Polina Gumiela

Bulgarian-Polish artist born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria in 1981. She emigrated to Berlin in 2000. Her first interest belonged to photography which she started at highschool and brought her some acknowledgement before giving it up for filmmaking finding it more fulfilling. She has studied American Studies at the Free University Berlin and is a graduate in film directing from the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB).
She commonly films, directs and edits her films herself, focusing on intimate portraits and day-to-day matters. “Blue Eyes and Colorful My Dress” is her second feature-length documentary.
 

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Films

  • Blue Eyes and Colorful My Dress54'

    Full of curiosity and self-confidence, three- year-old Zhana explores her surroundings over the course of several summer days. Making discoveries as she bravely goes on her small adventures, she skips through puddles, gets to know some cats and a dog, and freely interprets the games of the older children. Zhana’s own little magic world is on the playgrounds and small peaceful streets and squares of a Bulgarian housing estate where time seems to have stood still. Told intimately through the child ‘s-eye view, this documentary accompanies its curious little protagonist through her everyday life and creates a portrait of poetic simplicity.

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