April 24 – May 03 2026, Kraków
News
“Pierce” (dir. Nelicia Low) with the Andrzej Wajda Krakow Film Award Mastercard OFF CAMERA 2025!
The international jury composed of: Agnieszka Smoczynska, Bina Daigeler, Alice Dawson and Andrea Riseborough have decided that the Andrzej Wajda Krakow Film Award in the Main Competition “Making Way” goes to the film Pierce directed by Nelicia Low. The jury consisting...
Free activities during 18th Mastercard OFF CAMERA
As every year, we have organized plenty of activities for you to participate in absolutely for free! Open interviews with the stars, open-air cinemas, workshops, as well as a whole lot of surprises prepared for you by our partners in their zones in the Film Village at...
There was supposed to be frutti di mare, and what was left was a mess after the carnival | a special screening of „The Lure”
The Lure by A. Smoczyńska - is “bent” towards camp exaggeration, an overstated color palette feria, almost torn alive from the embrace of retro dance. At times exaggerated styling, however, is shrouded in an aura of surrealism, filling oneiric spaces. Especially for...
Interviews
„It’s fantastic when you read a screenplay that makes you feel like reading a book” | an interview with Alice Dawson
A producer of the most talked-about movies of recent years such as “The Father”, “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” and “Conclave”. Alice Dawson was a juror in the “Making Way” Main Competition during Mastercard OFF CAMERA 2025. Since she was present in Cracow...
“Independent cinema is where everything begins” | an interview with Mia Wasikowska
Primarily known to audiences for her lead role in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. A versatile actress – she is no stranger to costume films, comedies, thrillers, or psychological dramas. Once dreaming of a career as a ballerina, she now boasts a directorial and...
Reviews
United in solitude | review of the film “Memoir of Snail”
Memoir of Snail is one of the hits of most festivals at which it appears. Adam Elliot with his production even reached an Oscar nomination, but the biggest success of this film should be its widespread recognition by the audiences of all the places where it was shown....
In the Name of Father… | review of the film “In the Name of Blood”
Akaki Popkhadze, making his debut with his French-Georgian film, fit perfectly into the theme of the Mastercard OFF CAMERA Festival's “Eye for an Eye” section. His debut work is a textbook example of showing the motif of revenge in cinematography and doing so on many...
If they come here, it’s a sign that something is fundamentally missing | review of the film Rabia.
Between 2013 and 2016, as many as 42,000 people from 110 countries followed the banner of the so-called Islamic State in Syria and Iraq - this stunning account, which is the story of recruiting female partners of Islamic militants who become “members of our cause,”...
The Idea
The 16th edition of the Mastercard OFF CAMERA International Festival of Independent Cinema is upon us. Throughout the years, the Festival has undergone changes and continued to evolve. From the outset, however, it has always provided information and commentary on the present state of the world. Addressing important current topics, the Festival has dared to go against the grain. It thus became one of the most recognizable events of this type in Central Europe.
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Dofinansowano ze środków Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego pochodzących z Funduszu Promocji Kultury – państwowego funduszu celowego |