Millennium Docs Against Gravity Festival Director on How Documentary Film Helps Audiences Find ‘Sense Amid the Chaos’ of Current Events

Home Film Global May 5, 2026 3:45am PT Millennium Docs Against Gravity Festival Director on How Documentary Film Helps Audiences Find ‘Sense Amid the Chaos’ of Current Events By Christopher Vourlias Plus Icon Christopher Vourlias Latest Las Palmas Honoree Ignacio Agüero on Making Documentaries in an Era Without ‘Truth’ or ‘Certainty’ 2 weeks ago BrLab Announces Winners of 15th Edition, With FiGa Films Acquiring Sales Rights to Brazilian Drama ‘Red Nest’ (EXCLUSIVE) 2 weeks ago Spanish Director Eva Libertad’s ‘Deaf’ Wins Lux Audience Award 3 weeks ago See All Courtesy of Michal Marczak Poland’s Millennium Docs Against Gravity, the documentary film festival that takes place simultaneously across seven Polish cities, returns for its 23rd edition from May 7 – 17 with a focus on the audience-facing attitude that has helped it evolve from a scrappy local affair into the country’s largest film festival. “Our main goal from day one has been to build up a documentary mass audience,” says festival director Artur Liebhart. “It was a very ambitious goal, and I think we are on our way to achieving that.” Related Stories Karlovy Vary, the World's Second Oldest Film Festival, Prepares to Celebrate 80 Years Since First Festival, and Its 60th Edition