Homo Entuzjastka - one who thinks holistically and is active. Her soft skills, capacity to solve problems, collaboration, critical thinking, motivation and engagement, visionary as well as her emotional intelligence are highly developed.  

Entuzjastki (The Female  Enthusiasts) are admirers of life and their own work, who use their expertise to help others fulfill their potential. The project consists of a hundred short interviews with a hundred Polish heroines who contribute to raising social awareness. The aim of the project is to create a catalogue of contemporary female figures who can inspire others to act and strengthen solidarity and sense of agency in women.
The Enthusiasts are bold, brave and confident. They differ in background, place of residence and profession, but are akin in their energy to act, admiration of life and strong-mindedness. They aim for the common good, regardless of political affiliation, fashion or adversity. They are women who take risks in their mission to make the world a better place.
The title is a reference to the first Polish feminist organisation by the same name.

Vision

To promote glocal
                    and solution-focused leadership strategies created by women
​                                                         who dedicate their life to make the world a better place.

​​The interviews with women were based on a unique philosophical questionnaire whose aim was to find the essence of each protagonist’s opinions and attitude towards life. The recordings were carried out in an installation travelling between several Polish cities. The choice of cities guaranteed that we reached women in all parts of the country. Recordings took place in Gdańsk, Warsaw, Białystok, Wrocław, Częstochowa, and Poznań.
 
An experienced production team was watching over the quality of the recorded material, while a special panel of experts ensured that the choice of women was representative of the whole of Poland. The panel consisted of media figures and institutional partners, such as Joanna Mytkowska, director of the Museum of Modern Art, the editorial board of Vogue Polska or Andrzej Morozowski (TVN24).

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​Special Panel of Experts

Daria Andrews – Business communication expert  
Dr Helena Chmielewska-Szlajfer – Koźmiński University, London School of Economics and Political Science 
Agata Jankowska – The Congress of Women
dr Joanna Kubicka – Faculty of Polish Studies, University of Warsaw 
Agnieszka Kubik – Ministry of Science and Higher Education
dr Małgorzata Litwinowicz – Faculty of Polish Studies, University of Warsaw 
Andrzej Morozowski –TVN24 journalist, connected with Radio Zet and TVN 24
Joanna Mytkowska – Director of the Museum of Modern Art 
Łukasz Najder – editor, writer 
Anna Ołdak – singer, lector, educator
Marzena Polak – Embassy of the United States 
Anna Katarzyna Regulska –Association of Culture Practitioners 
Tomasz Stawiszyński – Philosopher, essayist, connected with radio Tokfm and Przekroj
Mariusz Szczygieł – reporter, journalist and writer 
Katarzyna Świeżak –School Leaders  
Monika Tutak-Goll – editorial office of Wysokie Obcasy 
Adam Wajrak – journalist at Gazeta Wyborcza
Vogue – editorial office

MISSION
 
 

• We challenge the world's current fixation on analyzing problems that is lacking the valid viewpoints and rules on how to solve them. 
• We strive for new cooperation and community building strategies rather than conflict and split in the world.
• We provide a new type of thinking that is based on providing solutions, a new paradigm developed by women who are capable to make a global difference and are eager to create better everyday lives for local and glocal communities. 
• We acknowledge that none of us acting alone can achieve a sustainable outcome therefore we restore a sense of togetherness in order to spread it through social platforms.
• We start a living movement to reach out not only to our local audience but also global. 

Art Installation

 Recordings were carried out in an art installation that has a form of red crystal and the interior made of several mirrors. It was inspired by famous multiple self-portrait created by 
Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz. Installation was designed to enhance a high level of intimacy and to capture universal essence of an interviewed person.
It was traveling across the Poland where the interviews were held. 

5 main characteristics  of Entuzjastki

• Sens of agency
• Highly developed soft skills
• Holistic view of the world
• Belief in healing the world
• Solution focused thinking and working 

Partners

Co-organizer

Financial support

Media Patronat

Patronat

Chosen photos of Entuzjastki in installation

Making off

Trailer

Co-Organizer:
​Fundacja Feminoteka 
Sponsored by: 
US Embassy Warsaw, Cisowianka Perlage
Media Partners:
​Wysokie Obcasy, Vogue Poland, TOK FM
Partners:
Vogue Polska
Wysokie Obcasy
Tok FM
​Kongres Kobiet
Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Warszawie
Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego
Instytut Kultury Polskiej Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Stowarzyszenie Alumni
Leica Camera Poland
Karta Różnorodności koordynowana przez Forum Odpowiedzialnego Biznesu
Laboratorium Innowacji Kultury i Edukacji
Muzeum Częstochowskie
Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Łaźnia Gdańsk
Galeria Arsenał w Białymstoku
Centrum Sztuki WRO we Wrocławiu
Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej w Warszawie
Muzeum Warszawy
Wydział Nauk Politycznych i Dziennikarstwa UAM
Hampton by Hilton
Financial Support:
Ambasada Amerykańska
Cisowianka Perlage

Credits:
Author and director of the project: dr Aleksandra Hirszfeld
Producer and content editor: Magda Sobolewska
Researcher: Nawojka Gurczyńska
Logo: Yuri Kartashev
Trailer: Kacper Zamarło
Music for trailer: Tomasz Waldowski i Anna Momo Ołdak
grpahic designer during the production: Nikita Grekowicz
Graphic design of the book: Katarzyna Parsz
Social Media Developer during production: Aleksandra Magryta
Social Media Developer: Michalina Dzikowska, Aleksandra Hirszfeld
Production director: Żenia Aleksandrowa
Installation: Paweł Paciorek, Rafał Paciorek, Marcin Papiernik, Bartosz Sasimowski

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