Here is our Young Jury!

A Young Jury will choose the best film from those competing in the Polish contests of the 19th edition of ŻUBROFFKA. The jurors will also learn the intricacies of film critique, shared with them by film critic Patrycja Mucha!

Patrycja Mucha
the jury president
Doctor of Humanities at the University of Silesia and film critic. Educator within the Skrytykuj! initiative and the New Horizons of Film Education programme. Collaborator of film festivals and author of the blog “Filmowe odloty” (“Cinematic Highs”). Awarded in the Krzysztof Mętrak Competition in 2019 and 2020. Creator of the video essay series on Polish cinema “Na wyrywki” (“At Random”). Together with Katarzyna Czajka-Kominiarczuk, she co-hosts the podcast “Wtem, piosenka” (“Suddenly, a Song”) dedicated to film musicals. Co-founder and artistic director of the first edition of the Timeless Film Festival Warsaw. She has published in “Więź”, “Kino”, “Ekrany”, “Pleograf”, and the magazine “Reflektor. Rozświetlamy kulturę”. Author of academic and popular science articles featured in several publications. Associated with the National Film Archive – Audiovisual Institute. (source: pastperfect.com.pl)

Helena Jastrzębska
Tegoroczna maturzystka w VI Liceum Ogólnokształcącym w Białymstoku, filmowczyni i aktorka amatorka, pasjonatka kina. Swoją przyszłość chce związać z filmem.

Jakub Brodowski
A sixth-year medical student at the Medical University of Białystok and a graduate of an acting programme in Warsaw. He has participated in several film productions. He is passionate about film, music, nature, and humanity.

Paula Olszańska
A third-year student of Film Studies and New Media at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. A lover of Polish cinema, the works of Witold Gombrowicz, and art in its broadest sense – with a particular focus on film, but also music and theatre.

Controversies, disputes, debates – how to talk about cinema?

The times when written texts were the main medium of film criticism are – fortunately? unfortunately? that’s a debatable question, quite literally – gone. During the workshop, we will talk about spoken criticism: everything that requires the use of voice and rhetorical skills activated on the spot. We will analyse popular podcasts, the nature of film club (DKF) discussions, the demands of radio and television recordings, as well as the dynamics of debates and discussion panels. In short: it will be a talk about talking.