16,500 people participating and following the event, close to 50 films viewed more than 113,000 times, nationwide coverage and new fans of the documentary film festival - this is the result of 10 days of the special online Docs Against Isolation event, organised as part of the announcement of the 17th edition of Millennium Docs Against Gravity Festival in expectation of its new September date.

Millennium Docs Against Gravity announces an unusual online event: DOCS AGAINST ISOLATION, which will last from 8 to 17 May and is a preview of this year's edition of the Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival, which this year will be exceptionally held on 4-13 September. During the event, viewers will be able to see dozens of films from previous editions, half of which will be in free access (on the portal of the National Film Archive - Audiovisual Institute). In addition to the sessions, there will be Q&A sessions, concerts, DJ sets, workshops, meetings with experts and many other surprises. The opening film, this coming Friday, May 8, will be "Numbers and dreams" directed by Anna Bucchetti, winner of the first Bank Millennium Award in history (he won it in 2006). The closing film, which will be presented free of charge on Sunday, May 17, will be "Thru You Princess" directed by Ido Haar.

Bank Millennium has been a partner of Millennium Docs Against Gravity for 15 years and a sponsor of the Bank Millennium Main Award for the best film. In 2016, he became titular patron of the festival. In 2019, during the 16th edition, the audience attendance record was broken. Over 92,000 viewers in six Polish cities: Warsaw, Wrocław, Gdynia, Katowice, Bydgoszcz and Lublin went to documentary screenings and events accompanying the Festival.

More than 92 000 people attended the 16th Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival. This number represents a 52% growth over last year. Never before has there been so much interest in documentary cinema in Poland. Last year the event was visited by an audience of 65 000 in all the Festival cities. Since Bank Millennium became the festival’s naming rights sponsor i.e. since 2016, the turnout increased by more than 100% (the audience in 2016 was 42 500). Bank Millennium has been supporting the Festival since 14 years.

On 16 May in Teatr Studio in Warszawa a gala ceremony was held at which 16th Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival awards were given. The Grand Prix went to the Macedonian film “Honeyland” directed by Lubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska. The award was given by Wojciech Rybak, member of the Management Board of Bank Millennium, who was represented the naming rights sponsor.