Security Review

Is festiwalgdynia.pl legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 93/100

Official website for the historic Gdynia Film Festival, featuring a 21-year-old domain and verified Polish government and cultural affiliations.

festiwalgdynia.plScanned 1h ago
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Trust score
SAFE
Heuristics 87·MT 95
View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
21 years old
Registered May 31, 2005
MT Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 100% confidence
SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

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festiwalgdynia.pl

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MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust95/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
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Confidence
The domain has been active for over 7,600 days, which is a significant indicator of legitimacy for a major cultural institution. Our analysis confirms it is operated by the Pomorska Fundacja Filmowa w Gdyni, a registered Polish foundation with clear physical and legal credentials. The site is heavily cross-referenced by official government portals, Wikipedia, and major film industry databases. There are zero malicious detections across our antivirus network and no history of abuse associated with its hosting infrastructure. The presence of valid SSL, active social media links, and transparent organizational data further reinforces its status as a trusted entity.
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Page Content

The website serves as the primary hub for the Polish Feature Film Festival, providing schedules, news, and accreditation details for the 51st edition. It features professional multilingual content, environmental impact data, and clear links to the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted on a stable IP with a clean reputation and no history of abuse reports. It utilizes a standard Let's Encrypt SSL certificate and loads resources from trusted domains like Google, Facebook, and official Polish government servers (.gov.pl).

Domain History

Registered nearly 21 years ago, the domain history perfectly aligns with the festival's long-standing operation since 1974. The registration is maintained through a reputable Polish registrar, and the ownership data is consistent with the festival's producing foundation.

Web Reputation

The site maintains an excellent reputation across the web, with positive mentions in major news outlets and cultural archives. Independent research shows high audience satisfaction regarding the festival's organization and communication, with no scam reports or security complaints found.
Risk Factors
1
  • None identified; the site exhibits all characteristics of a legitimate, high-authority institutional domain.
Positive Signals
5
  • Domain age of over 21 years indicates long-term stability.
  • Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines in our network.
  • Verified operator: Pomorska Fundacja Filmowa w Gdyni (KRS 0000233880).
  • Strongly endorsed by official government and industry sources.
  • Clean hosting IP with no history of malicious activity.
AI Recommendation
This site is safe to use. You can confidently browse the festival program, sign up for the newsletter, or purchase tickets through their official channels.
Next-gen fraud intelligence
Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for festiwalgdynia.pl, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age
21 yrs
Registered May 2005
Business registration
Active · Poland
Site traces back to an actively registered business.
Clone check
Not a clone
No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.
Web mentions
2 positive
Key findings
7 headline facts from open-web research
  • festiwalgdynia.pl is the official website for Festiwal Polskich Filmów Fabularnych (Polish Feature Film Festival / Gdynia Film Festival), running since 1974 (with name variations 2012-2016).
  • Produced by Pomorska Fundacja Filmowa w Gdyni (KRS 0000233880, active with recent management updates in 2025), located at Plac Grunwaldzki 2, 81-372 Gdynia; contact biuro@festiwalgdynia.pl.
  • Domain age of ~7692 days (~21 years) aligns with the festival's long history and official online presence.
  • No scam reports, complaints, or negative reviews found across searches for scam, oszustwo, opinie, or review sites.
  • 51st edition scheduled for 21-26 September 2026 in Gdynia; promotes Polish cinema with competitions, audience surveys, environmental initiatives (tree planting), and side events.
  • Heavily referenced positively by official Polish sources including Ministry of Culture (gov.pl), Filmweb, local Gdynia portals, IMDb, and the foundation's own site fundacjafilmowa.pl.
  • Audience feedback highlights high ratings for organization, safety, volunteers, and communication.
Positive reviews (2)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • festiwalgdynia.plopen

    "Uczestnicy_czki FPFF wysoko oceniają organizację Festiwalu: bezpieczeństwo, obsługę, pomoc wolontariuszy i komunikację, zwłaszcza w social mediach."

  • Wikipedia / official sourcesopen

    "Festiwal Polskich Filmów Fabularnych (1974–2011, od 2017), one of the oldest film events in Europe promoting Polish cinematography on a large scale."

Business registration
Status: active · Poland

Operated by Pomorska Fundacja Filmowa w Gdyni (Pomeranian Film Foundation), KRS 0000233880, NIP 5862147548, REGON 220055893, address Plac Grunwaldzki 2, 81-372 Gdynia. Foundation produces the festival; recent board changes in 2025/2026.

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above
We conducted a thorough search of scam-report databases and consumer-review sites for festiwalgdynia.pl and found no negative reports. Instead, we found extensive positive documentation confirming its role as the official platform for the Polish Feature Film Festival. The site is operated by the Pomeranian Film Foundation, a legally registered entity in Poland, and is highly rated by attendees for its organization and communication.

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified
Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious58Harmless92Engines
Clean
Kaspersky
Clean
Bitdefender
Clean
Microsoft
Not in pass
ESET-NOD32
Not in pass
Avira
Not in pass
Sophos
Clean
Fortinet
Clean
Google Safebrowsing
Clean
Emsisoft
Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found
No clear contact details on the page
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbersNone
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles3
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No phone number listed on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.
  • Links to 6 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age21 years old
Registrarpremium.pl Sp. z o.o.
RegisteredMay 31, 2005
ExpiresMay 30, 2027
Owner privacyHidden
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.2
IssuerLet's Encrypt · R13
ExpiresJul 25, 2026 (32d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingOVH Sp. z o. o.
Server locationPL
Web servernginx/1.18.0 (Ubuntu)
Platform / CMSWordPress

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://festiwalgdynia.pl/
  • 2200https://festiwalgdynia.pl/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPOVH Sp. z o. o.
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

  • Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on festiwalgdynia.pl and not a lookalike like f-estiwalgdynia.pl.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  • Use a password manager

    Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.

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Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
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AbuseIPDB
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Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

  • Our automated security review found no threat indicators on festiwalgdynia.pl. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
  • festiwalgdynia.pl passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 93/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
  • Yes. festiwalgdynia.pl presents a valid TLSv1.2 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · R13, expiring in 32 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • festiwalgdynia.pl is 21.1 years old, registered on 5/31/2005 through premium.pl Sp. z o.o.. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
  • No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report festiwalgdynia.pl as clean.
  • No. festiwalgdynia.pl is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • festiwalgdynia.pl resolves to an IP operated by OVH Sp. z o. o. in PL (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
  • This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 22, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around festiwalgdynia.pl have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

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Trust / 100
Final Verdict·festiwalgdynia.pl
SAFE

This is the official website for the Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia, a prestigious and long-running cultural event. The domain is over 21 years old and is operated by a verified non-profit foundation. You can safely browse this site and use it for festival information.

This site is safe to use. You can confidently browse the festival program, sign up for the newsletter, or purchase tickets through their official channels.

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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