Food for Profit – Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art

The Italian box-office hit Food for Profit is the first feature-length documentary to uncover the hidden connections between the meat industry, lobbying, and politics.

The film is the result of a five-year investigation revealing how Europe channels hundreds of billions of euros of taxpayers’ money into industrial farms—places where animals suffer unimaginable cruelty, the environment is damaged, and the risk of future pandemics grows.

Journalists Giulia Innocenzi and Pablo D’Ambrosi combine investigative reporting with cinematic storytelling, taking viewers on an eye-opening and often shocking journey across Europe. The film confronts farmers, corporate representatives, and politicians, exposing the realities behind the facade of supposedly exemplary European meat and dairy production. The investigative team gained access to farms in multiple countries, including Poland, uncovering the true face of the industry, while an undercover lobbyist infiltrated the highest levels of power in Brussels, revealing startling truths.

Following the screening, there will be a discussion with director Pablo D’Ambrosi and invited experts: Katarzyna Miśkiewicz, Dr. Jarosław Urbański, and Bartosz Zając. The session will be moderated by Antoni Lorenc, a long-time advocate for farm animal welfare with the Open Cages Association and a representative of the Stop Industrial Farms Coalition.

Pablo D’Ambrosi – director, screenwriter, and editor of Food for Profit, is a British-Italian filmmaker. Since 2008, he has specialized in documentaries, including music documentaries for artists such as The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Adele, and The Clash. He has extensive experience in hidden-camera and investigative filmmaking, gained through prestigious BBC programs like Panorama and This World, which have won the Prix Europa for Best Public Affairs Documentary.

Katarzyna Miśkiewicz – campaign manager at Open Cages, working on animal welfare initiatives. She manages communications with businesses, particularly retail chains, advocating for better conditions for broiler chickens and laying hens. She also coordinates public campaigns to promote positive attitudes toward animals and raise awareness about industrial poultry farming practices.

Dr. Jarosław Urbański – sociologist and researcher at ZOBSiE (Western Center for Socio-Economic Research). He has authored key reports on the socio-economic and environmental impacts of industrial animal farming in Poland. His expertise includes rural conflicts, land concentration, and externalized costs (costs borne by society rather than the producing company) of animal production.

Bartosz Zając – social campaign specialist at Open Cages and coordinator of the Stop Industrial Farms Social Coalition. He supports community actions against the construction of large-scale farms near residential areas.