Guests

2013 Guests

Ewa Jakimowska production designer

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.

Mirosław Słowiński producer

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 actor, vocalist, songwriter

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 director, screenwriter, producer

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…

Olga Bieniek producer

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 assistant producer

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 director, screenwriter, producer

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…

Bodo Kox director, screenwriter, amateur actor

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.

Julia Kolberger director

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…

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