Kinoteka on Tour - Sheffield

Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the iconic film director’s birth, the festival will be in Sheffield from 3 May to 31 May.

In 2026, the festival continues its tradition of retrospectives of grand film directors, celebrating the centenary of Andrzej Wajda’s birth with a retrospective that spans six decades of the filmmaker’s work.

The retrospective will present and analyse the Academy Award-winning director’s politically engaged filmmaking career from his early years making films under post-war communism to his work during the Solidarność movement.

Spearheading Kinoteka on Tour is Wajda's revered classic Ashes and Diamonds (Popiół i diament, 1958), which will be screening alongside a number of other films from the director's illustrious career.

‘Wajda had a long, creative career and left behind an extraordinary legacy. His works were inspiring around the world.’ - Martin Scorsese