Sunday at Timeless Film Festival Warsaw
It’s the penultimate day of this year’s edition – time to enjoy one more full day of timeless cinema. Let’s spend this Sunday walking between cinemas, meeting filmmakers, and watching unforgettable films.
Daniel Olbrychski: Face to Face with a Legend
Today, we meet one of the most iconic figures in Polish cinema. As part of the Daniel Olbrychski retrospective, we’re screening Janusz Morgenstern’s Jovita (11:45 AM, Iluzjon cinema) – a poetic tale of lost illusions and bittersweet reality, as well as one of the most emotionally layered explorations of love in Polish film history.
Festival Merchandise
With just two days left, now’s the perfect time to take home a piece of the festival. Visit Muranów cinema for our limited-edition merch: a unique DVD and CD collection of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s works, books, posters, tote bags, caps, and our special festival coffee blend created with Coffeedesk. Carry the magic of Timeless with you well beyond the closing credits.
Meet the Filmmakers
Sunday brings a lineup of screenings followed by Q&As and discussions with special guests. At 2:00 PM in Iluzjon cinema, join us for Meeting Mai + Lines from the Heart, part of our Maja Zetterling retrospective. After the screening, we’ll be joined by her son, Louis Lemkow Zetterling. The conversation will be led by Klara Cykorz, cultural scholar, film critic, and winner of the Krzysztof Mętrak Critics’ Competition.
Later, at 5:00 PM, we return to Iluzjon cinema for Evening Bells, followed by a conversation with director Lordan Zafranović and film scholar Patrycjusz Pająk, author of Arcydzieła chorwackiego filmu fabularnego (Masterpieces of Croatian Cinema). The talk will be moderated by Dr. Maša Guštin, a university lecturer specializing in Balkan cinema and culture.
Also at 5:15 PM, don’t miss the screening of Anima: Masters of Polish Animation, preceded by a conversation with Jerzy Armata, film and music critic, author of several books on cinema, and longtime champion of animated film.
Finally, at 2:00 PM in Muranów cinema, join us for Part II of Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah, followed by the discussion Memory as Medium. Art as Testimony. Speakers include: Patrycja Dołowy – writer, artist, and activist focused on memory and Jewish-Polish heritage; Aleksandra Janus – anthropologist, researcher, and cultural curator; vice-president of the Forgotten Foundation; Mikołaj Grynberg – writer and photographer whose work explores Jewish life in contemporary Poland. Moderated by Jakub Duszyński, Artistic Director at Gutek Film and director of a short documentary on memory, premiering at POLIN Museum in June 2025.
What Else to Watch on Sunday?
Two standout films by masters of American cinema close out the day: Sam Peckinpah’s Cross of Iron (8:45 PM, Iluzjon cinema) – his only war film, a gripping and brutal anti-war epic that echoes Paths of Glory; Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull (12:30 PM, Ziemia Obiecana) – a raw, unforgettable portrait of a boxer’s rise and fall, and one of the greatest films ever made.
