The first edition of Warsaw Glitch took place from August 28 to 30 in Warsaw, bringing together more than 1,400 participants and over 120 speakers. Spanning roughly 70 panels, discussions, screenings, masterclasses, and special events, the festival was held across three venues: the Presidential hotel, Teatr 6. Piętro at the Palace of Culture and Science, and the Documentary and Feature Film Studios on Chełmska Street.
Created by Michał Owerczuk, who served as its founder and artistic director, Warsaw Glitch was designed to bridge generative AI with traditional filmmaking, television, literature, law, and business. Prominent director Krzysztof Zanussi opened the event with a keynote on humanity in the era of transhumanism and joined subsequent discussions on how artificial intelligence impacts artistic authorship and cinematic responsibility.
Warsaw Glitch also showcased Poland’s victory in the Machine Cinema GenJam Director’s Cup, an international competition featuring 510 films where national squads created productions under time pressure. Serving as captain of the Polish national team, OverJK led the Polish Eagles squad to victory, defeating France, Nigeria, the United States, and finally Indonesia.
The tournament’s highest-ranked production in the final was OverJK’s film Ursula. Rather than serving as a technical showcase, the film reinterpreted classic Polish literary motifs from Jan Kochanowski’s Treny and Bolesław Leśmian’s poetry into a story of memory, loss, and longing.
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