TO MARK ITS TENTH ANNIVERSARY, THE FESTIVAL UN WEEK-END À L’EST RETURNS TO ITS ROOTS.
AFTER WARSAW (GUEST CITY IN 2016), THE FESTIVAL MAKES A STOP THIS TIME IN KRAKOW, THE MAJOR OF CENTRAL EUROPE. A PROGRAMME THAT EXPLORES THE LINK BETWEEN THE PRESENT AND THE PAST, IN THE SHADOW OF THE DRAGON DESIGNED BY MARCINCZAJA FOR THE EVENT’S POSTER.
KRYSTIAN LUPA, OUR PATRON AND A LEADING VISIONARY OF EUROPEAN THEATRE, SETS THE TONE FOR THIS 2026 EDITION, WHICH FOCUSES ON THE PERFORMING ARTS INCLUDING, IN PARTICULAR, THE PRODUCTION KOFMAN. DOUBLE BIND BY OUR GUEST OF HONOUR, KATARZYNA KALWAT.
LITERATURE WILL BRING TOGETHER SEVERAL CONTEMPORARY VOICES : JACEK DUKAJ, URSZULA HONEK, MAŁGORZATA LEBDA, EWA LIPSKA, TOMASZ RÓŻYCKI, AGNIESZKA SZPILA, MARYLA SZYMICZKOWA (THE DUO JACEK DEHNEL AND PIOTR TARCZYŃSKI), W.L. TOCHMAN, AND A TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT POET WISŁAWA SZYMBORSKA WILL BE PRESENTED.
MUSIC WILL HIGHLIGHT SEVERAL KEY MOMENTS OF THE FESTIVAL, INCLUDING A TRIBUTE
TO KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI BY THE BEETHOVEN ACADEMY ORCHESTRA, AS WELL AS A CONCERT
CONDUCTED BY THE COMPOSER ZBIGNIEW PREISNER, FAMOUS FOR HIS COLLABORATIONS WITH KRZYSZTOF KIEŚLOWSKI. JAZZ FANS WILL DISCOVER THE PIANIST DOMINIK WANIA AND THE BESTER QUARTET.
A THREE-PART ELECTRONIC MUSIC SECTION WILL BE PROGRAMMED BY THE UNSOUND FESTIVAL.
EXHIBITIONS WILL BE DEDICATED TO TADEUSZ KANTOR, WILHELM SASNAL, MAŁGORZATA MIRGA-TAS AND EMILIA KINA, WITH A POLISH ART SCENE UNDERGOING A RENEWAL: KORNEL JANCZY, KAROLINA KOWALSKA, MARCIN MACIEJOWSKI, FILIP RYBKOWSKI, JUSTYNA SMOLEŃ AND YAN TOMASZEWSKI, NOT TO MENTION THE SATIRICAL CARTOONS OF SŁAWOMIR MROŻEK.
A FILM PROGRAMME THAT WILL TAKE US BACK TO GREAT CLASSICS WHILE INTRODUCING US TO NEW WORKS FROM POLISH CINEMA.
KRAKOW EMERGES AS A PRIVILEGED OBSERVATORY FOR THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF EUROPE.
BETWEEN CULTURAL HERITAGE, WELCOMING UKRAINIAN REFUGEES, ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENT AND NEW ARTISTIC FORMS, THIS NEW EDITION OF THE FESTIVAL WILL HIGHLIGHT ONE OF THE MOST DYNAMIC SCENES ON THE CONTINENT.
AN ARTISTIC BUZZ IN INTIMATE VENUES IN THE LATIN QUARTER AND BEYOND, TO FOSTER EXCHANGES AND ENCOUNTERS.

BRIGITTE BOUCHARD
Artistic Director