In this session, two critically acclaimed filmmaking teams will share the granular details of their working relationship, walking through scenes from meaningful recent films.
Natalia Koniarz
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Director and academic teacher at the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School in Poland, Natalia Koniarz's feature documentary Silver won seven awards at the Krakow FF, including the Silver Horn and the FIPRESCI Prize, and received three awards in the main competition at the Ji.hlava IFF. The film is produced by Emmy winner Maciej Kubicki and executive produced by Academy Award winner Paweł Pawlikowski.
She has lived and worked across South America, the Middle East, and Western Europe, experiences that shaped her interest in human rights, capitalism, and social inequality. She grew up in a rural, working-class village in Poland and stays close to that culture, which keeps her allergic to slogans and attentive to ordinary lives. Ex Oriente alumna; Grand Prix winner at East Doc Platform.