We're halfway through - time to pick up the pace!

Batteries charged, schedule ready, tickets in your pockets!

Tonight we’re waiting for you at bar Studio, where Baasch and his band will play their final concert of the year. It’s an intimate, one-of-a-kind event — free tickets are available at WATCH DOCS Festival Info Points in Kinoteka, Kino Muranów and KINOMUZEUM.

But before you dive into electronic soundscapes — come to the cinema!

At 6:00 PM in KINOMUZEUM we begin the screening of “Soldiers of Light”.
As WATCH DOCS Program Director Konrad Wirkowski writes:
“The main character of the film by Johannes Büttner and Julian Vogel is David, known as Mr. Raw — an extreme right-wing influencer who presents himself as a vegan nutritionist and healthy lifestyle expert. Even though his approach is based entirely on rejecting medicine and believing in his own infallibility, he still finds plenty of buyers online for his so-called ‘supplements’.”

After the screening, we invite you to the debate:
“Alternative Reality: The Traps of Life Outside the System.”
We’ll explore what happens when individuals — searching for meaning and safety — fall into the snare of alternative narratives, dangerous illusions, and AI-generated fantasies. What tools can help us recognize and counter disinformation?

At Kino Muranów, following the 6:15 PM screening of “If I Die Today”, director Camilla Arlien will meet the audience. For six years, she followed a young rapper struggling to keep his life on track after leaving prison. Jannik was incarcerated as a teenager, convicted of attempted murder. He finished school behind bars — and learned to channel his boiling rage into brutally honest lyrics.

Meanwhile, at 6:00 PM in Kinoteka, we begin the screening of “Lost for Words.”
This poetic, visually stunning film serves as a manifesto calling us to rebuild our relationship with nature. It offers both sweeping shots of monumental seaside cliffs and intimate close-ups of insects and plants. It restores forgotten words and images worth holding onto.
Director Hannah Papacek Harper, who will meet viewers after the screening, highlights a troubling truth: as ecosystems disappear, so do the words we once used to describe the natural world.

And today in Warsaw, for a screening, Q&A and performance, arrives Ivo Dimchev!
The first screening of “In Hell with Ivo” takes place at 6:15 PM in Kinoteka.
Konrad Wirkowski describes the film as:
“a rebellious, wild portrait of a man who turned provocation into a weapon against prejudice. Bulgarian vocalist, performer and artist Ivo Dimchev loves to shock. In performances on the border between stand-up and drag show, he constantly pushes boundaries, mocks political correctness, and breaks stereotypes. Blending queer sensitivity with Balkan beats, he tackles the hardest themes: identity, faith, politics, activism.”

See you in the cinemas!