The Bank’s activity in culture is planned based on medium-term action plans and the following assumptions:
- support is extended not to institutions but to specific programs executed by them,
- cooperation in long-term programs with clearly defined goals is preferred,
- supported programs should have broad public audience and be available also through the media,
- major partners in pursuing cultural programs should be first of all cultural institutions, non-governmental institutions and the media.
Bank Millennium’s cultural projects | Description | Partner | Number of editions completed up to 2015 | Audience in 2015 | Details |
Golden Sceptre | Annual prize for the Polish artist with outstanding artistic achievements. | Polish Cultural Foundation | 17 | 102,262 | number of viewers of a reportage in TVP 2 |
Docs Against Gravity Film Festival | Patronage of the largest festival on global documentary filmmaking in Poland. | Against Gravity | 11 | 40,000 | number of viewers at festival showings |
Two Theaters Festival of Polish Radio Theater and Polish Television Theater | Festival and contest for the best radio show and television performances. | Polish Television – Gdańsk Branch | 13 | 499,874 | audience of programs broadcast by TVP and participants in competitions and accompanying events |
Artistic Colony in Kazimierz Dolny nad Wisłą | Program to enroot the artistic accomplishments of the Artistic Colony in Kazimierz Dolny and its contemporary followers. | Vistula River Basin Museum in Kazimierz Dolny nad Wisłą | 16 | 8,208 | number of viewers in painting exhibitions |
Sacrum-Profanum contemporary music festival | Festival of contemporary music and neighboring currents. | Cracow Festival Office | 4 | 5,000 | number of attendees to the festival’s concerts |
Let’s remember Osiecka | Festival and poetic song contest dedicated to the creativity of the poet Agnieszka Osiecka. | The Spectacles Wearers Foundation | 9 | 1800 | number of attendees to the festival’s concerts |
Bank Millennium’s New Year’s Concert | Annual concert at the Royal Castle in Warsaw organized for the Bank’s clients and partners. | Royal Castle in Warsaw | 24 | 220 | number of attendees to the concert |
Gdańsk Music Festival | Presentation of outstanding performances of classic and contemporary music. | Forza Musical Association | 3 | 10,000 | number of attendees to the concerts |
Paganini Millennium Tour | Concerts presenting excellent performances of classic violin music | Sylwin Management/ Philharmonic venues in Cracow, Katowice and Poznań | 2 | 1950 | number of attendees to the concerts |
Total | 669,314 |