-in-a-lifetime event, which many have spent their entire lives preparing for. Following an eclectic group of contestants from 160 hopefuls down to just 12 finalists, Pianoforte<\/em> brilliantly captures the intensity, exhaustion, and exhilaration of high-stakes performance, delivering both a celebration of extraordinary music and an intimate coming-of-age story.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Wanda Rutkiewicz: The Last Expedition<\/a><\/em><\/strong> dir. by Eliza Kubarska (2024)
BUY TICKETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Filmmaker and climber Eliza Kubarska retraces the extraordinary life and mysterious disappearance of legendary mountaineer Wanda Rutkiewicz in this breathtaking documentary. The first Polish person to summit Everest and the first woman to conquer K2, Wanda defied the male-dominated world of mountain climbing with unwavering ambition. Here, via haunting audio diaries recorded just months before she vanished, Rutkiewicz reflects on love, motherhood, and the meaning of the climb. Featuring voices from the global mountaineering community, this stunning documentary looks for answers in the jagged peaks of the Himalayas\u2014the last place Wanda Rutkiewicz was seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

„Rutkiewicz\u2019s state of being torn between her goal-driven personality and the inevitable influence of Eastern philosophies that negate the ego is well documented in her diaries and letters, and is conveyed in the film with clarity.” \u2014 Cineuropa<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The Peasants<\/a><\/em><\/strong> directed by DK Welchman & Hugh Welchman (2023)
With Kamila Urz\u0119dowska, Robert Gulaczyk, Miros\u0142aw Baka
BUY TICKETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the creators of Loving Vincent<\/em> comes this film about a young woman who is determined to forge her own path within the confines of a late 19th century Polish village. The community is a hotbed of gossip and ongoing feuds, held together, rich and poor, by pride for their land, colorful tradition, and a deep-rooted patriarchy. When Jagna finds herself caught between the conflicting desires of the village\u2019s richest farmer, his eldest son, and other leading men of the community, her resistance puts her on a tragic collision course with the community she grew up in. This hand-painted animated historical drama is based on W\u0142adys\u0142aw Reymont\u2019s Nobel Prize-winning novel from 1904.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

„Backgrounds are impressionistic impasto, while faces are pin-sharp and almost photo-real.” \u2014 Variety <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Thursday, September 18 at 7:00 PM
It\u2019s Not My Film<\/em><\/a><\/strong> directed by Maria Zb\u0105ska (2024)
With Zofia Chabiera, Marcin Sztabi\u0144ski, Mariusz Saniternik
BUY TICKETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

+<\/em><\/em> Featuring a post-screening Q&A with director Maria Zb\u0105ska and camera operator Krzysztof Piotr Wi\u015bniewski<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis relationship resembles a charging cable that has been chewed by a dog… It supposedly charges, but there\u2019s no way it can work\u201d is how Wanda succinctly describes the essence of her long-term relationship with Janek. Despite their challenges, the couple embark on a final attempt to salvage their love, journeying along the wintry coast of the Baltic Sea. As Wanda and Janek navigate their relationship, they confront the reality that maybe not all is lost. Maria Zb\u0105ska\u2019s debut feature is a contemporary tale about the struggle for love in a disposable world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kino Polska<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Kino Polska<\/em> is a celebrated biennial film series that offers New York audiences a compelling window into contemporary Polish cinema. The program showcases bold, innovative, and socially resonant films from a new generation of Polish filmmakers, many of whom are redefining the landscape of European cinema.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The initiative began under the title Transitions: Recent Polish Cinema<\/em> with its first edition at Lincoln Center, where it introduced American audiences to the dynamic shifts and creative energy shaping Polish film in the 21st century. The program later found its permanent home at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) under its current title, Kino Polska<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through each edition, Kino Polska<\/em> offers a provocative look at Poland today, revealing the country’s evolving identity and global outlook through the lens of its most exciting filmmakers. From existential dramas and biting satires to visually arresting animations and boundary-pushing experimental films, the series continues to broaden perspectives and spark conversation among international audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kino Polska<\/em> is proudly presented by BAM and the Polish Cultural Institute New York, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland, and the Adam Mickiewicz Institute. <\/p>\n\n\n

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As part of the festival, two of the director\u2019s films will be presented.\\nPROGRAM\\nFriday, September 12, 2025 at 7:00 PMUnder The Grey Sky directed by Mara Tamkovich (2024)With Aliaksandra Vaitsekhovich, Valentin Novopolskij, Dzianis TarasenkaBUY TICKETS\\n+ Join us for a post-screening Q&A with director Mara Tamkovich\\nA pair of journalists fight to remain true to themselves despite suffocating repression in Belarus after one of them leaks footage of a government crackdown on peaceful protesters. Mara Tamkovich\u2019s chilling portrait of contemporary authoritarianism is inspired by the real life of a young journalist named Katsiaryna Andreyeva who is currently serving an 8-year sentence in a Belarusian prison.\\nSaturday, September 13, 2025 at 2:00 PMUnder the Volcano directed by Damian Kocur (2024)With Sofia Berezovska, Anastasiia Karpenko, Roman LutskyiBUY TICKETS\\nA blended Ukrainian family spends the last day of their vacation in Tenerife, Spain. But when Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine leaves them stranded on an island, they must come face to face with isolation, duty, fear, and perhaps the scariest thing of all\u2014each other. Damian Kocur\u2019s sophomore feature screened at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival and explores the banal horror of biding time while war unfolds at a distance.\\n\\\"It\u2019s a notion that Kocur extends to current humanitarian crises in which we all have a stake, and the urge to do something is felt on screen and off.\\\" \u2014 Variety \\nSaturday, September 13, 2025 at 4:15 PMGreen Border directed by Agnieszka Holland (2023)With Jalal Altawil, Maja Ostaszewska, Behi Djanati AtaiBUY TICKETS\\nIn the swampy forests along the Belarus-Poland border, refugees from the Middle East and Africa are lured by false promises of safe passage into Europe, only to become trapped in a brutal geopolitical standoff. Shot in stark black-and-white, Green Border presents the migrant crisis via multiple angles: a Syrian family fleeing ISIS, the border guards tasked with enforcing cruel policies, and the activists who risk everything to help the migrants. Legendary and prolific Polish director Agnieszka Holland (Europa Europa) returns with this raw, compassionate call to conscience and winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 2023 Venice Film Festival.\\n\\\"The fury that radiates off Agnieszka Holland\u2019s \u201cGreen Border\u201d is so intense that you can almost feel it encasing you in its heat.\\\" \u2014 New York Times \\nSaturday, September 13, 2025 at 7:20 PMThe Girl with the Needle directed by Magnus von Horn (2024)With Vic Carmen Sonne, Trine Dyrholm, Besir ZeciriBUY TICKETS\\nBased on a chilling true story, writer-director Magnus von Horn\u2019s latest follows young factory worker Karoline (Sonne) as she struggles to survive in post-WWI Copenhagen. When she ends up unemployed, abandoned, and pregnant, the charismatic Dagmar (Dyrholm) takes her in to help run an underground adoption agency for unwanted children. The two form an unexpected bond, but a sudden revelation changes everything. Gorgeously shot in striking black and white, The Girl with the Needle was nominated for both the Oscar and Golden Globe for Best International Feature and competed at Cannes for the coveted Palme d\u2019Or.\\n\u201cThese events scandalize, yet The Girl With the Needle is most intriguing when it lingers in its disturbing fictions, which come to life with exceptional style.\\\" \u2014 New York Times \\nSunday, September 14, 2025 at 4:45 PMThe Noose directed by Wojciech Has (1958)With Gustaw Holoubek, Aleksandra \u015al\u0105ska, Teresa Szmigiel\u00f3wnaBUY TICKETS\\n+ Featuring an introduction by Annette Insdorf, Columbia University Film Professor and author of \\\"Intimations: The Cinema of Wojciech Has\\\"\\nA tormented alcoholic drifts through a single day in Krak\u00f3w in Polish director Wojciech Has\u2019 haunting portrait of postwar alienation. Shot in black-and-white, The Noose captures a city and a man caught between memory and oblivion\u2014both a psychological character study and a chilling reflection on personal and collective trauma. This debut masterpiece foreshadows the surreal and existential style that would come to define Has\u2019 directorial career. Frequently compared to Billy Wilder\u2019s The Lost Weekend (1945), the film similarly chronicles the devastating grip of alcoholism, while transposing it into the uniquely Polish landscape of postwar disillusionment\\nSunday, September 14, 2025 at 1:00 PMThe Saragossa Manuscript directed by Wojciech Has (1965)With Zbigniew Cybulski, Iga Cembrzy\u0144ska, El\u017cbieta Czy\u017cewskaBUY TICKETS\\n+ Preceded by a 10-minute short featuring Martin Scorsese and others, highlighting the significant recent restoration work done on Has' films\\nOne of the most legendary 60s European cult films\u2014and Has\u2019 best-known work\u2014is this trancey, baroque acid-trip that follows a military officer (Cybulski) on a dreamlike odyssey through Andalusia. A proclaimed favorite of both Luis Bu\u00f1uel and Jerry Garcia, The Saragossa Manuscript boasts gothic visuals, a trippy story-within-a-story structure, and an experimental score by renowned composer Krzysztof Penderecki. Based on Jan Potocki\u2019s sprawling 19th-century novel.\\n\u201cPoland's greatest cult film\u201d \u2014The Village Voice\\nSunday, September 14, 2025 at 7:00 PMWoman Of\u2026 dir. by Micha\u0142 Englert & Ma\u0142gorzata Szumowska (2023)With Ma\u0142gorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik, Joanna Kulig, Mateusz Wi\u0119c\u0142awekBUY TICKETS\\nSet against the backdrop of Poland\u2019s transformation from communism to capitalism, Micha\u0142 Englert and Ma\u0142gorzata Szumowska\u2019s Woman Of\u2026 spans 45 years in the life of Aniela Wesoly, a woman who spent more than half of her life as a man in a small provincial town. On her journey toward self-actualization, Aniela faces profound challenges\u2014in marriage, parenthood, and within a society that stigmatizes trans identity. As family ties strain and everyday life poses a new challenge, Aniela must reckon with what she\u2019s willing to sacrifice to truly become herself. Woman Of\u2026 earned a nomination for the top prize at Venice in 2023.\\n\\\"Woman of is a subtle film with revolutionary potential. Not only is it a deeply empathetic portrait of a woman who grows in a world that consistently denies her that very growth, but it is also a stance against reductionism and the rigidity of representation tropes.\\\" \u2014 Cineuropa\\nMonday, September 15, 2025 at 7:00 PMTrains directed by Maciej J. Drygas (2024)BUY TICKETS\\nThis hypnotic documentary fresco, woven from archival footage and sound, offers a stunning portrait of life in the 20th century as embodied by the sprawling, history-changing impact of railroad development. Here, director Maciej J. Drygas brilliantly captures the collective hopes, desires, dramas and tragedies of our recent past set against a minimalist electronic score. \\n\\\"The camera is not just a silent witness; it can be an accomplice, too.\\\" \u2014 Cineuropa\\nMonday, September 15, 2025 at 9:15 PMFilip directed by Micha\u0142 Kwieci\u0144ski (2022)With Eryk Kulm, Victor Meutelet, Caroline HartigBUY TICKETS\\nBased on Leopold Tyrmand\u2019s 1961 autobiographical novel of the same name, Filip follows a Polish Jew (Kulm) who has escaped the Warsaw ghetto and is living and working at an upscale hotel in Frankfurt. Disguised as a gentile, Filip lives a life of debauchery and hedonistic pleasure. But as the war progresses and continues taking its bloody toll on those closest to him, Filip\u2019s carefully constructed facade begins crumbling like a house of cards. Micha\u0142 Kwieci\u0144ski writes, directs, and produces this fascinating portrait of wartime resistance and the lengths to which we go to protect ourselves.\\nTuesday, September 16, 2025 at 7:00 PMNext to Nothing directed by Grzegorz D\u0119bowski (2023)With Artur Paczesny, Monika Kwiatkowska, Agnieszka KwietniewskaBUY TICKETS\\n+ Featuring a post-screening Q&A with director Grzegorz D\u0119bowski and production manager Agnieszka Skalska\\nJarek (Paczesny) is a farmer who isn't afraid to work hard, get his hands dirty, or confront the authorities. When a local MP betrays the interests of the locals, Jarek becomes a protest leader and organizes a picket outside the politician's home. Little does he know, he\u2019ll soon find himself at the center of a dark intrigue that will threaten his loved ones and jeopardize his dream future. This gripping, slow-burn thriller, with its raw, almost documentary-style aesthetic, reminiscent of the Dogme 95 movement, will linger in your mind long after the credits roll\\nTuesday, September 16, 2025 at 9:30 PMPianoforte directed by Jakub Pi\u0105tek (2023)BUY TICKETS\\nEvery five years, the world\u2019s most gifted young pianists gather in Warsaw for the legendary International Chopin Piano Competition. Jakub Pi\u0105tek\u2019s documentary takes us behind the curtain to reveal the triumphant highs and crushing lows of this once-in-a-lifetime event, which many have spent their entire lives preparing for. Following an eclectic group of contestants from 160 hopefuls down to just 12 finalists, Pianoforte brilliantly captures the intensity, exhaustion, and exhilaration of high-stakes performance, delivering both a celebration of extraordinary music and an intimate coming-of-age story.\\nWednesday, September 17, 2025 at 7:00 PMWanda Rutkiewicz: The Last Expedition dir. by Eliza Kubarska (2024)BUY TICKETS\\nFilmmaker and climber Eliza Kubarska retraces the extraordinary life and mysterious disappearance of legendary mountaineer Wanda Rutkiewicz in this breathtaking documentary. The first Polish person to summit Everest and the first woman to conquer K2, Wanda defied the male-dominated world of mountain climbing with unwavering ambition. Here, via haunting audio diaries recorded just months before she vanished, Rutkiewicz reflects on love, motherhood, and the meaning of the climb. Featuring voices from the global mountaineering community, this stunning documentary looks for answers in the jagged peaks of the Himalayas\u2014the last place Wanda Rutkiewicz was seen.\\n\\\"Rutkiewicz\u2019s state of being torn between her goal-driven personality and the inevitable influence of Eastern philosophies that negate the ego is well documented in her diaries and letters, and is conveyed in the film with clarity.\\\" \u2014 Cineuropa\\nWednesday, September 17, 2025 at 9:00 PMThe Peasants directed by DK Welchman & Hugh Welchman (2023)With Kamila Urz\u0119dowska, Robert Gulaczyk, Miros\u0142aw BakaBUY TICKETS\\nFrom the creators of Loving Vincent comes this film about a young woman who is determined to forge her own path within the confines of a late 19th century Polish village. The community is a hotbed of gossip and ongoing feuds, held together, rich and poor, by pride for their land, colorful tradition, and a deep-rooted patriarchy. When Jagna finds herself caught between the conflicting desires of the village\u2019s richest farmer, his eldest son, and other leading men of the community, her resistance puts her on a tragic collision course with the community she grew up in. This hand-painted animated historical drama is based on W\u0142adys\u0142aw Reymont\u2019s Nobel Prize-winning novel from 1904.\\n\\\"Backgrounds are impressionistic impasto, while faces are pin-sharp and almost photo-real.\\\" \u2014 Variety \\nThursday, September 18 at 7:00 PMIt\u2019s Not My Film directed by Maria Zb\u0105ska (2024)With Zofia Chabiera, Marcin Sztabi\u0144ski, Mariusz SaniternikBUY TICKETS\\n+ Featuring a post-screening Q&A with director Maria Zb\u0105ska and camera operator Krzysztof Piotr Wi\u015bniewski\\n\u201cThis relationship resembles a charging cable that has been chewed by a dog... It supposedly charges, but there\u2019s no way it can work\u201d is how Wanda succinctly describes the essence of her long-term relationship with Janek. Despite their challenges, the couple embark on a final attempt to salvage their love, journeying along the wintry coast of the Baltic Sea. As Wanda and Janek navigate their relationship, they confront the reality that maybe not all is lost. Maria Zb\u0105ska\u2019s debut feature is a contemporary tale about the struggle for love in a disposable world.\\nKino Polska\\nKino Polska is a celebrated biennial film series that offers New York audiences a compelling window into contemporary Polish cinema. The program showcases bold, innovative, and socially resonant films from a new generation of Polish filmmakers, many of whom are redefining the landscape of European cinema.\\nThe initiative began under the title Transitions: Recent Polish Cinema with its first edition at Lincoln Center, where it introduced American audiences to the dynamic shifts and creative energy shaping Polish film in the 21st century. The program later found its permanent home at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) under its current title, Kino Polska.\\nThrough each edition, Kino Polska offers a provocative look at Poland today, revealing the country's evolving identity and global outlook through the lens of its most exciting filmmakers. From existential dramas and biting satires to visually arresting animations and boundary-pushing experimental films, the series continues to broaden perspectives and spark conversation among international audiences.\\nKino Polska is proudly presented by BAM and the Polish Cultural Institute New York, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland, and the Adam Mickiewicz Institute.\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"pl-PL\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/2025\/08\/25\/bam-kino-polska-2025\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/08\/Colorful-Photo-World-Book-Day-Facebook-Post-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/08\/Colorful-Photo-World-Book-Day-Facebook-Post-1.png\",\"width\":940,\"height\":788},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/2025\/08\/25\/bam-kino-polska-2025\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BAM Kino Polska 2025\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/\",\"name\":\"Instytut Polski w Nowym Jorku\",\"description\":\"Instytuty Polskie\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"pl-PL\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/#\/schema\/person\/c732b2695ee92026d080eec35471c7f1\",\"name\":\"stypulkowskaa\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"pl-PL\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a29bb1802c91e057084d5d112dd59dc4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a29bb1802c91e057084d5d112dd59dc4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"stypulkowskaa\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/author\/stypulkowskaa-2\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"BAM Kino Polska 2025 - Instytut Polski w Nowym Jorku","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/2025\/08\/25\/bam-kino-polska-2025\/","og_locale":"pl_PL","og_type":"article","og_title":"BAM Kino Polska 2025 - Instytut Polski w Nowym Jorku","og_description":"September 12\u2014September 18, 2025Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217 Part of Kino Polska and BAM Film 2025 Catch up on the best in recent cinema from Poland with our biannual festival showcasing boundary-pushing artistic voices, co-presented with the Brooklyn Academy of Music. 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This year\u2019s dynamic lineup weaves together powerful stories of resistance, identity, and transformation. From historical and contemporary dramas to poetic, deeply personal documentaries, the films reflect a region shaped by upheaval, resilience, and the enduring human spirit. Kino Polska is a celebrated film series that offers New York audiences a compelling window into contemporary Polish cinema. Films by Wojciech Has are being shown to mark the 100th anniversary of his birth and the officially declared Year of Wojciech Has 2025 in Poland. As part of the festival, two of the director\u2019s films will be presented.\nPROGRAM\nFriday, September 12, 2025 at 7:00 PMUnder The Grey Sky directed by Mara Tamkovich (2024)With Aliaksandra Vaitsekhovich, Valentin Novopolskij, Dzianis TarasenkaBUY TICKETS\n+ Join us for a post-screening Q&A with director Mara Tamkovich\nA pair of journalists fight to remain true to themselves despite suffocating repression in Belarus after one of them leaks footage of a government crackdown on peaceful protesters. Mara Tamkovich\u2019s chilling portrait of contemporary authoritarianism is inspired by the real life of a young journalist named Katsiaryna Andreyeva who is currently serving an 8-year sentence in a Belarusian prison.\nSaturday, September 13, 2025 at 2:00 PMUnder the Volcano directed by Damian Kocur (2024)With Sofia Berezovska, Anastasiia Karpenko, Roman LutskyiBUY TICKETS\nA blended Ukrainian family spends the last day of their vacation in Tenerife, Spain. But when Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine leaves them stranded on an island, they must come face to face with isolation, duty, fear, and perhaps the scariest thing of all\u2014each other. Damian Kocur\u2019s sophomore feature screened at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival and explores the banal horror of biding time while war unfolds at a distance.\n\"It\u2019s a notion that Kocur extends to current humanitarian crises in which we all have a stake, and the urge to do something is felt on screen and off.\" \u2014 Variety \nSaturday, September 13, 2025 at 4:15 PMGreen Border directed by Agnieszka Holland (2023)With Jalal Altawil, Maja Ostaszewska, Behi Djanati AtaiBUY TICKETS\nIn the swampy forests along the Belarus-Poland border, refugees from the Middle East and Africa are lured by false promises of safe passage into Europe, only to become trapped in a brutal geopolitical standoff. Shot in stark black-and-white, Green Border presents the migrant crisis via multiple angles: a Syrian family fleeing ISIS, the border guards tasked with enforcing cruel policies, and the activists who risk everything to help the migrants. Legendary and prolific Polish director Agnieszka Holland (Europa Europa) returns with this raw, compassionate call to conscience and winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 2023 Venice Film Festival.\n\"The fury that radiates off Agnieszka Holland\u2019s \u201cGreen Border\u201d is so intense that you can almost feel it encasing you in its heat.\" \u2014 New York Times \nSaturday, September 13, 2025 at 7:20 PMThe Girl with the Needle directed by Magnus von Horn (2024)With Vic Carmen Sonne, Trine Dyrholm, Besir ZeciriBUY TICKETS\nBased on a chilling true story, writer-director Magnus von Horn\u2019s latest follows young factory worker Karoline (Sonne) as she struggles to survive in post-WWI Copenhagen. When she ends up unemployed, abandoned, and pregnant, the charismatic Dagmar (Dyrholm) takes her in to help run an underground adoption agency for unwanted children. The two form an unexpected bond, but a sudden revelation changes everything. Gorgeously shot in striking black and white, The Girl with the Needle was nominated for both the Oscar and Golden Globe for Best International Feature and competed at Cannes for the coveted Palme d\u2019Or.\n\u201cThese events scandalize, yet The Girl With the Needle is most intriguing when it lingers in its disturbing fictions, which come to life with exceptional style.\" \u2014 New York Times \nSunday, September 14, 2025 at 4:45 PMThe Noose directed by Wojciech Has (1958)With Gustaw Holoubek, Aleksandra \u015al\u0105ska, Teresa Szmigiel\u00f3wnaBUY TICKETS\n+ Featuring an introduction by Annette Insdorf, Columbia University Film Professor and author of \"Intimations: The Cinema of Wojciech Has\"\nA tormented alcoholic drifts through a single day in Krak\u00f3w in Polish director Wojciech Has\u2019 haunting portrait of postwar alienation. Shot in black-and-white, The Noose captures a city and a man caught between memory and oblivion\u2014both a psychological character study and a chilling reflection on personal and collective trauma. This debut masterpiece foreshadows the surreal and existential style that would come to define Has\u2019 directorial career. Frequently compared to Billy Wilder\u2019s The Lost Weekend (1945), the film similarly chronicles the devastating grip of alcoholism, while transposing it into the uniquely Polish landscape of postwar disillusionment\nSunday, September 14, 2025 at 1:00 PMThe Saragossa Manuscript directed by Wojciech Has (1965)With Zbigniew Cybulski, Iga Cembrzy\u0144ska, El\u017cbieta Czy\u017cewskaBUY TICKETS\n+ Preceded by a 10-minute short featuring Martin Scorsese and others, highlighting the significant recent restoration work done on Has' films\nOne of the most legendary 60s European cult films\u2014and Has\u2019 best-known work\u2014is this trancey, baroque acid-trip that follows a military officer (Cybulski) on a dreamlike odyssey through Andalusia. A proclaimed favorite of both Luis Bu\u00f1uel and Jerry Garcia, The Saragossa Manuscript boasts gothic visuals, a trippy story-within-a-story structure, and an experimental score by renowned composer Krzysztof Penderecki. Based on Jan Potocki\u2019s sprawling 19th-century novel.\n\u201cPoland's greatest cult film\u201d \u2014The Village Voice\nSunday, September 14, 2025 at 7:00 PMWoman Of\u2026 dir. by Micha\u0142 Englert & Ma\u0142gorzata Szumowska (2023)With Ma\u0142gorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik, Joanna Kulig, Mateusz Wi\u0119c\u0142awekBUY TICKETS\nSet against the backdrop of Poland\u2019s transformation from communism to capitalism, Micha\u0142 Englert and Ma\u0142gorzata Szumowska\u2019s Woman Of\u2026 spans 45 years in the life of Aniela Wesoly, a woman who spent more than half of her life as a man in a small provincial town. On her journey toward self-actualization, Aniela faces profound challenges\u2014in marriage, parenthood, and within a society that stigmatizes trans identity. As family ties strain and everyday life poses a new challenge, Aniela must reckon with what she\u2019s willing to sacrifice to truly become herself. Woman Of\u2026 earned a nomination for the top prize at Venice in 2023.\n\"Woman of is a subtle film with revolutionary potential. Not only is it a deeply empathetic portrait of a woman who grows in a world that consistently denies her that very growth, but it is also a stance against reductionism and the rigidity of representation tropes.\" \u2014 Cineuropa\nMonday, September 15, 2025 at 7:00 PMTrains directed by Maciej J. Drygas (2024)BUY TICKETS\nThis hypnotic documentary fresco, woven from archival footage and sound, offers a stunning portrait of life in the 20th century as embodied by the sprawling, history-changing impact of railroad development. Here, director Maciej J. Drygas brilliantly captures the collective hopes, desires, dramas and tragedies of our recent past set against a minimalist electronic score. \n\"The camera is not just a silent witness; it can be an accomplice, too.\" \u2014 Cineuropa\nMonday, September 15, 2025 at 9:15 PMFilip directed by Micha\u0142 Kwieci\u0144ski (2022)With Eryk Kulm, Victor Meutelet, Caroline HartigBUY TICKETS\nBased on Leopold Tyrmand\u2019s 1961 autobiographical novel of the same name, Filip follows a Polish Jew (Kulm) who has escaped the Warsaw ghetto and is living and working at an upscale hotel in Frankfurt. Disguised as a gentile, Filip lives a life of debauchery and hedonistic pleasure. But as the war progresses and continues taking its bloody toll on those closest to him, Filip\u2019s carefully constructed facade begins crumbling like a house of cards. Micha\u0142 Kwieci\u0144ski writes, directs, and produces this fascinating portrait of wartime resistance and the lengths to which we go to protect ourselves.\nTuesday, September 16, 2025 at 7:00 PMNext to Nothing directed by Grzegorz D\u0119bowski (2023)With Artur Paczesny, Monika Kwiatkowska, Agnieszka KwietniewskaBUY TICKETS\n+ Featuring a post-screening Q&A with director Grzegorz D\u0119bowski and production manager Agnieszka Skalska\nJarek (Paczesny) is a farmer who isn't afraid to work hard, get his hands dirty, or confront the authorities. When a local MP betrays the interests of the locals, Jarek becomes a protest leader and organizes a picket outside the politician's home. Little does he know, he\u2019ll soon find himself at the center of a dark intrigue that will threaten his loved ones and jeopardize his dream future. This gripping, slow-burn thriller, with its raw, almost documentary-style aesthetic, reminiscent of the Dogme 95 movement, will linger in your mind long after the credits roll\nTuesday, September 16, 2025 at 9:30 PMPianoforte directed by Jakub Pi\u0105tek (2023)BUY TICKETS\nEvery five years, the world\u2019s most gifted young pianists gather in Warsaw for the legendary International Chopin Piano Competition. Jakub Pi\u0105tek\u2019s documentary takes us behind the curtain to reveal the triumphant highs and crushing lows of this once-in-a-lifetime event, which many have spent their entire lives preparing for. Following an eclectic group of contestants from 160 hopefuls down to just 12 finalists, Pianoforte brilliantly captures the intensity, exhaustion, and exhilaration of high-stakes performance, delivering both a celebration of extraordinary music and an intimate coming-of-age story.\nWednesday, September 17, 2025 at 7:00 PMWanda Rutkiewicz: The Last Expedition dir. by Eliza Kubarska (2024)BUY TICKETS\nFilmmaker and climber Eliza Kubarska retraces the extraordinary life and mysterious disappearance of legendary mountaineer Wanda Rutkiewicz in this breathtaking documentary. The first Polish person to summit Everest and the first woman to conquer K2, Wanda defied the male-dominated world of mountain climbing with unwavering ambition. Here, via haunting audio diaries recorded just months before she vanished, Rutkiewicz reflects on love, motherhood, and the meaning of the climb. Featuring voices from the global mountaineering community, this stunning documentary looks for answers in the jagged peaks of the Himalayas\u2014the last place Wanda Rutkiewicz was seen.\n\"Rutkiewicz\u2019s state of being torn between her goal-driven personality and the inevitable influence of Eastern philosophies that negate the ego is well documented in her diaries and letters, and is conveyed in the film with clarity.\" \u2014 Cineuropa\nWednesday, September 17, 2025 at 9:00 PMThe Peasants directed by DK Welchman & Hugh Welchman (2023)With Kamila Urz\u0119dowska, Robert Gulaczyk, Miros\u0142aw BakaBUY TICKETS\nFrom the creators of Loving Vincent comes this film about a young woman who is determined to forge her own path within the confines of a late 19th century Polish village. The community is a hotbed of gossip and ongoing feuds, held together, rich and poor, by pride for their land, colorful tradition, and a deep-rooted patriarchy. When Jagna finds herself caught between the conflicting desires of the village\u2019s richest farmer, his eldest son, and other leading men of the community, her resistance puts her on a tragic collision course with the community she grew up in. This hand-painted animated historical drama is based on W\u0142adys\u0142aw Reymont\u2019s Nobel Prize-winning novel from 1904.\n\"Backgrounds are impressionistic impasto, while faces are pin-sharp and almost photo-real.\" \u2014 Variety \nThursday, September 18 at 7:00 PMIt\u2019s Not My Film directed by Maria Zb\u0105ska (2024)With Zofia Chabiera, Marcin Sztabi\u0144ski, Mariusz SaniternikBUY TICKETS\n+ Featuring a post-screening Q&A with director Maria Zb\u0105ska and camera operator Krzysztof Piotr Wi\u015bniewski\n\u201cThis relationship resembles a charging cable that has been chewed by a dog... It supposedly charges, but there\u2019s no way it can work\u201d is how Wanda succinctly describes the essence of her long-term relationship with Janek. Despite their challenges, the couple embark on a final attempt to salvage their love, journeying along the wintry coast of the Baltic Sea. As Wanda and Janek navigate their relationship, they confront the reality that maybe not all is lost. Maria Zb\u0105ska\u2019s debut feature is a contemporary tale about the struggle for love in a disposable world.\nKino Polska\nKino Polska is a celebrated biennial film series that offers New York audiences a compelling window into contemporary Polish cinema. The program showcases bold, innovative, and socially resonant films from a new generation of Polish filmmakers, many of whom are redefining the landscape of European cinema.\nThe initiative began under the title Transitions: Recent Polish Cinema with its first edition at Lincoln Center, where it introduced American audiences to the dynamic shifts and creative energy shaping Polish film in the 21st century. The program later found its permanent home at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) under its current title, Kino Polska.\nThrough each edition, Kino Polska offers a provocative look at Poland today, revealing the country's evolving identity and global outlook through the lens of its most exciting filmmakers. From existential dramas and biting satires to visually arresting animations and boundary-pushing experimental films, the series continues to broaden perspectives and spark conversation among international audiences.\nKino Polska is proudly presented by BAM and the Polish Cultural Institute New York, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland, and the Adam Mickiewicz Institute."},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"pl-PL","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/2025\/08\/25\/bam-kino-polska-2025\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/08\/Colorful-Photo-World-Book-Day-Facebook-Post-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/08\/Colorful-Photo-World-Book-Day-Facebook-Post-1.png","width":940,"height":788},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/2025\/08\/25\/bam-kino-polska-2025\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"BAM Kino Polska 2025"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/#website","url":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/","name":"Instytut Polski w Nowym Jorku","description":"Instytuty Polskie","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"pl-PL"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/#\/schema\/person\/c732b2695ee92026d080eec35471c7f1","name":"stypulkowskaa","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"pl-PL","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a29bb1802c91e057084d5d112dd59dc4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a29bb1802c91e057084d5d112dd59dc4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"stypulkowskaa"},"url":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/author\/stypulkowskaa-2\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17862"}],"version-history":[{"count":78,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18332,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17862\/revisions\/18332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}