University of Wisconsin–Madison

Madison Polish Film Festival ‘25

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Marquee Cinema at Union South

Join us for the 2025 Madison Polish Film Festival at the Marquee Cinema at Union South!
Nov. 9
  • 3:00 p.m. CHOPIN, CHOPIN (2025, dir. Michał Kwieciński), 133 min.
Paris, 1835. Renowned composer Frédéric Chopin navigates high society, performing concerts, teaching for income while battling illness. He composes masterpieces, attends parties, pursues romance amid aristocratic and royal circles.
  • 6:00 p.m. WHITE COURAGE (2024, dir. Marcin Koszałka), 116 min.
Two Highlander brothers, clash after their father’s death. Andrzej meets Wolfram, an anthropologist. War erupts, Andrzej seeks Highlanders’ cooperation with Germans, leading to a violent brotherly confrontation amidst wartime turmoil.
November 16: 
  • 3:00 p.m. FRANZ (2025, dir. Agnieszka Holland), 127 min.
directed by Agnieszka Holland and written by Marek Epstein. Starring Idan Weiss as Franz Kafka, it follows the author’s life from his early teens in his hometown of Prague to his premature death in 1924.
  • 6:00 p.m. SPARROW (2024, dir. Tomasz Gąssowski),106 min. 
Remek, a bachelor postman passionate about soccer and studying, unexpectedly meets his unknown grandfather and new neighbor Marzenka, upending his orderly life, forcing him to adapt to the changes. 
Sponsored by: GNS+ The Lapinski Family Fund CREECA WUD Polish Heritage Club of Madison   Co-Organizers: GNS+ & the Polish Student Association at UW-Madison