CiakPolska Film Festival

CiakPolska 2025: Agnieszka Holland and the Has Centenary

The 13th edition of the CiakPolska Film Festival brought Rome to life from November 11th to 20th, 2025, confirming the two-venue format promoted by the Polish Institute in Rome.

At Palazzo Esposizioni Roma, from November 11th to 16th, the third edition of the Great Classics of Polish Cinema hosted the A Different Gaze retrospective dedicated to Agnieszka Holland: from Screen Tests (1976) to Green Border, including Fever, A Woman Alone, In Darkness, Olivier, Olivier, Mr. Jones, and Spoor. On November 12th, the director personally attended a Q&A with critic Enrico Magrelli.

From November 17th to 20th, the Casa del Cinema in Villa Borghese hosted the New Polish Cinema, featuring titles such as Trains by Maciej J. Drygas, The Girl with the Needle by Magnus von Horn, The Last Expedition by Eliza Kubarska, Holofiction by Michał Kosakowski, Abakamania, Solaris mon amour by Kuba Mikurda, and Imago by Olga Chajdas, many presented in the presence of their directors.

The closing event on November 20th was a special screening in collaboration with Fuori Orario / Rai Cultura: The Saragossa Manuscript (1964) by Wojciech Jerzy Has, in a new fully restored version, marking the centenary of the director's birth. Admission was free at both venues.

Palazzo Esposizioni Roma — Great Classics of Polish Cinema, Agnieszka Holland retrospective "A Different Gaze" (Nov 11-16, DCP in original language with Italian subtitles): Nov 11, 8:00 PM Screen Tests (1976, 99'); Nov 12, 8:00 PM Spoor (2017, 128') with Q&A featuring Agnieszka Holland and Enrico Magrelli; Nov 13, 8:00 PM A Woman Alone (1981, 92'); Nov 14, 8:00 PM Fever (1980, 116'); Nov 15, 5:00 PM A Girl and the Aquarium (1975, 15') and Provincial Actors (1978, 109'); Nov 15, 8:00 PM Mr. Jones (2019, 119'); Nov 16, 5:00 PM In Darkness (2011, 145'); Nov 16, 8:00 PM Olivier, Olivier (1991, 104'). — Casa del Cinema, Villa Borghese — New Polish Cinema (Nov 17-20): Nov 17, 6:00 PM Trains (2024, 81'); 7:45 PM The Dam (2024, 27') with director Giovanni Pierangeli; 9:00 PM The Girl with the Needle (2024, 123'); Nov 18, 5:00 PM The Last Expedition (2024, 80'); 6:30 PM 25 Years of Innocence (2020, 116'); 9:00 PM Holofiction (2025, 102') with Michał Kosakowski; Nov 19, 5:00 PM Abakamania (2025, 102') with the directors; 7:30 PM Solaris mon amour (2023, 47'); 9:30 PM Imago (2023, 113'); Nov 20, 4:00 PM Kos (2024, 119'); 6:30 PM The Hourglass Sanatorium (2024, 76'); 8:30 PM The Saragossa Manuscript (1964, restored version, 183').

"A Different Gaze" retrospective dedicated to Agnieszka Holland, who attended a Q&A with Enrico Magrelli on November 12th; centenary of the birth of Wojciech Jerzy Has with the closing screening of The Saragossa Manuscript in a new fully restored version, in collaboration with Fuori Orario / Rai Cultura; meetings with directors Michał Kosakowski, Róża Fabjanowska, Sławomir Malcharek, Kuba Mikurda, and Giovanni Pierangeli.