Primary Schools: Grades IV–VII

The workshops, led by director and artist Jaśmina Wójcik based on the film “From This Moment On, Everything Was Different” will focus on emotions in the film. How do we feel them? Which emotions are difficult for us? Joint analysis of the film’s characters’ attitudes will help us consider how to cope with difficult experiences. At the end, we will learn to give emotions form through art and artistic expression.

“From This Moment On, Everything Was Different” directed by Eef Hilgers, Netherlands 2021, 16 min, 10+

What do you do when your life suddenly turns upside down? Eight children (aged 7–15) return to the moment their parents told them they were divorcing. In a white studio, the children add color to all the details they still remember. How did they deal with all the questions, thoughts, and emotions swirling around in their heads at that moment?

Topics covered in the film: divorce, separation, family, sadness, loss, support, naming and expressing emotions, anger, fear, acceptance, coming to terms with new reality.

Jaśmina Wójcik

A visual artist, director, and author of listening-oriented, participatory socio-artistic actions. She focuses on involving and giving voice to communities deprived of visibility and the opportunity to speak out. Co-editor of the book “Art with the Community” (2018) based on her most widely known project—a multi-year action with the community of former workers of the Ursus factory, culminating in the award-winning feature-length creative documentary “Symphony of the Ursus Factory” (2018). For several years, she has been engaged in empathetic education, developing original practices of artistic expression for children. She empowers children, treating them as co-creators and inviting them to dialogue. Currently, Wójcik mainly focuses on grassroots educational practices, which will result in her new film based on Janusz Korczak’s novel “King Matt the First.”