Primary Schools: Grades IV–VI

The 10-year-old Aiko takes us on a joyful journey of discovering diversity around her. Meetings with other children bring her new experiences and show how many young talents are hidden around her. This film adventure is a pretext for developing our potential and looking at our daily interactions with others. After the film, in the creative workshop, we will focus on our talents—those we know exist and those we only suspect we have. The workshop, based on the film “Aikido”, will be led by psychosocial skills trainer Marcin Majkut.

“Aikido”, directed by Annabel Verbeke, Belgium 2022, 15 min, 11+

Aiko is a 10-year-old girl who lives in Brussels. After the pandemic isolation, she goes to the city in search of new stories for her vlog Aikido. Among the city’s sounds, she hears music. Her curiosity leads to meetings throughout the city with children expressing their feelings through music and rhythm. Together with her new friends, Aiko celebrates childhood, sound, singing, dancing, and beatboxing.

Topics covered in the film: passions, strengths, social media.

Marcin Majkut

A psychosocial skills trainer. Producer, author, and leader of film and psychoeducational projects for children, youth, and adults. Creator of the project www.lekcjewychowawcze.pl. Author of educational lesson scripts in the Filmoteka Szkolna program, psychological analyses, and educational materials for films for children and youth by Nowe Horyzonty Edukacji Filmowej, Fundacja Generator, and Szkoła z Klasą. A graduate of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at SWPS University in Warsaw and the School of Training and Psychological Workshop at the Ośrodek Pomocy i Edukacji Psychologicznej “Intra.” Certified actor.