The films are, for the most part, national premieres, with six directorial debuts competing this year.
Tomasz Kolankiewicz, artistic director of the festival, said that "it's yet another year when most of the films competing for the Golden Lions are by young filmmakers."
He added that "it is a good sign" for the future of Polish cinema.
"There is a lot of potential as these films are very mature," Kolankiewicz also said.
Among the favourites for the Golden Lions are Jakub Piątek's Prime Time, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year; Kinga Dębska's Soup Out of Nothing (Zupa Nic); and Leave No Traces (Żeby nie było śladów) by Jan P. Matuszyński, a movie telling the story of Grzegorz Przemyk, a high school student who was beaten to death by Poland's communist-era police.
The annual Polish Film Festival, first held in 1974, is one of the oldest film events in Europe, according to organisers.
The 46th Polish Film Festival will be held in Gdynia from September 20 to 25.
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Source: IAR
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