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An actor, director, and screenwriter. A graduate of the Kraków National Academy of Theatre Arts (PWST), co-founder and lecturer at the Warsaw Film School. He has appeared in, among others, Agnieszka Holland’s “Fever” and “A Lonely Woman”; Andrzej Wajda’s “Man of Iron”, “Pan Tadeusz”, and “Afterimage”; Krzysztof Kieślowski’s “Blind Chance”; Janusz Zaorski’s “Mother of the Kings”; Jacek Bromski’s “Kill Me, Cop”; Władysław Pasikowski’s “Kroll” and “Pigs”; Jan Jakub Kolski’s “Johnnie Waterman”; and Maciej Ślesicki’s “Daddy” and “Sara”. He has directed feature films including “Seychelles”, “Season for Lures”, and “Bright Blue Windows”. In 2009, he received the Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. He is also the recipient of the 39th Tarnów Film Award for his lifetime achievements and contribution to the development of Polish cinematography.

Vice-Rector for New Technologies and Games. Since 2012, he has been active in the gaming industry, progressing from narrative designer to producer, manager and entrepreneur. He holds a degree in Journalism and postgraduate diplomas in Law, Economics and Management from the University of Warsaw. He also has over twenty years of experience in economic journalism. He began his gamedev career at CD Projekt Red, working on titles such as "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt" and "Cyberpunk 2077". As a freelancer, he co-created numerous independent games, collaborating with studios including Varsaw Games, Walkabout Games, Polyamorous, Fuero Games and Warhound. He has also worked in consulting and investment within the games sector. He previously served as Head of Studio at Klabater, co-founded Longterm Games, Enjoy Studio and Rune Powered. He teaches game production, including at the Warsaw Film School.

He graduated from the Cinematography Department of the Łódź Film School. He has collaborated with many renowned directors, including: Jan Kidawa-Błoński, Janusz Zaorski and Andrzej Wajda. He is a lecturer at the Warsaw Film School. In 2003, he was honored with the Special Award of the Polish Independent Cinema for all his activities for young cinema in Poland. Member of the OFF Film Academy.

He started his career as a computer scientist, but soon changed his interests to cinematography. He got into the Warsaw Film School - where he is a lecturer now. He was a cinematographer for such productions as the international hit "Control” (the TV mini series with over 60 million views) and short feature film "Random". He has been the DOP of many music videos, many shorts and commercials. He likes vivid and intense colors. As a DOP he focuses on a large creation of the film world. He is interested in presenting emotions in an original way, maintaining their subtlety and truth.

A film historian and critic. Habilitated Doctor of Humanities. Graduate of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. Associate Professor at the Leon Schiller National Film, Television and Theatre School in Łódź. Her research focuses on contemporary Polish cinema and the theoretical aspects of cinematography. Passionately devoted to the cinema of Wojciech Jerzy Has. She publishes in KINO, Nowa Polska, and Film PRO. She is the author of several books: "Witkacy and Film" (2005), "Egoist or “Edi”? Characters in Contemporary Polish Cinema – A Reconnaissance" (2007), "The Frustrated: Film and Literary Characters Confronting Polish Reality After 1989" (2012), "Make the Eye: A Story of Krzysztof Ptak" (2023), and "Without Gaffer Tape There Is No Film: A Spoken Handbook of Cinematography" (2025), co-authored with Ryszard Lenczewski.

A director and screenwriter. A graduate of English Philology at the Jagiellonian University and of Directing at the Faculty of Radio and Television of the University of Silesia in Katowice. She holds a PhD in Film and Theatre Arts from the Leon Schiller National Film, Television and Theatre School in Łódź. A two-time finalist of the SCRIPT PRO Screenwriting Competition for the feature films “The Crossroads” (Award 2022) and “Bliżyn” (Finalist 2024). She is the recipient of the Female Voice Award, granted by Mastercard Off Camera to exceptionally talented women actively working in the Polish film industry, for her feature-length fiction debut “The Crossroads”. She is a board member of the Documentary Directors Section of the Polish Filmmakers Association.

A graduate of the Łódź Film School (PhD from the Directing Department) and of Andrzej Wajda’s Master School of Film Directing. He also studied history and completed postgraduate studies in political science. He has directed music videos for leading Polish music artists, commercials, and documentary films, including “Tears of the Masters”, awarded at a festival in Milan, and “In the Shadow of K2”, which received the Grand Prix at a festival in Teplice, Czech Republic. He is the director of television series such as “Ugly Betty (Polish adaptation)”, “Na Wspólnej”, “High Heels on Giewont”, “Commissioner Alex”, and “Sensations of the 20th Century”, as well as feature films: “French Number” (2006), “Carousel” (2014), “A Woman of Success” (2018), and “The Snow Queen’s Son” (2018), which was screened in the official selections of international festivals including New Horizons, the Montreal World Film Festival, and Tofifest. He is also the director of the documentary film about Daniel Olbrychski titled “Mr. Olbrychski”, presented at Millennium Docs Against Gravity.

A graduate of the Secondary Music School, Piano Class, and the Warsaw Film School, Faculty of Film Directing. His graduation film, “Strong Coffee Isn’t So Strong After All”, and the short film made at the Munk Studio, “Me and My Dad”, won over 20 awards, including the Audience Award at the Heartland Film Festival in Indianapolis and in Huesca, Spain. At the age of 26, he made his feature debut with the dark comedy “Juliusz”, which was selected for the main competition of the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia, making him the youngest director in the festival’s history. He made his television debut directing five episodes of the cult TVN series “39.5”, returning after a 10-year hiatus. He gained experience in directing on the sets of films such as “Citizen” by J. Stuhr, “Bridge of Spies” by S. Spielberg, “Planet Single” by M. Okorn, “True Crimes” by A. Avranas, and on TV series including “Belfer” and “Under the Surface”. In August 2021, his latest comedy-drama, “Black Sheep” (produced by TVN Discovery), premiered in cinemas. Currently, Alek teaches pre-production at the Warsaw Film School and hosts the radio program “The Sequel of Cinematography” on Radio Kampus. He also founded his own film festival, the BiG Festival, dedicated to comedic forms.

An animated film director, colorist, and VFX Compositing Artist. A graduate of the Animation Studio at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. He has been working in the film industry since 2014, initially as a camera operator and editor. He participated in the post-production of numerous feature and documentary films, including “The Three Falls of the Saint” (special screening at Cannes) and “Touch of an Angel” (winner of 40 festival awards). His animated directorial debut, “Flying with the Raven”, awarded by the South Film & Arts Academy, was presented at 14 international film festivals, including in Paris, Chile, and the ANIMATOR Festival. His second film received a recommendation from Tomasz Bagiński and funding from the Polish Film Institute (PISF). He has also worked on numerous commercial projects for clients such as PKO Bank Polski, the National Centre for Culture, and the Ministry of National Education. Additionally, he has designed posters for films and festivals.

A graduate and lecturer at the Warsaw Film School, specializing in film directing. He graduated from the Directing Department with a major in Screenwriting at the PWSTiT in Łódź. He is a director of short films that have won awards at Polish and international festivals. His latest film, Przez ciebie, po tobie, which premiered at the Krakow Film Festival, received the main award, the Golden Cluster, at the 53rd Lubuskie Film Summer and the main award at the Sokołowsko Film Festival Hommage à Kieślowski. His TV series script Szmal won the grand prize at the ScriptFiesta 9 i pół competition. Jędrzej Gorski was also a finalist in the Script Pro audio competition for the series Myślami przy sobie. In 2022, he wrote the libretto for the folk musical Przesilenia, which won the Grand Prix. In 2023, he created the theatrical musical 44, about the Warsaw Uprising. In 2024, he completed postgraduate studies at the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) in the Cultural Management program.

A graduate of the Film School in Łódź. Cinematographer, screenwriter, director and producer. He made his cinematography debut for the feature film "Double Portrait" (nomination for the Golden Lions of the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia and an award in the "New Forms of Expression" category). He collaborated with prominent and recognized creators of Polish cinema, incl. A. Wajda, J.J. Kolski, J. Bogajewicz, W. Smarzowski, M. Ślesicki, L. Wosiewicz, J. Zaorski, K. Lupa, J. Dylewska, P. Edelman, K. Ptak, A. Sikora, M. Pawłowski, K. Visconti. His film and television achievements include projects combining a high artistic and commercial level, such as "In the desert and in the forest", dir. G. Hood (Oscar winner). He is also the cinematographer for many documentary films, incl. "Touching an Angel" honored with the Gold Remi award at the Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival. The cinematography for this film was awarded the Grand Prix at the International Film Festival in Rijeka. In turn, the film "The Runner", winner of the bronze medal at The New York Festival, brought the cinematographer a special award at the festival in Zielona Góra. He was nominated for the Deutscher Kamerapreis for his cinematography in the controversial film "Forbidden Love". He is currently working as a director and co-producer on his original film "Three Falls of a Saint" - screening at the Cannes festival as part of the "Works in progress" section and at the international festival New Horizons. His next projects are "Art Above Life" and "Etude for violin and cello". At the development stage, he implements his own fictional projects - "The Healer" and "Three Days with the Murderer".

A director and screenwriter, creator of, among others, the film “Slumberland” (2006), which received the Special Jury Award in the Independent Cinema Competition at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia. He received his film writing and directing diploma from San Francisco State University. He created five feature-length narrative films, many of which have received multiple awards at international film festivals. He wrote a film textbook, "The History of Cinema For Beginners," published in the US, India, and the Czech Republic. In addition to screenwriting and directing, Jarek is also an editor and cinematographer. For many years, he worked as a storyboard artist in New York and Los Angeles. Parallel to his film work, Jarek is a professional painter, graphic artist, and photographer.

Director and creative producer of multiple productions, e.g. feature film and the series "The Witcher", series "Miasteczko" (TVN) and "Szpilki na Giewoncie" (Polsat). 2nd director collaborating with Steven Spielberg, Andrzej Wajda, Roman Polański and Volker Schloendorff. He also worked with the German TV ZDF as the director of ZDF documentaries. The film "Drama Dresden" with his participation as 2 AD received an International Emmy Award in 2005.

Editor, cameraman, graduate and currently lecturer at Warsaw Film School. He worked on the movie "Manhunt" (polish title: “Obława”) directed by Marcin Krzyolucowicz, the tv series "Firemen" (polish title: "Strażacy") and "Szpilki na Giewoncie". He conducts classes for high school students as part of the National Film Archive (Filmoteka Szkolna), during which young filmmakers have opportunity to learn the basics of film language and test their skills in practice.