The 27th „Kontinuum” Silent Film Festival takes place in Kraków from 12 to 15 November 2026. The programme features screenings of silent films accompanied by live music. Events are planned primarily at the Muzeum Sztuki i Techniki Japońskiej Manggha and at Kino Pod Baranami.
The first screening will take place on Thursday, 12 November, at 18.00. It will feature the restored Polish film „Ludzie bez jutra”, directed by Aleksander Hertz, which was long considered lost. The official opening of the festival is scheduled for the same day at 20.45.
The main programme with live music will be held in the performance hall of the Muzeum Sztuki i Techniki Japońskiej Manggha, at ul. Marii Konopnickiej 26. Screenings aimed at younger audiences are scheduled in the Sala Niebieska at Kino Pod Baranami. Films will be shown with Polish and English subtitles.
The festival announcements included, among others, the following titles:
- „Ludzie bez jutra” by Aleksander Hertz,
- films by Buster Keaton,
- „Student z Pragi”,
- „Upadek domu Usherów” by Jean Epstein,
- „Zmęczona śmierć” by Fritz Lang,
- „Nietolerancja” by D. W. Griffith,
- „Przygody księcia Achmeda” by Lotte Reiniger,
- „Berlin. Symfonia wielkiego miasta” by Walter Ruttmann,
- a selection of films by Alice Guy,
- French avant-garde cinema.
Every screening in the main programme will be accompanied by live music. Among the performers announced are hoshii, Zima Stulecia, Hańba!, Jagodna, La Giang, Magda Drozd and Lullahush from Ireland.
The festival will close on Sunday, 15 November, with a screening of a selection of French avant-garde films: „Balet mechaniczny”, „A propos Nicei” and „Uśmiechnięta pani Beudet”.
On Monday, 16 November, a special screening of silent films with live music has been announced, featuring „Nosferatu” by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau and a selection of short films by the Lumière brothers.
No ticket prices or number of seats are given in the available materials. A detailed screening schedule is expected to be available in the Kino Pod Baranami programme.