Associated artists

• Tomasz Raczek
  Film critic, journalist, publisher, director of the ”n” Platform film channels, author of television and radio programs. Graduated from the State Theatre Academy in Warsaw (Theatre Studies Department). Along with Zygmunt Kałużyński he created the famous review duo known for their heated arguments about films, which ran on television as well as printed in the press and books. Laureate of the “Wiktor” award and awards for achievements in the area of artistic critique. Has written for “Rzeczpospolita,” “Polityka,” “Przegląd Tygodniowy,” “Teatr,” “Film,” “Kino,” “Ekran,” “Cinema,” “The European,” “The Montreal Gazette,” “Pani,” “Wprost,” “Kino Domowe DVD,” and “Tele Świat.” 

   

  Creator of the Polish “Playboy” as well as its first editor-in-chief. Writes theatre and film reviews, literary director of the Komedia Theatre in Warsaw, the Rozrywka Theatre in Chorzów, the Danuta Baduszkowa Music Theatre in Gdynia, and the “Oko” Film Group. Co-creator (along with Maciej Ejsmond-Mechowski) of the Friends of Mireille Mathieu Association – LOŻA MM. Raczek used to be vice-director of TVP 2 and a lecturer at the Melchior Wańkowicz Warsaw School of Journalism. In 2002, with Marcin Szczygielski, he founded the Instytut Wydawniczy Latarnik – a publishing house specialising in books on media and written by media people. 

   

  Author of the books: “Karuzela z idolami,” “Pies na telewizję,” “Karuzela z madonnami,” “Karuzela z herosami;” co-author (with Zygmunt Kałużyński) of the books: “Perłowa ruletka,” “Poławiacze pereł,” “Perły do lamusa,” “Alfabet na 4 ręce,” and the 5-volume film lexicon “Perły kina.”

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• Maciej Drygas
  Born on April 3rd 1956 in Łódź. Film and radio director, screenwriter, producer. Graduated from directing at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. Was assistant to Krzysztof Zanussi and Krzysztof Kieślowski. Had his documentary debut in 1991 with the famed “Hear my cry,” which has been awarded many prizes worldwide. Author of documentary films broadcast by television stations in Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia, and Japan. Creator of radio documentaries broadcast by the BBC and radio stations in Germany, Scandinavia, and Benelux. Lecturer at the National Film School PWSFTViT in Łódź, member of the Polish Film Academy. Winner of many prestigious awards. Known for long and meticulous preparations before making his films.

   

  Abu Haraz (2012)

  Violated letters (2010)

  Hear us all (2008)

  One day in People's Poland (2005)

  Voice of hope (2002)

  Weightless (1994)

  Hear my cry (1991)

  Psychotherapy (1983)

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• Janusz Wróblewski

  Publicist and film critic for the weekly “Polityka.” Studied sociology. Graduated from the faculty of Polish studies at the University of Warsaw. He was part of the Karol Irzykowski Film Studio artistic council. He was head of the television program “Pegaz” and a journalist for “Życie Warszawy” and “Życie,” among other journals. He ran the film column of the monthly “Machina.” Author of the books: “Reżyserzy” (“Directors”) and “Magia kina” (“The Magic of Cinema”). Co-author of the film script for “Pożegnanie jesieni” (“Farewell to Autumn”), directed by Mariusz Treliński. Has published in “Gazeta Wyborcza,” “Rzeczpospolita,” “Playboy,” “Film,” “Film na świecie,” “Dialog,” “Zwierciadło.” Member of the Polish Filmmakers Association and FIPRESCI, awarded the Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis by the minister of culture.

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