Art in the High Noon -A series of meetings devoted to art and culture in a broad sense, addressed to people aged 60+.

From May 9th to 18th, the 22nd edition of Millennium Docs Against Gravity took place in cinemas in Warsaw, Wrocław, Gdynia, Poznań, Katowice, Łódź and Bydgoszcz. In over two decades, it has become the second largest documentary film festival in Europe, just behind the IDFA festival in Amsterdam. The unforgettable film journeys have traditionally been accompanied by meetings with the filmmakers and protagonists, and debates around important themes presented on screen. Each year, there is no shortage of new thematic sections in the programme, which address issues of particular importance to male and female filmmakers over the past 12 months. The festival keeps its finger on the pulse, sensing trends emerging in the documentary industry. At the June workshop, we will meet the coordinator of the Bydgoszcz edition, Remigiusz Zawadzki. We will talk about the verdict of the Bydgoszcz jury and the condition of contemporary documentary from the perspective of the festival screenings. During the meeting we will also watch excerpts from selected documentaries.

Remigiusz Zawadzki, born in 1971 in Bydgoszcz. Graduate of the Wajda School (2008). Previously, he graduated from the Leon Wyczółkowski Secondary School of Fine Arts in Bydgoszcz (1990), and also studied conservation and museology at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Nicolaus Copernicus University (1990-1994).
Cultural manager, producer of films and cultural events, television and film operator, director, scriptwriter, editor, author of documentaries and film sequences for theatre performances at Teatr Polski in Bydgoszcz.
Since 2023, manager/curator of the intermedia and film projects section at the Municipal Cultural Centre in Bydgoszcz; coordinator of the FILMOWO KREATYWNI programme; previously at the same institution, manager/curator of the cinema and film section of the MCK (2012-2019). In 1993-2003, he worked on the organisation of the international CAMERIMAGE Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography (Toruń/Łódź), including as vice-president of the Toruń-based TUMULT Foundation; in the TUMULT Foundation he also acted as press officer, festival office manager and coordinator of the film workshop section organised as part of the festival.
Founder and president of the ART-HOUSE Art Foundation, which has been realising a number of film and educational projects in Bydgoszcz since 2004, including, in 2004-2012, CAMERA OBSCURA, the only international festival of the art of reportage in Europe. Since 2014, coordinator of the Bydgoszcz edition of the international film festival MILLENNIUM DOCS AGAINST GRAVITY, known as the Bydgoski ANEKS.
Winner of the award of the Marshal of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship for special achievements in the field of creation and propagation of culture (2021).
Winner of the Flisak Award at TOFIFEST 2016 for an outstanding film-maker from the Kuyavian-Pomeranian region.

Gdańska 20
02.06.2025, 6 pm