Events in Warsaw

The screening will be followed by a discussion with Marta Niedźwiecka, a psychologist, sex coach, and creator of the O zmierzchu podcast, and Ula Malko, a psychologist, family psychotherapist, mediator, and co-founder of the Bliskie Miejsce centre.

During the event, we will discuss:
– how to talk to children about their parents’ separation,
– what children need most from their parents during separation and divorce,
– how to build a blended family whilst being mindful of the children,
– how to look after yourself when separating from your partner.

Newsweek’s Child Psychology and Teen Psychology are the media partners of the screening.

The screening will be preceded by the opening gala, which will last approximately 30 minutes.

Before the screening: an introduction by Zofia Stanecka, author of the Basia book series, and Marianna Oklejak, illustrator. After the screening: book signing.

10.30 am – until the last screening, Kinoteka

Get ready to visit a station filled with fun and set off on a railway adventure! Young audience members can look forward to a wheel of fortune with prizes and riddles, giant floor puzzles, and plenty of creative challenges. Together, we will solve crosswords, colour in trains, and design our own tickets for a dream journey. And for parents, this will be a perfect opportunity to find out how to sign up their child’s class for our free workshops for schools.

Idea and facilitation: KOLEO Team

For audiences of all ages and accompanying adults | free admission

11.00 am–3.00 pm Kino Muranów

Each child will receive a cotton bag in which to keep festival souvenirs: a diary, stickers, leaflets, and tickets. Each participant will be able to decorate their bag using special fabric pastels – perhaps you will draw favourite fairy-tale characters, cinema memories, or completely abstract patterns?

For audiences aged 4 and over and their accompanying adults | free admission

11.00 am–3.00 pm Kinoteka

Participants will receive specially designed festival badges, which the children will fill in with their details and hand-drawn self-portraits, as well as use to rate the films they have watched and create their own must-see list.

For audiences aged 4 and over, and accompanying adults | free admission

11:00 am and 13:00 pm, Kino Muranów

They Have a Language of Their Own – a video performance and radio play with music by Rafał Ryterski, and with script, video, and direction by Amadeusz Nosal, inspired by the annual migration of Warsaw’s white-fronted geese from Łazienki Park to the Vistula. In this cinematic and artistic tale, our guides are three friendly common shelducks: Józefina, Lucyna, and Lolka, who decide to head towards the river for the first time. Along the way, they observe human customs and try to imitate them, so as to blend into city life unnoticed.

Organisers: Polish Composers’ Union, Music Is for Everyone Foundation.

Premiere as part of the 16th Festival of Contemporary Music or Children, Little Warsaw Autumn Festival, and the 13th TAURON Young Horizons International Film Festival.

For audiences aged 6 and over | Polish Sign Language interpretation
Ticket price: 50 zł
More information here.

After the screening, join us for a creative construction workshop, where you will use cardboard, bottle caps, string, and recycled materials to create your own crazy inventions and unique vehicles. Participants will learn the basics of DIY and design, as well as how to combine imagination with the laws of physics. While working, we will discover that a builder’s greatest strengths are creativity and collaboration, and that any crazy idea can become the beginning of a wonderful adventure. This workshop is for all young explorers who want to find out how to turn ordinary materials into moving works of art.

Idea and facilitation: Piotr Lewandowski

Workshops delivered thanks to the partnership with the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy, which coordinates the use in Poland of the Norwegian and EEA Grants from Iceland, Norway, and Liechtenstein. 

For audiences aged 6 and over | places are limited, booking required.
Required here!

A screening for anyone who doesn’t like a lot of noise, finds it hard to sit still, or feels uncomfortable in large, dark cinemas due to visual sensitivity.

A screening for anyone who doesn’t like a lot of noise, finds it hard to sit still, or feels uncomfortable in large, dark cinemas due to visual sensitivity.

After the screening: a discussion with Piotr Szczepanowicz, the film’s creative producer.

A screening for anyone who doesn’t like a lot of noise, finds it hard to sit still, or feels uncomfortable in large, dark cinemas due to visual sensitivity.

Before the screening: an introduction by Nora Twomey, the film’s producer and co-founder of Cartoon Saloon.

After the screening: a discussion with Nora Twomey, the film’s co-director.

Before the screening: an introduction by an educator from the National Film Archive and Audiovisual Institute.

The screening will be accompanied by live music arranged and performed by Projekt Muzyka (Aleksandra Korpak and Jan Korpak), a duo of musicians and educators.

10.30 am – until the last screening, Kinoteka

Get ready to visit a station filled with fun and set off on a railway adventure! Young audience members can look forward to a wheel of fortune with prizes and riddles, giant floor puzzles, and plenty of creative challenges. Together, we will solve crosswords, colour in trains, and design our own tickets for a dream journey. And for parents, this will be a perfect opportunity to find out how to sign up their child’s class for our free workshops for schools.

Idea and facilitation: KOLEO Team

For audiences of all ages and accompanying adults | free admission

A screening for anyone who doesn’t like a lot of noise, finds it hard to sit still, or feels uncomfortable in large, dark cinemas due to visual sensitivity.

11.00 am–3.00 pm Kinoteka

Each child will receive a cotton bag in which to keep festival souvenirs: a diary, stickers, leaflets, and tickets. Each participant will be able to decorate their bag using special fabric pastels – perhaps you will draw favourite fairy-tale characters, cinema memories, or completely abstract patterns?

For audiences aged 4 and over and their accompanying adults | free admission

11.00 am–3.00 pm Kino Muranów

Participants will receive specially designed festival badges, which the children will fill in with their details and hand-drawn self-portraits, as well as use to rate the films they have watched and create their own must-see list.

For audiences aged 4 and over, and accompanying adults | free admission

Before the screening: an introduction by Kasia Świątoniowska, co-organiser of the HER Docs festival.

A screening for anyone who doesn’t like a lot of noise, finds it hard to sit still, or feels uncomfortable in large, dark cinemas due to visual sensitivity.

14:00 pm –16:00 pm Kino Iluzjon

Join us for a two-hour workshop devoted to understanding film characters. You will learn about the stages involved in constructing a character, as well as how the screenwriter, then the actor and director, shape the character’s image, behaviour, and our understanding of their intentions. The workshop will help you watch films more critically and read the intentions embedded in each stage of a film character’s development. The session will be led by an educator from the School Film Library’s Travelling Film Experts network.

For audiences aged 12 to 18 | places are limited, booking required.
Required here!

After the screening: a discussion with Tomasz Samojlik, comic book author, Jacek Rokosz, film director, and Malwina Górecka, film producer.

A screening for anyone who doesn’t like a lot of noise, finds it hard to sit still, or feels uncomfortable in large, dark cinemas due to visual sensitivity.

After the screening: a discussion with Nora Twomey, director of The Breadwinner.

Before the screening: an introduction by an educator from the National Film Archive and Audiovisual Institute.

After the screening: a discussion with Maciej Cuske, the film’s director and screenwriter, and the film’s protagonists.

A screening for anyone who doesn’t like a lot of noise, finds it hard to sit still, or feels uncomfortable in large, dark cinemas due to visual sensitivity.

Before the screening: an introduction by Marta Chrościcka, a psychologist from Bliskie Miejsce. After the screening: a discussion with Marta.

A screening for anyone who doesn’t like a lot of noise, finds it hard to sit still, or feels uncomfortable in large, dark cinemas due to visual sensitivity.

Before the screening: an introduction by Hanna Wereszczyńska, festival programmer.

After the screening: a discussion with Grzegorz Wacławek, the film’s director and producer.

Before the screening: an introduction by Maria Dutkiewicz, film critic.

A screening for anyone who doesn’t like a lot of noise, finds it hard to sit still, or feels uncomfortable in large, dark cinemas due to visual sensitivity.

Before the screening: an introduction by Hanna Wereszczyńska, festival programmer.

After the screening: a discussion with the film’s creators, including director Kristoffer Rus and Amelia Fijałkowska, who plays Delfina.

After the screening: a meet-and-greet with Neah Heffti, who plays Pola.

After the screening: a meet-and-greet with Ellen Pultz-Hansen, who plays Mira.

Before the screening: an introduction by Łukasz Tulej, traveler, survival instructor, and naturalist.

Before the screening: an introduction by an educator from the National Film Archive – Audiovisual Institute. After the screening: a discussion with Miri Palak, a psychologist, sexologist, psychological trauma intervention specialist, and coordinator of the SEXEDPL Anti-Violence Helpline.

Before the screening: an introduction by Louise Bagnall, director of the short film Late Afternoon.

Before the screening: an introduction by Łukasz Al-Darawsheh, a film critic associated with the Filmawka website.

A screening for anyone who doesn’t like a lot of noise, finds it hard to sit still, or feels uncomfortable in large, dark cinemas due to visual sensitivity.

Before the screening: an introduction by Ewelina Gordziejuk, producer and founder of the EGoFILM studio.

11.00 am–3.00 pm Kino Muranów

Using magnetic sheets, we will create film-themed magnets. For younger audience members, the sheets will take the form of colouring pages featuring festival characters and artefacts, while older participants will be able to design whatever their imagination dictates – the ideas and shapes are entirely up to you.

For audiences aged 4 and over, and accompanying adults | free admission

11.00 am–3.00 pm Kinoteka

Workshop participants will create rainbow-coloured auroras on specially prepared postcards using a scratch technique. On the back of the card, there will be space to write greetings from the Young Horizons Festival and to stick on postage-stamp-style stickers inspired by Norway.

The workshops are organised in partnership with the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy, which coordinates the use in Poland of the Norwegian and EEA Funds, provided by Iceland, Norway, and Liechtenstein.

For audiences aged 4 and over, and accompanying adults | free admission

After the screening: a talk with Ellen Pultz-Hansen, who plays Mira.

Are the ears and trunk there? What about the tail? After the screening, we invite families with children to a movement and sensory workshop with live music, during which we will tune our bodies to sensation, movement, and shared play.

Facilitator: Hanna Bylka-Kanecka, tuba: Mateusz Kurek

For audiences aged 5 to 8 and accompanying adults | free admission

After the screening: a discussion with Louise Bagnall, the film’s director.

After the screening: a meet-and-greet with Neah Heffti, who plays Pola, and Katarzyna Maciąg, who plays Lidia.

Before the screening: a dance performance by Egurrola Dance Studio.

A screening for anyone who doesn’t like a lot of noise, finds it hard to sit still, or feels uncomfortable in large, dark cinemas due to visual sensitivity.

Before the screening: an introduction by Norbert Kaczała, editor of the Filmawka website.

A screening for anyone who doesn’t like a lot of noise, finds it hard to sit still, or feels uncomfortable in large, dark cinemas due to visual sensitivity.

The screening will feature live music arranged and performed by Natalia Czekała and Krzysztof Guzewicz, followed by the awards ceremony.

Followed by a discussion with Louise Bagnall, the film’s director.

Before the screening: an introduction by Marek Lachowicz, the film’s director, and Agata Romaniuk, author of the Kocia Szajka book series. After the screening: book signing by Agata Romaniuk and illustrator Malwina Hajduk.

11.00 am–3.00 pm Kinoteka

Using magnetic sheets, we will create film-themed magnets. For younger audience members, the sheets will take the form of colouring pages featuring festival characters and artefacts, while older participants will be able to design whatever their imagination dictates – the ideas and shapes are entirely up to you.

For audiences aged 4 and over, and accompanying adults | free admission

11.00 am–3.00 pm Kino Muranów

Workshop participants will create rainbow-coloured auroras on specially prepared postcards using a scratch technique. On the back of the card, there will be space to write greetings from the Young Horizons Festival and to stick on postage-stamp-style stickers inspired by Norway.

The workshops are organised in partnership with the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy, which coordinates the use in Poland of the Norwegian and EEA Funds, provided by Iceland, Norway, and Liechtenstein.

For audiences aged 4 and over, and accompanying adults | free admission

A screening for anyone who doesn’t like a lot of noise, finds it hard to sit still, or feels uncomfortable in large, dark cinemas due to visual sensitivity.

Before the screening: an introduction by Ada Kuźnia-Tkaczyk, a psychologist and child psychotherapist from Bliskie Miejsce. After the screening: a discussion between an expert from Bliskie Miejsce and Marta Skierkowska, chair of the Dajemy Dzieciom Siłę Foundation and a psychologist.