British Council 80 years in Poland | British Council Poland

The British Council has been working with Poland since 1938. In 2018 we were marking this 80th anniversary with a series of events celebrating cultural relations and exchange between the UK and Poland.

The programme of British Council events in 2018 was carried out in the cooperation with the most important institutions for culture and education, such as the Centre of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko, New Horizons Association, Malta Festival Poznań, Multikino, Gutek Film, Łaźnia Centre for Contemporary Art in Gdańsk, National Forum of Music in Wroclaw, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Copernicus Science Centre.

Learn more: www.britishcouncil.pl/en/80-years

Find out more about all the events that took place as part of the celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the British Council in Poland

The School of Law with Marysia Lewandowska

Workshop, lecture and research project

Date: Monday 03 December 2018 -
18:00 to 20:00

Element Urban Talks

Element Urban Talks is an event entirely focused on architecture, interior design, industrial design and landscape.

Date: Friday 01 December 2017 to Sunday 03 December 2017
Location: Dawny Hotel Forum, ul. Konopnickiej 28, Kraków

Pandora’s Box – collage, silhouettes, caricature, lecture by Lubaina Himid

The Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw invites the public to attend a lecture by the British artist Lubaina Himid

Date: Tuesday 27 November 2018 -
18:30 to 21:30

23. Forum Kina Europejskiego CINERGIA

This year the Festival will continue the long-standing tradition of presenting the most interesting Polish and European debuts.

Date: Friday 23 November 2018 to Saturday 01 December 2018

BAFTA Shorts 2018

Screenings of the BAFTA 2018 short film and short animation nominees at Ars Cameralis Festival

Date: Monday 12 November 2018 - 18:00 to Wednesday 14 November 2018 - 20:00

NIEPODLEGŁE: Women, Independence and National Discourse

The exhibition Niepodległe: Women, Independence and National Discourse examines the role played by women in 20th-century narratives of national liberation.

Date: Friday 26 October 2018 to Sunday 03 February 2019

Gdańsk Creative Meetups

Creative hubs - new models. Focus on artists and communities

Date: Tuesday 30 October 2018 -
16:00 to 20:00

Conrad Festival

Edward Brooke-Hitching will be one of the Festival's guests.

Date: Monday 22 October 2018 to Sunday 28 October 2018

International Conference: Sculpture Today III

Art and Nature: The Sculpture Park Re-examined

Date: Thursday 18 October 2018 to Sunday 21 October 2018

Warsaw International Film Festival

Over 110 features and 80 short films screened at the Kinoteka in the Palace of Culture and Science and the Multikino Złote Tarasy

Date: Friday 12 October 2018 to Sunday 21 October 2018

Creative Mikser #18: Cities after hours – Night Time Industries in London and Warsaw

Creative Mikser is a series of networking meetings addressed to Warsaw’s creative community, organised by the British Council and the City of Warsaw since 2011.

Date: Thursday 11 October 2018

Krem i czekolada

The exhibition is about the employees’ memories working in Wedel & Pollen-Uroda

Date: Saturday 29 September 2018 to Monday 29 October 2018

Power of Nature. Henry Moore in Poland

Following an interval of almost sixty years, works by Henry Moore, one of the most prominent European artists of the 20th century, will be once again on show in Wrocław.

Date: Sunday 30 September 2018 to Sunday 20 January 2019

Film: Squadron 303

Film screening across Poland

Date: Thursday 09 August 2018 to Sunday 30 September 2018

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

After 25 years of tilting at windmills, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote – finally on the big screen!

Date: Friday 10 August 2018 to Friday 31 August 2018

Power of Nature. Henry Moore in Poland

The exhibition, organized in collaboration with the National Museum in Krakow, National Museum in Wroclaw and the Henry Moore Foundation at Perry Green in Great Britain.

Date: Saturday 21 April 2018 to Sunday 09 September 2018

18th New Horizons International Film Festival

Retrospective: Nicolas Roeg

Date: Thursday 26 July 2018 - 00:00 to Sunday 05 August 2018 - 00:00

Special screening: McQueen

Special screening

Date: Thursday 12 July 2018 -
18:00 to 20:00

11th International Animated Film Festival Animator

British Events at the International Animated Film Festival Animator 2018

Date: Friday 06 July 2018 - 00:00 to Thursday 12 July 2018 - 00:00

Creativity Talks: What kind of festivals do we need in these turbulent times?

Join our debate!

Date: Sunday 24 June 2018 -
16:00 to 19:00

Big Book Festival 2018

Big Book Festival is an international festival of reading and arts, it takes place from 22nd til 24th June in Warsaw, Poland.

Date: Friday 22 June 2018 - 21:00 to Sunday 24 June 2018 - 22:00

The Venice Biennale in Bródno

Bródno Sculpture Park, chapter 10

Date: Tuesday 19 June 2018 - 00:00 to Sunday 01 July 2018 - 00:00

“What is Gilbert & George?”

The British Council and Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art invite you to a meeting with artists (led by: Michael Bracewell), book promotion and film screenings.

Date: Friday 15 June 2018 to Sunday 24 June 2018
Location: Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdańsk

FOTOFESTIWAL: Exhibition "Beyond Drifting" by Mandy Barker

Fundacja Edukacji Wizualnej / FOTOFESTIWAL – 17. International Festival of Photography in Lodz: Exhibition "Beyond Drifting" by Mandy Barker and curatorial walk with Peggy Sue Amison

Date: Thursday 21 June 2018 - 00:00 to Sunday 01 July 2018 - 00:00

Element Talks

Designers, just breathe! Fifth edition of Element Talks this summer in Warsaw!

Date: Saturday 16 June 2018 - 09:00 to Sunday 17 June 2018 - 17:00

Film screening: "Call Me by Your Name"

British Council, British Embassy and Gutek Film cordially invite you to the screening of a film "Call Me by Your Name".

Date: Wednesday 13 June 2018 -
20:00 to 22:30

Inclusive workshops: 'Sign of the times'

British Council and the Polish Theatre Institute invite you for the inclusive workshops: ‘SIGN OF THE TIMES”.

Date: Friday 08 June 2018 - 15:00 to Sunday 10 June 2018 - 14:00

Peer-to-Peer. Collective Practices in New Art

The exhibition catalogues contemporary methods of collective work developed mostly by the generation of artists in their thirties.

Date: Friday 08 June 2018 to Sunday 28 October 2018

Musical "PILOTS"

Tags: Theatre

New Polish musical "PILOCI" ("THE PILOTS") – an epic love story against the backdrop of World War II.

Date: Friday 01 June 2018 to Saturday 30 June 2018
Location: Musical Theatre ROMA, Warsaw

First lady of the piano, Elisabeth Leonskaja

Elisabeth Leonskaja, a prominent pianist of our time, will perform on the stage of the National Forum of Music.

Date: Friday 01 June 2018 -
19:00 to 22:00

Krakow Photomonth Festival 2018

Krakow Photomonth is a leading European photography festival and one of Poland’s biggest events dedicated to visual arts.

Date: Friday 25 May 2018 - 00:00 to Sunday 24 June 2018 - 00:00

Wikipedia for the Brave

Help us write the Polish-British story of women human rights defenders!

Date: Friday 18 May 2018 -
09:00 to 13:00
Location: British Embassy in Warsaw

Ryszard Kapuscinski Award for Literary Reportage and Translators of the World student competition

Ryszard Kapuscinski Award for Literary Reportage and Translators of the World student competition for a literary review of a book translation Ryszard Kapuściński Literary Reportage Award

Date: Thursday 17 May 2018 - 12:00 to Sunday 20 May 2018 - 00:00

Philharmonia Orchestra

Philharmonia Orchestra – concert under British Council patronage.

Date: Wednesday 25 April 2018
Location: Wroclaw

Essays "Crossing Points: UK-Poland Common interests, shared concerns"

80 years of British Council, 100 years of Polish independence and 88 pages of good reading.

Date: Friday 20 April 2018 to Sunday 20 May 2018

80 YEARS AND STILL COUNTING!

British Council together with the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art invite you to a party!

Date: Friday 20 April 2018 - 21:00 to Saturday 21 April 2018 - 01:00
Location: Warsaw

Audioriver Lab

The aim of Audioriver Lab is to create a place for inspiration among various fields of art, to share good practices and exchange experiences

Date: Saturday 07 April 2018
Location: Warszawa

Poems in the City 2018

On 3 April, over 100 thousand poems will pop up in Warsaw.

Date: Tuesday 03 April 2018 to Monday 30 April 2018
Location: City and commercial spaces, cafes and clubs in Warsaw

Mix the City Katowice

Katowice is the first Polish city to join Mix the City platform.

Date: Saturday 31 March 2018

Misteria Paschalia Festival 2018

Krakow in the week between 26 March and 2 April 2018 is not to be missed!

Date: Monday 26 March 2018 to Monday 02 April 2018
Location: Krakow

CREATIVE MIKSER #17: Inclusive design, or when design goes universal

Creative Mikser #17 is a meeting for creative entrepreneurs organised by the British Council and the City of Warsaw, in partnership with Element Talks and Mindspace.

Date: Thursday 22 March 2018 -
18:00 to 21:00
Location: Warsaw

10. SHORT WAVES FESTIVAL

Short Waves Festival is an international short film festival taking place in Poznan, this year for the 10th time.

Date: Tuesday 20 March 2018 to Sunday 25 March 2018
Location: Poznań

The League of Gentelmen, NFM Orkiestra Leopoldinum and Ernst Kovacic – conductor, violin

The League of Gentlemen is a programme offering a look into the output of the most popular British composers.

Date: Saturday 03 February 2018 -
18:00 to 21:00
Location: The National Forum of Music, Main Hall, pl. Wolności 1, Wrocław

Department of Presence

Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw is starting a new programme called Department of Presence.

Date: Wednesday 14 February 2018 to Monday 31 December 2018
Location: Museum of Modernt Art, Pańska 3, Warsaw

Opera Rara Festival 2018

Between 18 January and 13 February Opera Rara will take over Krakow’s scenes and music aficionados’ hearts!

Date: Thursday 18 January 2018 to Tuesday 13 February 2018
Location: ICE Krakow Congress Centre, Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic in Krakow, Juliusz Slowacki Theatre