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…