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August 2025
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2025-08-04: The main editathon of Wiki Loves Film will take place on Monday 18 August. Join online!

This year's first international edition of the Wiki Loves Film 2025 challenge and competition, which runs from 1 July to 31 August 2025, has moved into its second half. Successful visits to the festivals in Karlovy Vary and the Summer Film School in Uherské Hradiště offered a number of opportunities to shoot filmmakers and delegations in particular (see the gallery). More than thirty participants from five Central and Eastern European countries have already been involved in editing activities. This is the first time the competition is taking place in the CEE region, which includes 28 countries. Colleagues from Poland, Slovakia, Northern Macedonia and Romania took on separate activities.

The organisers have prepared several events for August. The first one is the Online CEE editathon, which will take place on Monday, 18 August 2025 from 4PM to 8PM. The programme will include training for newcomers, a knowledge and music quiz or a review of the articles published so far. For more information, visit the international Wiki Loves Film page (on Meta). Register for the edit-a-thon here.

The second event, aimed primarily at Czech participants, is a walking tour of Prague cinemas and a screening of The Brothers Lumiere: The Adventure Continues. The walk starts at 17:00 in front of Klementinum on Mariánské náměstí, the free screening of the film for the participants of the competition will take place at Edison Filmhub at 19:30. Registration is required for both events!

Pavel Bednařík (WMCZ) - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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2025-08-04: Wikimania 2025 Is Approaching – Secure Your Virtual Ticket!

Registration for the online portion of Wikimania 2025 is still open and completely free. Join us in celebrating the 20th anniversary of the biggest global event of the Wikimedia Foundation project community!

Wikimania is an annual international conference for editors, developers, educators, researchers, and enthusiasts involved in Wikipedia and other wiki projects. It offers a space to share ideas, tools, experiments, and community activities.

Tickets for the in-person event in Nairobi are already sold out, but the online part promises to be richer and more interactive than ever before. Look forward to live streams, speaker discussions, interactive workshops, and opportunities to connect with participants from all over the world.

This year’s theme is “Wikimania@20: Inclusivity. Impact. Sustainability.” The program will focus on diversity, knowledge sharing, and the long-term sustainability of the Wikimedia movement.

Inclusivity: Cooperation among communities and individuals regardless of cultural or developmental differences.

Impact: Sharing tools, campaigns, and initiatives that strengthen Wikimedia’s global influence.

Sustainability: Discussing strategies, technologies, and challenges shaping the future of free knowledge sharing.

Virtual registration remains open until the start of Wikimania. If you received a scholarship from the Wikimedia Foundation, your spot is already secured – just use the provided code.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to be part of the global free knowledge movement – register today!