In making his announcement, Chaciński said his one of his criteria was to choose "intriguing films which provoke discussion and make us wonder."
Beginning the week prior to the festival, FNE will present production profiles of all 12 films.
The complete list of competition films follows:
1. Black Thursday, dir. Antoni Krauze
2. Daas, dir. Adrian Panek
3. Essential Killing, dir. Jerzy Skolimowski
4. Italians, dir. Łukasz Barczyk
5. My Name is Ki, dir. Leszek Dawid
6. The Mole, dir. Rafael Lewandowski
7. Fear of Falling, dir. Bartek Konopka
8. The Mill and the Cross, dir. Lech Majewski
9. Rosa, dir. Wojciech Smarzowski
10. Suicide Room, dir. Jan Komasa
11. In the Name of the Devil, dir. Barbara Sass-Zdort
12. The Courage*, dir. Greg Zgliński
* The film will be excluded from the Main Competition if it takes part in the festival in Venice.