Monday, 15th of May | 10:30 | screen Warszawa
Akademia Dokumentalna. Meeting with film educators following the screening of FANTASTIC MACHINE dir. Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck
In Polish
Partner: Dom Filmowy
A journey through the historically vast ocean of contemporary media culture. We learn how the camera obscura was created, watch the first moving image show, observe the invention of the webcam, visit today's Hollywood and get to know a world filled with 45 billion cameras. Witty and thought-provoking, the film traces the development of culture of image as we know it. The camera is a fantastic invention itself, unless it is treated as the driving machine behind a billion-euro visual industry. The film broadens our perspective and understanding of the visual world we currently live in. It closely examines humanity's uncontrollable obsession with the image and the societal consequences that come with it. The film studies the impact of media culture on social behaviour, as well as the effects of being exposed to billions of images competing for our attention every day.
Moderators:
Kryspin Pluta – feature and documentary director and screenwriter whose work has been awarded in Poland and abroad. Sociologist, educator, lecturer at the University of Gdańsk. A graduate of the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing as well as the Krzysztof Kieślowski Faculty of Radio and Television of the University of Silesia. President of the "Fordewind" Creative Initiatives Foundation. Artistic supervisor of films by young artists, he conducts film workshops for children and teenagers. In Gdynia he, along with a group of young people, runs Dom Filmowy, the first innovative place in Poland combining film, educational and social activities.
Paulina Pohl – culture expert, co-founder of Dom Filmowy – a project co-created by young people that combines educational, film and social activities. Organiser of cultural activities, social activist, film educator.
