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Harbingers’
Film & Book Club

After covering the 2025 Presidential Elections in Poland, eighteen students from the 2 SLO in Warsaw, Poland, came together to form a newsroom that deliver coverage of the new film releases and book launches.

The project is edited and managed by Klara Hammudeh, the politics section editor at Harbingers’ Magazine.

Project manager

Klara

Hammudeh

Politics Section Editor 2025

Warsaw, Poland

Writers

Maja

Dobrosielska

Contributor

Warsaw, Poland

Zosia

Dudzic

Writer

HRB Film & Book Club

Warsaw, Poland

Pola

Gudowicz

Writer

HRB Film & Book Club

Warsaw, Poland

Franek

Józefowicz

Contributor

Warsaw, Poland

Barbara

Karsznia

Writer

HRB Film & Book Club

Warsaw, Poland

Kaja

Majewska

Writer

HRB Film & Book Club

Warsaw, Poland

Alicja

Melaniuk

Writer

HRB Film & Book Club

Warsaw, Poland

Tomasz

Morek

Contributor

Warsaw, Poland

Karolina

Orfinger

Writer

HRB Film & Book Club

Warsaw, Poland

Antoni

Popczyński

Contributor

Warsaw, Poland

Igor

Rybkowski

Contributor

Warsaw, Poland

Mateusz

Sarna

Contributor

Warsaw, Poland

Sonia

Rybus

Writer

HRB Film & Book Club

Warsaw, Poland

Aleksandra

Tomaszewska

Contributor

Warsaw, Poland

Mikołaj

Tran

Contributor

Warsaw, Poland

Articles from HRB Film & Book Club:

film & book club

‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest did great damage,’ Institute of Psychiatry’s nurses say

Nurse Hanna Conder-Ołowska told us that she had the opportunity to work in an international corporation, but she turned it down.“When you ask why, I’d like to know that myself. Maybe then I’d be making loads of money. I don’t know. This is my place, I guess that’s why,” she said.

Pola Gudowicz, 17, and Sonia Rybus, 16, interview head nurses at one of Poland’s largest psychiatric hospital

film & book club

‘Best advice I got was: don’t study film production’, says film producer Zofia Kujawska

Zofia Kujawska works in an environment where every frame carries a story, every story carries a risk – and risk is something that has to be embraced, not avoided. In conversation with two Harbingers’ journalists, Karolina Orfinger and Alicja Melaniuk, she explains what being a film producer is actually about.

Alicja Melaniuk, 17, and Karolina Orfinger, 16, inquire on what it takes to work in the film industry

film & book club

‘After all those years, my emotions are totally blocked,’ says war photographer Kuba Kamiński

ABC News’ Kuba Kamiński has taken a camera to the most dangerous places in the world. He witnessed the annexation of Crimea, took pictures at the frontline in Ukraine, filmed Hamas fighters in Gaza, and was there after Israel launched its offensive on the Gaza Strip.

Kaja Majewska, 16, and Klara Hammudeh, 17, ask ABC News’ Kuba Kamiński about the prize – and price – of pursuing war journalism

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A book that made me a reader: Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

I feel that I truly became a reader after finishing the first book that really made me think. It not only brought me entertainment, but also made me think about certain things: existence, bonds, the meaning of it all. For the first time, I truly took the time to reflect after reading a story.

16 year-old Aleksandra Tomaszewska opens the debate on how one moves from reading to being a reader

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at 50: Has this film aged too well?

At a psychiatric ward ruled by an all-powerful nurse, Mildred Ratched, only one dared to laugh – Randle McMurphy rebelled against the system and challenged the control and order. Other patients, who remained subordinate to Ratched’s rule, soon turned out to be eager to explore the freedom offered by McMurphy.

Pola, 17, and Sonia, 16, analyse the strengths and weaknesses of Miloš Forman’s iconic movie

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‘Casting is not about who’s the best,’ says casting director Klementyna Szymańska

Have you ever wondered exactly how Margot Robbie became Barbie, and Ryan Gosling was selected to be Ken? How many other amazing actors auditioned for those iconic roles?

In the film industry there is a name for the people who make these decisions – a casting director.

Barbara and Zosia, both 16, interview a person whose job it is to match an actor and the character

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Sean Penn steals the show while DiCaprio gets high. One Battle After Another review

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another is a slow-burning process of exploration of what is left after the battle ends. The movie, set in the aftermath of a failed revolution, tells a story of the wounds that never heal.

Kaja, 16, and Alicja, 17, on why Paul Thomas Anderson’s venture into politics does not meet expectations

film & book club

One Battle After Another will serve as Hollywood’s litmus test for Trump anxiety

This year’s film awards season will launch properly in December, with nominations for the Golden Globes, and culminate in March, when the Academy Awards gala – aka the Oscars – are held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles.

16-year-old Karolina on how Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film might do in this year’s awards season

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Does the new Chopin film match the composer’s international fame?

The winners of the 2025 International Chopin Piano Competition were announced last month, once again bringing global attention to Warsaw and the enduring brilliance of Polish composer Fréderic Chopin (1810–1849). The overall winner, Eric Lu, is the first American in 50 years to win this prestigious event.

Antoni, Tomasz and Mikołaj, all 16, review a new biopic of Poland’s most famous composer and key cultural icon

film & book club

Filmmakers turn back time in Warsaw: Harbingers’ at the Lalka film set

One of major arteries in the centre of Warsaw was closed last month to serve as a filming location for Lalka, an adaptation of the much-loved 19th-century Polish novel and the largest film production currently being shot in Poland.

Zosia Dudzic and Barbara Karsznia, both 16, interview creatives who teleported Warsaw into the 19th century

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