JACEK BŁAWUT

Jacek Bławut, member of EFA, contributes to European film documentary industry as a scriptwriter, director, cinematographer and producer of more than 80 documentary films, which are successful both artistically and commercially. His credits as scriptwriter, director and producer are highlighted by : “The Abnormal” (Joseph von Sternberg IFF Manhaim 1991, Special Prize of the Jury on the International Film Festival San Sebastian 1991, FIPRESCI Award, Manheim 1991); while his credits as director and cinematographer include: “Special Olympic…und dann mussten wir noch watschwiren”, “Die Reise Tunesien” and “Fremden Legion”, Jacek Bławut was also the screenwriter, director and dir. of photography of the 26-episode-TV series THE AIR CAVALRY (1999/2000), the first docu-soap ever in the Polish television (awarded The Prize of Polish TV Producers NIPTEL 2000 the Best Documentary). His last film, “The Country of Birth” was awarded Grand Prix at the Cracow Film Festival 2003 and nominated for the European Film Award 2003.

Among Jacek Bławut's films are numbered:

• 2008 - "BEFORE THE TWILIGHT" /directing, photography, editing, producer/
  more on: http://www.jeszczeniewieczor.com/
• 2007 - "WARRIOR" /directing, photography, editing, producer/
• 2003 THE COUNTRY OF BITRH
  awarded Grand Prix at the Cracow Film Festival 2003 and nominated for the European Film Award 2003.
• 1996 EIN ANDERES HAUS
  produced by ARD Saarbrucken
• 1996 SPECIAL OLYMPIC
  Main Award - Documentary Film Category of the International Film Festival - Niepokalanow
• 1996 I HAD A FRIEND
  Oberhausen -1996 - Special Prize Jury; An Award for the best documentary on the Short Film Festival - Toronto 1996
• 1995 FREMDEN LEGION
  , co-produced by ARD Sarrbrucken and TVP 1
• 1993 DIE REISE TUNESIEN
  , co-produced by ARD Sarrbrucken and ARTE
• 1991 SPECIAL OLYMPIC…UND DANN MUSSTEN WIR NOCH WATSCHWIREN
  co-produced by ARD Sarrbrucken and ARTE
• 1990 THE ABNORMAL
  Special Prize of the Jury on the International Film Festival in San Sebastian in 1991, FIPRESCI Award, Manheim 1991 ; An award on the 26th Test of the Young Cinema in Frankfurt on Main in 1991
• 1987 LUMP OF SUGAR
  Brown "Lajkonik" on the Short-Feature Films Festival in Cracow in 1987, an Award for the best documentary on the Short Film Festival in Tampere in 1988.

AGNIESZKA HOLLAND

Film director and screenwriter. Born in 28 November 1948 in Warsaw. In 1971 graduated from Film School in Prague. One of representants of Polish New Wave cinema. She has began her film career as film assistant in Krzysztof Zanussi film "Ilumination". From1972 untill 1981 she was a member of Film Association "X" directed by Andrzej Wajda. As a sciptwriter she has cooperated, among others, with: A. Wajda, A. Zajaczkowski, J. Bogajewicz. She has directed many film and theathre plays. Since 1981 she lives and works abroad. She is a member of European Film Academy.

Filmography:

• 1975 AN EVENING AT ABDON'S - script&directing
• 1976 PRELIMINARY SHOOTING - script&directing
• 1978 PROVINCIAL ACTORS - script&directing
• 1978 WITHOUT ANEASTHETIC - script
• 1980 FEVER - directing
• 1981 THE LONELY WOMAN - script&directing,
• 1982 DANTON - script cooperation,
• 1983 EINE LIEBE IN DEUTSCHLAND - script
• 1985 BITTERE ERNTE - script&directing
• 1987 ANNA (Bogayevicz Yurek) - script,
• 1988 TO KILL A PRIEST - script&directing
• 1990 EUROPA EUROPA - script&directing,
• 1990 KORCZAK - script,
• 1991 OLIVIER, OLIVIER - script&directing,
• 1993 TROIS COULEURS. BLANC - script cooperation
• 1993 TROIS COULEURS. BLEU - script cooperation
• 1993 THE SECRET GARDEN - directing
• 1994 TROIS COULEURS. ROUGE - script consultant
• 1995 TOTAL ECLIPSE - directing
• 1997 WASHINGTON SQUARE - directing
• 1999 THE THIRD MIRACLE - directing
• 2001 SHOT IN THE HEART - directing
• 2002 JULIA WALKING HOME - script&directing
• 2001: Shot in the heart
• 2003: Cold Case
• 2006: Copying Beethoven
• 2007: The Crew
• 2009: Janosik. Prawdziwa historia

Film Prizes:

• 1981 FEVER Gdansk-Gdynia (FPFF) Grand Prix (prize for the best film)
• 1988 THE LONELY WOMEN Gdansk-Gdynia (FPFF) Special Prize of Jury
• 1990 EUROPA EUROPA Viareggio (MFF) prize for directing
• 1992 EUROPA EUROPA Oscar nomination in category: script adaptation

MARCEL ŁOZIŃSKI

Marcel Łoziński, winner of the Andrzej Wajda/Gary McVey FREEDOM PRIZE (2004) and AFO Documentary Achievement Award-Olomouc 2002 is one of the best known of European documentary film directors, and combines an internationally renowned career in directing (his credits include over 100 films including the Oscar and Felix nominated documentary "89 mm to Europe", the multi-award-winning "Anything Can Happen" (over 30 international awards including: Prize IFFS Oberhausen 1995 and Grand Prix Cracow 1995); and broadcast in almost all European countries and "So, it doesn't hurt" (co-production with ARTE, awarded Grand Prix in Leiptzig 1998, Prize TV Film Bornholm 1998) with a strong commitment to ensuring the future of Polish and European documentary film through mentoring young Polish directors from initial script ideas through creative development to production.

Among the films of Marcel Łoziński are numbered:

• 2008 POSTE RESTANTE 
  Siver Dragon and FIPRESCI Prize at Cracow Film festival 2009; 
• 2006 HOW IT'S DONE
• 2001 I REMEMBER; Production- Steven Spielberg Foundation; Berlin Festival 2002; Christofer Award 2003
• 1998 SO, IT DOESN'T HURT; Production - ARTE / TVP 1/ StudioFilmowe Kalejdoskop; Special Prize of Jury Estonia 1998; Golden Taube -Leiptzig; Don Quijote -Leiptzig 1998; Prize TV Film Bornholm 1998;
• 1995 POLAND AFTER VICTORY 89-95; Production - La Sept ARTE / Le Poisson Volant / Studio Filmowe Kalejdoskop
• 1995 ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN (40'); Production - Studio Filmowe Kalejdoskop/TVP Prize IFFS Oberhausen 1995; Prize of the Kultusministerium of Nordrhein-Westfallen Oberhausen 1995; Prize of the Catholic Jury Oberhausen 1995; 1st Filmprize Bornhom 1995 Kodak Award Bornholm 1995; Grand Prix Cracow 1995; FIPRESCI Cracow 1995; Jury Special Prize Lagow 1995; Prize of National Film Societies Lagow 1995; Prize of magazine POLITYKA for the best film 1995; Special Award of Polish Culture 1995 - Fundacja Kultury; Golden Spire San Francisco 1996; INPUT
• 1996 Award for Best Docummentary - World Television Festival Japan 1997
• 1993 89 MM FROM EUROPE; (12'); Production - Kalejdoskop/TVP Oscar Nomination 1994; FELIX Nomination, Berlin 1994; Main Prize Oberhausen 1993; Prize IFFS Oberhausen 1993; II-nd Prize Bornholm 1993;Special Prize Jean d'Arcy, Marseille 1993;1st Prize for Document, Vila do Conde 1993, Portugal;Special Prize, Lagow, Poland;Grand Prix for Documment, TV Poland 1993; Special Mention - European Film Academy, Berlin 1993;Grand Prix Leipzig 1993; IG Medien Prize, Leipzig 1993; Jury Special Prize, Clermont-Ferrand 1994; Special Mention - Golden Gate San Francisco 1994; Montreal (Quebec) - Grand Prix 1994; Hamburg - Special Mention 1994; 3rd Prize for Short Documentary Film - Sydney 1995; IDA Award 95
• 1992 SEVEN JEWS FROM MY CLASS (50'); Production TVP 2nd Channel; Grand Prix for Documentary Film, TV Poland 1993
• 1990 KATYN FOREST (52'); Coproduction - LA SEPT/ Les Films du Losagne/ ZDF Silver Sesterce, Nyon 1990; Grand Prix, Lagow 1991; Prix Europa, Reykjavik 1991
• 1989 "45-89" (4 x 52'); Coproduction LA SEPT/Obsession/CQFD/WFD Grand Prix Lagow 1990; INPUT Edmonton 1990
• 1988 WITNESSES (26'); Coproduction LA SEPT/Gamma/Obsession Grand Prix Solidarite Clandestine; INPUT Stockholm 1989
• 1980 MICROPHONE TEST (17'); 1st Prize Cracow 1981; FIPRESCI Cracow 1981; 1st Prize for Screenplay Cracow 1981
• 1978 MATRICULATION (17'); Main Prize Cracow 1981
• 1974 THE VISIST (17'); FIPRESCI Cracow 1974
• 1972 WHEEL OF FORTUNE (20') ; FIPRESCI Oberhausen 1973

WOJCIECH MARCZEWSKI

Film Director, Screenwriter, Born in Lodz in 28.02.1944. Studied history and philosophy at Lodz University and graduated as a film director from the Theatre and Film School in Lodz. He participated as a screenwriter and director in many film and television projects. From 1972 to 1994 he was a member of Film Studio TOR and from 1986 to 1990 - the head-deputy of TOR. From 1980 to 1983 he was the head-deputy of Polish Filmmakers' Association and from 1984 to 1986 the head of Polish Cine Club Federation. During Marshall War he began to teach in West Germany and Denmark. Since 1984 he has worked for the National Film and Television School in Copenhagen, Denmark. Between 1992 and 1994 he was the Head of Directing Department in the National Film and Television School in Great Britain (in Beaconsfield). He has conducted many workshops for film directors, screenwriters and actors in Germany , Switzerland, Holland, Denmark and Poland. Since 1996 he has tought at the National Film School in Lodz and at the University in Katowice. His films were distributed in numerous countries, had taken part and were awarded in many international film festivals (Cannes, Berlin, San Sebastian, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Montreal, Tokyo, London, Avoriaz, Burgos, and many others). The retrospectives of his films took place in: Bergamo, Copenhagen, Prague, Budapest and Hamburg. He has also directed several TV dramas.

Films:

• 2001 - "Weiser"- script & directing film in competition at Berlin Film Festival 2001 Award for editing and sound, National Film Festival Gdynia Poland 2001
• 1997 - "Time of Treachery"- script co-writing & directing Special Jury Prize and award for editing, National Film Festival Gdynia Poland 1997
• 1991 - " Escape from the Liberty Cinema" - script & directing Grand Prize, National Film Festival, Gdynia Poland 1991 Awarded also for the best actor - Janusz Gajos Editorial prize from "Film" magazine 1991 Cannes Film Festival (Selection Officiele Un Certain Regard) 1991 Grand Prize, Avoriaz International Film Festival, France 1992 Grand Prize, Burgos, Spain 1994 Film sold to: Germany, France, Australia, Austria, Mexico, South Korea, Hungary, Denmark, Holland
• 1980 - " Shivers" - script & directing Silver Prize, National Film Festival, Gdansk Poland 1981 Special Mention for actress, Teresa Marczewska, cinematography and editing Silver Bear, Berlin Film Festival 1982; Special Jury Prize for film showing greatest originality FIPRESCI, International Press Award Berlin Film Festival 1982 CICAE, International Art Cinema Confederation Prize Berlin Film Festival 1982 Film sold to: Germany, Japan, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Denmark, USA, France
• 1979 - "Keyskeeper" - script & directing Grand Prize, TV Festival at Olsztyn Poland 1980 Awarded also for best photography and music
• 1978 - "Nightmares" - directing Silver Prize, National Film festival Gdansk Poland 1979 OCIC, International Film Festival San Sebastian Spain 1979 Andrzej Munk's Prize for Best First Film 1979 Editorial Prize from "Film" magazine 1979 Film sold to: Japan, Germany, South Korea, Great Britain, USA, Russia
• 1976 - " Whiter then snow" - (1h TV film) - directing
• 1975 - "Easter" - (1h TV film) - script & directing
• 1970 -1972 - "Departures. Returns" - (3x1h TV film) - script co-writing & directing
• 1969 - " Travelers like other ones" - script co-writing & directing
• 1968 - "The Anatomy Lesson" - script &directing

MOGENS RUKOV

Mogens Rukov has a Master of Arts in Danish literature and language and The History and Aesthetics of Film from the University of Copenhagen.
He was employed as a professor at the National Film School of Denmark in 1975. In 1988 he founded the school's screenwriting department. He is now Head of the Screenwriting and Dramaturgy Department. He has taught in London, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Berlin.
In his capacity as consultant for film and television, he has worked on The Element of Crime, The Greatest Heroes and most recently Lars von Trier's The Idiots, Soren Kragh Jacobsen's Mifunes last song. Mogens Rukov has worked on - as writer or consultant - app.15 other films the last 3 years. He was co-writer on The Celebration and It's All About Love, together with the director, Thomas Vinterberg. Also he was co-writer on Kira's Reason: A Love Story, together with the director Ole Christian Madsen.

THOMAS VINTERBERG

Born 1969. In 1993 graduated from the Danish Film School. His graduate film "Last Round" was nominated for an Oscar in 1994. In 1995 together, with director Lars von Trier, he founded DOGME 95 movement.

Director of following films:

• THE BOY WHO WALKED BACKWARDS (1994)
  Best Short Film, Danish Festival, Odense, 94
  Best Drama, Toronto Shortfilm Festival, 95
• HEROES (1996)
  3 Robert Awards, Danish Film Academy, 97
• FESTEN (1998)
  Prix du Jury, Cannes International Film Festival, 98
  European Discovery, Fassbinder Award, The 1998 European Film Awards
  Best foreign language picture, L.A. Film Critics Award, 98
  7 Robert Awards, Danish Film Golden Globe, 99
  Best foreign language picture, Independent Spirit Awards, USA, 99
• IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE (2001)

ANDRZEJ WAJDA

Polish film and theatrical director. Born on 6 march 1926 Suwalki, Poland. Graduated from: Academy of Fine Arts, Cracow (1946-49). And Film Academy lodz (1949- 1953). Theatre Director at Teatr Stary, Cracow (1962- 1998) President of the Polish Film Association (1978-82). Solidarity member from 1980. Member of President Lech Walesa Council ( 1982 -89). Senator of the Republic of Poland (1989-91)

Honorary doctorates:

• American University Washington 1981;
• Bologna University 1988;
• Jagiellonian University Cracow 1989;
• University of Lyon 1995;
• University of Libre Bruxelle 1995.

Selected prizes:

• Legion d`honneur France- Oficier 1982, Commandeur - 2001
• Onassis prize, Greek 1982;
• Pirandello Artistic Award, Italy 1986;
• Kyoto Prize, Japan 1987 (used the Prize to establish the Centre of Japanese Art and Technology in Cracow)
• Felix European Film Awards-Lifetime Achievement Award 1990;
• "Cracovia Merenti" for founding the Centre of Japanese Art and Technology - Cracow' 1995
• Order of Rising Sun, Japan 1995.
• Praemium Imperiale,Japan 1996
• Member of the Institut de France since 1997.
• Golden Lion Venice 1998
• American Film Foundation Freedom Award 1999
• "Oscar" American Academy Lifetime Achievement Avard 2000
• The Great German Cross of Achievement
  

Selected films:

• KANAL (Canal) 1957 (Jury special Award Silver Palm Cannes 1957)
• POPIOL I DIAMENT (Ashes and Diamond )1958 (Fipresci Prize Venice 1959), D.O. Selznick`s Silver Laurel Award 1962)
• WESELE ( The Wedding ) 1973 (Silver Shell San Sebastian 1973);
• ZIEMIA OBIECANA (The Promised Land) 1975 (Gdansk Golden Lions 1975, Golden Medal Moscow 1975, Oscar Award Nomination 1976);
• CZŁOWIEK Z MARMURU (Man of Marble ) 1977, (Fipresci prize, Cannes 1978, Jury Special Prize, Cartagena 1980 );
• PANNY Z WILKA (The Maids of Wilko ) 1979, (Oscar Award Nomination 1980);
• CZlOWIEK Z ZELAZA (Man of Iron) 1981 (Palme d`Or -Golden Palm Cannes 1981,Oscar Award Nomination 1982);
• DANTON (Prix Luis Delluc 1982 ; "Cesar "- 1983 );
  Korczak 1990;
• NASTASYA ( with Tamasaburo Bando)1994;
• WIELKI TYDZIEÑ (The Holy Week) 1995 ( Silver Bear, Berlin 1997);
• PAN TADEUSZ 1999

Selected theater productions:

• Shakespeare - Hamlet 1960,
• Wyspianski - Wesele (The Wedding)1962, 1991,(1992 Salzburg Festival),
• Noc Listopadowa (November Night) 1974;
• based on Dostojewsky: Biesy (The Possessed) 1971,(1974 Yale Repertory);
• Nastasya Filipowna (adaptation from Dostojewsky`s “Idiot”)1977;
• Zbrodnia i Kara (Crime and Punishment ) 1984, (1986 Schaubuhne, Berlin);
• Sofocles - Antygone 1984;
• Yukio Mishima -Mishima 1994;

KRZYSZTOF ZANUSSI

Born June 17th 1939 in Warsaw. From 1955 to 1959 studied physics at Warsaw University and attended lectures on cinema at the Institute of Art. at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw (1956-57). In 1959 he enrolled at the Faculty of Philosophy at the Jagiellonian University of Cracow, but did not graduate because of its closing in 1963. In 1960 he joined the film direction faculty at the Lodz Film School (grad.1966). Made his first films in Amateur Film Club of Warsaw University in the 50ies. Since 1966 he has directed many documentaries, features for cinema and TV, in Poland and abroad. He writes or co-writes scripts for his own films (some of them were published in 3 volumes in Poland and in 2 volumes in Italy). From 1974 to 1981 he was a Vice -Chairman of the Polish Film-makers Association. From 1979 is chief manager/director of "Tor" Film unit (now "Tor" Film Studio). Since 1978 also stage and opera director. In March 1990 he was elected President of FERA (Federation Europeenne des Realisateurs de l'Audiovisuel). Since 1994 he is a member of the Pontifical Commission For Culture in Vatican and Programme Council of Polish Public TV. Since 1992 he is a professor of Silesian University in Katowice. Member of Polish PEN-Club.

Films:

• 1966 THE DEATH OF A PROVINCIAL, diplomat film - Golden Ducat Mannheim, Venice Lions;
• 1968 KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI, TV Poland doc.- Grand Prix Leipzig;
• 1969 THE STRUCTURE OF CRYSTAL - Best Script Mar del Plata;
• 1971 FAMILY LIFE- Special Jury Prize - Chicago '72;
             BEHIND THE WALL. TV - Grand Prix San Remo;
• 1973 ILLUMINATION- Golden Leopard- Locarno '74;
  THE CATAMOUNT KILLING, co-prod. USA- Germany;
• 1974 QUARTERLY BALANCE - Ecumenical Prize - Berlin '76;
• 1975 NIGHT DUTY , TV, M. Germany, co-sc. and co-dir. Edward Zebrowski
• 1976 CAMOUFLAGE;
• 1977 ANATOMY LESSON, TV Germany, M;
             HOUSE OF WOMEN, TV Germany;
             LUTOSlAWSKI, PENDERECKI, BAIRD - doc. TV, Germany M.;
• 1978 SPIRAL;
• 1979 WAYS IN THE NIGHT, TV Germany/ France;
             MY CRACOW, TV M, D. Germany;
• 1980 THE CONSTANT FACTOR, Best Director - Cannes;
             THE CONTRACT, Distributors' Prize- Venice;
• 1981 FROM A FAR COUNTRY: POPE JOHN PAUL II, co-prod. Italy-Great Britain;
             THE TEMPTETION, TV, Germany- Switzerland;
• 1982  UNAPROACHABLE, TV, Germany;
            IMPERATIVE, co-prod. Germany-France;
            VATICAN CITY, TV, M, D, Italy, documentary;
• 1984  THE BLUEBEARD, TV, Germany - Switzerland, Grand Prix -Venezia TV;
  THE YEAR OF A QUIET SUN, co-prod. Poland-Germany-USA, Golden Lion - Venice, Golden Globe Nomination;
• 1985  THE POWER OF EVIL, co-prod. France- Italy-Germany;
• 1987  TIME THAT PASSED, TV, M., Germany;
• 1988  WHEREVER YOU ARE, co-prod. Poland-Germany-UK, Ecumenical Prize - Montreal '86;
• 1989 INVENTORY, co-prod. Poland-Germany, Grand Prix-Strasbourg '91, Ecumenical Prize-Moscow '90;
  NAPOLEON, one of ep. in 6-part series, France;
• 1990 LUTOSLAWSKI, TV, M, D, Great Britain;
  LONG CONVERSATION WITH A BIRD, co-prod. Germany-Great Britain;
  LIFE FOR A LIFE, co-prod. Poland-Germany;
• 1991 YELTZIN MY RUSSIA, TV documentary, German-French-Polish-Russian;
• 1991/1992 THE SILENT TOUCH, co-prod. Poland-Denmark-Great Britain, Tokyo '92;
• 1992  MUSIC IN THE WARSAW GHETTO, co-prod. Poland-Germany- (WDR) , documentary;
  CONVERSATION WITH KRZYSZTOF ZANUSSI, documentary, prod, TOR Film Studio;
• 1993  IMPRESSION ABOUT CHOPIN'S MUSIC (Chopin a la Gare Centrale), TV film, co-prod. Polish TV and SYNERGETIC-France, High Definition;
  CONVERSATION WITH LORD YEHUDI MENUHIN, documentary, TV for WDR Cologne, co-prod. Polish-German-Russian;
• 1995  LADY WITH AN EREMINE (for BBC),documentary;
  NON ABBIATE PAURA (for RAI), full length documentary;
  IN FULL GALLOP, TOR Film Studio, long feature, Tokyo;
• 1995/1996 WEEKEND STORIES (TOR for TV) 6 TV episodes (to be continued);
• 1996 RE PESCATORE, (TV, Italia);
• 1997  THE SACRUM (TOR for TV) - "Weekend Stories"
  OUR GOD'S BROTHER ; co-prod. Italy, Poland, Germany full-length feature
• 1998 produced "Fire Rider" and "Prostitutes" developed project for shooting
• 1999  L'ALOUETTE (TV Theatre) based on the novel by Jean Anouilh
  HIDDEN TREASURES (TOR for TV) - "Weekend Stories";
• 2000 LIFE AS A FATAL SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE (TOR) full-length feature, the Grand Prix - Moscow, the Grand Prix - Polish Film Festival- Gdansk;

EDWARD ŻEBROWSKI

Director and screenwriter, member of EFA.

Known mostly of his films:

• THE HOSPITAL OF ACHANGEMENT /Szpital Przemienienia/ (1978)
• SALVATION /Ocalenie/ (1972

and script cooperation with director Krzysztof Zanussi

• THE STRUCTURE OF CRYSTAL /Struktura krysztalu/ (1969)
• MOUNTAINS AT DUSK /Gory o zmierzchu/ (1970)
• BEHIND THE WALL /Za œciana/ (1971)
• THE SILENT TOUCH /Dotkniecie reki/ (1991).

Zebrowski was also a script consultant to Krzysztof Zanussi and Krzysztof Kieslowski films i.e. famous cycle TROIS COULEURS. He is also a teacher:

• 1990-2002 lecturer and professor at TV and Radio Department, Slask University
• 1997-2002 seminar at Script Writing Department, Filmschool in Lodz
• 1988-1994 script seminars for screenwriters and directors, together with Krzysztof Kieślowski
• 1985-1987 film seminars in West Berlin, together with Krzysztof Kieślowski

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KRZYSZTOF PTAK

Director of Photography.
Born in Sulejow in 1954. Graduated from the Higher National School of Film, Television and Theatre in Lodz - The Cinematography Department.

Among the Krzysztof Ptak’s documentary films and professional prizes are numbered:

• "A few stories about men" dir. Bogdan Dziworski
  Best Photography - FFK Krakow 1983.
  This film is in collection in Museum of Modern Art in New York.
• " Stabat Mater" dir. Janusz Sijka
  Best Photography - FFK Krakôw l985.
• "I see" dir. Bogdan Dziworski
  Best Photography - FFK Krakôw l987.
• "Dog eat dog" dir. Witold Starecki 1993
  /Channel Four TV/
• "Totentraum " dir. Ayhan Salar / 1995/
  /Bremen Institut Film/Fernsehen/.
  

Some of the feature films and professional prizes:

• "The Jewel of Clear Conscience" dir. Grzegorz Krolikiewicz /1980/
  BEST PHOTOGRAPHY - INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
  OF FEATURE FILMS - PANAMA 1983.
• "Christmas Eve" dir. Leszek Wosiewicz /1982/.
• "Killing the Aunt" dir. Grzegorz Krolikiewicz /1984/.
• "Taboo" dir. Andrzej Baranski /1986/.
• "Kornblumenblau" dir. Leszek Wosiewicz /1988/ BEST PHOTOGRAPHY - FPFF - GDANSK l990.
• "300 Miles To Heaven" dir. Maciej Dejczer - NOMINATION FOR THE BEST PHOTOGRAPHY FOR EUROPEAN PRIZE FELIX - PARIS 1989.
• "Supervision" dir. Robert Glinski /1990/.
• "Cynga" dir. Leszek Wosiewicz /1991 /.
• "It is better to be beatiful and rich" dir. Filip Bajon /1993/.
• "A Gentle Woman" dir. Mariusz Trelinski /1995/.
• "The day of a big fish" dir. Andrzej Baranski /1995/.
• "Miss Nobody" dir. Andrzej Wajda /1996/
• "Night Graffitti" dir. Maciej Dutkiewicz /1996/.
• "The Time of Treachery"dir. Wojciech Marczewski /1997/.
• "Geshes Gift" dir. Walburg von Valdenfels /1997 ZDF/
• "The Story of Cinema in Popielawy " dir. Jan Jakub Kolski /1998/
  POLISH FILM AWARD - GOLDEN EAGLE FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - 1999.
• "Weiser" dir. Wojciech Marczewski /2001/
  POLISH FILM AWARD - GOLDEN EAGLE FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - 2002.
• "Edi" dir. Piotr Trzaskalski /2002/.
  BEST PHOTOGRAPHY - FPFF - GDYNIA 2002
  CAMERAIMAGE 2002 - GOLDEN FROG FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY.
  NOMINATION FOR THE POLISH FILM AWARD GOLDEN EAGLE FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 2003.
  NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL 2003 - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY.
• "Pornography" dir. Jan Jakub Kolski /2003/

Katarzyna Maciejko-Kowalczyk is not only one of the most recognized (both in Poland and abroad) documentary film editor, but also a documentary film director. She edited over 150 documentaries, most of them highly awarded. For years she has worked with one of the best European documentary directors, Marcel Łoziński, supporting him in his creative decisions in a post-production phase. Their creative cooperation succeeded in numerous awards: all the Łoziński's films she edited, were extremely successful. These include: Oscar and Felix nominated documentary "89 mm to Europe", the multi-award-winning "Anything Can Happen" (over 30 international awards including: Prize IFFS Oberhausen 1995, Grand Prix Cracow 1995) and broadcast in almost all European countries - see Appendix XYZ) and "So, it doesn't hurt" (co-production with ARTE, awarded Grand Prix in Leiptzig 1998, Prize TV Film Bornholm 1998).

In 2000 Katarzyna Maciejko-Kowalczyk directed her documentary debut, "Benek Blues", which - at that time - was a crowning achievement of her career in documentary filmmaking. At the Cracow Film Festival, "Benek Blues" won Grand Prix in the national competition and the Golden Dragon in the international competition. It was distributed in Germany and given the Award of the German TV Stations in Leiptzig.

Among the films edited by Katarzyna Maciejko-Kowalczyk are numbered:

• 2000: BENEK BLUES, domestic Golden "Lajkonik" and foreign category Golden Dragon in Cracow Film Festival in 2000, Award of the MDR TV Station in Lipsk 2000 and many others.
• 1998: SO IT DOESN'T HURT , directed by Marcel Łoziński, won Grand Prix in Lipsk 1998
• 1996: EVERYTHING CAN HAPPEN , directed by M. Łoziński, won Golden "Lajkonik" in Kraków in 1996, Grand Prix in Bornholm in 1996, INPUT 96 in Mexico
• 1993: 89 MM FROM EUROPE, directed by M. Łoziński, Oscar Nomination 1994; FELIX Nomination, Berlin 1994; Main Prize Oberhausen 1993; Prize IFFS Oberhausen 1993; II-nd Prize Bornholm 1993;Special Prize Jean d'Arcy, Marseille
• 1993;1st Prize for Document, Vila do Conde 1993, Portugal;Special Prize, Lagow, Poland;Grand Prix for Documment, TV Poland 1993; Special Mention - European Film Academy, Berlin 1993;Grand Prix Leipzig 1993; IG Medien Prize, Leipzig
• 1993; Jury Special Prize, Clermont-Ferrand 1994; Special Mention - Golden Gate San Francisco 1994; Montreal (Quebec) - Grand Prix 1994; Hamburg - Special Mention 1994; 3rd Prize for Short Documentary Film - Sydney 1995; IDA Award 95
• 1992: BIRTH PLACE , directed by Paweł Łoziński, awarded Grand Prix in Marseille in 1993; Golden Gate Award in San Francisco in 1993
• 1990: KATYŃ FORREST, directed by M. Łoziński, awarded Grand Prix in Reykyavik
• 1986: PRACTICE EXERCISE, directed by M. Łoziński, won Grand Prix "Solidarność" in Clandestine in 1987
• 1980: MICROPHONE'S TEST /PRÓBA MIKROFONU/, directed by M. Łoziński, Grand Prix in Cracow Film Festival in 1980 and Fipresci Award

JACEK PETRYCKI

Jacek Petrycki is a recognized and versatile cinematographer of both feature (over 30 titles, cooperation with Oscar nominated director Agnieszka Holland; EFA nomination for the best cinematography for the Turkish film “Voyage to the Sun”) and documentary films (over 120 titles, both Polish and European productions and co-productions). With his work as a cinematographer and his creative input in the production he contributed to the success of Marcel Łoziński’s films (including Oscar and Felix nominated documentary „89 mm to Europe”: “So, it doesn’t hurt” co-production with ARTE, awarded Grand Prix in Leiptzig 1998, Prize TV Film Bornholm 1998) and Katarzyna Maciejko-Kowalczyk film, “Benek Blues” (Grand Prix in the national competition and the Golden Dragon in the international competition at the Cracow Film Festiwal, the award of the MDR TV Station in Leiptzig). He was also a director of photography in the numerous European co-productions and works for BBC.

Jacek Petrycki is the director of photography of more that 100 documentaries.

Among them:

• 1998 THE VALLEY dir. Dan Reed, Prix Italia 1999
• 1996 SGWARNOG dir. John Evans - Welsh BAFTA Award for best photography
• 1995 BETRAYED dir. Clive Gordon - BAFTA -best documentary, best photography
• 1995 CAPITAL NIGHT IN CARDIFF, director and director of photography, BBC
• 1995 HOMECOMING dir. Archie Baron - BAFTA nomination for the best photography
• 1994 WARSAW 1994. THE SENTIMENTAL VOYAGE. DIR. Marcel Łoziński (Poland/Belgium co-production)
• 1993 UNFORGIVING dir. Clive Gordon; 1993-BAFTA Award for the best documentary, nomination for the best factual photography
• 1992 NINETY MINUTE PATRIOTS, dir Angus Macqueen, BBC
• 1992 SEBIAN EPICS, dir Paul Pawlikowski, (co-cameraman), “Blood and Belonging” - two episodes presented by Mr Ignatieff, BBC
• 1995 POLAND AFTER VICTORY 89-95; Production - La Sept ARTE / Le Poisson Volant / Studio Filmowe Kalejdoskop
• 1988 WITNESSES Coproduction LA SEPT/Gamma/Obsession; Grand Prix Solidarite Clandestine; INPUT Stockholm 1989
• 1988 SEVEN N DAYS IN WARSAW dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski – Poland/Netherlands: City Life - Rotterdam , A Rijneke & Van Leeuwaarden Rotterdam Films Production).

Among 50 feature films shot by Jacek Petrycki are numbered:

• 2002 JULIE WALKING HOME, dir. Agnieszka Holland,
• 2001 SHOT IN THE HEART, dir. Agnieszka Holland,
• 2000 SHOOTERS, dir. Dan Reed, 2000
• 1998 JOURNEY TO THE SUN dir. Jesim Ustaoglu, Golden Camera 300, 20th International Film Camera Festival „Manaki Brothers” 1999 Macedonia,
  Best European Film, Peace Price, Berlin Film Festival 1999
  Nominated for best photography by European Film Academy 1999
• 1997 A KIND OF HUSH dir. Brian Stirner
• 1990 EUROPE EUROPE dir. Agnieszka Holland
• 1985 NO END dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski
• 1981 INTERROGATION dir. Ryszard Bugajski, Golden Palm for the leading Actress, Cannes 1990
• 1979 CAMERA BUFF dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski, Golden Hugo - Chicago 1980, Grand Prix Moscow 1980
• 1978 PROVINCIAL ACTORS dir. Agnieszka Holland, FIPRESCI PRIZE Cannes 79

VOLKER SCHLOENDORFF

Screenwriter – Director
Born in 1939 in Wiesbaden, the son of a family of doctors, Volker Schlöndorff was sent in 1956 to a Jesuit boarding school in Brittany. After leaving school he studied Political Science in Paris. From 1959 on he had close ties with the directors of the Nouvelle Vague, in particular Louis Malle, Alain Resnais and Jean-Pierre Melville. It was then that Schlöndorff wrote his first film “Young Torless”, which became the first international success of the young German cinema. In 1966 the film won the International Critics’ Prize at Cannes.

With “The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum” (1975) adapted from the novel of the same name by Heinrich Böll (co-director: Margarethe von Trotta), Schlöndorff scored another international success. Hans-Werner Henze wrote the music for “Katharina Blum”. The contact with the composer inspired Schlöndorff to direct several operas between 1974 and 1984. Among these were: “The house of death” by Leos Janacek, “La Boheme” by Giacomo Puccini and “Lady Macbeth from Mzensk” by Shostakovitch.

His 1979 adaptation of Günter Grass’ “The Tin Drum” (Die Blechtrommel) was the first film by a German director to be awarded the Golden Palm at Cannes. Likewise, it was the first German film since 1927 to win the Oscar.

Schlöndorff has also directed several Franco-German co productions, notably “Swann in Love” (1983) adapted from the novel by Marcel Proust.

In 1984 he shot a filmed version of “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller with Dustin Hoffman in New York. This film gave him the opportunity to work with John Malkovich for the first time. In the United States, where he lived for several years, he also made “A Gathering Of Old Men” (1985) with Holly Hunter and “The Handmaid’s Tale” (1990) form a screenplay by Harold Pinter.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, he decided to return to Germany to film “Homo Faber” (Voyager) with Sam Shepard. At the same time he took charge of saving the old UFA/DEFA film studios at Babelsberg. From 1992 to 1997 he has dedicated himself exclusively to the rebuilding of the studios.

“The Ogre”, adapted from Michael Tournier’s novel “The Erl King”, is his first film since 1991. It is also Studio Babelsberg’s first large-scale production. The film causes a controversy in Germany, but got excellent reviews in America. In 1998 Volker Schlöndorff made the “Film Noir” “Palmetto” in Florida. Parallel to this, he and Wolfgang Kohlhaase had been developing “The Legends of Rita” since 1993.

ALEXANDER SOKUROV

Alexander Sokurov was born in 1951 in Russia in the village of Podorvikha (Irkutsk district). His father was a military officer, a veteran of World War II. During Sokurov's childhood his family frequently moved from one place to another, thus he first went to school in Poland and graduated in Turkmenia. After graduating from high school in 1968, the future filmmaker entered Gorky University (Department of History). While a student he began working as a staff member for the Gorky television — first as a producer's technical assistant and later as a producer's assistant. During his work at the television station Sokurov obtained wide experience in film and television technology; and, at the age of 19, he made his first television shows as a producer. In the course of 6 years at the Gorky television Sokurov created several films and live TV shows. In 1974 he got his first degree in History from the Gorky University. In 1975 Sokurov entered the Producer's Department at the All-Union Cinematography Institute (VGIK, Moscow) (Documentary Film studio of Alexander Zguridi).

As an excellent student of VGIK he was granted the Eisenstein Scholarship. In 1979 Sokurov had to pass external exams and to graduate from VGIK one year early because of his conflict with the administration of the Institute and the leadership of Goskino (State Office of Cinematography): his student works in cinematography were deemed unacceptable, and he was accused of formalism and anti-Soviet views.

His first feature film, which later received a number of awards, was “The Lonely Voice of a Man,” after an original story by the Russian writer Andrey Platonov; it was not accepted as a graduating project. It was at that time that he received support from the outstanding film director Andrey Tarkovsky, who was out of favor with the authorities at that time and very highly appreciated Sokurov's first work. Sokurov's friendship with Tarkovsky did not come to an end even when the latter left Russia. With Tarkovsky's recommendation letter Sokurov was employed by the film studio “Lenfilm” in 1980, where he worked on his first feature films. At the same time Sokurov worked at the Leningrad Studio for Documentary Films, where he has made all of his documentaries at different times. Even Sokurov's first films in Leningrad caused negative feedback from the communist party leadership of the city and from the Goskino. For a long time (until the period of democratic reforms in the mid-80s) none of his films were approved for public screening by Soviet censors. In the late 80s a number of his early feature and documentary films were released for public performance and represented the Russian film industry at many international festivals.

In the 80-90s he sometimes made several feature and documentary films in one year. At the same time Sokurov was involved in non-commercial programs for youth on the radio and taught a class in Film Directing for young people at the Lenfilm Studio. In 1998-1999 he conducted a television show, “Ostrov Sokurova” (Sokurov's Island) where the issue of the place of cinematography in modern culture was raised. In the mid-90s together with his colleagues Sokurov began to familiarize himself with video technologies. This process continues today. The filmmaker has produced a number of documentary films. Several of them were made in Japan for Japanese TV companies due to the enthusiasm and generosity of Sokurov's Japanese friends.

He has been a participant and laureate of many international festivals. Every year his films are shown in various foreign countries. Several times he has received awards from international festivals: the FIPRESSI Award, the Tarkovsky Award, the Russian State Award (1997) and the Vatican Award, “Third Millennium” (1998). In 1995 the European Film Academy listed Sokurov as being among the best 100 directors of world cinema. At the present moment he is in the process of founding a film studio, “Bereg,” for non-commercial feature and documentary films. The foundation for this venture is laid by Sokurov's camera crew at “Lenfilm”. The studio has no governmental or private funding.

VITA ŻELAKEVICIUTE

Born in 1959 in Kaunas in Lithuania. Graduated from WGIK in Moscow and PWFTviT in Łódź.

Films:
1997 "LOOK HERE, LITHUANIA"; directing, editing
2001 "SCHIZOPHRENIA"; directing, editing
Awards:
GOLD REMY AWARD, Worldfest, Houston, USA, 2002
Special Prize of the Jury - XII International Festival of Historical Films, Pessac, France
GRAND PRIX - The White Cobra - "A Man in Danger" Festival, Łódź, Poland, 2002
GRAND PRIX - Crossroads of Europe Festival, Lublin, Poland, 2002
The Audience Award for The Best Documentary - Nationwide Festival of the Film Art PROWINCJONALIA, Wrzesnia, Poland,2002
in 2003 "Schizofrenia" represented Polish Television at International Festival PRIX ITALIA
2007 "BEYOND THE WALL"; directing, editing
Awards:
Jacek Kuroń's Prize for the Best Documentary at International Film Festival WATCH DOCS
the Silver Shell for II Best Documentary at 10. International Film Festival of Documentaries and Shorts, Bombaj, India
the Main Prize - 52. New York Festival 2009
2009 "ŹRÓDŁO"; directing, screenplay, editing

Co-operation:
1991 "HEAR MY CRY" (dir. Maciej Drygas)
1995 "STATE OF WEIGHTLESSNESS" (dir. Maciej Drygas)
2002 ""VOICE OF HOPE (dir. Maciej Drygas)
2005 "ONE DAY IN PEOPLE'S POLAND" (dir. Maciej Drygas)

Co-author of feature film "PORA NA MIŁOŚĆ" (1986). Author of screenplay of documentary film "MIEJSCE NA ZIEMI".
 

Director, actor, satirist, producer, co-owner of the MM Communications agency which has been present at the advertising market for 18 years and which is specializing in advertising strategy, organization, events and PR. He has directed performances in Stary Teatr in Krakow and in Teatr Śląski in Katowice. He was a co-author of popular TV and radio shows, among others: 'Spotkanie z balladą', '60 minut na godzinę'. In the 1990s together with Wojciech Mann, he produced many programmes in Telewizja Polska, eg. 'Za chwilę dalszy ciąg programu', 'MdM', MdM po godzinach'. Laureate of the Wiktor prize for the best artistic shows (in 1995 and 1996). Awarded in plebiscites of viewers and readers a number of times (1999 – first place in the 'Polityka' weekly survey 'Koniec wieku' [The End of the Century] about the most important TV personalities). Co-author, director and organizer of the biggest events in the country and abroad. Art director and director of festivals in Opole and Sopot. Co-author and executor of the strategy for the planning and the implementation of the IDEA brand on the Polish market and of the promotion strategy and the setting of the Orange Prokom Open – a tournament considered to be the best organised event on the ATP level in Europe in 2007. Author and director of the most prestigious events for the Mercedes brand. Art Director of the Festiwal Gwiazd [Stars Festival] in Gdańsk.