HAS NA NOWO | Exhibition of posters by Andrzej Pągowski

Gdynia City Museum
22.09.2025-28.09.2025

The Has na nowo (Has Revisited) project is Andrzej Pągowski’s fourth original project promoting outstanding Polish film directors. To date, the following projects have been completed: Kieślowski na nowo (Kieślowski Revisited) in 2016 (46 posters), Wajda na nowo (Wajda Revisited) in 2021 (60 posters) and Morgenstern na nowo (Morgenstern Revisited) in 2023 (20 posters). The posters created as part of these projects have ‘travelled’ extensively around Poland and have been presented at dozens of exhibitions.

Wojciech Jerzy Has (1 April 1925 – 6 October 2000) was an outstanding Polish film director, screenwriter, producer and lecturer. He was the creator of iconic Polish films, including How to Be Loved, The Saragossa Manuscript, The Loop and The Hourglass Sanatorium.

The Polish Senate has declared 2025 the Year of Wojciech Jerzy Has, which is why this year sees the presentation of a project that includes the creation of 25 posters for all of the director’s films, including documentaries and short films, as well as one poster for the unrealised film Osioł (The Donkey) and educational posters with archival materials about the director.

Poster for the film ‘The Saragossa Manuscript’ by Andrzej Pągowski.

The project is being implemented in cooperation with the National Film Culture Centre, the National Culture Centre, the Polish Senate and private partners. TVP Kultura is the media patron of the project. The project received the honorary patronage of the Mayor of Gdynia, Aleksandra Kosiorek.

The Has na nowo project was presented on 5 June at the National Centre for Film Culture. On 3 July at the Festival of Stars in Międzyzdroje, on 27 July at the Two Riversides Festival in Kazimierz Dolny, on 4 August at the Open-Air Gallery in Łazienki Królewskie as an exhibition accompanying the International Poster Biennale in Warsaw, on 22 August in Suwałki during the Wajda na Nowo Festival, in September it will be an accompanying event at the 50th anniversary Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia, and on 17 October in Gorzów Wielkopolski. At the turn of November and December, the project will be presented at the Polish Cultural Institute in Prague, and later at other selected Polish Cultural Institutes.

The exhibition at the Gdynia City Museum will feature posters for all of Wojciech Jerzy Has’s films, created especially by Andrzej Pągowski as part of the Has na nowo (Has Revisited) project.