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It is a special moment to return to his work, look at his films with fresh eyes, and open an intergenerational conversation about history, community, responsibility, and freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This fall, audiences in the United States will have an opportunity to revisit Wajda\u2019s films as important records of their time and as works that continue to invite reflection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Few filmmakers devoted themselves as consistently to examining the history of modern Poland\u2014or to revealing how political upheaval shapes the lives of ordinary people. Over the course of his extraordinary career, Wajda created a body of work that bears witness to Poland\u2019s shifting political and social landscape while remaining deeply attentive to the individuals living through it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taken together, these films offer a sweeping portrait of a country reckoning with its past, confronting its present, and imagining its future. This series provides an opportunity to encounter Wajda\u2019s work as it was meant to be experienced: in the cinema, on the big screen, and in the company of an audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:58px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/08\/1.-Portret-Andrzeja-Wajdy-fot.-Kamil-Krajewski-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21349\" style=\"width:502px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/08\/1.-Portret-Andrzeja-Wajdy-fot.-Kamil-Krajewski-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/08\/1.-Portret-Andrzeja-Wajdy-fot.-Kamil-Krajewski-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/08\/1.-Portret-Andrzeja-Wajdy-fot.-Kamil-Krajewski-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Andrzej Wajda<\/strong> (born March 6, 1926, in Suwa\u0142ki; died October 9, 2016, in Warsaw) was a film and theater director, screenwriter, and one of the most important figures in Polish culture of the 20th and early 21st centuries. 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It is a special moment to return to his work, look at his films with fresh eyes, and open an intergenerational conversation about history, community, responsibility, and freedom.\nThis fall, audiences in the United States will have an opportunity to revisit Wajda\u2019s films as important records of their time and as works that continue to invite reflection. \nFew filmmakers devoted themselves as consistently to examining the history of modern Poland\u2014or to revealing how political upheaval shapes the lives of ordinary people. Over the course of his extraordinary career, Wajda created a body of work that bears witness to Poland\u2019s shifting political and social landscape while remaining deeply attentive to the individuals living through it.\nTaken together, these films offer a sweeping portrait of a country reckoning with its past, confronting its present, and imagining its future. This series provides an opportunity to encounter Wajda\u2019s work as it was meant to be experienced: in the cinema, on the big screen, and in the company of an audience.\nAndrzej Wajda (born March 6, 1926, in Suwa\u0142ki; died October 9, 2016, in Warsaw) was a film and theater director, screenwriter, and one of the most important figures in Polish culture of the 20th and early 21st centuries. Spanning more than six decades, his career encompassed dozens of film and theater productions, including more than 40 feature films that have become part of the canon of Polish and world cinema.\nIn 2000, Wajda received an Academy Honorary Award (an honorary Oscar) for his lifetime achievement. Among his many other honors were the Palme d\u2019Or at the Cannes Film Festival for Man of Iron (1981), the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival (1998), and the Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement at the Berlinale (2006). Wajda was one of the filmmakers who shaped the movement known as the Polish Film School and, over the course of his career, helped define the direction of Polish cinema.\nWajda was also the founder, among other institutions, of Wajda School &amp; Studio, established with filmmaker Wojciech Marczewski; the Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology in Krak\u00f3w; and the Kyoto\u2013Krak\u00f3w Foundation."},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"pl-PL","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/2026\/08\/11\/andrzej-wajda-2026\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/08\/logo_ROK_WAJDY_kolor.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/08\/logo_ROK_WAJDY_kolor.jpg","width":1810,"height":1450},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/2026\/08\/11\/andrzej-wajda-2026\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Andrzej Wajda 2026"}]},{"@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\/21340","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=21340"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21354,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21340\/revisions\/21354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}