Justyna Nowak

Graduated film directing at the National Film School in Lodz. Known for a feature short "Dragonflies" which competed in 64. Venice Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Prix UIP of the European Film Academy. She won Best European Short at Raindance Film Festival in London. Her films are mainly comedy-dramas inspired by the French New Wave. Her last production "Beauty” was a widely awarded experimental film with elements of theatre. She was a screenwriter for animated films "The Mystery of Mount Malakka", "American Dream" - Jantar 2008, Młodzi i Film Festival in Koszalin. An alumna of Berlinale Talents.

Past events

Films

  • Nothing about you scares me | Nic mnie w tobie nie przeraża 30'

    During the production of a play based on Aristophanes’ “Birds” three artist friends need to take responsibility for the roles they play in their social microcosm. Someone regrets leaving somebody. Someone seduces the director of the play, because they believe in polyamory. Someone thinks that the war has never ended, and one must never surrender. Someone else claims that it’s all about how you fall, and you should know how to drop. In the meantime, an unusual post-hipster melodrama unfolds.



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