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Lowry_Sam wrote: Mon Dec 08, 2025 4:27 pm I read of an extended version featuring scenes from the tv series, has either that or the tv series been released on disc?

2. The Saragossa Manuscript (Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie, Wojciech Has, 1965)
6. The Hourglass Sanatorium (Sanatorium pod Klepsydrą, Has, 1973)

8. Ida (Paweł Pawlikowski, 2013)

Day of the Wacko and Teddy Bear may be unknown abroad

Lowry_Sam wrote: Mon Dec 29, 2025 7:22 pm

Day of the Wacko and Teddy Bear may be unknown abroad

I'd like to see these, any source for these with English subs?

MichaelB wrote: Mon Dec 29, 2025 1:47 pmNo great surprises there: The Promised Land has long been regarded locally as Wajda's supreme masterpiece (this isn't the first such poll that it's topped), the Poles have always preferred Kieślowski's early, political films to his more metaphysical later efforts

djvaso wrote: Thu Jul 24, 2025 7:48 am I would be grateful if anyone who owns the FINA edition of "Biały ślad / Wiosna narciarzy" Blu-ray could confirm whether its packaging is a magnet box like their other releases (which I own). Since FINA closed its online store and Polish postal rates increased, ordering from Poland has become nearly impossible for me.

The Polish Film Heritage List (Lista Polskiego Dziedzictwa Filmowego, LPDF) is a project aimed at identifying, protecting, and promoting works of particular importance to the history of Polish cinema and audiovisual creativity. When we launched the project in 2025, we selected 70 titles that were as diverse as possible—groundbreaking and pioneering, worth discovering, remembering, and honoring. From the very beginning, however, we assumed that this would not be a closed catalog but rather a collection that would be expanded periodically. This year, for the first time, the List has been enlarged through a formula combining the choice of the curatorial team with a public vote.

In January 2026, we made a survey available through which films worthy of inclusion on the LPDF could be nominated. We sincerely thank everyone for all the submissions and the willingness to co-create the List! As many as 277 titles were indicated in the vote, with the highest number of votes going respectively to: Nights and Days (Noce i dnie) by Jerzy Antczak, The Promised Land (Ziemia obiecana) by Andrzej Wajda, and Night Train (Pociąg) by Jerzy Kawalerowicz. We are delighted to add these three works—deeply rooted in the cultural memory of several generations of Poles—to the LPDF.

The remaining titles were selected by the curatorial team, guided by the need to present the widest possible spectrum of Polish audiovisual creativity—diverse aesthetics, forms, creative circles, and contexts.

In 2026, the List is expanded to include two television productions. The Elderly Gentlemen's Cabaret (Kabaret Starszych Panów) by Jeremi Przybora and Jerzy Wasowski combines pre-war cabaret traditions with satire on contemporary life. Meanwhile, Bara Bara by Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz and Michał Arabudzki is an incisive analysis of the disco polo phenomenon and the cultural transformations of the 1990s, exemplifying television's openness to auteur documentary cinema. This year's selection also includes an animated film—Red and Black (Czerwone i czarne) by Witold Giersz is one of the most significant achievements of the Polish school of animation, showcasing its formal boldness. We have also included Polish film materials from the Warsaw Uprising—unique archival footage that remains one of the most moving testimonies of those events.

The curatorial selection is rounded out by three titles that recall the rich genre and auteur traditions of Polish cinema. The pre-war Znachor (The Quack) by Michał Waszyński is an example of popular cinema with an immense social impact, still distinctly present in native culture. Furthermore, Kanał (Canal) by Andrzej Wajda and How Far, How Near (Jak daleko stąd, jak blisko) by Tadeusz Konwicki are acclaimed works by outstanding artists whose centenary we are celebrating this year.

This year's expansion of the LPDF confirms that the history of Polish film is neither uniform nor closed—it consists of many parallel and intersecting narratives. We encourage you to learn about the behind-the-scenes process of selecting the new titles in the video material above and to read the short essays accompanying all the films honored this year.

We hope that this will serve as an inspiration to watch films from the LPDF—on the Ninateka service, at FINA cinemas, and through other legal sources—and to rediscover them in new contexts.

TechnicolorAcid wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2026 9:00 pm For some reason I can’t see the photo of the first title, can anyone tell what their it is?

djvaso wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2026 9:08 pm

TechnicolorAcid wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2026 9:00 pm For some reason I can’t see the photo of the first title, can anyone tell what their it is?

It is Kanał (1957).

Calvin wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2026 9:26 pm Is this a new restoration of Kanal?

djvaso wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2026 8:40 pm

The Polish Film Heritage List (Lista Polskiego Dziedzictwa Filmowego, LPDF) is a project aimed at identifying, protecting, and promoting works of particular importance to the history of Polish cinema and audiovisual creativity. When we launched the project in 2025, we selected 70 titles that were as diverse as possible—groundbreaking and pioneering, worth discovering, remembering, and honoring. From the very beginning, however, we assumed that this would not be a closed catalog but rather a collection that would be expanded periodically. This year, for the first time, the List has been enlarged through a formula combining the choice of the curatorial team with a public vote.

In January 2026, we made a survey available through which films worthy of inclusion on the LPDF could be nominated. We sincerely thank everyone for all the submissions and the willingness to co-create the List! As many as 277 titles were indicated in the vote, with the highest number of votes going respectively to: Nights and Days (Noce i dnie) by Jerzy Antczak, The Promised Land (Ziemia obiecana) by Andrzej Wajda, and Night Train (Pociąg) by Jerzy Kawalerowicz. We are delighted to add these three works—deeply rooted in the cultural memory of several generations of Poles—to the LPDF.

The remaining titles were selected by the curatorial team, guided by the need to present the widest possible spectrum of Polish audiovisual creativity—diverse aesthetics, forms, creative circles, and contexts.

In 2026, the List is expanded to include two television productions. The Elderly Gentlemen's Cabaret (Kabaret Starszych Panów) by Jeremi Przybora and Jerzy Wasowski combines pre-war cabaret traditions with satire on contemporary life. Meanwhile, Bara Bara by Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz and Michał Arabudzki is an incisive analysis of the disco polo phenomenon and the cultural transformations of the 1990s, exemplifying television's openness to auteur documentary cinema. This year's selection also includes an animated film—Red and Black (Czerwone i czarne) by Witold Giersz is one of the most significant achievements of the Polish school of animation, showcasing its formal boldness. We have also included Polish film materials from the Warsaw Uprising—unique archival footage that remains one of the most moving testimonies of those events.

The curatorial selection is rounded out by three titles that recall the rich genre and auteur traditions of Polish cinema. The pre-war Znachor (The Quack) by Michał Waszyński is an example of popular cinema with an immense social impact, still distinctly present in native culture. Furthermore, Kanał (Canal) by Andrzej Wajda and How Far, How Near (Jak daleko stąd, jak blisko) by Tadeusz Konwicki are acclaimed works by outstanding artists whose centenary we are celebrating this year.

This year's expansion of the LPDF confirms that the history of Polish film is neither uniform nor closed—it consists of many parallel and intersecting narratives. We encourage you to learn about the behind-the-scenes process of selecting the new titles in the video material above and to read the short essays accompanying all the films honored this year.

We hope that this will serve as an inspiration to watch films from the LPDF—on the Ninateka service, at FINA cinemas, and through other legal sources—and to rediscover them in new contexts.

The very first Blu-ray in LPDF edition:

MichaelB wrote: Sat Jul 14, 2012 7:54 am

McCrutchy wrote:Hmm, that Chopin site says the films are available on DVD and Blu-ray. Would that mean, presumably, that the set is also available with Blu-ray Discs instead of DVDs? Because that would be extremely worth the investment (not that a DVD edition would not)...

To the best of my knowledge, there never was an all-DVD edition.

The package that I received a couple of years ago contained:

Disc 1 (Blu-ray)

• The Youth of Chopin (Młodość Chopina, d. Aleksander Ford, 1951, 122 mins)
• The Chopin Recital in Duszniki (Recital Chopinowski w Dusznikach, d. Tadeusz Makarczyński, 1947, 13 mins)

Disc 2 (Blu-ray)

• Chopin, Desire for Love (Chopin, pragnienie miłości, d. Jerzy Antczak, 2002, 116 mins)
• Chopin in Paris (Chopin w Paryżu, d. Stanisław Grabowski, 1969, 10 mins)
• Chopin According to Antczak (Chopin według Antczaka, interview, 2010, 12 mins)

All the above but the last item are in 1080i, with the Antczak interview in SD PAL.
Optional subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish

Disc 3 (DVD)

• Colour Studies of Chopin (Utwory Chopina w kolorze, d. Eugeniusz Cękalski, 1944, 11 mins)
• Chopin's Mazurkas (Mazurki Chopina, d. Tadeusz Makarczyński, 1949, 12 mins)
• Rodem Warszawianin (A Varsovian by Birth, d. Maria Kwiatkowska, 1996, 56 mins)

Everything on Disc 3 is in SD PAL.
Optional subtitles in Polish, English, French, German, Spanish

The Blu-rays are marked as region B, the DVD as region-free.

The booklet looks deceptively huge, but is presented in the five languages cited above, so textual content isn't quite as substantial as it seems when you pick it up. But there's more than enough detailed background.

Calvin wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2026 9:26 pm Is this a new restoration of Kanal?

Dear Mr Đogović,

Thank you very much for your interest in our Blu-ray release.

The Blu-ray of the film ‘Kanał’ will be the first in the Polish Film Heritage Collection. Yes, it will include the version screened at the Cannes Film Festival, as well as a second disc with bonus features, and a book. The release will be in Polish and English. It is due to be released this year, either before or after the summer holidays.

We are working on relaunching our online shop and other distribution channels. I hope the disc will find its way to you!

Kind regards,

Katarzyna Koła-Bielawska