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Jan P. Matuszynski
Profession:
DirectorWriter
Country:
Poland
Director of short films, music videos and commercials. A graduate of the Krzysztof Kieslowski Faculty of Radio and Television University of Silesia in Katowice and a documentary course at Wajda School in Warsaw. His films have been screened and awarded on multiple occasions at film festivals in Poland and abroad. He is most recognized for his feature documentary DEEP LOVE (2013) for which he received various awards (e.g. Best Documentary at Moscow International Film Festival, Silver Hobby-Horse at Krakow Film Festival).
His first feature film THE LAST FAMILY (2016) premiered in the International Competition at Locarno IFF, where it won the best actor award for protagonist Andrzej Seweryn. Up to now, the film has won over 40 awards at film festivals worldwide (e.g. Camerimage International Film Festival, Cottbus Festival of East European Cinema, Gdynia Film Festival, Kyiv International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival
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Leave No Traces
Leave no traces is set in 1983 in Warsaw. It tells the true story of Jurek, a 24-year old young man who witnesses the fatal beating of his friend, Grzegorz by the communist police. Since Jurek is ...
MIDPOINT participants:
Jan P. MatuszynskiLeszek BodzakJan P. MatuszynskiKaja Krawczyk-WnukAnna Bielak
Leave No Traces
Leave no traces is set in 1983 in Warsaw. It tells the true story of Jurek, a 24-year old young man who witnesses the fatal beating of his friend, Grzegorz by the communist police. Since Jurek is ...
MIDPOINT participants:
Jan P. MatuszynskiLeszek BodzakJan P. MatuszynskiKaja Krawczyk-WnukAnna Bielak