About BFF

The program of films and events planned around the festival celebrates the culture of the individual countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland), but also takes a look at the diversity of regions and social classes, as well as the context of colonial and post-colonial countries. We look at history, analyze the present, discuss and try to define: what is British cinema really?

Following the success of the first edition of the British Film Festival, held in November 2024 in Poznan, Poland, we continue the journey through the vast worlds of UK cinema‍What can you expect from the event's film program? ‍Key highlights of the event will be two film retrospectives juxtaposing the achievements of the viewpoints of prominent British filmmakers - both those looking into the camera and those creating the world through the eye of the camera.‍

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The First Things First section will present high-profile, pre-release film screenings that will often be out of regular distribution, making them the first or only screenings in Poland.

The Classics section will present cult and classic films of British cinema. Projections will be held from digitally restored DCP copies, as well as from traditional 16mm and 35mm tape media.

There will also be a High Season section, which will showcase the most interesting examples of British films that were presented in theaters in the 2024/2025 season. This is an opportunity to catch up on what has been missed, but also to see how many productions have appeared on cinema screens in the past year. ‍

The Mind the Gap section will present films of the typical social realism of British cinema - both historically (from the New Wave tradition of 1950s and 1960s Free Cinema and Young Angry Cinema, through the 1980s and 1990s and 2000s), as well as contemporary examples of the trend's representation.

These are films that comment on the past and present political and social situation of people living in Britain.The name of the section refers to the traditional audio and visual message introduced in 1969 in the London Underground, but at the same time colloquially and metaphorically draws attention to the “hole”, “gap”, defining existing social divisions in British everyday life. ‍

The Five o'clock section will present heritage cinema, which refers to Britain's landed, aristocratic, imperial and colonial traditions.

The films of this section are costume dramas that recreate the atmosphere and ambience of the past with flair and nostalgia, allowing the audience to touch the old era. The name of the section, of course, refers to the tradition of tea time - the famous English five o'clock in the afternoon, at which the British sit down to tea. Film screenings of this section will start at 5 PM evenly.

‍As soon as the tea is sipped - we will invite you to late-night film screenings in the Bloody Hell section! dedicated to British B-grade films that terrify with their understatement and threaten to make you burst with laughter. The program will showcase low-budget pictures that are not only badly made, but have also gone down in history as outstanding examples of cinematic monsters, and thanks to a collaboration with the creators of the crazy Octopus Film Festival and VHS HELL, will be screened just from VHS tapes!‍

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The full festival program will be announced at the end of October. That's when ticket sales for screenings and additional events will begin.‍