The Year of Wojciech Jerzy Has: Film Screenings in South America
In 2025, we will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Wojciech Jerzy Has, one of the most original Polish directors and the creator of the cult film The Saragossa Manuscript (1964). To mark the occasion, screenings of his films are being organised worldwide. In October, special retrospectives are planned in Argentina and Uruguay.
Complete Filmography of Has in Buenos Aires, Argentina – the “Integral Wojciech Jerzy Has” Series
From Wednesday, 1 October to Sunday, 19 October 2025, fourteen feature films comprising the complete filmography of Wojciech Jerzy Has will be screened at the Leopoldo Lugones Hall of the San Martín Theatre in Buenos Aires. The screenings will be presented in restored copies with Spanish subtitles. More information about the Integral Wojciech Jerzy Has series is available on the Complejo Teatral de Buenos Aires website: complejoteatral.gob.ar.
Film Screening Programme in Buenos Aires:
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Wednesday, 1 October 2025 – 3:00 p.m. Farewells (1958), 6:00 p.m. The Noose (1958), 8:30 p.m. The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
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Thursday, 2 October 2025 – 3:00 p.m. One Room Tenants (1960), 6:00 p.m. Farewells (1958), 9:00 p.m. One Room Tenants (1960)
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Friday, 3 October 2025 – 3:00 p.m. Goodbye to the Past (1961), 6:00 p.m. The Noose (1958), 9:00 p.m. Goodbye to the Past (1961)
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Saturday, 4 October 2025 – 3:00 p.m. The Noose (1958), 5:30 p.m. Goodbye to the Past (1961), 8:00 p.m. The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)
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Sunday, 5 October 2025 – 3:00 p.m. How to Be Loved (1963), 6:00 p.m. The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973), 9:00 p.m. How to Be Loved (1963)
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Tuesday, 7 October 2025 – 3:00 p.m. Gold Dreams (1962), 6:00 p.m. Farewells (1958), 9:00 p.m. Gold Dreams (1962)
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Wednesday, 8 October 2025 – 3:00 p.m. The Codes (1966), 6:00 p.m. One Room Tenants (1960), 9:00 p.m. The Codes (1966)
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Thursday, 9 October 2025 – 3:00 p.m. An Uneventful Story (1983), 6:00 p.m. How to Be Loved (1963)
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Friday, 10 October 2025 – 3:00 p.m. The Codes (1966), 6:00 p.m. Write and Fight (1984)
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Saturday, 11 October 2025 – 2:00 p.m. Memoirs of a Sinner (1986), 5:00 p.m. The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)
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Tuesday, 14 October 2025 – 3:00 p.m. Write and Fight (1984), 6:00 p.m. The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober (1988), 9:00 p.m. Write and Fight (1984)
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Wednesday, 15 October 2025 – 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Memoirs of a Sinner (1986)
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Thursday, 16 October 2025 – 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober (1988)
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Friday, 17 October 2025 – 3:00 p.m. An Uneventful Story (1983), 9:00 p.m. The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
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Saturday, 18 October 2025 – 2:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. The Doll (1968)
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Sunday, 19 October 2025 – 2:00 p.m. Gold Dreams (1962), 4:30 p.m. The Doll (1968), 8:00 p.m. The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)
The day before the retrospective begins, on 30 September 2025, a masterclass devoted to The Saragossa Manuscript will be held at the headquarters of DAC (Argentine Film Directors) in Buenos Aires. It will be led by Tomasz Kolankiewicz, Polish film historian and director of the National Film Archive – Audiovisual Institute. The session will be conducted in Polish with consecutive interpretation into Spanish. The broadcast will also be available online.
Organisers: Complejo Teatral de Buenos Aires, Polish Embassy in Argentina, AVA Arts Foundation, Cinemateca Argentina Foundation, and DAC.
Cinemateca Uruguaya: “Wojciech Jerzy Has 100” – Seven Films by the Polish Master in Montevideo, Uruguay
Has’s films will also be screened in Montevideo, Uruguay, at the Cinemateca Uruguaya. The Wojciech Jerzy Has 100 series will feature seven films from different periods of his career. The opening screening will be accompanied by a lecture by Polish film experts Tomasz Kolankiewicz and Joanna Bardzińska.
Film Screening Programme in Montevideo:
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Friday, 3 October 2025 – The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)
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Saturday, 4 October 2025 – The Noose (1958), Farewells (1958)
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Sunday, 5 October 2025 – How to Be Loved (1963), The Codes (1966)
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Monday, 6 October 2025 – The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973), An Uneventful Story (1983)
Details are available on the Cinemateca Uruguaya website: cinemateca.org.uy.
Polish Cinema in Córdoba, Argentina – Screenings at the Cultural Centre of the University of Córdoba
Polish cinema will also be presented to audiences in central Argentina. Thanks to cooperation with the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Poland in Córdoba and the National University of Córdoba, three films by Wojciech Jerzy Has will be screened at the Cultural Centre of the National University of Córdoba.
Film Screening Programme in Córdoba:
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Tuesday, 7 October 2025 – The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)
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Tuesday, 14 October 2025 – The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
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Tuesday, 21 October 2025 – How to Be Loved (1963)
More information is available on the Centre’s website centrocultural.unc.edu.ar.
The Year of Wojciech Jerzy Has – Global Promotion of Polish Film Culture
The Polish Senate has declared 2025 the Year of Wojciech Jerzy Has, marking the 100th anniversary of his birth. The achievements of this outstanding director, screenwriter, and film producer are widely recognised, and his works are celebrated by cinema lovers around the world. To mark this anniversary, Has’s films will be screened in 2025 in Spain, the Czech Republic, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Cuba, South Korea, Japan, and the United States. More information about celebrations around the world is available on the Adam Mickiewicz website.
The project commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of the creator of The Saragossa Manuscript in South America is co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Culture Promotion Fund) and the Polish Film Institute (PISF), with the support of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute (AMI) and the National Film Archive – Audiovisual Institute (FINA).
