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Creators of the Star Wars exhibition Yavin are: Adam Kulesza, Marek Kulesza, Bernard Szukiel, and Katarzyna Anuszewicz-Kulesza.

Prepare yourself for an unforgettable experience in the world of Star Wars at Starfest.

At the event, you will get to see the impressive giant Millennium Falcon, the four-meter Nebulon, the majestic Star Destroyer, Jabba's Desert Barge, AT-AT walking machines, Kylo Ren's shuttle, and Dryden Vosa's yacht. You will also have a unique opportunity to meet Star Wars characters such as Master Yoda, trader Watto, battle droid B1, and Astromech R5-D4.

Yavin's remarkable models are handmade from scratch using paper, plastic, and other recyclable materials, ensuring perfection in every detail. Their dedication and hard work have earned them multiple awards, international recognition, and opportunities to contribute to various TV commercials.

At StarFest, you'll not only have the chance to admire their work but also to interact with the creators of this fantastic exhibition.

President of the Lem Institute. Author of the This is IT technology channel on YouTube and the thisisit.edu.pl blog. It relies on a person who understands that technology is just a tool in his hands with which he should positively change the world. It promotes what is Polish and innovative.

He spent over 420 days in Chernobyl, some of them during the war in Ukraine. During his speech, he will talk about how the Russians captured the Exclusion Zone, what they did at the power plant during the occupation and why he is one of the few Poles currently allowed into Chernobyl.

Tomasz gained his journalistic experience by leading the “Comix Zone” column on the PSX Extreme Portal and writing articles for Aleteia, Interia Muzyka, or Gotham in the Rain. Tomasz is an educated lawyer, but his great passion is cosplay. Chief connoisseur of Polish comics. Photo by Nox

Every one of us contributes a piece of ourselves to the music we create, so together as a band, we give our audience a dose of very positive, magnetic, and, above all, palpable energy.

Our name will tell you more about what SheeBan stands for.

In Irish mythology, Banshee is a phantom that heralds death and misfortune. In opposition to the original, we create SheeBan to herald life, joy, and happiness.

We have played more than a hundred concerts in Poland and abroad. We took third place in the music competition of the Folklorum Festival in Germany in 2019. In 2020, at Mikołajki Folko, SheeBann won an honorable mention. You can meet us at festivals like Lughnasad Festival in the Czech Republic, and Triskell Celtic Festival in Italy. If you want to listen to our newest album, find us on Spotify!

He has written a scholarly monograph entitled The Limits of the Body. Somapoetics in the works of Stanisław Lem, as well as dozens of academic and literary criticism articles treating Polish contemporary literature. He teaches classes on Polish contemporary literature, literary criticism, fantasy and science fiction literature, and the methodology of teaching Polish as a foreign language. Contributor to several literary magazines, including “New Books,” “New Inscription” and “Topos.” Juror in literary competitions. In his research work, he deals with Polish science fiction, fantasy literature, and Polish literary criticism. In 2022 he made his debut as a writer with a collection of fantasy short stories entitled Grants and Dragons. He publishes his short stories in anthologies and magazines. The winner of the Chrysalis Award of the European Association of Science Fiction for the most promising debuts. In 2023, he was nominated for Slaskfa, the oldest  Polish science fiction and fantasy award in the category of Creator of the Year, and the Janusz Zajdel Award of Polish Fandom.

His collection consists of more than 1,100 figures, which include characters from various universes such as Pokemon (which make up about 80% of the entire collection), Digimons, Legend of Zelda, Marvel, League of Legends, Genshin Impact, and many others. His collection can be seen at conventions/festivals at home and abroad. In addition, he also tests designs for designers in South America. We invite you to an extraordinary exhibition of paper models by Patryk Groszkowski (Patryk. Papercrafter )!   Patryk, an artist and modeling enthusiast, has amassed an impressive collection of more than 1,100 figures that reflect characters from various universes. Pokemon, which make up about 80% of his collection, are just the beginning. Among the models, you'll also find characters from such universes as Digimony, Legend of Zelda, Marvel, League of Legends, Genshin Impact, and many more!  

His works have been showcased at numerous conventions and festivals both in Poland and internationally, earning recognition from fans and professionals alike. What is more, Patryk creates and tests patterns for South American designers, which is a testament to his advanced skills and innovative approach to paper modeling.

By visiting this exhibition, you will have the opportunity to experience art at the highest level, blending passion with precision. This is the perfect place for model lovers, game and pop culture fans, and anyone who wants to admire how pieces of paper can become astonishing works of art. 

Founded in 2015 under the leadership of Przemyslaw Buksinski, a pioneer of improvisation in Poland, the Fishers combine their life and theater backgrounds to provide audiences with unique experiences. On stage, you will meet actors Lukasz “Champagne” Szymanek, Remigiusz Jankowski, Marcin Wąsowski, Michal Lysiak, and Mirek Urban, among others. Improvisation is not just humor. It is a profound experience that moves and makes you think. Each performance is an experiment where the audience decides what happens! Together with the audience, actors create a world full of surprises, emotions, and unexpected twists. Unpredictability and stage truth - this is what makes Pearl Fishers unique

About 10 years ago, for a while, he was known from a court case as the Krakow Devil, who fought for artistic freedom, and in a TV talent show with his band he heard that Polish Television was not ready for them. Vincent Von Grotesque takes you live into the world of dark poetry, mythology, scary fairy tales and the atmosphere of the Berlin cabaret from the 1920s. The whole thing is accompanied by electronic and guitar music. An integral part of the show are Vincent's costumes, his demonic and charismatic stage persona and all the surrealism he offers us. Especially for StarFest, he prepared songs and costumes inspired by the mythological world, folk horror and the timeless novel The Master and Margarita. There will also be dark humor, which always accompanies live performances. Vincent Von Grotesque will also appear in the next installment, walking around the festival with his crazy and colorful world.

A passionate fan of football, judo, and weight training, he was determined to prove that no one could take his dreams away, which led to the creation of his book. A lover of world cuisine, his top three favorites are his father’s tzatziki, his grandmother’s dumplings, and hummus. He is currently working on his second book, aiming to pursue a full career in writing. He hopes that once successful, Netflix, HBO, and Amazon will compete for the screen rights to his works.

From May 2021, he co-edits (together with Marceli Szpak) the foreign prose section of Nowa Fantastyka. She belongs to the Association of Literary Translators and to the female literary group Harda Horda. She wrote: the novel series Teatr snakes (its fifth and last volume, Czerń does not forget, received the Janusz A. Zajdel Award in 2021), numerous short stories (three of them can be found in the anthologies Harda Horda, Harde Baśnie and Other Heavens, published by Wydawnictwo SQN), short story collections Between the Abyss and the Sea (2004), On the Dark Side (2012) and Crickets in Salt (2023) and the novel Olga and thistles (2016) nominated for the Jerzy Żuławski.

A winner of the National Literary Competition organized by the White Raven Fantasy Enthusiasts' Club, Paweł is not just an author, He is a dreamer, drawing inspiration from his travels to forgotten corners of the world. His optimism and love for fantasy shine through on every page he writes! Very soon, his next novel will be in our hands! Stay tuned, as Paweł for sure surprises us with his creative ideas!

He has been associated with the fantasy and RPG community for years, the organizer of Grojkons, the founder of the Bielsko Fantasy Club, and currently a pop culture enthusiast who uses the Game Master's narrative skills in his professional career as a voice-over artist, screenwriter, author of guides, sales trainer and public speaker. I will be happy to talk about contemporary psychology and role-playing games.

He lives in Lodz, Poland. He has published short stories in anthologies Horyzonty Wyobraźni (2011), Toystories (2014), Hardboiled. Antologia nowel neo-noir (2015), Wolsung 2 (2015), Bizarro dla zaawansowanych (2015), City 3 (2016), Zapomniane historie (2016), Ostatni dzień pary II (2017), Maszyna. Antologia horroru industrialnego (2017), Zwierzozwierz (2017), City 4 (2018), Umieranie to parszywa robota (2019), W cieniu Bangor (2020), Iron Tales: Blood Brothers (2021), Bizarretki (2021), Powroty (2022), City 5 (2022), Baźnie (2022), Gruzy. Antologia postapo (2023), Czarcie runo (2023), Ekstrakty (2023), Bizarrotektyw (2023), Niedobrzysko. Antologia bizarro fiction (2024) As well as in numerous magazines and online portals. One of the editors of the Polish bizarro center Niedobre Literki.

In 2020, Deus Ex Machina: The Man Who Disappeared was published by Gmork. The novel is an original work that straddles the genres of detective fiction and cyberpunk. It was nominated in the Book of the Year poll on Lubimyczytać.pl

She studied archaeology and loves fantasy. With the team from the Niedobre Literki portal, she promotes the bizarro fiction movement, coordinating the editing and proofreading of subsequent editions of PaskudZin, a thematic irregular magazine of bizarro stories. She is interested in the portrayal of assassins in pop culture, which resulted in the adventures of the elite killer Jolo Szpilorek in the murderous universe of Stary Jork. She participated in the project “Edmundopeja” (2020). Her stories have appeared in various anthologies, including: “Bizarro Bazar” (2013), “Bizarro dla zaawansowanych” (2015), “City 3” (2016), “City 4” (2018), “City 5” (2020), “City 6” (2023), “Licho nie śpi” (2018), “Tarnowskie Góry fantastycznie” (2021), “Słowiańskie strachy vol. 2” (2022), “Bizarretki” (2022), “Bizarrotektyw” (2023), “Obiata. Antologia słowiańska” (2023), “Tarnowskie Góry Miejskie Opowieści 2” (2024), “Niedobrzysko, Antologia bizarro fiction” (2024), and “Antologia diaboliczna: Tam, gdzie umiera duch” (2024).