“We know that there is a long way to equality in Poland, but this time we would like to encourage ourselves and our recipients – we suggest focusing on the positives. Let’s talk about what has changed for the better for LGBT+ people in Poland in the last 5, 10, 15 years – in consciousness, acceptance, representation, in narratives and language, in law. Are there any signs of change that we can rejoice in? Has anything moved?” – proposes Marta Nowak, who will oversee the course of the event, who is leading the debate.
What is changing for the better for LGBT+ people in Poland? Gazeta.pl invites you to a live debate
The motto of the 20th edition of the Millennium Docs Against Gravity festival is “Don’t be indifferent_a”. It refers to the famous words of Marian Turski, which guided the celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, and which also perfectly reflect the values that have accompanied the festival since its inception – mindfulness and sensitivity (also linguistic) to the people around us.
In the context of the month of pride that begins on June 1, the section is particularly important. – It’s a journey from a story about a group of queer artists from Colombia, through a beautiful lesbian love story from the Netherlands, a look at the life of trans people in the 1960s in the USA, to a story about contemporary Poland seen from the perspective of non-heteronormative people. How is life for LGBTQ+ people in different parts of the world? – the organizer describes what happens in the films “Casa Susanna”, “Beloved”, “Anhell69”, “Queendom”, “I’d like to tell you”, “Parada – Don’t rain on our Parade” and “Nago. Loud. Proudly”.
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The debate, which will take place online on June 1 at 19 pm, will take part in m. the creators of the films “Parada – Don’t Rain on our parade” and – Misia Joachim, Nina Krawczyk, Mateusz Góra, Kamil Wilk, as well as Dominik Kuc, Piotr Moszczeński, Wiktoria Beczek and Julia Kata. Their debate can be followed live on the festival’s Facebook and YouTube channel.
Information about the participants of the debate
Julia Kata – a psychologist, during training for a mediator. She has been working with the transgender and non-binary community for over a decade. In 2016-17, she was on the board of the international organization IGLYO. Co-author of scientific research, reports and educational brochures. She conducts transgender and inclusive language training for educational institutions, businesses, health professionals and students.
Dominik Kuc – member of the Council of the GrowSPACE Foundation, initiator of the LGBTQ+ Friendly Schools Ranking. Winner of the 25 under 25 Forbes & McKinsey competition in the “Supporting Diversity” category, initiator of the Warsaw Mental Health Line, co-author of the Warsaw School after Pandemic report. In 2023, he co-creates the “YES for Suicidal Prevention” agreement, which was joined by almost 40 entities. Honored with the Janusz Korczak.
Piotr Moszczeński – in 2015-2017 one of the co-founders of the Stonewall Group and co-organizer of the Poznań Equality March. Since 2019, he has been supporting the team of the Equality March in Gniezno. He is a co-initiator of the Congress of Marching Cities and the Coalition of Marching Cities for LGBT+ people, established in 2021, the largest network of rainbow organizations in Poland, where he is a member of the secretariat. Social psychologist and IFRS specialist.
Victoria Beczek – Longtime journalist and publisher of Gazeta.pl, activist of the Love Nie Excludes Association, author of the book Parents, come out of the closet, a series of interviews with parents of non-heteronormative people.
Mission Joachim – a visual artist whose medium is the body. Drag Queen working for the LGBTQIA+ community and queer educator active in social media. For years, she has been involved in cooperation with the largest non-governmental organizations working for human rights and sex education. She has collaborated with with Volunteer Equality, Sexed.pl, KPH, Lambda Warszawa, Grupa Stonewall and Feminoteka. The documentary “PARADA – Don’t rain on our Parade”, which she initiated and co-directed, is her directorial debut. In her spare time, she is a tiktoker and makeup instagrammer.
Nina Krawczyk – director and visual artist. In 2019, inspired by the Polish queer-performance scene, she made her directorial debut – the documentary “Polish Drag Project”, which premiered during the Equality Parade in 2020. The film was screened in Warsaw, Poznań, Lublin and opened the Wrocław edition of the LGBT Film Festival at the Nowe Horyzonty cinema. The film “Polish Drag Project” won the title of the best documentary film at the Spanish FILMÓPTICO – INTERNATIONAL ART VISUAL AND FILM FESTIVAL. Currently, Nina is continuing her directing path – with time she realized that the language of the documentary is the best a tool to convey the content he wants to talk about.
Matthew Gora – head of the communications department and programmer of the Short Competition at the Millennium Docs Against Gravity festival. A film expert by education (Jagiellonian University) and film editor (Warsaw Film School). He worked as an editor in iD, Vice, and Kultura Liberalna magazines, talking to the most important figures from the world of culture and art, including Tadeusz Rolke, Cocorosie, Bruce LaBruc and Paweł Pawlikowski. He is interested in documentary film and queer cinema.
Kamil Wilk – director and editor born in Tarnów, living in Warsaw. He completed film editing at the Warsaw Film School. On a daily basis, he deals with the post-production of films and series, working on Netflix, Canal+ and Viaplay productions. Fascinated by the works of Wong Kar Wai and Pedro Almodovar. Director of the film “I would like to tell you” presented during the 20th edition of MDAG.
Marta Nowak – journalist of Gazeta.pl, columnist of Wysokie Obcasy, podcaster (Czułe Punkty, previously Tell, sister). From 2018 to 2022, editor of ASZdziennik. Host of debates.
In 2023, films from the MDAG program can be watched from May 23 to June 4. Willing participants will find them at mdag.pl – after buying a ticket, selected titles can be played at any time – the organizer does not impose hours of availability on users.
Source: Gazeta
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