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Bitcoin FilmFest returns to Warsaw’s Kinoteka for its fourth edition on June 4-7, 2026, bringing 16 films across three stages inside the Palace of Culture and Science. This year the festival shares its venue and dates with MoneroKon, and one ticket covers both events. Every ticket includes a Trezor Model T hardware wallet. The programme adds an AI short-film contest with a 2.5 million satoshi prize pool, alongside the festival’s signature mix of documentaries, panels, workshops, live music and the Golden Rabbits awards. Finonity is an official media partner.
Not a Conference. A Culture Festival That Happens to Screen Films.
Bitcoin FilmFest is not a blockchain conference with a cinema room attached. It is the largest film festival dedicated to Bitcoin culture, founded in Warsaw in 2022 as a grassroots community project. The origin story is worth knowing: filmmaker Pierre Corbin came to Warsaw to screen his documentary The Great Reset and the Rise of Bitcoin. The screening fell through. He and Tomek Kolodziejczuk grabbed two beers and started talking. The question they landed on was simple: there are more Bitcoin films out there than people realise, so why not screen several and let an audience pick the best? The first edition ran as a side event with 120 people and eight documentaries. Four years later, the festival draws guests from over 20 countries.
The team describes BFF less as a film festival and more as a festival of Bitcoin culture built around cinema. The difference matters. Panels, workshops, art exhibitions and live music run alongside the screenings. The closing gala features the Golden Rabbits. And the festival operates year-round with satellite events already held in Lisbon, Cape Town, San Salvador and Lugano.
What Bitcoin Cinema Actually Means
The most common question the team fields is what counts as a Bitcoin film. Their working definition has three layers: films about Bitcoin directly, such as documentaries on inflation, self-custody or the Satoshi mystery. Films where Bitcoin is part of the plot but the story is really about something else, a romance or a crime thriller where Bitcoin matters to what happens. And films within the Bitcoin ethos that never mention Bitcoin at all but share its values of independence and self-determination.
The 2026 lineup leans toward small independent creators. Among the 16 selected titles, Self Custody stands out: a 31-minute Hollywood action-thriller starring Adrian Grenier, having its European premiere at BFF. The programme also includes the short comedies Bitcoin Castle and Crypto Castle, and the feature documentary Hummingbird.
MoneroKon, AI Contest, Trezor in Every Box
The co-location with MoneroKon is new for 2026. The two events share the Kinoteka venue and run on the same dates. One ticket covers both, which means attendees move between Bitcoin film screenings, privacy technology talks, and community programming on three parallel stages: a film stage, a community stage, and a Monero stage.
The other addition is the Future of Money AI contest, an AI short-film competition with a 2.5 million satoshi prize pool. Entries are audience-voted and the winner is announced at the closing gala. The contest is paired with on-site AI filmmaking workshops, making it both a competition and a hands-on learning track.
Every ticket costs EUR 120, payable in Bitcoin on-chain or via Lightning, and ships with a Trezor Model T hardware wallet. The festival also offers free Artist and Volunteer passes.
Practical Details
Bitcoin FilmFest 2026 takes place on June 4-7 at Kinoteka, Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw, Poland. The main programme runs June 5-7, with an opening social on June 4. The event is co-located with MoneroKon. Full agenda and tickets are available at bitcoinfilmfest.com.
For a full list of Finonity’s current conference and institutional collaborations, visit our media partnerships page. Finonity will be present on-site at the festival and will cover the event across all 11 language editions.
