THE YOUTUBE EFFECT, WANDA RUTKIEWICZ. THE LAST EXPEDITION and other hits of the 21st Millennium Docs Against Gravity Festival for school groups! Registrations are open! 🫶

→ On Friday, September 27 at 12 PM, we invite school youth and their guardians to a screening of THE YOUTUBE EFFECT (dir. Alex Winter), inaugurating the new program Film Fridays with Class. Documentary Academy at Kinoteka.

The film depicts the history of the development of the world's most popular platform for democratic video sharing, along with the opportunities and threats associated with it. After the screening, Zuzanna Piechowicz, who has been associated with Radio TOK FM since 2008 and conducts workshops on mental health prevention, communication, and creativity as a trainer, will discuss conscious navigation in the media sphere with the audience.

→ Classes can be registered for both individual screenings and meetings with expert speakers, as well as for the entire cycle. Educators who register classes for screenings will receive specially prepared educational materials from experts to help deepen the topics addressed in the films at school. Tickets for youth cost 19 PLN. Educators participate in screenings free of charge.

𝘼𝙗𝙮 𝙨𝙞𝙚̨ 𝙯𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙘́, 𝙬𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙯𝙮 𝙬𝙮𝙨ł𝙖𝙘́ 𝙯𝙜ł𝙤𝙨𝙯𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙚 𝙣𝙖 𝙖𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙨: 𝙖𝙠𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖@𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮.𝙥𝙡

⏺︎ Schedule of screenings and meetings in the winter semester 2024/2025 as part of the Film Fridays with Class project. Documentary Academy at Kinoteka:

→ 27.09 (Friday), Kinoteka, 12 PM. THE YOUTUBE EFFECT (“The YouTube Effect”), dir. Alex Winter, USA 2022, 99 min + educational meeting with Zuzanna Piechowicz

→ Theatrical premiere: 25.10 (Friday), Kinoteka, 12 PM. WANDA RUTKIEWICZ. THE LAST EXPEDITION, dir. Eliza Kubarska, Poland, Switzerland, Nepal, India, Italy, Austria 2024, 80 min. + educational meeting with Michał Tęcza and Gabriela Juszczuk

→ Winning film of 21MDAG: 8.11 (Friday), Kinoteka, 12 PM. WE DON'T WANT ANOTHER LAND (“No Other Land”), dir. Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Palestine, Norway 2024, 96 min + educational meeting with Ala Qandil

→ 13.12 (Friday), Kinoteka, 12 PM. I BRING YOU WILDNESS, dir. Dyba Lach, Poland 2024, 72 min + educational meeting with the director

→ 17.01 (Friday), Kinoteka, 12 PM. COPA 71, dir. James Erskine, Rachel Ramsey, United Kingdom 2023, 90 min + educational meeting with Piotr Żelazny

More information about the films:

→ 27.09. Critically about YouTube and the contemporary media sphere

In the film “The YouTube Effect,” Alex Winter shows the pros and cons of the platform. We learn its history, including its evolution from a simple platform for sharing films and videos to an online money-making machine. We hear opinions from experts. The film examines not only the platform but also the way it has changed our lives and thinking. After the screening at Kinoteka in Warsaw, Zuzanna Piechowicz will discuss with the youth how to wisely use platforms for content sharing on the internet.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c24vIkh7UpE

→ 25.10. The story of the legendary Polish woman's difficult climbs to the highest peaks of the Earth

“Wanda Rutkiewicz. The Last Expedition” by Eliza Kubarska, which will be presented to youth on October 18 on the day of its theatrical premiere, tells the story of the first woman in the world and the first person from Poland to reach the highest peaks of the Earth. Wanda intruded into the male world of high-altitude expeditions uninvited and paid the highest price for it. The film's director, who is also a climber, follows in Wanda's footsteps in the Himalayas. An audio diary of the heroine found among a pile of archival materials serves as a clue for the search. After the screening, anti-discrimination trainer Michał Tęcza and resocialization pedagogy trainer Gabriela Juszczuk will discuss with the youth what factors influence who finds it easier to achieve life goals and how to strive for equality.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dwGwNOa7wM&t=1s

→ 8.11. The everyday life of Palestinians living in the West Bank

The film “We Don't Want Another Land” (dir. Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor), which received the Grand Prix – Millennium Bank Award at this year's MDAG Festival, depicts the everyday life of Palestinians living in the West Bank and the story of a friendship that breaks through the walls of occupation. Adra, a lawyer and journalist born and raised in Masafer Yatta in the West Bank, where residents are fighting a legal battle to preserve their village, and Yuval Abraham, a Jewish journalist, form a duo. Their Palestinian-Israeli film collective filmed events in the village for five years. Every day they try to help the residents of Masafer Yatta and tell the world about their tragedy.

After the screening, Ala Qandil, a political scientist (Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago), collaborator with the weekly “Polityka,” reporter, and former collaborator of PAP in Israel and Palestine, will present the history and recent events in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb9q5IVeGZU

→ 13.12. A tribute to the degraded Odra River

On December 13, there will be a screening of the film “I Bring You Wildness” (dir. Dyba Lach), in which a Polish musician overwhelmed by the degradation of his beloved Odra decides to paddle 1300 km in a traditional wooden boat to symbolically reclaim its wildness. The 40-day journey allows experiencing the non-human world of nature from the perspective of a person who listens attentively. After the film, director Dyba Lach will talk about how to sensitively listen to the natural world of which we are a part, as well as the history of the pollution of the Odra and ways to prevent the degradation of rivers in Poland.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkjevtcSW_s

→ 17.01. Football is not just a game for boys

In the summer of 1971, the best women's teams competed in football in Mexico. Copa 71 still ranks in history as a women's sporting event that – without FIFA's support – achieved tremendous success and attracted the largest audience in history. So why has it not been recorded in public consciousness? The film “Copa 71” by Rachel Ramsay and James Erskine tells the story of the long struggle for equality in women's football. Can we now speak of equality in women's sports? The meeting with youth after the screening on January 17 will be led by sports journalist Piotr Żelazny.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXx5usO4v2E

The organizers of Film Fridays with Class. Documentary Academy at Kinoteka are: Against Gravity, Okonakino Foundation, Documentary Academy, Kinoteka. Partners of the project are the Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival. Content recommendation: the editorial team of “Newsweek Child Psychology” and “Newsweek Teen Psychology.” Thank you 🫶