You are invited to the 26th Houston Annual Polish Film Festival!

WHEN October 30 – November 2, 2025

WHERE

Opening Gala (10/30/2025) – University of St. Thomas, 4001 Mt. Vernon St., Houston, TX 77006, Cullen Hall

Film screenings 10/31 -11/2/2025: Regal Edwards Houston Marq’E, 7600 KATY Freeway, HOUSTON, TX 77024 – MAP

All films will have English subtitles

PLEASE CHECK THE PROGRAM EACH DAY FOR UPDATES!!!!

Payment through Zelle, Venmo or at the Entrance

Thursday, October 30, 2025, 6 pm, University of St. Thomas, Cullen Hall, 4001 Mt. Vernon St., Houston, TX 77006

Opening Gala with Festival Guest Marek Probosz

This event is open to all interested in Polish cinema; no invitation is required.

Entry tickets for all Opening Evening Gala events – $60 – $70

▶ 6:30 Performance by Marek Probosz

Accompaniment: Hubert Pralitz, violin and Alicja Boyko, piano

J. Słowacki, KORDIAN on the top of Mont Blanc Mountain
J. Popiełuszko, Homily during the Mass for the Motherland
Fragments from the Broadway winner show “Norwid’s Return”

▶ 7:30 pm – The Reception

▶ 8:20 pm – The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka & The Art of Survival, 2024, documentary, 1h 36m

Director: Julie Rubio
Cast: Victoria De Lempicka, Marisa De Lempicka, Paula Birnbaum

October 31, 2025, Friday, 7 pm, Regal Edwards

▶ 7 pm – Vinci, 2004, comedy, crime, 1h 48 m, tickets $20

Director: Juliusz Machulski

Cast: Robert Wieckiewicz, Borys Szyc

▶ 9 pm – Vinci 2, 2024, comedy, crime, 1h 59 m, tickets $20

Director: Juliusz Machulski

Cast: Robert Wieckiewicz, Borys Szyc

November 1, 2025, Saturday, 6 pm, Regal Edwards

▶ 4 pm – Under the Volcano, “Pod wulkanem”, 2024, drama, 1h 45m, tickets $20

Director: Damian Kocur

Cast: Damian Kocur, Roman Lutskyi

▶ 6 pm – The Pin, “Szpilka”, 2024, documentary, 1 hr 56 min

Director: Filip Dzierżawski

Cast: Artur Szpilka

▶ 8:30 pm – Franz Kafka, 2025, drama, biography, history, 2h 7m, tickets $25

Director: Agnieszka Holland, Polish official submission for the Oscars 2026

Cast: Idan Weiss

November 2, 2025, Sunday, 4 pm, Regal Edwards

▶ 4 pm – Sparrow, “Wróbel“, 2024, drama, 1h 46m, tickets $20

Director: Tomasz Gassowski

Cast: Jacek Borusinski, Krzysztof Stroinski

▶ 6 pm – Chopin, Chopin!, 2025, biography, drama, 2h 13m, tickets: $25

Director: Michal Kwiecinski

Cast: Eryk Kulm, Joséphine de La Baume, Victor Meutelet 

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