The Educational Project „Dekalog89+” is an idea to give the Polish youth an opportunity to say something about their dilemmas and worries. By inviting young people to this competition we would like to provoke them to reflect on their moral values. The honourable patronage was given by Maria Kieślowska, Krzysztof Piesiewicz – the senator of the parliament and Archbishop Józef Życiński.

The competition consists of two stages:

1. Literary – it's a competition for pupils of high schools for the best short story inspired by Decalogue. Entries will be judged by Jury: Stefan Chwin – chairman, Zygmunt Miłoszewki, Darek Dikti.
2. Cinematic – it's a competition for students of the last two years of academic education and graduates of director and cameraman studies for best adapted scenario based on short stories from the first stage of the project. Winners will have a chance to change their scenarios into short story movies (about 10'.) on 16 mm camera. Entries will be judged by Rada Artystyczna (Artistic Council): Wojciech Marczewski – chairman, Michał Rosa, Andrzej Mańkowski and Darek Dikti.
   This stage of the project was designed to give young artists an important professional experience, opening for them the way to a feature film debut.
   The fact that the year 2009 is the 20th anniversary of „Decalogue” by Krzysztof Kieślowski is a contributory factor to the project.

Presented below is a description of assumptions for realization of „Dekalog89+”:

First stage:

1. Competition for the best short story was announced in high schools in Poland in September 2007.
2. Every short story has to be related to one of the Ten Commandments.
3. Short stories have to refer to problems of the youth and the action should be close to those experienced by young people (neighbourhood, school, home or hometown).
4. Attractive awards are waiting for the winners of the competition: 10 major awards with prize money and many distinctions with gifts.
5. The teachers who helped the awarded pupils will also be awarded the same prizes.

Second stage:

1. The date of announcing the competition of film adaptations is anticipated in the middle of March 2008.
2. 10-15 minutes-long films will be admitted for the competition.
3. Production of awarded scenarios will take place in second half of 2008.
4. All of the produced films will be published by Publishing House Operon on DVD and VHS and distributed free of charge in high schools around the country as teaching aids on Polish, ethics, religious education, culture and civic education classes.
5. The organizer will take care of special screening auditions in cinemas and on film festivals, they will also provide a limited DVD edition for retail. The organizer is also anticipating tv screeenings and other ways for popularization of the project.
6. The last phase of the project will be distribution on international market as a contribution of young Polish generation to a discussion about values in uniting Europe.