Submissions are now open for the 67th Krakow Film Festival taking place in cinemas from 30 May to 6 June 2027, and online on the KFF VOD from 4 to 18 June 2027.
Led by Artistic Director Anita Piotrowska, the KFF selection team is looking for the “most compelling productions from around the world,” with around 200 titles set to make it into the festival programme. The upcoming edition will also deliver an important new addition. For the first time, the festival will host the International Documentary Debut Competition.
“We would like filmmakers who are only beginning their journey in documentary cinema to become more visible,” comments Piotrowska. “The Krakow Film Festival will place an even greater emphasis than before on discovering and promoting their films. Taking part in an international competition will give this work greater prominence.” says Anita Piotrowska. The Documentary Debut Competition will create „a dedicated space for filmmakers taking their first steps in feature-length documentary cinema.”
Filmmakers can submit documentaries of at least 50 minutes and short films of up to 30 minutes. Submission deadlines vary depending on the film’s completion date and country of production.
For Polish and international films completed before 31 October 2026, the submission deadline is 30 November 2026. International productions completed after 31 Octobe can be submitted up to 31 January 2027, while Polish productions must be submitted before 15 February 2027.
Following submission, the selection team will choose around 200 titles. Some will compete across three international competitions: the International Documentary Competition, International Short Film Competition and International Documentary Debut Competition, as well as in the National Competition, which has for years remained one of Poland’s most important platforms for presenting the latest domestic productions.
DocFilmMusic will continue in a new format, remaining part of the programme as a non-competitive section. “We want to keep presenting music documentaries and stories in which music becomes a central character, a cinematic language, or a starting point for telling stories about artists, culture and the contemporary world,” the festival writes.
Films selected for the competitions will compete for the Krakow Film Festival’s major awards: the Golden Hobby-Horses in the National Competition, the Dragons in the International Short Film Competition, the Horns in the International Documentary Competition, as well as a new award in the International Documentary Debut Competition.
Click here for regulations and submission form.
The Krakow Film Festival is included on the exclusive list of events qualifying films for the Academy Awards®in the short film categories of live action, animation and documentary, as well as in the documentary feature category. The festival also qualifies films for the European Film Awards in the same categories and for the BAFTA Awards.
