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".