One of the most important film music festivals in the world is back and catching up on the pandemic backlog! We will see a screening with live accompaniment ( How To Train Your Dragon ),...
Indie bookshops, libraries, museums, theatres and even care homes – between 7 and 9 October , Cracovian institutions host meetings with verse during the 12th Poetry Night . This year's...
Krakow Film Festival is one of the oldest events in the world dedicated to documentary, animated and short feature films. It core consists of three competitions of equal rank: documentary film...
Our brains are so dependent on the constant flow of information, if we were to shut someone in a perfectly dark and silent room, they would soon start producing it themselves. ...
Two years ago, a new museum opened in Kraków – and not just another museum, but one unique on a European scale. By Łukasz Dziatkiewicz You could be forgiven for...
We talk to Szymon Miszczak, director of the Mastercard Off Camera festival, about this year’s anniversary, the local and international aspects of the event and the most important elements of...
We talk about events held at Poland’s largest sports and entertainment venue to Małgorzata Marcińska. Grzegorz Słącz: 2014 was a breakthrough year for Kraków. Until then, the...
For many years, Kraków’s cultural life of late spring has been indelibly linked with the big screen, celebrated by three major festivals: Mastercard Off Camera drawing independent film...
In Kraków, the concept of “dissonant heritage” covers a particularly tragic chapter in the city’s thousand-year history. During the German occupation of Poland between...
Time for Change We talk to Martyna Pastuszka about the programme and message of this year’s Misteria Paschalia Festival. Mateusz Borkowski: You are the first woman –...
We talk to Nadiia Moroz-Olshanska, president of the Mass Spectacle Foundation, organisers of the International Ukrainian Theatre Festival “East-West”. Justyna Skalska: Two years ago...
Before the premiere of Turandot Agnieszka Drotkiewicz talks to Karolina Sofulak about the power of opera and a metaphorical trip to Mars – right before Kraków Opera’s...
Małgorzata Szydłowska talks about the beautiful new location in Nowa Huta filled with ideas. Justyna Skalska: When I first heard the name of the venue you created, I instantly thought of...
We talk to Agata Wąsowska-Pawlik about European dialogue and the significance of heritage. Agata Wąsowska-Pawlik She has been working at the International Cultural Centre since 1994,...
“The tyrant will not bring us to our knees, he will not enslave our souls today,” sing Sofia and Alona. Recorded at the Groteska Theatre, the song is a perfect expression of what we are...
The festive period traditionally resounds with carols and other Christmas songs. The ICE Kraków Congress Centre also presents some quirky takes on classical music. On 2 January , the...
We are picking our favourite Cracovian bookshops for the fifth time! How do you buy books in Kraków? Slowly and thoughtfully, or perhaps on a whim when a cover or title catches your...
Kraków’s theatres are working hard to make their repertoires accessible to wider audiences, including foreign language speakers. Let’s take a look at what’s coming up in...
Aga Kozak – journalist, coach, sex educator and wellbeing and meditation mentor. Head of the Kręgi Festival and co‑author of the podcast “Sharing is caring”. I moved back to...