Applications for the “School with Climate for…” project are open only until October 4th!
Make a film about the climate in your school and showcase it on the big screen! Schools can apply to participate in the “School with Climate for…” project only until Friday, October 4th. The project includes a series of workshops for students and teachers, organized by the Wajda Film Centre.
The workshops will result in short video pieces showcasing the “climate” of the school – its atmosphere and mood. The films will be screened during the third edition of the LET’S DOC festival and published on the ► VOD Warszawa platform. “School with Climate for…” is part of the ► Klimatyczna Mapa Szkół project.
Workshops for Students
We are mapping Warsaw schools and examining them through the lens of film. During a series of workshops with filmmakers, students will create their own documentary shorts about the climate within their schools. They will go through every stage of film production: from scriptwriting, shooting, and editing, to the premiere of their film in a cinema during the LET’S DOC festival and online on the vod.warszawa.pl platform. Additionally, workshop participants will receive passes allowing them to attend all festival screenings for free.
Workshops for Teachers
The goal of the sessions is to encourage teachers to use short films in their school practice. Each meeting will consist of a film studies segment and a workshop that incorporates elements of psychoeducation, art education, values education, and civic education (depending on the chosen theme). The films presented during the sessions, which teachers can later work with in the classroom, will be made available to them for free on the vod.warszawa.pl platform.
Workshop Leaders:
Alicja Nowacka – a film scholar, educator, and event coordinator at the Wajda Film Center. She has programmed the LET’S DOC festival for young viewers and the Cinema in Sneakers event. She is a recipient of the Grand Prix at the 27th Krzysztof Mętrak Award for film critics.
Monika Górska – the chief education specialist at the Wajda Film Center, creator of educational projects, she coordinates and conducts film workshops for children and youth, including “Trampolina do Kina” (Springboard to Cinema), an educational film studio aimed at young audiences, as well as the educational component of the LET’S DOC Documentary Film Festival for Young Audiences. She is a graduate of Photography (Film and Television Production Department at PWSFTviT in Łódź) and Cultural Animation (Faculty of Polish Studies at the University of Warsaw). She is a photographer, co-organizer of numerous exhibitions, workshops, and outdoor photography sessions, and has served as the long-time president of the “poniekąd” Photographers’ Association.
The number of passes for the workshops is limited. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Ask your school principal how to join the project.
