Przeźrocza actively seeks out new trends in cinema, while drawing on film traditions. As every year, they present films by renowned masters, leaving room for exploration and experimentation by young filmmakers. They straddle the line between the analogue, forgotten, and patiently extracted from the film's recesses, and that which is new and groundbreaking in cinema.

The 12th edition of the Przeźrocza Film Festival runs from August 29th to September 5th in Bydgoszcz.

From the competition programme, we particularly recommend:

DZIURAWE SŁOŃCE dir. Marta Wojdalska (prod. Lodz Film School) SKRAWKI dir. Olga Papacz (prod. Lodz Film School)
as well as
BACEWICZ x BOMSORI dir. Jakub Piątek (directing lecturer; prod. Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne)
LET’S LEAVE IT UNTITLED dir. Mieszko Chomka (directing student; prod. Wajda School)
FRESHMAN dir. Michał Edelman, Tomasz Pawlik (Lodz Film School graduates; prod. Munk Studio)
TWIN DAYS dir. Sara Szymańska, Nadia Szymańska (Cinematography and TV Production Dept. graduates; prod. Munk Studio)

Full list of films in the 2026 Błysk Oka Competition przezrocza-festiwal.pl/konkurs-blysk-oka-wyniki-selekcji-2026

In addition, you will be able to see our student films – both those from recent years and older – at special screenings:

A SHORT FILM ABOUT WAR dir. Nadim Suleiman – after the screening there will be a meeting with the director;
A DEAD MARRIAGE, BE SOMEBODY directed by Michał Toczek in the "Michał Toczek & Sebastian Stankiewicz" section;
also a screening of SPIRITUS SANCTUS (produced by Munk Studio) - after the screening a meeting with the filmmakers,
LET’S BREAK UP THE PARTY dir. Roman Polański in the section "Small forms of great masters".

We recommend the entire programme of good cinema, see you in Bydgoszcz!