Senior Film Club: FATHER JAN KACZKOWSKI'S CHILDREN'S DAY

“Father Jan Kaczkowski's Children's Day” Dir. Artur Wierzbicki Poland, 2026, 75 minutes

“Father Jan Kaczkowski's Children's Day” will show one of the most extraordinary Polish clergy from a perspective that we have not known before. The new TVP documentary was created from private recordings, unpublished archives and memories of loved ones, revealing Kaczkowski not only as a priest and creator of the Puck hospice, but also a man struggling with illness, anxiety and his own weaknesses. Father Jan Kaczkowski — priest, social worker and founder of the Puck hospice — made himself known as an altruist, full of self-distance, charisma and humor. In the latest documentary we will get to know him more closely: not only as a public figure, but above all as a man struggling with his own weaknesses, fears and incurable illness. The film avoids creating an idealized image. Through the use of private, hitherto unknown archives and the memories of those closest to him, the authors show an authentic image of a priest who, despite his own suffering, fought to the end for the dignity and subjectivity of others.