Polish Film Festival
The Polish Film Festival returns to Nova this November, celebrating the very best of Polish cinema.
Featuring Australian premieres, award-winning festival favourites and a special presentation of a cinematic classic, the festival screens from November 27 to December 6.
POLFF26 The Doll
Opening Date: Friday, 27 Nov 2026
Opening Night Event: Friday November 27, 7.00pm A spectacular new adaptation of one of Poland’s greatest literary masterpieces, THE DOLL brings Bolesław Prus’s sweeping story of love, ambition, money and social class to the big screen with an extraordinar ... more
POLFF26 No Ghosts on Good Street
Opening Date: Saturday, 28 Nov 2026
Winner of five awards at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia, including Best Director and Best Supporting Actress, the darkly funny and tender debut NO GHOSTS ON GOOD STREET follows four siblings discovering that growing up can change everything — includin ... more
POLFF26 Winter of the Crow
Opening Date: Saturday, 28 Nov 2026
Inspired by a short story by Nobel Prize-winning author Olga Tokarczuk, WINTER OF THE CROW, starring Academy Award nominee and Tony Award winner Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread, The Crown), is a tense political thriller set in December 1981, on the eve of ... more
POLFF26 Ashes and Diamonds
Opening Date: Sunday, 29 Nov 2026
A landmark of post-war European cinema and a defining work of the Polish Film School, ASHES AND DIAMONS has been repeatedly named among the favourite films of Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola. Visually striking and emotionally charged, it features ... more
POLFF26 The Altar Boys
Opening Date: Sunday, 29 Nov 2026
From the producers of the Oscar-nominated ‘Corpus Christi’ and a standout at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia, where the film won eight awards, including the Golden Lions for Best Film and the Audience Award, THE ALTAR BOYS is a rebellious coming-of-age ... more
POLFF26 The Love Buzz
Opening Date: Friday, 4 Dec 2026
Can a change of scenery change your life? THE LOVE BUZZ is a warm-hearted comedy celebrating friendship, second chances and the liberating discovery that happiness rarely arrives according to plan. ... more
POLFF26 The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka
Opening Date: Saturday, 5 Dec 2026
She lived as boldly as she painted. Born into a wealthy Polish family, Tamara De Lempicka conquered Paris, made her mark in Hollywood and became an icon of modern art. Today, her distinctive Art Deco paintings are coveted by collectors including Madonna, ... more
POLFF26 Lachtara. Longing
Opening Date: Saturday, 5 Dec 2026
Told with humour, raw tenderness and understated emotional power, LACHTARA. LONGING is a poignant road movie about finding your way home, both geographically and emotionally. ... more
POLFF26 Brother
Opening Date: Sunday, 6 Dec 2026
Winner of the Audience Award at the Trieste Film Festival and the Ecumenical Jury Prize at the Warsaw Film Festival, BROTHER is a raw and compelling portrait of brotherhood, resilience and the price of growing up in a fractured world. ... more
POLFF26 Picasso's Mermaid
Opening Date: Sunday, 6 Dec 2026
Inspired by a true story and fresh from the Main Competition at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia, PICASSO’S MERMAID is a charming journey into the past, where the discovery of a drawing by Pablo Picasso brings together a young woman, her eccentric elder ... more
