WG 2026 / Programme
Programme
Warsaw Glitch is one festival with five events inside it: the Warsaw Glitch Awards competition, the AnimatICON animation festival, Pixel Zone, the International Producers Forum and Glitch Academy. Across three days you watch screenings, sit in on workshops and masterclasses, listen to panels, and stay for the galas and evening networking. The open zone is free, you only need to register. The Producers Forum is a separate industry programme, accreditation only.
Agenda
Doors open 09:00 daily · all five programmes run continuously after their openings.
- 09:00-11:00Registration & accreditation pick-upNetworking
- 11:00-11:45Inaugural keynoteTalks
- 11:30-12:15Panel & day programme previewTalks
- 12:00-13:30The cinematographer as visual leaderWorkshops
- 12:00-12:45Zone opening keynote, then programme guideTalks
- 12:00-13:00Mini-screenings & talks with directorsScreenings
- 12:15-13:45Workshop: intro to generative toolsWorkshops
- 12:15-13:15WIP screenings & meetings with animatorsScreenings
- 12:15-13:00Zone opening keynoteTalks
- 12:30-14:30Guided tour of installations and generative artExhibitions
- 12:30-13:30Zone opening keynote & programme guideForum
- 12:30-13:15PIXEL backstage: internet creators liveTalks
- 13:00-14:00Lunch break & networkingNetworking
- 14:30-16:00GenJam™ creative sessions: Short Film, Cinematic Game TrailersWorkshops
- 14:30-15:30Animation screenings & meetings with creatorsScreenings
- 14:30-15:30Competition film screenings (block I)Screenings
- 14:30-16:30Meet the artists & talks on art made with new technologiesExhibitions
- 14:30-15:30Financing hybrid productions: VC, public funds & new modelsForum
- 14:30-15:15Streaming, UGC & vertical dramasTalks
- 15:00-16:30New collaboration models in advertisingWorkshops
- 15:00-16:00Panel: Talent Acquisition in the Era of New TechnologiesForum
- 15:30-16:15Panel: how to copyright your workTalks
- 15:30-16:30Producers roundtableForum
- 16:00-17:00Cinematics, game trailers & animation screeningsScreenings
- 16:00-16:45Generative filmmaking roundtableTalks
- 16:00-16:45Panel: audiovisual art in the 21st centuryTalks
- 16:00-17:00Panel: music in film and copyrightForum
- 16:00-16:45PIXEL backstage & creator showcasesTalks
- 16:30-18:00CGAI: when CGI meets generative toolingWorkshops
- 16:30-17:30Direct-to-Consumer and the post-platform worldForum
- 17:00-18:00Competition screenings & Q&A (block II)Screenings
- 17:00-18:00Panel: producing events where film meets technologyForum
- 17:30-18:30The algorithmic moat and the end of the middlemanForum
- 18:00-19:00Partners Mixer (by invitation)Networking
- 18:30-19:30Opening film screening & Q&AScreenings
- 19:30-20:30Welcome networking receptionNetworking
- 20:00-21:00Sponsors Mixer (by invitation)Networking
- 21:00-22:00Official opening afterparty: DJ 2MRWNetworking
Draft programme, times, zones and line-up are indicative and may still change. The final schedule will be confirmed on August 15, 2026.
Screenings
The festival's own screening repertoire: classics, remasters and special programmes, alongside the competition screenings.
See the screeningsSpecial events & hackathons
Live, competitive formats: hackathons where short films, ads and game trailers are built and judged in front of the audience.
Special events