08 October 2026
The upcoming 42nd Warsaw Film Festival, running October 9-18, will present several features with Czech involvement in the official selection, including the competition programs. In addition, three Czech film projects participate in this year's Warsaw Co-Production Forum.
Backwoods (Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia) directed by Evženie Brabcová (Competition 1-2), Lover, Not a Fighter (Slovakia, Czech Republic) directed by Martina Buchelová (Competition 1-2), and A Pink of Ink (Czech Republic, Slovakia) directed by Ester Geislerová (Documentary Competition) will see their international premieres at Warsaw.
A co-production film, Kashpirovskiy. Under the Spell (Poland, Czech Republic), directed by Łukasz Konopa, will have its world premiere in Documentary Competition.
Finally, non-competitive sections involve a short film Animalies (Czech Republic) by Kateřina Karhánková a Marek Náprstek, Nepela (Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland) by Gregor Valentovič, and How to Divorce During the War (Lithuania, Luxembourg, Ireland, Czech Republic) directed by Andrius Blaževičius.
Screening schedule >> HERE
Three Czech film projects were selected to participate in this year’s Warsaw Co-Production Forum. The projects will be presented to both Polish and international film industry professionals on October 15–16 as part of Warsaw Industry Days.
In development:
The Theory of Strangeness (Czech Republic, Slovakia), dir. Tereza Kopáčová, prod. Silvie Michajlova, Ondřej Zima (Film Kolectiv, Czech Republic), co-prod. Zuzana Mistríková (PubRes, Slovakia)
Letters to the Future (Czech Republic, Ukraine), dir. Myro Klochko, prod. Karolína Dvorská Fránková, Marek Čermák (Films & Chips, Czech Republic), Veronika Stepanchuk (Balcony 48, Ukraine)
Works in progress:
Panna Sofia (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Turkey, Netherlands) dir. Václav Kadrnka, prod. Simona Kadrnková, Václav Kadrnka (Sirius Films, Czech Republic), Katarína Krnáčová (Silverart, Slovakia), co-prod. Burak Çevik (Fol Films, Turkey), Minco Eggersman (Rina Film, The Netherlands)
All selected projects >> HERE
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