Kitchen Conversations Ep. 79: Inside filmPOLSKA with Director Bartek Tesarz
The 21st edition of filmPOLSKA, the largest festival of Polish cinema outside Poland, will take place from September 9 to 16 in cinemas across Berlin and Potsdam. In a new episode of the Kitchen Conversations podcast, festival director Bartek Tesarz—a cinephile, film scholar, and curator—discusses his daily routine as the main organizer and offers insider recommendations for the upcoming edition. The festival will feature a selection of competition films and a retrospective program dedicated to the 2026 cultural patron, Andrzej Wajda. Organized annually by the Polish Institute in Berlin, filmPOLSKA brings Polish cinema to German audiences. The podcast episode, recorded and edited by Patrycja Rozwora, with mixing and mastering by Jonas Kröper, and a thumbnail photo by Maciek Zygmunt, is available on Spotify and the NewEast.art website. The conversation highlights the festival's role in promoting Polish film culture abroad and its significance for cinephiles in Berlin.
Key facts
- filmPOLSKA is the largest festival of Polish cinema outside Poland.
- The 21st edition runs from September 9 to 16 in Berlin and Potsdam.
- Bartek Tesarz is the director of filmPOLSKA and a cinephile, film scholar, and curator.
- The festival is organized annually by the Polish Institute in Berlin.
- The retrospective program is devoted to Andrzej Wajda, the 2026 cultural patron.
- The podcast episode is part of Kitchen Conversations, episode 79.
- Recording and editing by Patrycja Rozwora; mix and master by Jonas Kröper.
- Thumbnail photo by Maciek Zygmunt.
Entities
Artists
- Bartek Tesarz
- Andrzej Wajda
Institutions
- Polish Institute in Berlin
- filmPOLSKA
- NewEast.art
Locations
- Berlin
- Germany
- Potsdam
- Poland