“Lalka” Heads to Michigan as Polish Film Festival North America Reaches Detroit Area

“Lalka” is heading to Michigan! Polish Film Festival North America 2026 is coming to the Detroit area. On Sunday, Nov. 22, at the MJR Partridge Creek theater in Clinton Township, near Detroit, audiences can see Maciej Kawalski’s “Lalka,” a film whose tickets are selling out fast in one city after another.

“Lalka” in Clinton Township, Near Detroit

The new screen adaptation of Bolesław Prus’s novel “Lalka” (“The Doll”) is one of the most anticipated Polish productions of the year. Set in Warsaw in the late 19th century, it follows Stanisław Wokulski, a merchant who has made a fortune, and his obsessive love for Izabela Łęcka, the daughter of an impoverished aristocrat. The leads are played by Marcin Dorociński (Wokulski), Kamila Urzędowska (Izabela Łęcka) and Marek Kondrat (Rzecki). Maja Komorowska, Andrzej Seweryn, Krystyna Janda and Jan Englert also appear on screen.

The film is shown in the original Polish with English subtitles, making it a good chance to bring along friends who don’t speak Polish.

Date and Location

• When: Sunday, Nov. 22, 2026, 3 p.m.
• Where: MJR Partridge Creek, 17400 Hall Rd, Clinton Township, MI 48038
• Tickets: mojbilet.com

The theater has only 100 seats, and seating is unnumbered. Organizers advise against waiting until the last minute to buy tickets: the “Lalka” screenings for the opening gala in Chicago and on Long Island sold out within a few days. This is the festival’s first screening in Michigan, for the Polish community in Detroit, Hamtramck, Sterling Heights, Troy and the entire metro area.

Polish Film Festival North America 2026

This year’s festival runs from Nov. 6 to 22. Screenings are being held in Chicago, New York, New Jersey, Long Island, Miami, Sarasota, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Washington, North Carolina, Connecticut and Massachusetts, among other places, and now in Michigan as well. The full program and tickets for all screenings are available at polishfilmfestival.com.