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Director and producer of feature films. Sebastian earned a master’s degree in German literature, history and psychology at the University of Hamburg and a diploma in feature film directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg. He is a member of ECFA, BVR and EFA.

Graduate of the Directing Department at the Łódź Film School and the Institute of Sociology at the University of Warsaw. Director of the children’s adventure films Tarapaty and Tarapaty 2. Currently preparing her third feature film, Fanfik, for Netflix.

Internationally acclaimed filmmaker, producer, promoter, festival director of SIFFCY – a Smile Foundation initiative. Committed towards meaningful cinema, Jitendra has already been associated with the production, distribution and promotion of more than 110 films.

Film journalist. She hosted such programmes as the MediaTOR-awarded programme ABC of pop culture and Klub Trójki at Radio Trójka. She hosted the Film News+ magazine at Canal+ for several years. She now works in Radio 357. / Photo by Honorata Karapuda

He graduated in arts administration. He has worked in various positions at the Swedish Film Institute and the Culture Department of the City of Malmö. In 2009, he started working with BUFF Film Festival, an international film festival for children and young people in Malmö.

She graduated in TV and Film Directing from the Baltic Film, Media and Arts School. Screenwriter and director of feature films, short films and documentaries. Anu’s latest feature Phantom Owl Forest became the most viewed Estonian film of 2018.

His thesis short film Where the Summer Goes premiered in the Berlinale Shorts competition, was shown in over 40 countries and venues and received awards and honourable mentions at San Sebastian, Tel Aviv and Vila do Conde.

In 2016 she graduated as a director of fiction films from the Netherlands Film Academy with her short film When Grey is a Colour. This film won the prestigious Student Academy Award, two jury awards at TIFF Kids and won the CILECT prize.

The animation filmmaker and visual artist from Szczecin graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. He founded Konik Film Studio together with Katarzyna Zimnoch.

Graduate of Louvain University with a Master’s degree in Social Science. In 1978, he became involved with Jekino, a non-profit organization promoting quality films for children. In 1989, he founded European Youth Film Festival in Antwerp.

Chief film education specialist at the Andrzej Wajda Film Culture Centre, coordinator of the children’s film workshop Trampolina do Kina. Graduate of cultural studies (University of Warsaw) and photography (Łódź Film School).

He studied Social Anthropology in Athens, obtaining a Masters’ degree in Social Exclusion and Minorities. Since 2003, he has worked in various creative and organizational positions in the audiovisual sector, cinema and theatre.

This year’s graduate of the Secondary School of the Presentation Sisters in Rzeszów. She is passionate about innovative, unconventional trends in cinema, especially the French New Wave and postmodernism.

A passionate cinema lover. Finalist of the Filmsteria film festival and winner of the 11. edition of the Film Knowledge and Social Communication Olympics. He was also awarded a distinction in Portrait – a national photography competition.

Winner of the Film Knowledge and Social Communication Olympics and an amateur filmmaker. He made his first films together with friends already in primary school. He has directed two short films.

A graduate of High School no. 5 in Bielsko-Biała, student of Law at the University of Silesia. Passionate about philosophy as well as Polish and East Asian cinema. On a daily basis, he masters his skills in film editing.

This year’s high-school graduate from Wrocław, Katarzyna is always on the lookout for her film favourites. She loves good science-fiction and clever plot twists, as well as the soundtracks of Mansell, Djawadi and Morricone.

Fascinated by cinema since she can remember, Martyna has taken particular pleasure in exploring more and more areas of film art reception. Her greatest achievements include taking part in the Stories of the Future.

She has just started the fourth grade. A fan of cooking and archery, she is interested in history, particularly the Middle Ages. She likes listening to everything: audiobooks, radio shows, stories, people, sounds and music.

He graduated from the fourth grade in a sports class with distinction. A volleyball player and a passionate fan of automobiles. In his free time, he enjoys playing computer games.

Her greatest passion is horse-riding. In her free time, she listens to music – especially pop and k-pop – reads books, rollerblades and runs. She also loves watching films.

In her free time, she enjoys swimming, playing badminton, writing poetry, spending time with animals and with her friends outdoors. In addition, she often goes to various cinemas and theatres in Poznań.

He loves making his own films. He attended a film camp in the summer and takes animation classes during the school year. His favourite film series are Minions, Mr. Bean and Harry Potter.

She really enjoys drawing graphics, creating posters and collages. She enjoys watching films at home and in the cinema, reading books and playing the ukulele. Milena is interested in film production.

A student of the Poznań Choir School. She sings a lot, but likes to spend her free time watching films and reading. Ewa particularly enjoys screen adaptations of books, where she can look for differences and similarities.

She fell in love with films and books when she was still a toddler. She loves old Polish classics such as The Saragossa Manuscript and The Doll. A great fan of The Fearless Vampire Killers.

She enjoys drawing, constructing things, as well as designing and sewing clothes for her dolls. Agnieszka feels really great during drama classes. She is passionate about Harry Potter.

Programmer of the international film festival for children and young audience Juniorfest, where he focuses mainly on coming-of-age and post-teenage topics in the European context. He collaborates with the Association for Film and Audiovisual Education, writes about contemporary cinema, works closely with many film festivals such as Summer Film School or Ji.hlava IDFF. He studies film theory and history at Charles University in Prague.

Graduate of film studies at the Jagiellonian University, she worked as a primary school teacher. Instructor and cultural educator at the Namysłów Cultural Centre, author of many cultural education projects for children and young people. Coordinator and speaker at the New Horizons of Film Education in Namysłów, member of the Film Educators Team composed of experts who review and recommend films for their educational value. Juror of the Festival for Children and Young People “Kino w Trampkach” 2022.

Works as a senior specialist at Koulukino – Skolbio (School Cinema Association), an organisation  promoting film education and film literacy in Finland. Currently, she is also the chair of the Finnish Society on Media Education and member of the board of the Finnish Society for Cinema Studies.

He trains football and enjoys water sports such as wakeboarding and skimboarding. In his free time, he plays computer games, builds with Lego blocks and jumps on a trampoline.

An eight-grader passionate about contemporary dance, roller-skating and learning Spanish. She enjoys reading and breaking her own Rubik’s cube records. She loves animals.

She loves to read and watch films, but dance is her greatest passion. Being avidly interested in what is happening around her, she would like to become a journalist. She likes to travel.

A student at the Primary School no. 33 in Poznań, currently a fifth-grader. His passion is building with Lego blocks. He loves playing Minecraft and car racing games. He is learning to play the drums.

She is 10 years old and a fan of the Ale Kino! Festival. She goes to music school and is learning to play the cello. She enjoys reading books and comics. Jagna would like to become an actress.

She loves watching films and looking after animals – she has three dogs, a cat, a hamster and hens. Together with her brother, she also helps her dad with the bees. She spends her free time drawing.

She lives in Murowana Goślina and is a fifth-grade music student. Maria is passionate about drawing. She also loves to read, meet her friends and listen to music.

She comes from a family of film freaks. She has been in the audience of every edition of Ale Kino! since she was five. A scout, volunteer and horse lover. An active member of the community.

She lives in Zbąszyń and attends the eight grade at A. Fiedler Primary School. In her free time, she plays violin in a folk band, cultivating the traditions of Region Kozła.

A student at the Ursuline Sisters UR Primary School in Poznań. She is very fond of music and film-making. She took part in the Animator of Tomorrow – animation film-making workshops.

She has worked in the film and cinema industry for over 25 years. Since 2003, she has co-managed the Rialto cinema in Poznań. Co-creator and coordinator of the Wielkopolska Edukacja Medialna.

For 15 years, he has been associated with the Iluzja art-house film theatre in Częstochowa, where he has been responsible – among others – for coordinating the New Horizons of Film Education programme.

She graduated in film studies and is the deputy manager of Amok art-house film theatre in Gliwice. She has initiated and carried out many projects in the field of broadly understood film education.