Announcement of the Polish Film Heritage List.




POLAND



The creation of the Polish Film Heritage List was guided by the idea that cinema is not merely a spectacle, a commodity, or even a collection of canonized masterpieces. It draws inspiration from such unique initiatives as the National Film Registry of the U.S. Library of Congress and the Vatican Film List, established to mark the centenary of cinema.

The List, created by the National Film Archive – Audiovisual Institute (FINA), aims to highlight films that have played a special role in shaping Polish culture, imagination, and collective memory. It also serves as a reflection on the history of film technology — including pioneering and technologically unique works, from the surviving recordings made with Kazimierz Prószyński’s camera, through experimental films, to those documenting the evolution of cinematic craftsmanship.

The selection encompasses both canonical and lesser-known titles: feature films, documentaries, animations, experimental works, student and amateur productions, and propaganda films — all of which have been collected, preserved, and restored by FINA for the past seventy years.

In the jubilee year marking the 70th anniversary of the National Film Archive – Audiovisual Institute, the List features 70 films. Starting in 2026, the selection process will become cyclical: each year, ten new titles will be added. Some of these selections will be made through a public vote, giving the project a social dimension and allowing audiences to co-create the List.

Selected titles from the List — curated to explore the most compelling aspects of audiovisual heritage — will be presented in a special screening series at Kino Iluzjon in Warsaw (FINA’s cinema). The series will open on October 27 at 6:00 p.m. with a screening of “Prussian Culture” (1908), the oldest surviving Polish film, and “Mother Joan of the Angels” directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz.
A total of seven screenings with accompanying discussions are scheduled, running until December 12.

National Film Archive – Audiovisual Institute (affiliated to FIAT-IFTA)
Announcement of the Polish Film Heritage List
27 October - 12 December 2025
50 a, Narbutta street
Warsaw; Poland

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