The fundamental tenet of street photography is that nothing in the image is posed or arranged. Street photographers observe, notice and capture those things that others simply don’t see. Some photographers have the gift of predicting events; someone dressed unusually will in a moment be caught in a sun-ray, or a vehicle passing by will briefly cover up an advertisement, or someone hurrying will create an interesting, blurred background. For most street photos, there also a huge element of luck.

The Centre for the Meeting of Cultures in Lublin is honoured to invite you to the one and only musical stage performance of the 21st century in Lublin - the theatre show Polita directed by Janusz Józefowicz, the artistic director of Studio Buffo. The music in Polita is composed by Janusz Stokłosa. The musical will be held on 11 September 2016 in the Opera Hall in the Centre for the Meeting of Cultures. The spectacle was based on the life of Pola Negri, a Polish actress, one of the most notable movie stars in the history of cinema. The artistic world had a chance to discover and appreciate her phenomenal voice due to the breakthrough in cinema - the emergence of sound movies. Pola Negri’s spectacular success in Hollywood can be ascribed to her outstanding abilities and good fortune, but first and foremost hard work. In Polita, the role of Pola Negri will be played by Natasza Urbańska, a Polish actress, singer and dancer. The use of stereoscopy technique and the creation of virtual actors and actresses as well as virtual scenography on the 22-meter screen, allows Urbańska to co-star with such great figures as Charlie Chaplin and Ernest Lubitsch or dance with Rudolph Valentino. The 3D projection of Polita is possible thanks to the materials created by the Platige Image studio. The studio is known for, among others, Tomek Bagiński’s movie Katedra, which was nominated to the Academy Awards.

Natural Resistance tells the story of the owners of Italian vineyards who want to produce wine in a traditional way and object to industrial production and the use of additives, that is why, the wine industry may impose penalties on them. Organic wine production is challenging, since there are people who are against innovative and ecological agriculture.

W dniach 9-10 września 2016 w Centrum Spotkania Kultur w Lublinie odbędzie się Lubelskie Forum Inicjatyw Pozarządowych 2016 połączone z III Kongresem Organizacji Pozarządowych Miasta Lublin. Organizatorami Forum są Prezydent Miasta Lublin Krzysztof Żuk, Marszałek Województwa Lubelskiego Sławomir Sosnowski, Centrum Spotkania Kultur w Lublinie, Forum Lubelskich Organizacji Pozarządowych oraz Rada Działalności Pożytku Publicznego Województwa Lubelskiego.

This music documentary gives a closer look at the culture of Jamaica and describes reggae music from the perspective of the two excellent artists from Europe, Gentleman and Alborosie, who while travelling across Jamaica, wanted to find the meaning of life. Apart from the optimistic vision of the Caribbean island, the movie depicts its harsh realities.

In this documentary, Werner Herzog examines the impact of the Internet and robotics on a human life. The director interviews not only scientists and the Internet, artificial intelligence and robotics specialists, but also hackers and people who try to overcome the addiction to the Internet. He asks many important questions concerning human beings and interpersonal relationships in a world which will be dominated by advanced technologies.

More Than Honey, a documentary directed by Markus Imhoof, depicts the significant role of bees in the ecosystem and agriculture, the mass extinction of bees and the scale of this problem. Thanks to the use of advanced technology, the director displays different behaviours and phenomena in bees’ natural habitat which may be difficult to capture with one’s own eyes.