A celebration of socially engaged cinema will take place from 5 to 14 December!

The 25th edition of the WATCH DOCS International Film Festival, one of the world's largest film events dedicated to human rights, will kick off on 5 December.

This year's festival program includes over 50 extraordinary documentaries, which will be available to watch both in cinemas and online throughout Poland. On top of that, there will be meetings and discussions with filmmakers, workshops, events, and the annual gathering of activists from all over Poland.
► cinemas: 5–14 December (Warsaw: Kino Muranów, Kinoteka, KINOMUZEUM)
► online: 5–14 December (all over Poland at MOJEeKINO.PL)

Join us at the cinemas, in front of your screens, and at our official Festival Club – Kulturalna!

Films from the world's top festivals

During this year's edition, we will present the best documentaries from around the world, praised at major film festivals: Locarno, Berlinale, Cannes, Sheffield, CPH:DOX and Visions du Réel. In these tense and uncertain times, we will focus not only on current human rights challenges, but also on values such as solidarity, openness and willingness to help.

Our audience can also look forward to a series of accompanying events. The program, which will be revealed in November, will include meetings, discussions, and the well-known Silent Psisko party.

About the visual identity

The new visual identity of the 25th edition of the WATCH DOCS festival conveys the celebratory nature of the event, emphasising the continuity of our mission, which is to discover together what is invisible and hidden. The multicoloured, intertwining bands resemble a curtain – on the one hand, evoking associations with a cinema screening room, and on the other, heralding a moment of revelation. This aesthetic captures the essence of the festival: a constant search, openness to diverse perspectives and confrontation of the viewer with the unknown. 

The author of this year's visual identity is Edgar Bąk studio.

We will announce the Festival programme and launch ticket sales on 13 November. In the meantime, we invite you to subscribe to our newsletter, follow us on Facebook and Instagram, and join the event on Facebook, where we will be revealing more titles!