WG 2026 / About
About
Manifesto
Warsaw Glitch brings together filmmakers, animators and artists and the people building the new technology. One question connects them: how artificial intelligence is changing audiovisual production today, and where it belongs in creative work.
We believe technology should support the author, not replace them. No algorithm has vision, sensibility or a life lived, and none will tell a story that shows you one thing while it speaks about something far deeper. It is the author who gives an image its meaning, and the author who decides why a story is worth telling at all.
So Warsaw Glitch is, above all, a conversation: open and specific. You can ask a question directly and get an answer from creators, producers, lawyers, researchers and engineers. We talk about what AI can genuinely do, what it cannot, and what it changes in craft, in creators' rights, in production and in the future of the industry. You do not need to be a technology expert, and you do not need to believe that technology is the answer in itself.
Festival aims
Education
Technology
Investment
Community
Culture
The Venues
Warsaw Presidential Hotel
Warsaw Presidential Hotel, Aleje Jerozolimskie 65/79. Three days of screenings, panels, workshops and galas at one address, in the very centre of Warsaw, opposite Warszawa Centralna station.
- Aleje Jerozolimskie 65/79 · opposite Warszawa Centralna station
- Centrum metro (M1) · 5-minute walk
- Chopin Airport · train approx. 20 minutes, taxi 20 to 30
Palace of Culture and Science
Palace of Culture and Science, plac Defilad 1. The festival's second venue, on the other side of Aleje Jerozolimskie, a few minutes on foot from the hotel. The exact space inside the Palace will be announced shortly.
- Plac Defilad 1 · a 5 to 10 minute walk from the hotel
- Centrum metro (M1) · right by the Palace
- Chopin Airport · train approx. 20 minutes, taxi 20 to 30
Wytwórnia Bar
Wytwórnia Bar, Chełmska 21, 00-724 Warsaw. The festival's last day, Sunday 30 August: a screening from 16:00 to 20:00.
- Chełmska 21, 00-724 Warsaw
- Sunday 30 August · screening from 16:00 to 20:00
2026 winners
Warsaw Glitch is, above all, a conversation about what artificial intelligence really changes in audiovisual production: in craft, in creators' rights and in the future of the industry. The first festival of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe, and one of the largest on the continent. In 2026, over three days, it brought together 40+ guests from abroad, 120 panellists and 800+ people working in the audiovisual and technology industries. Competition screenings, showcases, pitching sessions, and the evenings where contacts turn into productions. All of it under one motto:
Your Vision, Powered by Technology
August 20-22, 2027
Warsaw, Poland
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