Towards Equality. Rethinking Otherness | A meeting with Dr. Michał Bomastyk

Towards Equality. Rethinking Otherness | A meeting with Dr. Michał Bomastyk

The meeting with Dr. Michał Bomastyk will take place after the screening of the film "Such Feeling" (dir. Alex Baczyński-Jenkins).

More about the film:

The most important contemporary documentary on queer Warsaw. An honest portrait of a group of friends, which became a generational manifesto.

Artist and choreographer Alex Baczyński-Jenkins, in his first full-length film, spent years following his friends with a camera in hand. Starring Aaa, Billy, Dawid, Filipka, and Olo, the film captures a group that creates, protests, and supports each other as they navigate an often-hostile environment for queer individuals. Baczyński-Jenkins vaults between documenting and co-creating scenes filled with intimacy, play, rebellion, and sensuality with debut performances both on stage and in adult scenes, as well as the invention of a new language with reimagined pronouns. In one memorable garden scene, a mantis unexpectedly lands on Filipka’s head, sparking a spontaneous celebration and dance with the insect. Yet, this joy is soon overshadowed by harsh realities: slurs, firecrackers, and assaults serve as stark reminders of the persistent hostility they face. "Such Feeling" is a diary of queer daily lives, blending performances, protests, and fleeting moments with discussions on happiness, sex, and dreams, developing into a cinematic testament to life, and the courage to embrace fulfillment. 

Free admission
09.04.2025Wed19:15

Michał Bomastyk – PhD in the humanities with a specialization in philosophy. Equality Representative for the Mayor of Toruń and author of the book "Towards Equality. Rethinking Otherness." He is a member of the Research Laboratory on Otherness and Exclusion at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, where he also serves as a faculty member.

His research interests focus on feminist theories, otherness and foreignness, exclusion theories, refugee studies, and gender studies. He is an equality educator and youth worker, conducting lectures and workshops for young people, as well as training sessions for youth workers on discrimination, stereotypes, exclusion, and human rights.

He graduated from the School for Leaders of the Polish-American Freedom Foundation and is the initiator of Poland’s first helpline for men. He has also led European projects such as Equality University and Re-Thinking Masculinity in Europe, implemented by the Institute for Counteracting Exclusion, as well as the Wszechnica Równości lecture series, dedicated to building an inclusive and open society.