Wiki Loves Film
Wiki Loves Film 2025 (formerly Films on Wikipedia) is a European challenge dedicated to films, cinema, filmmakers of different professions. The challenge is aimed at improving and updating existing articles, creating new articles, uploading photos and videos related to films, film culture, history and practice. The initiative rose in the Czech Republic in 2024 spread across the CEE region including Poland, Slovakia, Croatia, North Macedonia or Armenia.
About
[edit]The aim of the call is to engage Wikipedians and Wikimedians in CEE region to focus on film and cinema during July and August 2025. It also aims to call relevant organisations and institutions such as archives, museums, trusts, industry organisations, film and audiovisual festivals to identify opportunities for presentation on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. Activities include workshops, training, editathons.
The Wiki Loves Film initiative belongs to the WikiProject Films on the Czech Wikipedia, which brings together active Wikipedians and Wikimedians interested in film. The culmination of the continuous initiative is a summer challenge, which runs from July 1st to August 31st, 2025. During the challenge, the aim is to cover summer film festivals in the Czech Republic (the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Summer Film School in Uherské Hradiště), Poland (Nowe Horyzonty Wroclaw), Slovakia (4 Elements) and other countries. However, anyone can participate in the call!
How to participate?
[edit]If you want to be part of Wiki Loves Film community, please fill this online form. We will reach out to you soon!
Continuous
[edit]- editing of the existing articles in various languages during July 1st, 2025 – August 31st, 2025 (with hashtag #wikifilm)
- new articles from the list (with hashtag #wikifilm) – will be updated during June
- uploading photos from/of filmmakers, producers, institutions (such as archives, etc.)
- uploading videos of any kind related to film
Czech Film Festivals
[edit]| Festival | Location | Date | Website | Planned work | Wikimedians attending |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karlovy Vary International Film Festival | Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic | July 4th–12th, 2025 | en |
|
janbery |
| Summer Film School Uherské Hradiště | Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic | July 25th–31st, 2025 | en |
|
janbery, Pavel Bednařík (WMCZ) |
Other Film Festivals
[edit]If you are visiting any of these (or other) festival in CEE region, please add these festival in the spreadsheet above including your user name.
- New Horizons Film Festival (Poland, July 17th–27th)
- Sarajevo Film Festival (Serbia, August 15th–22nd)
- Motovun Film Festival (Croatia, August 22nd-27th)
- Manaki Brothers Film Festival (Macedonia, September 21st–27th)
Gallery
[edit]2024 – Karlovy Vary IFF and Summer Film School
[edit]-
Jiří Suchý getting award at Summer Film School Uherské Hradiště -
Iva Hejlíčková, programme director of Summer Film School -
Waves crew at the world premiere at KVIFF -
Film director Steven Soderbergh -
Czech Television CEO Jan Souček, Czech Radio CEO René Zavoral -
Workshop of Filmouka -
Lucie Hlavicová, workshop of Filmouka -
Guests for Hundreds of Beavers -
Béla Tarr at IDFF Jihlava 2023 -
Jiří Mádl, director of the Waves -
Kristina Dufková, animator and director of Living Large -
Old festival badges of Summer Film School in Uherské Hradiště -
Mira Haviarova and Krzysztof Zanussi at Summer Film School
Events
[edit]- CEE Region online editathon – please vote for the date of this editathon here'
- screening of a new film Lumiére, The adventure continues – Monday 18th, 2025, 10:00AM, Edison Filmhub, Prague
Competition
[edit]- details about the competition will be updated in June 2025
- rules of the competition are published on special site and will be updated
Contacts
[edit]- Pavel Bednařík – pavel.bednarik@wikimedia.cz – +420 605 844 090
- Jan Beránek – jan.beranek@wikimedia.cz
Links
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