Born in 1964, Andrzez Chyra is a theatrical and film actor. He studied at the National Academy of Theatre in Warsaw at the Faculty of Acting and the Faculty of Direction. He performed in the Rampa Theatre in Warsaw and in the Scene Presentations Theatre (Teatr Scena Prezentacje) in Mart Crowley's DICREET CHARM OF FAUNS directed by Romuald Szejd (1992). In the Scene Presentations Theatre, he also performed in Francois Sagan's FAINTED HORSE, Willis Hall's and Keith Waterhouse's BILLY THE LIAR and in the evening of French song entitled LIFE IN PINK. He played in the National Theatre in Wyspianski's NIGHT OF NOVEMBER staged in 1997. In the field of direction, he staged THE HISTORY OF ALCOHOLISM IN POLAND (1994)…
Wiktoria Gorodecka was born in 1982 in Lithuania. In 2006 she graduated from Halina and Jan Machulski Acting School in Warsaw, and three years later from National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw. As an actress, she got influenced by other artists like Wiesław Komasa and Mariusz Benoit. She became a professional actress at the National Theatre in Warsaw after school. She is known for Hold Tight (2022), Ogród Luizy (2007) and Doppelganger. The Double (2023). Recently you can also see her playing one of the main roles in a Polish thriller on Netflix called Justice.
Jakub Zając was born on 9 August 1994 in Żywiec, Silesia, Poland. He finished National Film School in Łódź in 2019. He is an actor, known for Horror Story (2023), Be Prepared (2017), Breaking the Limits (2017) and Television Theater.
Major movie list:
2024 The Power of Resistance, 2023 Horror Story, 2023 Squared Love Everlasting, 2021 David and the Elves, 2021 My Wonderful Life, 2021 The Office PL, 2021 The Last Room on the Left, 2021 The Groom, 2020 Zenek, 2019 Monument, 2018 Be Prepared, 2017 Breaking the Limits
Olga Bołądź was born on February 29, 1984 in Toruń, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland. She is an actress and director, known for Alice and the Frog (2020), Kvinden der drømte om en mand (2010), and Wolka (2021). She has appeared in more than thirty films since 2006.
Tomasz Habowski was born in 1988 in Poland. Tomasz is a writer and director, known for Songs About Love (2021), Sexify (2021) and Na Wspólnej (2003). His debut movie Songs About Love that’s a spot-on picture about modern 30-year-olds was critically acclaimed as a fresh voice in Polish cinema world.
Paulina Gałązka was born on 21 August 1989 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. She is an actress, known for Girls to Buy (2021), Na twoim miejscu (2023) and A Young Man with High Potential (2018). She has risen to popularity by starring in the popular TV series First Love.
Maciej Musiałowski was born on December 5, 1993 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He is an actor, known for Druga szansa (2016), Code Name: Challenge (2020), The Hater (2020) he was nominated for multiple Leading Actor awards for.
Michał Sobociński was born on 10 August, 1987 in Łódź, Łódzkie, Poland, is a Cinematographer, Camera Department, and Director. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Father (2007), Moja dziewczyna (2008) and Filip (2022). Son of cinematographer Piotr Sobociński and actress Hanna Mikuć.
Joanna Opozda graduated from the Acting Department at The Stanisław Wyspiański Academy of Theatre Arts in Cracow. She gain her popularity appearing in popular Polish tv series, such as "First Love", later going on to star in feature films, like "Diablo. The race for everything", "7 things you don't know about men" and "Bad Luck Good Love". She will be our guest for the movie "Shredryk. Carol of the Bells".
Vanessa is a Polish-Slovak actress. She debuted at a very young age at Rampa Theater, and on a small screen with an episodic role at popular Polish tv show - "Father Mateusz". She gained popularity with her lead role in series "War Girls". In 2020 she graduated from Warsaw Theater Academy with acting degree and starred in Jan Komasa's famed movie "Hater". Currently she's one of the leads of the Polish version of "The Office". Vanessa visits Seattle with the movie "March '68".
After earning his degree in Chemistry from the University of Warsaw, Lang graduated in TV and film directing from the Radio and Television Department at the Silesian University in Katowice. He joined Andrzej Wajda’s production studio, “X” from the recommendation of Krzysztof Kieslowski, He has made over 30 documentaries, 7 feature films, and 15 TV dramas. He co-owns and runs the production company TFT Studio and teaches at the Film and TV Department at the Silesian University. During our festival we will showcase two of his recent movies - "March '68" and "Lullaby Killer".
Daughter of a Polish composer and a jazz singer, Maria started her musical career at the age of 14. Throughout the years (1995-2020) she released several albums, in genres ranging from pop, dance, through jazz. Her debut feature film "Women's Day" was released in 2013, received main award at the 22nd Film Festival Cottbus. Sadowska was the judge of the third, fourth and sixth season of "The Voice of Poland", with participants from her team winning every time. She directed acclaimed film “The Art of Loving” (Sztuka Kochania), that won our Seattle Spirit of Polish Cinema Viewer’s Choice Award in 2017. Maria is coming to Seattle with the two movies she directed recently: "Girls to Buy" (Dziewczyny z Dubaju) and…
Graduate of Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in Wroclaw, Arkadiusz gained popularity portraying cop Rysio in Polish sitcom "13 Posterunek" and later for his collaborations with the director Wojciech Smarzowski in "The Wedding" 2004 & 2021 and "The Dark House". His other well-known projects are "Silent Night", "I'm a killer" and a "Short Story about Love" that he also directed. In 2008 he founded and became the vocalist of a rock band Dr Misio. He visited our festival in 2017 for the big 25th edition, and he’s coming back this year with two movies he starts in - "Black Sheep" and "Lullaby Killer".
Katarzyna A. Smiechowicz (also known as Kasia A. Leconte) is a Polish actress from Lodz, residing in Los Angeles since 2000, where she studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse and at the Margie Haber Studio. Throughout her career, she has appeared in over 30 feature films and television series having worked with such directors as Steven Spielberg, Krzysztof Krauze, Jacek Bromski, Tomasz Konecki,
Andrzej Saramonowicz, and Olaf Lubaszenko. Already from a young age, her passion for ballet and poetry turned to acting when a respected Polish actor, Wirgiliusz Gryn, discovered her acting talent and convinced her to pursue acting as a profession. Beyond film and television, she has portrayed many great parts on stage, including Katharina in Shakespeare's…
Michal Pietrzyk was born in Poland, and emigrated with his family to the US at age two after his father was interned as a member of the anti-communist movement Solidarity. He has worked as a producer and editor on over 130 hours of unscripted network television for National Geographic, Discovery, Travel Channel, as well as documentary and branded content for clients such as Alaska Airlines.
Passing the Torch is not his first movie project about Polish community. He shot all the interviews to the 2010 documentary A Trip To Nowhere by Shannon Hart-Reed, depicting fate of the local Polish survivors of the WWII Soviet Siberian camps.
Michal currently serves as the Artistic Director of the Seattle Polish Festival.…
Marianna Zydek is a Polish actress, born in 1993 in Gdansk. She graduated from the Polish National
Film School in Lodz with degree in Acting.
She received Audience Award at the 35th Theater Schools Festival in Łódź in 2017 and Acting Award
for her roles in plays „Diabeł, który…” and „Beczka prochu”.
Freelance photographer, author of many portraits and sometimes film stills. From time to time also a second assistant director. Zuzanna graduated from Warsaw University with a diplomas in Cultural Studies as well as American Studies. She has also completed one-year program at Akademia Fotografii, in Warsaw Poland. She often photographs authors for polish publishing houses, her portraits were published by numerous polish magazines such as Elle Polska, Uroda Życia, PANI, Harper’s Bazaar Polska.
She worked as a second assistant director on the set of the movie “Zabawa, Zabawa”. I am a freelance photographer, author of many portraits and sometimes film stills.
Wojciech Klimala is a film director, he graduated from the DOK PRO program at WAJDA Film School in 2015. He earned his degree in Directing from The Czech Film Academy Filmová Akademie Miroslava Ondříčka v Písku in 2011. He is finishing his Directing Studies (MA) at Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School at the University of Silesia. A member of the Polish Filmmaker Association since 2012. While studying he shot numerous short films and short documentaries that were screened during student film festivals. In 2014 he directed a short film "Entropy" that was awarded worldwide. For the last two years he has been associated with Warner Music Poland, where he works on music and promotional videos. Scholar of the Ministry of Culture…
Born and raised in Poland, Michał obtained his Master of Fine Arts, specializing in Cinematography from the Lodz Film School.
Since graduating in 2017, Michal has shot 5 features, including DOLCE FINE GIORNATA by Jacek Borcuch which premiered at Sundance 2019 and SUPERNOVA by Bartosz Kruhlik which was awarded as the best debut feature at the 2019 Gdynia Film Festival.
Michal works in multiple genres (commercials, promos, narrative, documentary) and adapts his style to whatever look the script calls for.
Moreover, Michal co-created the video installation of the well-known Polish artist Agnieszka Polska “The Demon’s Brain” which was exhibited at the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin. He also works as a Light Designer and Video Artist…
Maria Dębska is a stage, movie and television actress and pianist, born in Warsaw in 1991.
She graduated from Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz and is an alumni of Academy of Music in Lodz (piano studies).
For her title role in " Maria Stuart " directed by Grzegorz Wiśniewski, she was awarded the Grand Prix for her outstanding stage personality, Audience Award at the 34th Theater Schools Festival in Łódź, Acting Award at the International Theater Schools Festival in Brno, and the "Golden Mask" in Łódź
for acting debut in the 2015/2016 season.
She made her professional stage debut at the Studio Theater in Warsaw in the spectacle „Ripley Underground” by Radosław…
Ryszard Kott, a computer professional from Poland, arrived in the Seattle area in 1989, after getting a job at Microsoft. He ventured into documentary movie production by the virtue of his starting the Historical Video and Oral History Project at the Polish Home in Seattle in the fall of 2016. He became a co-director of the movie as a substitute for Michal Pietrzyk who was out of town in the spring of 2018.
The project has gathered a wealth of material about local community with about three dozen audio and video interviews recorded in 2017 & 2018, and also collected historical photos and mementos. All these will be used in future to produce several patchwork stories – short videos…
Nils has been writing, producing and editing award-winning documentaries and television programs for nearly twenty years. Born in Calgary, Canada, he began his filmmaking career in the vibrant documentary market of Washington, DC. In 2009, after working on a film about Mount Rainier for the National Park Service, he was convinced to move back west and join the growing Seattle production scene.
Nils’ work includes more than 100 hours of factual programming for Discovery, National Geographic and History Channel, several Emmy Award-winning documentary short films for regional and national PBS, and the feature films 'Kenbe Fem: Struggle for Haiti' (2017) and 'Evergreen: Road to Legalization' (2014).
He lives in Seattle with his wife and two children.
Michal Pietrzyk was born in Poland, and emigrated with his family to the US at age two after his father was interned as a member of the anti-communist movement Solidarity. He has worked as a producer and editor on over 130 hours of unscripted network television for National Geographic, Discovery, Travel Channel, as well as documentary and branded content for clients such as Alaska Airlines.
Passing the Torch is not his first movie project about Polish community. He shot all the interviews to the 2010 documentary A Trip To Nowhere by Shannon Hart-Reed, depicting fate of the local Polish survivors of the WWII Soviet Siberian camps.
Michal currently serves as the Artistic Director of the Seattle Polish Festival.…
Bronka Sundstrom is a 93 years old mountaineer guide who lives in a house near the Mt. Rainier National Park entrance. Ms. Sundstrom and her husband Ake were avid hikers and she has become a Mt. Rainier guide. Known to everybody on the mountain, in 2002 she became the oldest woman to summit Mr. Rainier at the age of 77. She is also a Polish Jew and a Holocaust survivor who clings to the Polish language till this day as the core of her Polish identity.
Marta Prus is a Polish-born director, script writer, editor and a dancer, born in 1987 in Warsaw. As a child, she trained in gymnastics for 7 years. Marta graduated from the History Faculty at the University of Warsaw, and recently also from Direction Faculty at Lodz Film School and a Documentary Faculty at the Wajda School. She specializes in documentary and feature films. Two of her diploma movies “Vakha and Magomend”, and “Eighteenth Birthday”, won a number of national and international awards.
This year she is coming back with a new documentary “Over the limit”, dedicated to her childhood passion - gymnastics, that already gained a lot of attention nationally and internationally. She was selected for a list…
A Polish stage, television and film actor. Born April 05, 1980. He graduated from the Wrocław Faculty of Ludwik Solski Academy for Dramatic Arts in Cracow. He made his first professional stage appearance while still a student at the Teatr Polski in Wrocław in the play “Asylum” based on the writings of M. Gorki and directed by K. Lupa. His first big screen appearance was in “Day of the Wacko”, directed by Marek Koterski. His selected filmography includes: “Slaughterhouse Nr. 1”, directed by D. Matwiejczyk; “Immensity of Justice”, directed by W. Saniewski; “Who Never Lived”, directed by A. Seweryn; “Lejdis” and “Testosterone” directed by A Saramonowicz and T. Konecki; “The Lesser of Two Evils”, directed by J. Morgenstern; “Love and…
Stanislaw Cywka was born on January 28, 2000 in Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland. He is an actor, known for The Erlprince (2016), Strawberry Days (2017) and My Name Is Sara (2018).
Piotr is one of the most prominent cinematographers in Poland. He is a multiple winner of main Polish film awards, including the Golden Eagle Award in the category Best Cinematography and Award of the Polish Society of Cinematographers (PSC). His works were honoured in many international festivals as well. Since 2007 he has been making feature films and commercials as a director of photography. He works with top advertisement agencies: Havas, Ogilvy & Mather, Publicis, DDB, Leo Burnett. Throughout his career up to date he has had the opportunity to cooperate with acclaimed Polish and foreign directors such as Wojciech Smarzowski, Łukasz Palkowski, Jan Komasa, Marta Meszaros and Nenad Mikovic.
Piotr has got cinematography in his blood. He is…
Born in 1983 in Lomza, polish actor, director and screenwriter. Piotr graduated from National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków and Directing Program at the Radio and Television Faculty at The Silesian University in Katowice.
Piotr started his career as an actor winning number of important awards. When his acting career was starting to take off, Domalewski decided to try directing. He grew popularity in the industry after shooting few short movies like: “Stranger”, 60 kilo niczego (2017) and Zle uczynki(2016) that won national prizes at the festivals.
Piotr debuted this year with “Silent Night” that won Golden Lions award
His debut was “Silent Night” a big winner of the Golden Lions award during the 42nd…
Bozena is a stage and television actress, born in 1974 in Paczkow, Poland. She graduated from National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków and started acting career in National Theatre of Warsaw. She is known for her roles in “The Witcher” (2007), “Immersity of Justice” (2006) and TV series such as “M jak Miłość” i “ Barwy Szczęścia”. In 2010 she began collaborating with private theatres (Teatr Kamienica and Och-Teatr) in Warsaw, where she had an opportunity to play on the stage next to the famous actress Krystyna Janda. This year she played one of the lead roles in “A Cat with a Dog” by Janusz Kondratiuk about family relationships. This movie was screened during the 43rd Polish Film Festival…
Anna Smolowik was born on July 8, 1985 in Radom, Mazowieckie, Poland. She is known for her work on Diagnoza (2017), Demon (2015) and Randka w ciemno (2010).
Anna Prus is an award winning Television/Film and Theater actress from Warsaw, Poland. She is widely known to audiences across Europe for her performance in Xawery Zulawski's SNOW WHITE AND RUSSIAN RED.The film was hailed by critics as a blustery romp through the disaffected world of post-Communist Polish youth. Anna was nominated for The Golden Duck award in the category of the Best Performance by a Lead Actress in motion picture.
Born in 1992 in Plock (Poland), Aleksander graduated from Music School Stage II in piano class. He is an alumni of the Movie Directing Faculty at the Warsaw Film School. His Final Diploma movie “Strong Coffee is Actually Not That Bad” (2014), won many national and international awards. Another short film “Me and my dad”, created in Munka studio, was also a huge success at festivals and was streamed in cinemas along with three other short movies under the name “The best polish 30’ short”. He debuted with a full-length movie called “Julius” which qualified him to enter the main movie contest of the 43rd Polish Film Festival in Gdynia.
Most of the experience Aleksander gained was on the…
Alicja is a very talented Polish actress and a singer, born in Tampico, Mexico in 1983. She studied at the Ballet Academy in Cracow, and at the National Academy of Music at the Vocal Department in Cracow. She also studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York in 2003.
She started her successful singing career as a child. While still a teenager she had her debut on the full-screen in “Pan Tadeusz” directed by Andrzej Wajda. Later in her career she began crossing over into mainstream films outside Poland. She played the main roles in international movie productions including “Trade”, “Ondine”, “Polaris”. She won Best Actress award for the role in Trade and a Best…
Writer and director; lecturer at the Lodz Film School and the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Directing, an expert of the Polish Film Institute.
Graduate of the Theatre Studies Department at the Theatre Academy in Warsaw, the Screenwriting at the Lodz Film School and of the Development Lab Feature Programme at the Wajda Film School. "The Reconciliation" (Zgoda) is his directorial feature debut for which at the 2017 Montreal World Film Festival received Best Director Award.
Director, screenwriter, playwright, translator of Czech plays. Graduated from FAMU (The Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts) in Prague with a degree in Documentary Film Directing, the Theater Academy DAMU with a degree in Dramaturgy as well as a degree from the Screenwriting Study Center at the Lodz Film School. She also studied Political Science at the University of Gdansk. She lives in the Czech Republic. Received the Artis Bohemiae Amicis medal awarded by the Czech Minister of Culture for promotion of Czech culture in the world.
Karolina Szymczak, born October 25th in 1991, is a polish model and actress. She made her screen debut alongside Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as Alcmene in the 2014 blockbuster "Hercules". Her latest role was that of Marlena in Jan Kidawa Blonski's "Gwiazdy" (Stars) which premiered internationally in May 2017. She also played the lead role in Stephen Lyons' short film "Cuba" which was screened at the Cinefest film festival in Los Angeles. Karolina continues her modeling career with top international agencies Los Angeles, New York and Europe.
He graduated from the Theater Academy in Warsaw in 2000. He is Television, film and theater actor recently starred in three high-profile films: "United States of Love" (directed by Tomasz Wasilewski), "Satan Said Dance" (directed by Katarzyna Rosłaniec), " Amok" (directed by Kasia Adamik"). He has won numerous awards: for the best supporting male role in the movie " United States of Love " at the Gdynia Film Festival in 2016, for the best supporting role in the movie "Amok" at the Gdynia Film Festiwal in 2017. For his role in "Magma" directed by Pawel Maslona, he won a award of Jan Machulski's Polish Independent Cinema in the category: best actor. He also played planty of chracteristic roles in Television…
Janusz is a Polish theater and film actor. He began his career working in the Dramatic Theatre in Legnica (1991-2006). From 2006 till 2013 worked in Teatr Rozmaitości in Warsaw. Currently can be seen in different theatres in Warsaw.
Wrote and directed many theatrical plays for young audience. Starred in numerous well received films and TV series such as “Pitbull”, “Symmetry”, “Lullaby”, “Hardcore Disco”, “Secret Wars”.
At the 35th Gdynia Film Festival he received Best Actor Award for part of Wiktor in “Made in Poland”. TV audience knows him best as Rysiek (“Odwróceni”), pathologist Leon Berger (“Komisarz Alex”) and colonel Marian Bońka (“Secret Wars”). His most recently released films are "Volhynia” by Wojciech Smarzowski…
Born in Gdańsk , saxophonist, bass clarinetist and composer, grew out of yass – a socio-artistic movement that in the 80-ties/ 90-ties opposed the rigidity of Polish jazz environment. Together with Tymon Tymański and a group of other musicians free from any doctrine they changed the image of Polish jazz music.
Trzaska was the co-founder of the most important yass group – legendary Miłość and of as creative ŁOSKOT. Although the impetus of yass faded away many years ago he became the leader of national improvisation scene.
After the yass period he recorded a few concentrated and quiet albums with the section of Oleś brothers. He also accompanied poets – Świetlicki and Andrukhovych, he…
Director, editor, author of dozens of documentaries. She graduated from Cultural Studies at the Silesian University (specializing in film studies) as well as journalism at the Jagiellonian University, worked at several radio stations, and finally went to TVP. Regularly produces reports for the magazine Ekspres Reporterow for TVP 2, TVP and the Regional TVP. Co-author and author of several cyclical programs, including "Schizophrenia - let's open the door" (a program for which in 2008 was awarded Eyes Open prize) the multi-cycle "Mops - bridges help", the author of cycles about Europe, "Micro-entrepreneurs", "Human Capital", as well as the cultural program, which she created together with Andrzej Sikorowski "Rumor AB."
Justyna Wasilewska was born in 1985 in Wrocław, Poland. At the age of 23 she graduated from PWSFTviT, a famous film school in Łódź. Justyna started her career playing in Teatr im. Stefana Jaracza in Łódź, Teatr Polski in Poznań, Narodowy Stary Teatr in Cracow and Nowy Teatr Krzysztofa Warlikowskiego in Warsaw. In 2014 she joined the Teatr Rozmaitości in Warsaw.
Justyna gained recognition thanks to her unforgettable roles in such films as "Kebab i Horoskop" by Grzegorz Jaroszuk (2015), "Sztuka Kochania" by Maria Sadowska (2017) and "A Heart of Love" by Łukasz Ronduda (2017). For the role in "Kebab i Horoskop" Justyna was nominated for the Zbyszek Cybulski Award for the most promising young actress in…
Born in 1984 in Krakow. Studied at the Warsaw University at the department of Interdisciplinary Humanistic Studies, among others Anthropology of Culture, Philosophy, History of Art. She is studying film directing at the Lodz Film School. Her shorts have been selected and won awards at several film festivals in Poland and abroad, and have been shown on television. Among other awards, her graduation fiction film "The Tenants" won the main prize in the Short Films Competition at the Warsaw Film Festival, was screened at the Karlovy Vary festival, and won a 2016 Student Oscar.
Gabriel Bienczycki is an accomplished dancer, photographer, and cinematographer. Born in Poland, he grew up surrounded by artists, and graduated from the country’s National Ballet School in Bytom in 1999. After working as a soloist in the U.S., Canada, and Germany, his eye for movement shifted toward photography and filmmaking. Bringing the brilliance of live movement to digital media has been a driving force in shaping his style and in the way he works with his clients, which include Dell, Microsoft, Nike, MTV, The Gates Foundation, PATH, Dance Magazine and Elle Magazine. Hi current focus commercially is lifestyle, music video, fashion, and TV spots, while opportunities to collaborate with Little Films, PATH, and various NGOs to publicize social justice and…
Has been awarded the European Union grant to set up her own non-profit to produce media and research projects. Her documentary short DEBUT THE CONDUCTOR was awarded 1st prize at the Goethe-Institute's international competition and had special screenings at film festivals, including stops in Berlin, Thessaloniki, Bratislava and Los Angeles. She was recently selected as a resident fellow for the 2015-16 edition of UnionDocs’ Collaborative Program in New York. Beata completed her studies with an M.A. in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Lodz, in addition to the Film and TV Production program at the Lodz Film School, and the Scholarship in Visual Anthropology at the University of Cyprus.
One of the most outstanding and prominent Polish actresses of a young generation. Born in 1987, she began her acting career in 2001, playing in a TV series "Wiezy krwi" (Blood ties) directed by Marek Nowicki.
Her credits include TV series, TV theatre shows and screen roles. She worked next to the masters of the Polish theatre and film, such as Katarzyna Figura, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Krystyna Rutkowska and Andrzej Szopa among others.
Based in Los Angeles, Richard Karpala is a Polish-American filmmaker whose short film IRIS was featured in the horror anthology GALAXY OF HORRORS (2017). His debut feature as a screenwriter is the award winning crime thriller AMOK (2017). He is currently at work on his feature directorial debut.
Arkadiusz is an actor, director and screenwriter of film and theater. He was born on January 14, 1969. As an eight-year-old he starred in Tadeusz Kijański's "Okrągły tydzień". Two years later, he starred in the same director in the film "... cóżeś ty za pani ...". In 1992 he graduated from PWST in Wroclaw. His adventure in theater began since his debut with the Operetki Warszawskiej in 1993. Previously, he tried his hand at the Kalambur Theater in Wroclaw, but soon decided to move to Warsaw. In the years 1997-2000 he was an actor of the Warsaw Rampa Theater.
He has starred in many television series. Popularity brought him the role of Rysia in the sitcom "13…
Film producer. Co-founder, co-owner and Head of the Board of Studio Filmowe Kalejdoskop, founded in 1988. Graduated from the Management Faculty and the Journalism Faculty of the University of Warsaw. Lectures at the National School of Film, Television and Theatre in Łódź.
Zbigniew Domagalski produced a number of feature and documentary films. His most important productions were Stanisław Mucha’s ‘Hope’, co-produced with Cologne’s Pandora Film; Kinga Dębska’s ‘Hel’, co-produced with In Film Prague, Filip Bajon’s ’War of Love’ (Śluby panieńskie) which was seen by over a million viewers in the cinema. His last documentaries released in cinemas were Karolina Bielawska’s ‘Call me Marianna’ and Dębska’s and Konwicka’s ‘The Actress’. Zbigniew Domagalski is the producer of ‘These Daughters of…
Born 25 January 1945) is a Polish cinematographer and director who has worked on over forty Polish and foreign films.
Idziak was born in Katowice, Poland. He has made fourteen films with Krzysztof Zanussi, including Kontrakt (The Contract), The Constant Factor and A Year of the Quiet Sun. He worked on all the early films of Krzysztof Kieślowski, including his television, feature film and foreign debuts, additionally, the two collaborated on A Short Film About Killing, The Double Life of Véronique and Three Colors: Blue.
He has made films with such directors as Ridley Scott, John Sayles, Michael Winterbottom and John Duigan, and has also written and directed two films himself. He worked on Winterbottom's film I Want…
Sam Akina is an award winning writer and director of numerous international commercials, music videos and feature films. He is co-founder of Attackships On Fire, a creative agency based out of Seattle, WA. His debut feature film Bullets, Blood & a Fistful of Ca$h was released worldwide in 2006. His work in Polish cinema began in 2011 as co-writer of Listy do M. for TVN and director Mitja Okorn. Recently, he reunited with Okorn and co-write Planeta
Born in 1991. Before she came to the movie industry, she studied Journalism and Social Communication, specialization: TV & Radio. She study film Directing at Warsaw Film School. She worked at several film productions, e.g. as a second assistant director in a TV series „Przypadki Cezarego P.“ For her first short film INKA, she was nominated at many film festivals as Palm Springs ShortFest 2015 or T-Mobile New Horizons 2015 and was selected to Cannes Short Film Corner 2015 where the movie was honored with a Coup de Coeur Distinction
Born in Gdynia. He studied journalism. For five years he worked as a reporter for Polish news channel TVN24. Meanwhile, he created short narratives and documentaries. He left television to study at Gdynia Film School. There he created his short documentary UNBREAKABLES and films: UPLOAD and GRANDMA'S DAY.
Marta Nieradkiewicz - born in 1983. Graduated from Film School in Lodz. For her role in "Floating Skyscrapers" was awarded Best Supporting Actress at the 2013 Gdynia Film Festival. She performed Polish Theatre in Bydgoszcz (2008-2012) and the Dramatic Theatre in Opole (2012-2013). Since 2013 she is an actress National Stary Theatre in Cracow. Nieradkiewicz is known for her role in the Polish TV production of „Barwy szczescia”. In 2014 she appeared in the music video for the song David Podsiadło "No".
Graduated from FAMU in Prague and culture studies at the Department of Oriental Studies at the University of Warsaw. Debuted with a series of short docs, including ‘I love Christ’ (2001), ‘Józek and his Children’ (2007), ‘Male Radosti’ (2007), ‘Six Octave’ (2008) and work for television (‘M jak miłość’, Barwy szczęścia’, ‘Singielka’). Her feature debut, ‘Hel’ (2009), met with acclaim at the Koszalin ‘Młodzi i Film’ Festival. In 2015 her second feature premiered: ‘These Daughters of Mine’ were called a revelation at the Gdynia Film Festival, receiving the audience and the press awards. The film went to triumph at the Polish Film Awards - the Eagles 2016, where Dębska received the audience award and the award for best screenplay. "These…
Jules Jones graduated with Honors from Wesleyan University in 2003. She is an award winning writer/producer and co-founder of Attackships On Fire, a creative agency based out of Seattle, WA. She has produced numerous commercials, music videos and feature films around the world. Jules is a former All Star Banked Track Roller Derby skater and she is the bassist, keyboardist and co-vocalist of the dreampop band Ephrata. She recently co-wrote the romantic comedy Planet Single (Planeta Singli) for Gigant Films, directed by Mitja Okorn. She is currently co-writing an
She is a director of more than 100 animated films of which more than 25 realized with and for children. Born in Lublin (POLAND). Studies at the Department of Multimedia Communication at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan. In 2003 defended her MA diploma – specialized in animated film direction. In 2011 received her PhD of fine arts (film animation) in MCSU in Lublin. She is a lecturer of the animated film on Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin and Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology in Warsaw.
The animations, video installations, photographs, sculptures and painting they have been presented at more than 500 presentations at exhibitions and festivals (Europe, Australia, South Africa, USA, South America, Asia) and TV channels…
Half-Polish and half-Norwegian, but was born in Warsaw. He is now preparing his diploma film at Warsaw Film School. His first year film TROPICAL ISLAND has been shown on several film festivals e.g. it was nominated in the “Young Cinema” section at the 40th Film Festival in Gdynia. Filip has also honed his skills on several Polish feature productions as Second AD. He believes that every story has it’s own needs therefore he explores different genres. His next step are mockumentaries and found-footage films.
Dawid Ogrodnik, born in 1986. In 2011 graduated from Cracow Actors School. At Gdynia Film Festival awarded Best Supporting Actor award for his role in YOU ARE GOD (2012) and in THE WORD (2014). For his role in LIFE FEELS GOOD in 2013 at the Gdynia Film Festival was awarded Elle's Cristal Star and in 2014 at the Seattle International Film Festival was awarded Golden Space Needle Award for Best Actor.
Alek Pietrzak – born in Płock – 1992 – He graduated from Music School on piano, and Warsaw Film School in a field of Directing. His diploma movie Strong Coffee is not that bad has won many awars on various festivals in Poland and abroad. Alek gained his experience on the sets like Obywatel J.Stuhr, Bridge of Spies S.Spielberg, Planet Single M.Okorn, True Crimes A.Avranas, as an 1st AD, 2nd Unit Director or AD. Now he is also studying at the University of Warsaw on the Artes Liberales department.
Agnieszka Zulewska was born in 1987 in Ozimek, Poland. At the age of 23 she graduated from PWSFTviT, a famous film school in Łódź. Agnieszka started her career playing in films and tv series. She gained recognition thanks to her unforgettable roles in such films as Chemo (2015, dir. Bartosz Prokopowicz) and Demon (2015, dir. Marcin Wrona). For the role of Lena in Chemo, Agnieszka received the Zbyszek Cybulski Award for the most promising young actress in polish cinema.
Born Andrzej Spektor, June 23, 1968 in Legnica, Poland. In 1988 Spektor left communist Poland for Israel in search of independence, adventure and dreams of acting. He worked in a kibbutz picking bananas, lemons and avocados. He studied Economics and Management at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. After completing his studies he worked at the Central Bureau of Statistics in Tel-Aviv. In 1999 he moved to Los Angeles. He studied method acting at the famed Lee Strasberg Theater Institute in West Hollywood (its famous graduates include Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Marlon Brando) and is also a graduate of the Meisner Technique program at the acclaimed Joanne Baron Studio in Santa Monica. Spektor studied with numerous other coaches including…
Born August 5, 1947 in Gałkowice, Poland. Graduated the Academy for the Dramatic Arts in Cracow in 1969. He has performed with the Juliusz Słowacki Theater in Cracow since 1969.
Since the late 1960 he has participated in over 100 theater, TV and film productions. As Dziędziel admitted in an interview with culture.pl: “I’m always different, hardly recognizable, and usually in the background.” However, in 2005 director Wojciech Smarzowski cast Dziędziel in the role of Wiesław Wojnar in the feature film Wesele. For this performance, the actor received numerous awards, including Polish Film Awards Best Actor (2005) and Gdynia Film Festival Best Actor Award (2004). Since then he has hardly left the big screen. It is never too…
Born in 1978 in Toruń, Poland. She graduated the Ludwik Skolski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in Cracow in 2001. She has been nominated for the prestigious Zbyszek Cybulski Award in 2009 and 2011 for her roles in Wojna polsko-ruska and Kret respectively.
Born June 6, 1954 in Warsaw, Poland. A graduate of the Wrocław University in cultural studies (1976) and of film directing at the Radio and Television Faculty of Silesian University in Katowice (1982). She was the literary director of Stefan Jaracz Theatre in Olsztyn in 1977 and 1978. In 1979, while still in film school she was Andrzej Wajda’s assistant on Panny z Wilka.
She begun her film career with documentaries, including Nostalgia (1983) and Cud (1984). For her feature debut Przez dotyk (By Touch, 1985) she won multiple Polish and international awards, including Grand Prix at Créteil International Women’s Film Festival in 1985. She won Grand Prix at Young and Cinema Festival in 1989 for the feature…
Born on December 12, 1988 in Lublin, Poland. Próchniak is one of the most promising and talented young actresses in Poland. She graduated from the National Film School in Łodź in 2013. Próchniak has received several Polish and international awards for her theatrical debut in Natasha's Dream (Marzenie Nataszy) performed at the Teatr Powszechny in Warsaw as well as her film debut for the role of Irmina in Shameless (Bez wstydu) directed by Filip Marczewski, highly acclaimed by Polish and American press. In 2014 she received Elle magazine's Rising Star award for “a riveting stage personality and great talent” in Warsaw 44 (Miasto 44) directed by Jan Komasa. She has been working on several new projects, including Agnus…
Born in 1988 in Hajnówka, Poland. Bobik studied at the University of Physical Education in Warsaw and graduated from the Warsaw Film School. He debuted in The Holy Sinner in 2013.
For his roles in Pinky and Charon he was nominated for the Polish Independent Film Award.
Born on May 26, 1984, in Cracow, Poland. Graduated the National Film School in Łódź with a degree in screenwriting. He is the creator of the acclaimed feature documentary One Billion Happy People (produced by HBO), based on Chinese adventures of Polish disco-folk band Bayer Full. He debuted with a short film I Love You So Much in 2009 and a documentary Reception in 2011 as part of the documentary program at the Munk Studio. He is the co-author of a feature film The Room which among many accolades received Best Independent Film award at the 37th Gdynia Film Festival, and was chosen by Dziennik Polski newspaper as one of the top 10 Polish films of 2012. His…
Born on December 19, 1946 in Wrocław, Poland. He was a student of Polish Studies at the University of Warsaw and the Warsaw Fine Arts Academy. Bromski graduated from the National Film School in Łódź in 1978 with a degree in film directing. He debuted as a film director in 1984 with a Ceremonia pogrzebowa which won him the “Best Directing Debut” at the 1985 Gdynia Film Festival. He is the president of the Polish Filmmakers Association and over the past three decades he has directed several of Poland’s biggest box office hits. See more about Jacek Bromski on culture.pl (article in Polish).
Graduate of Film and Television Academy (directing) in Warsaw and of School of Social Psychology also in Warsaw. Writer and director of Fanatics, a documentary series about fans of Polish football club Legia and Łossskot a TV cultural program. Author of music videos and television commercials. Love is his full feature debut. Read more about the director and his film on Culture.pl.
Born on June 11, 1983 in Warsaw, Poland. Włodarski debuted in 2004 in Między dniem a nocą. Dybuk at the Jewish Theater in Warsaw. He is a 2010 graduate of the Łódź Film School.
Katarzyna A. Śmiechowicz (also credited as Kasia A. Leconte) is a Polish actress from Łódź, residing in Los Angeles since 2000, where she studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse and at the Margie Haber Studio.
Throughout her career, she has appeared in over 30 feature films and television series having worked with such directors as Steven Spielberg, Krzysztof Krauze, Jerzy Gruza, Olaf Lubaszenko and most recently Tomasz Konecki, Andrzej Saramonowicz and Jacek Bromski.
With a home on both continents, but a husband in the U.S., she spends most of her time in Los Angeles, but works both in Europe and the United States. Her early passion for ballet and poetry turned to…
A 2005 graduate of the Warsaw Theater Academy. From 2006 to 2013 Ms. Kijowska worked at Dramatic Theater in Warsaw, since 2013 she has worked at the Ateneum Theater in Warsaw. Her feature debut was in The Offsiders (Boisko bezdomnych) directed by Kasia Adamik in 2008. For the role of Maria in the Loving (Miłość) directed by Sławomir Fabicki, she received the Best Actress Award at the International Film Festival in Thessaloniki, Greece. She also starred in Agnieszka Holland’s In Darkness (W ciemnościach), The Mighty Angel (Pod Mocnym Aniołem) and Traffic Department (Drogówka), both by Wojtek Smarzowski. In 2014 she received the Special Annual Award from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
An acting revelation who has hit the scene in the last two seasons as one of the great hopes of Polish theater and cinema, Dawid Ogrodnik only recently left the halls of Kraków’s Academy of Dramatic Arts. He has already scored two major roles in film and collaborated with the acclaimed theater company TR Warszawa.
His interest in the arts began with music, a passion may have been genetic because his older sister played the piano and the younger, the clarinet. From attending music school in Wągrowiec and listening to jazz in his free time, he admits in an interview with Culture.pl that while he strayed into classical music it was “Ravel only. I was attracted…
A one-time physics scholar, Polish-born Krzysztof Zanussi began making amateur movies in the late '50s, after chancing to take a film course at the University of Warsaw. He graduated the Lódź Film School with Death of a Provincial (1966), which won an award at the Venice Film Festival. He emerged as a director/screenwriter in the late '60s and early '70s, primarily working for Polish television, until the '80s, when his association with the Solidarity movement forced him into exile in West German and Swiss productions. One of his films, The Catamount Killing (1974), was shot in English, and his work since the mid-'80s has seen wider international financing and distribution. Zanussi's work is defined by its devotion to ideas at…
Ewa Jakimowska, production designer. Graduated from the University of Warsaw with a degree in Philosophy and History of Art. Jakimowska has worked as a production designer for numerous movies including Zmruż oczy (Squint Your Eyes) , Sztuczki (Tricks) and Imagine.
For her work on Zmruż oczy, she received an award at the 2003 Gdynia Film Festival and was nominated for the 2004 Eagle presented by the Polish Film Academy.
Born in 1953, Słowiński has a PhD in humanities and currently heads the Satchwell Warsaw movie studio. As a producer he has worked on numerous movies and TV shows, such as Quo Vadis (Jerzy Kawalerowicz), Kto nigdy nie żył… (Andrzej Seweryn), Syberiada polska as well as documentaries such as Wielka Pętla Wielkopolski, Ziemia warta odkrycia, Przyjechała nasza malarka znaczy jest już lato..., Przyjaciółki, Poznański stadion. Euro 2012. Oni muszą to zrobić.
Mirosław is also an author of six books: Błazen – dzieje postaci i motywu, Cztery uczty jeden świat, Dwa życia jak dwa psalmy. Historia mówiona Toshy i Leona Jedwab. He has been awarded by Polish Ministry of Science and Education as well as with the…
Paweł Małaszyński was born on June 26, 1976 in Szczecink, Poland. Already as a teenager, he was interested in film when he joined a film club Projektor (Projector) in Białystok. He studied acting at the Cracow L’art Studio (1997-1998) and then at the State Drama School in Wroclaw (PWST) which he graduated in 2002. He debuted in a TV film Biała sukienka (White Dress) directed by Michał Kwieciński in 2003. The same year Małaszyński debuted on stage at the Warsaw Kwadrat Theater in Sługa dwóch panów (Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni). He is involved with Kwadrat Theater to this day. His stage work led to a role in a TV series Oficer (Officer) where he portrayed the cynical…
Andrzej Jakimowski was born in Warsaw in 1963. He is a director, screenwriter and producer.
Jakimowski made his first short films already as a secondary school student, using a 16 mm spring-driven Krasnogorsk camera. After graduating high school he unsuccessfully attempted entry to film school and instead became a student of philosophy at Warsaw University. Later he became a student of directing at Krzysztof Kieslowski Katowice Film School, from which he graduated in 1990.
Jakimowski's debut was the thirty-minute long film Pogłos (Aftersound, 1991); it received a prize at the International Jazz Film Festival in Warsaw. In 1994 he started the Jakimowski Film Studio to make commercials as well as documentaries. He then managed…
First and foremost, Olga Bieniek is a mother of two little boys. She is a producer at Filmicon Film House in Gdańsk, Poland. When she was 16, Bieniek started working as a TV announcer. After over ten years in television as line and then executive producer she started working in the film industry, thus making one of her dreams come true. She is a graduate of the National Film School in Łódź in film production. Her last film “The Closed Circuit”, due to its subject matter, generated a lot of media and public attention in Poland and internationally. She speaks English, some Spanish and Hungarian.
Małgorzata Małysa is Assistant Producer at Filmicon Film House in Gdańsk, Poland. She studied psychology and received MA in Social Communication and Media. Małysa worked as a fashion and graphic designer before starting in movie production. Her recent projects include The Closed Circuit (directed by Ryszard Bugajski) and "Black Box" (directed by Krzysztof Kowalski).
Janusz Zaorski (born September 19, 1947) is a Polish film director, screenwriter and actor. His work is representative of the moral concern cinema, a trend in Polish film. Zaorski has directed mainly psychological dramas, comedies and TV series. Zaorski graduated from the National Film School in Łódź in 1969. He debuted as a film director in 1970. In 1987 Zaorski was selected Chairman of the Polish Federation of Film Societies where he served until 1990. He was Art Director of the Film Group "Dom" (1987-1991), member of the Cinematography Committee (1987–1989), President of the Radio & Television Committee (1991–1993), President of National Council of Radio Broadcasting and Television (1993-1995). He is a member of the European Film Academy and Polish…
Born in 1977. Bodo Kox is a director, screenwriter and amateur actor. Author of many independent films recognized and awarded at Polish and international film festivals. Student of film direction at The Leon Schiller Film School in Łódź. Graduate of the feature film course “Rehearsal Studio” at the Wajda School. The Girl from the Wardrobe is his feature debut.
Born in 1978. Kolberger studied English language and literature, film studies, and applied linguistics in Tours and in Paris. She graduated in directing from the National Film School in Łódź, Poland.
Her latest short film Eastern Crumble was awarded the special jury prize for best fiction film and the audience prize at the "Kameralne Lato" Film Festival in Radom, and won the "Młodzi i Film" festival prize Jantar 2013 for best short fiction film.
The Training won her the main prize at the "Łodzią po Wiśle" festival in 2008. I Won't Be Here Tomorrow, her graduation film, won a number of awards, including the Second Prize at the Kustendorf International Film Festival…
Born in 1973. In the years 1982-1990 he was acting as a child in many features and television films in Poland and Germany. Arkadiusz graduated from the European University of Frankfurt, Germany and University of Poznań, Poland in 1997 with a law degree. His postgraduate studies were in film producing and script-writing at the Polish National Film School in Łódz. During college he worked as a freelance journalist for Polish national television.
In 2001 he founded a Ferdinand Magellan Foundation where he is a president and a film producer. In 2004 he graduated and received the European Certificate in Audiovisual Financing and Commercialization (ECAFIC) course organized in Paris by the French National Audiovisual Institute and Sorbonne…
Born July 2, 1979 in Zabrze. Theatre and film actor. He studied at the Academy of Drama in Warsaw, graduating in 2002. Married to Roma Gąsiorowska.
Mitja Okorn was born in Slovenia in 1981. He was educated as an economist and showed great potential in his profession as evidenced by winning a national Slovenian economic competition. He transitioned his talent and skills to the film industry. In 2001 his first short film "Be Flexible" won an award at the Motovun film festival in Croatia. Three years later he debuted his feature film "Here and There". This film, made on a shoestring budget, became an incredible success in Slovenia, and as a result gained wide distribution on the European film festival circuit.
In 2007 Mr. Okorn received various accolades, including a British Council nomination for the Young Film Entrepreneur of the Year (IYFEY) Award, and a…
Aleksandra Hamkało was born on October 19, 1988, in Zielona Góra. She had her first experience with the theater in Łodź at the age of 3, and starred as a child in three Jaracz Theater performances: “Woyzecku,” “The Curse,” and “King Edyp.” Her first film role was the lead in “Awesome Vacation” at the age of 10. She also appeared in a series of Polish sitcoms and in the foreign production “Out of Reach.” During this time she moved from Łodz to Wrocław, where she finished high school. Her first attempt at entry into the prestigious PWST Theatre School ended in disappointment, and Aleksandra started studies at the University of Wrocław instead, making a living playing a small recurring role…
Roma Gąsiorowska was born on January 29, 1981 in Bydgoszcz. She graduated from PWST in Kraków in 2005. Her cooperation with both film and theatre already started during her studies. She debuted in Jerzy Stuhr film "Pogoda na jutro" when she was a second-year student. She also worked with the following theatres: TR in Warsaw, Stary Theatre in Kraków and Theatre in Dusseldorf.
Upon finishing school Ms. Gąsiorowska joined one of the best Polish theatres – TR in Warsaw where she created outstanding roles in plays of such great directors as Grzegorz Jarzyna and Przemysław Wojcieszek. Recent years have been very generous to her film career. She participaed in many interesting and ambitious projects such as Suicide Room…
Born in 1949, in Kartuzy, Kaszubian Region in Poland. Documentary filmmaker, screenwriter, director. Since 1972 he has worked for Polish television TVP. Director of dozens of documentary films, two narrative films for television, seven made for Polish TV performances as well as the popular Polish TV shows "Radio Romans" and "Zlotopolscy," among other things.
Born in 1941 in Stanislawowo. A graduate of Warsaw Academy of Fine Art (faculty of graphics and painting, 1966) and Lodz National Film School (directing). Graphics designer for "Magazyn Polski". Author of theatre, television and radio plays. Screenwriter: Casting (Zdjecia probne), Laureate, The Big Ran (Wielki bieg), Baritone (Baryton) – awarded for the screenplay at PFF Gdansk ’85. Lecturer of the Lodz Film School. Co-owner of a production studio Fokus Film.
Born in 1974. Student of journalism at the Wroclaw University. Screenwriter of "Monday" (Poniedzialek) by Witold Adamek (1998) and "Made in Poland", awarded with Sundance Institute screenwriting workshop in Hungary (1999). Screenwriter, Director and co-producer of "Kill Them All" (Zabij ich wszystkich) (1999) and "Louder Than Bombs" (Glosniej od bomb) (2000). Currently, he is preparing screenplay for a feature film "I Love You, Whatever Happens" (Cokolwiek sie zdarzy, kocham cie).
Tomasz Szafranski is a director and screenwriter, and graduate of the Krzysztof
Kieslowski Faculty of Radio and Television. Before making films he put on amateur
plays, wrote stories and screenplays. He also was one of the organizers of the
CAMERIMAGE Film Festival for Cinematographers in Torun. Currently, he is preparing to
make his first feature – a drama-comedy "A Story About Thieves" - while working on
screenplays of several other projects. SPFF is proud to present two of his shorts plus
the 2005 Independent Film winner - The Devil - Diabel.
Born near Czestochowa, Magdalena is one of the best, most beautiful and most willingly cast young generation
actresses. Graduate of Cracow School of Drama.
During her studies she acted in “Balladyna” and “Kordian”, played extras in
Steven Spielberg’s “Lista Schindlera” (Schindler’s List). As a 4th -year student
she played the part ofÊ Sister Ann in “Pokuszenie” (Temptation) directed by
Barbara Sass, for which she won the best actress award at the Polish Feature
Film Festival in Gdynia (1995). She also earned critical praise at the International
Film Festival in Geneva (1996) where she was awardedÊÊ the title of
“The Star of Tomorrow” bestowed upon the most promising actresses of
European Cinematography.…
1962. 02. 25 - Data urodzenia (Otwock)
1985. 10. 13 - Debiut teatralny
1986 - Wykształcenie - rok ukończenia studiów (Wydział Aktorski PWSFTviT w Łodzi; dyplom 1987)
“Kinga Preis performs so well that her character looks sad even if seen from behind.”
- Justyna Pobiedzińska on Ms. Preis’ performance in The Women
Ms. Preis’ performances on both stage and screen have led many critics to call her a promising actress. A graduate of the School of Drama in Wrocław, this talented actress has been awarded an incredible 17 times for her work, most recently for Komornik [The Collector], at both the Polish Film Awards and the Gdynia Polish Film Festival. This young talent has appeared in 22 feature films, 22 stage plays and more than 29 televised plays. She continues to perform in her home town at the Wrocław Polski Theatre.
“While remaining an artist, Rosa looks at the world a bit like a sociologist, and a bit like a moralist.”
- Bożena Janicka, http://www.culture.pl
Originally an architecture student in Gliwice, Mr. Rosa focused his attentions on radio and television direction at Katowice’s Silesian University. His short film Gry i zabawy wojskowe (1991) was nominated for a Student Academy Award, and three years later his first feature film, Gorący czwartek (Hot Thursday) won him Best Debut Director at the Gdynia Polish Film Festival.
Apart from directing, the Zabrze native continues to write his own screenplays and lectures at the Silesian University in Katowice. His newest film, the award-winning and true-to-life Co słonko widziało (What the…
"I noticed that I cope well with big problems that they even tend to spur me on.”
- Marek Koterski
Kraków’s own Marek Koterski holds a degree in Polish Language and Literature from Wrocław University. An actor, playwright, stage director and filmmaker, Mr. Koterski also trained in painting and art history before graduating from the Łódź Film School in 1971. Since then, his directorial talents have been seen in Warsaw’s Współczesny Theater (Fray Award winner Inner Life), Dramatyczny Theater (The Teeth), Ateneum Theater (The Madhouse) and in the theatres of Kraków, Rzeszów and Wałbrzych. Also a prolific director of short films, Mr. Koterski’s newest work Wszyscy jesteśmy Chrystusami (We’re All Christs) won him Best Director at…