Listen to the podcasts and find out the Golden Mill nominations

On Wednesday, October 23, at 7:00 pm, we will once again present the Golden Mill Awards, the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Cultural Animation Awards. In our social networks (YouTube and Facebook) we will conduct a live broadcast of the event with translation into Polish Sign Language.
The unique Golden Mill 2024 statuettes were made by Katarzyna Lyszkowska, a well-known visual artist affiliated with the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Krakow.
Out of more than 70 proposals we received from you, the Award Committee identified four nominations in each category.
Get to know more about the individuals, teams and companies that are nominated for the award this year, and listen to Katarzyna Pągowska’s talk on culture that contributes to social change.

We would also like to remind you that the Chapter composed of:

• Zbigniew Ostrowski – Deputy Marshal of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodship,
• Monika Januszewska – director of the Library – Cultural and Promotion Center of Lubiewo Commune,
• Justyna Prajs – winner of the first edition of the Golden Mills in the Animator/Animator of the Year category – an award named after Agnieszka Dabrowska,
• Łukasz Wudarski – director of the Provincial Center for Cultural Animation in Toruń

selected four nominations each in the categories.

1. animator/s of the year – award named after Agnieszka Dabrowska:

• Renata Gaj-Kowalska from the Klara Prill Municipal Cultural and Library Center in Kcynia,
• Cezary Markiewicz from the Polish Theater in Bydgoszcz,
• Marta Pietrzak from the Municipal Cultural Center in Ciechocinek,
• Wojciech Przybysz from the Every Man for Children and Youth Association Wędka.

2nd Hope of Cultural Animation:

• Tymon Cichocki from the Chelmzyn Cultural Center,
• Dominik Cieślikiewicz from the Charger Foundation,
• Katarzyna Dominas from the Communal Cultural Center in Kijewo Królewskie,
• Maciej Karmiński of the Toruń Improvised Orchestra.

3. band:

• Gacówka Pałucka, namely: Patrycja Cywińska-Gacka, Michal Gacka, Kacper Gacka, Joanna Porębska, Karol Gacka, Ewelina Suska, Ignacy Gacka;
• Communal Cultural Center in Dobrczu, which consists of: Honorata Zielińska-Szuster, Marta Szulc, Lidia Pastuszak, Dariusz Karbowski;
• The team of the Rothera Mills Science and Culture Center in Bydgoszcz, namely: Slawomir Czarnecki, Monika Fifielska, Katarzyna Krystek-Domaracka, Ewa Szuda, Julia Piaskowska, Anna Stempska, Kamila Burchart, Jakub Łyczek, Regina Dąbkowska, Zuzanna Szmidt, Dagmara Lewandowska, Katarzyna Plucińska, Marta Gutkowska, Ewa Mączyńska-Walkowiak, Kamila Szymczak, Anna Gałaś, Igor Kwasigroch, Emilia Rębas-Gładziejewska, Adrianna Kwiatkowska, Daniel Chełmowski, Natalia Słomkowska, Marek Kempa, Agata Dobrowolska, Alicja Kawczyńska, Mariusz Przetakiewicz, Rafał Kucharewicz, Paweł Trocki, Przemysław Chudzik, Michał Rona, Olga Piórkowska, Wojciech Watkowski, Katarzyna Zań, Anna Treibwasser, Marta Grządziela, Marta Jastrzębska, Jakub Jodłowski, Bartosz Wierzchucki, Alicja Pasternacka, Alicja Ejsmont, Joanna Górska, Kinga Nowacka, Natalia Mierzejewska, Olha Petruk, Tetiana Gumeniuk, Olesia Us, Filip Łukasik, Agnieszka Zukierska, Zuzanna Domańska, Edyta Zarębska;
• Museum of Vistula Trade FLIS in Grudziądz, whose team consists of Monika Mellerowska, Anita Liedtka, Patryk Krygier, Pawel Urbanowski.

The award in the Animator/Animator of the Year category – the Agnieszka Dąbrowska Award – was held under the honorary patronage of the Marshall of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie voivodship Piotr Całbecki

The award in the category Hope of Cultural Animation was held under the honorary patronage of Elżbieta Piniewska, Chairwoman of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Regional Assembly.