We announce the program of events!
You can finally have a proper look at our schedule and find out there is no excuse to not to go to Lodz. We announce the program of events of Fotofestiwal 25th edition!
But first, on June 13th a sweet warm up! We invite you to Fotofestiwal first official opening even before the opening of the festival. Karolina Wojtas brings her project FUNreal to Wschodnia Gallery. Get ready for an evening with many surprises.
We published the hourly program of the events and you can always check it online HERE
>> 17.06, 6:00PM at Koncept PKO Bank Polski Gallery: Opening of Adrian Chmielewski’s Eclipse, a captivating record of alternative music culture.
>> 17.06, 7:00PM at The City Art Gallery in Łódź – Chimera Gallery: Opening of Igor Omulecki’s DADA ZOO, exploring how animal motifs recur in our lives as themes, objects, historical traces, and signs.
_ 18.06 at Art_inkubator and Fuzja: The opening of the Main and Open programs kicks off with Hania Rania, John Akomfrah, many other projects and DJ sets
We open the festival at Art_inkubatior and Fuzja floating between visuals and sounds. The powerful multi channel audiovisual performance of Hania Rani and Sir John Akomfrah is the biggest treat to the festival guests. For the ones still energised, Agnieszka Obszańska, be1s, and no.decorum will lead the dancefloor. This will also be the opportunity to be at the opening of the Main and Open Program exhibitions, to check on Heritage Lens and Helena Majewska’s projects, and to meet the winners of the Photo Publication of the Year.
Here you can find the whole Exhibition Program and information about the opening of the festival in Art_inkubator and Fuzja.
_ 19.06 (more than) A handful of events
>> 19.06, 11:00AM at Art_inkubator: The best opportunity to see what is going on in the photography scene all over Europe and abroad – in only one morning. Join us for the public part of our industry event Photo-Match. The event gathers 20 artists with 20 experts that before meeting individually, will introduce themselves, their projects, and the institutions and media they represent.
>> 19.06, 5:00PM at Hilary Majewski Tenement House: Sasha Velichko, invites to the opening of Called to the Carpet. This is an immersive dialogue between images, space, and the viewer, challenging symbols of domesticity within a manipulated and repressed political environment. All the information here.
>> 19.06, 6:00PM at The City Art Gallery in Łódź – Bałucka Gallery: the host is Karolina Gembara introducing A Mind of Winter – a deep, artistic investigation into the trauma and “postmemory” of forced migration and mass resettlements in Central and Eastern Europe after World War II. All the information here.
>> 19.06, 7:00PM at Bierdermann’s Palace: The official opening of the festival – a second part of our celebration, filled with more openings and music. The night will include the projects of Augustin Rebetez, Marcin Sudziński, Alisa Martynova , and Andrzej Różycki, a special concert of Ane & Maria Kępisty featuring Marzena Lamch-Łoniewska, and epic dj sets of Kitty Kat, Pincoya and Linapary and a VJ Set of Pixelle Panthère. Find more about the whole Exhibition Program in this venue, as well as information on the opening concert and dj and vj sets.
The night doesn’t have to end there! We also invite you to a very special nighttime guided tour led by the artist Augustin Rebetez to his exhibition, Vitamin. All the information here.
_ 20.06 Saturday: Feels like breakfast and books, more openings, a night of photography in the park and a BIRTHDAY PARTY!
>> 20.06, 10:00AM at Biedermann’s Palace: We start the day with the best breakfast in town, the one that brings together photobooks and its authors, premieres and novelties. This is a meeting with the winners of the Photographic Publication of the Year, a sneak peek on the Taiwanese and Greek photobook scene, and photobook premieres.
>> 20.06, 1:00PM – 6:00PM at Art_inkubator, City Art Gallery in Łódź – Center of Art Promotion and nearby city spaces: During the afternoon, many openings and guided tours will be led by the artists. From the Main and the Open program, to Philip Montgomery’s American Cycles, and his rare insight into a decade of American history marked by political upheaval and the resurgence of social and ethnic conflict. From Karolina Wojtas playful invitation to FUNreal, to Luke Stephenson’s An Incomplete Dictionary of Show Birds.
>> 20.06, 9:30PM at Sienkiewicz Park: the Night of Photography will introduce a great selection of slideshows. On the big screen you will see, among others, the projects of the Talent Futures 2026 (Sasha Velichko, Anna Kieblesz, Irena Kalicka, Artur Pławski, and Mateusz Pecyna) and the finalist projects of the PhMuseum Photography Grant, with a special focus on Dimitri Stefanovi’s After the fathers, the recipient of a dedicated prize assigned in collaboration with Fotofestiwal.
>> 20.06, 11:00PM at Willa: By the end of the night and if there is still energy after these long days, we invite you to the afterparty—or better said — FOTOFESTIWAL BIRTHDAY PARTY. We invited Susobrino, Lua Preta, DJ Narciso and Frank Drammer for a lineup that will set the dance floor on fire all night long.
_ 22-28.06: Second week of the festival
After the vernissage rush of the first days, we are slowing down, for a moment of reflection about the realities of different photographic communities. A great panel of meetings is scheduled for this week:
>> Can we trust what we see in the media?
We start on Tuesday 23 with “Can we trust what we see in the media?“, a discussion that explores misinformation, image manipulation, and the role of media in the modern world. Organized by the Marek Edelman Dialogue Center as an accompanying event of Fotofestiwal, the panel will bring together Justyna Dżbik-Kluge, Wojciech Grzędzińsk, Filip Ćwik, and Maciek Nabrdalik.
>> An Evening with Bogdan Dziworski: “f/5.6” Exhibition Opening, Artist Talk, and Film Screenings
Continuing on Thursday 25, Fotofestiwal will feature the exhibition “f/5.6” by Bogdan Dziworski. This opening reception led by the artist, will be followed by a talk on photography and film screenings hosted by Dr. Michał Dondzik, on Kino Charlie.
>> Through Each Other’s Eyes: A Taiwan–Poland Dialogue on Democracy and Culture
On Saturday 27, this talk begins with the ways Taiwan and Poland view one another, opening a conversation on how culture is gradually shaped by history, lived experience, and memory, while also considering whether different societies may share certain feelings and aspirations. Conducted by Maciej Gaca and Wei-Yun Lin, this is one engaging exchnage that will take place at the Biedermann’s Palace.
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Of course, that’s not all, as there will still be film screenings in both festival centers: Art_inkubator and Biedermann’s Palace (including the heartwarming 2026 Polish documentary Please Do Not Sit, that follows the legendary photographer Wojciech Plewiński on a nostalgic journey across Poland to prepare an exhibition of his life’s work), specially designed guided tour for teens and school groups, as well as workshops.
And more music events! Bird Disco promises to an entertaining, participatory and communal experience based on the powerful theme of the loss of biodiversity and the unequal interaction of humans with the ecosystem as a whole, and the closing ceremony of Fotofestiwal — joining forces with Ravekjavik festival, for a chilling afternoon at the Biedermann’s Palace, carried away by the sound of TUNGLLEYSA, Ruxpin and Marta Forsberg.
A special highlight of this week is the red carpet night in Kino Utopia. Join us at the historical swimming pool of YMCA for a night filled with Taiwanese Art Film Screenings and a hybrid dj set by ( ether o ) Chia-Liang Lai. We promise you don’t want to miss it!
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