Saturday, September 10 | 2:45 pm | Kino Muza, screen 1
What are the most pressing needs of stray dogs in Poland?
A discussion after the screening of STRAY, dir. Elizabeth Lo.
Partner: Psia Warta
Event in Polish.
In Turkey, homeless animals are not placed in shelters. After sterilization or castration, they are tagged, given veterinary care, and then released into the wild. Although there are around 130,000 dogs wandering on the streets, no case of rabies has been reported in Istanbul since 2016. The story of pets living on Turkish streets, told in the Stray documentary film, serves as a pretext to talk about the situation of stray dogs in Poland.
At Kino Muza, we organize a dog food drive. The food will be handed over to the Przyborówko animal shelter, right after the end of the event – a place where every December we bring gifts from our viewers and spectators, collected in the cinema.
On behalf of pets, we would like to ask you for good quality food (with a high percentage of meat content), in keeping with the principle of quality over quantity. Food for our four-legged friends can be left in the main hall of Kino Muza cinema throughout the festival.
Guest:
Aleksandra Szymska – dog training instructor, member of the Psia Warta team in Poznań. For 3 years, she has been a volunteer at the Poznań shelter for homeless animals. The founder of the room for the mental and olfactory stimulation of dogs, called Stacja Eksploracja, the first such center in Poland, and its branch located in the shelter. A cinema enthusiast, owns an adopted husky named Django.
Host:
Dorota Reksińska – cultural and film scholar, the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań graduate. Since June 2017, she has cooperated with Estrada Poznańska cultural center and Kino Muza cinema in Poznań. The main area of her duties is events production and scheduling cinema's monthly film programme, as well as the coordination of PR activities and conducting film education classes. Also works as a film editor. She has been volunteering in an animal shelter near Poznań since 2019.
