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April 23 - May 1, 2005

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Our guests are: Witold Beres, Krzysztof Globisz, Grzegorz Hajdarowicz, Lech Majewski, Magdalena Piekorz, Artur "Baron" Więcek, Janusz Zaorski

WITOLD BERES

Witold Beres

Reporter, columnist for “Gazeta Wyborcza,” film and television producer, screenwriter. Author or co-author of several books. He and Artur Wiecek manage Beres & “Baron” Media Productions. He likes to keep saying that above all, he has had good luck with people, more ...

Filmography:  Angel in Love (2005), more ...

KRZYSZTOF GLOBISZ

Krzysztof Globisz

Born in 1957 in Siemianowice Slaskie. Theatre and film actor. For many years he has worked at the one of Poland's best theater, the Teatr Stary in Cracow, where he has had many notable performances especially in the works of Dostojewski. He won Best Actor Award for "Long Weekend" (Długi weekend) at the PFF Gdynia '04.

Filmography:  Angel in Love (2005) by Artur Więcek, "Long Weekend" (2004) by Robert Gliński, more...

GRZEGORZ HAJDAROWICZ

Grzegorz Hajdarowicz

Grzegorz Hajdarowicz – Born in 1965. Film producer, art and culture supporter, businessman, developer, and president of the Cracow Investment Center (KCI).  KCI SA strongly supports the Oscar Schindler Foundation which works on transforming the remnants of the famous Schindler factory (shown in “Schindler’s list”) into a Cracow cultural center.

Hajdarowicz is a graduate of the Political Science Department at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow and a former Cracow City Council member (1990-1994).  He owns a stake in the popular Polish “Przekroj” magazine, and publishes the free “Twoje Zdrowie” (Your Health) newspaper.
 
LECH MAJEWSKI

Lech Majewski

Lech Majewski was born in Poland and established himself as an international artist: director, producer, poet, writer, painter and composer. He graduated in 1977 from Lodz film School in Poland.  more...

Filmography: "The Garden of Earthly Delights" (2004), "Angelus" (2000), "Wojaczek" (1999), "Accident" (1998), "The roes room" (1997), "Basquiat" (1996), more ...

MAGDALENA PIEKORZ

Magdalena Piekorz

Magdalena Piekorz was born in Sosnowiec in 1974. She graduated from the Film Directing Faculty of the Radio and Television Department of the University of Silesia.

She is a screenwriter and director of many documentaries: Girls from Szymanów (Bronze Hobby Horse at the Crakow FF in 1998), Visitors (Grand Prix at Euroshorts Festival’ 99), Labyrinth (honorary mention at the European Integration Film Festival You and Me 2001),  more ...

Filmography: "The Welts" (2004), "Labyrinth" (2001), "Chicago" (2002), "To find, to look, to bury" (2001) more ...

ARTUR "BARON" WIECEK

Artur "Baron" Wiecek

Born 1967. Graduate of the Acting Department of the National Theater Academy (1991). Director, screenwriter, producer. For many years he has been working for Public Television, where he made the first series of “Conversations at the End of the Century.” Director of “A History of Philosophy in Highlanders’ Style” based on the writings of Rev. J. Tischner. more ...

Filmography:  Angel in Love (2005), more...

JANUSZ ZAORSKI

Janusz Zaorski

Janusz Zaorski was born 1947 in Warsaw. Film director and screenwriter. Graduate from the Department of Film Directing at the Lodz Film School. In 1987 he was chosen the Chairman of the Polish Federation of Film Clubs (DKF). Since 1988 Artistic Director for the DOM Film Studio, more ...

Filmography: "Saved by a Miracle" (2004), "Hacker" (2002), "Happy New York" (1997) more...