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News

17.1

Fotofestiwal 2024 Open Program finalists!

Six unique projects selected from over 1210 propositions – we’re happy to announce the Open Program exhibitions. The Open Program […]

13.1

We announce the dates and first exhibition of 2024 edition!

We are pleased to invite you to Łódź between June 13 and 23. As every year, we will guarantee our […]

22.12

Hella good and merry Christmas!

Wishes of a hella good and merry Christmas time from Fotofestiwal & Diego Moreno! Diego Moreno is a Mexican artist […]

12.10

ENERGY – new Futures exhibition in Budapest

… meaning: what we do when nobody sees

03.10

Open call for the Open Program has launched

Ready to show us your work and exhibit it at the Fotofestiwal? You’re welcome to do so!

12.9

Festival summary

Thank you for the 22nd edition of Fotofestiwal. 10 festival days, 24 openings, 46 accompanying events in 23 locations are […]

28.6

Where the festival is still going on

The 22nd edition of Fotofestiwal is behind us – we would like to thank all the visitors, guests and partners who came. Many exhibitions from the City Program are still waiting for latecomers, inquisitive viewers and those who like to see the exhibitions once again.

22.6

Auction “Dismantling”. Works by Volker Hinz

Surprise at the end of the Fotofestival – works on banners from the exhibition Area: Art on the dance floor. Warhol, Basquiat and S-ka in the lens of Volker Hinz go under the hammer.

19.6

Films, discussions and a day of experimental forms at the Film Hall – let’s start the second week of the Fotofestiwal

After, among other things, thirty-three exhibitions openings throughout the city, it’s time for more festival events.

17.6

Weekend timetable!

Saturday is the time to see the exhibitions with the authors and curators – join us at 11:30 am for a guided tour with Chris Niedenthal at the Museum of the City of Lodz, followed by a series of meetings in the festival center space Art_Inkubator from 12:30 pm. At 13:00 in the theater room, a conversation between Zbigniew Libera and Daniel Muzyczuk, referring to the premiere of the artist’s new works

16.6

Opening of Odesa Photo Days, Month of Photography in Minsk & evening in the Biedermann’s Factory

Yesterday the Fotofestiwal kicked off at Art_Inkubator, Friday sees the opening of the second festival center OFF Piotrkowska, exhibitions by Chris Niedenthal, Grzegorz Przyborek and Zbigniew Libera, and in the evening the premiere location of Fotofestiwal – slideshows and a party at the Biedermann Factory.

15.6

Photographic Publication of the Year – results

With the opening of the 22nd edition of Fotofestiwal – the International Festival of Photography in Lodz, we got to know the winners of the Photographic Publication of the Year competition.

14.6

Little owls on t-shirts – charity

What kind of owls are these? Little owls. Where do they come from? From the Fortepan archive and the collections of Orientarium ZOO Łódź. What are they doing on the T-shirts? They’re collecting funds for the Polish Society for the Protection of Birds (OTOP).

14.6

Festival opening program

This Thursday, 15.06 at Art_Inkubator marks the 22nd opening of Fotofestiwal, the International Festival of Photography. Eight exhibitions: five from the Hope Program, six from the Open Program, as well as the exhibition Area: Warhol, Basquiat and Co. in the lens of Volker Hinz, and a guest group exhibition of Film School students – #Now.

06.6

The program of festival events

Lua Preta concert to open the festival, slideshows and a party at a new location: Biedermann Factory, the premiere of a film about Grzegorz Przyborek and a screening of a film about Nan Goldin, a performative book action with Iacopo Pasqui and an experimental exhibition in the Film Hall – we have announced the program of festival events. 

05.6

New works by Zbigniew Libera at Fotofestiwal

Achaeans, boys, Polish gold and Situationists – with this title Zbigniew Libera describes the photographs created especially for the Fotofestiwal, as well as works not yet shown, which we will see soon in the Wschodnia Gallery. We invite you now to this unique event and a meeting with the artist and curator of the exhibition, Daniel Muzyczuk.

25.5

Educational Program

It’s time for the educational program that has been created for years in cooperation with the University of Lodz. Registration has started for workshops – on social and ecological responsibility and visual activism, about the basics of photography, and dedicated to ecohydrology in the form of a walk along the Łódka River. Children are also invited to workshops on luxography prepared by the House of Photography.

22.5

Parties at Fotofestiwal

This year’s music program of Fotofestiwal includes line-up from international club scene, such as Lua Preta, BirdzZie or the Ohxala duo, slideshows and Karma She’s performance, and a new location – the former wool dyeing plant Biedermann’s Factory. We are also coming back after a break to the unique Willa in Żeromski Park and we cannot forget DJ set Disko Zakvas, i.e. a collective of fotofestival curators and producers.

17.5

Results of the call for Photo-Match

We are pleased to announce the list of 25 artists joining this year’s Fotofestiwal in Łódź and taking part in expert meetings at our industry event Photo-Match: Big Other Portfolio Review.

12.5

Films about photography at Millennium Docs Against Gravity

Films at Millennium Docs Against Gravity festival, which starts this Friday and will last until May 21, recommended by Justyna Kociszewska, our film program curator.

12.5

Photographic Publication of The Year and our photobook program

Photographic Publication of the Year shortlist has been announced! Isn’t this a great opportunity to also inform you about other […]

10.5

City Program announced!

The largest retrospective exhibition by Grzegorz Przyborek with newest, never seen works, iconic frames of Polish reality of the 1970s and 1980s shown by Chris Niedenthal, as well as group exhibitions: students and graduates of the Film School, Academy of Fine Arts and the mentoring program Sputnik Photos. Among the group exhibitions, you will also see a unique effect of the activities of artists paying tribute to Bogdan Konopka. Fourteen exhibitions prepared by Łódź galleries and art institutions will enrich, as every year, the program of Fotofestiwal.

24.4

Mайстер-класи з фотографії «Новий дім» для підлітків з України, Білорусі та Польщі

Ви коли-небудь думали, що фотографія – чудовий антидепресант? Про це добре знають Юлія Шабловська та Юлія Лиса, фотографки з Білорусі та України. І саме, завдяки фотографії, вони знаходять свій шлях у Польщі, яка тепер є їхнім новим домом. Фотографки запрошують молодь з України, Білорусі та Польщі віком від 14 до 18 років на майстер-класи з фотографії, які відбудуться з 30 квітня по 28 травня 2023 року у Лодзі.

17.4

PHOTO-MATCH: PORTFOLIO REVIEW

An open call has started for our industry top event. We invite photographers to meet 24 experts from all over Europe in an unusual formula of portfolio review, which emphasizes networking, equality and the widest possible presentation of works and photographic institutions. All of that free of charge.

12.4

The festival program is announced!

Andy Warhol and Madonna on the Area Club dance floor, new works by Zbigniew Libera and a curatorial program entitled Hope. Two months before the festival, we invite you to take a look at the highlights of the program prepared for you by our team.

03.4

Winners of the “Family Connections”

Six winners of the “Family Connections” competition have been announced. This is a project that we co-organized with the European Union and the EU NEIGHBOURS EAST program and which has just ended with a gala in Tbilisi, Georgia. The winners received cash prizes and statuettes.

20.3

“Family Connections” contest shortlist!

We are pleased to announce the names of photographers honored in the “Family Connections” competition, organized in partnership with the EU NEIGHBOURS EAST Programme.

13.3

Futures Talents 2023

We’re pleased to announce the names of the five photographers that Fotofestiwal has chosen this year to collaborate as part of the Futures Photography project.

07.3

Photographic Publication of the Year 2023

Open call for the 13th edition of the Photographic Publication of the Year competition has started. We encourage you to submit your applications.

18.1

Fotofestiwal 2023 Open Call finalists!

From a record number of applications, we have selected the winners of the Open Calla! Check out who we will see in this year’s Open Program.

01.12

Fotofestiwal 2023!

We have some important information 🙂 In 2023 Fotofestiwal will start on Thursday, June 15, right after the long weekend and will last until June 25th.

30.11

Fotofestiwal joins the Fortepan Method project

Together we will create an international digital archive of the 20th century consisting of photos from the private collections. The Fortepan Archive began many years ago in Budapest. It was inspired by a plastic bag full of anonymous photographs found in a dumpster in Budapest.