Andrzej Wajda’s sketches and drawings, prepared with the Manggha Museum in Kraków. Free admission, open throughout the festival at Dwell Studio.
The Senate of the Republic of Poland has declared 2026 the Year of Andrzej Wajda, marking the 100th anniversary of his birth and the 10th anniversary of his death. Polish Film Festival North America marks it with a special exhibition presented under the patronage and with the support of the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Chicago.
Prepared together with the Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology in Kraków — founded on Wajda’s own initiative — the exhibition presents his sketches and drawings: the director drew throughout his life and worked out scenes, characters and images on paper long before they reached the screen.
The exhibition runs for the full length of the festival, November 6–22, 2026, at Dwell Studio on Irving Park in Chicago. Admission is free. It accompanies two festival screenings at Dwell Studio: „Jan Englert. I’ll Try to Fly Again” with a meeting with Jan Englert (Saturday, November 7, 5:00 PM) and Wajda’s „Katyń” (Wednesday, November 11, 7:00 PM).
