Elżbieta Benkowska

Film director, screenwriter and President of The Young Filmmakers' Club at The Polish Filmmaker's Association. For her diploma film "Olena," produced by the Gdynia Film School, she received numerous awards, including a nomination for the Palme d’Or in the short film competition at the 66th Cannes IFF. Director of “Zhanna”, the first part of a feature triptych titled “New World” produced by Akson Studio. Currently working on her solo feature-length debut „Orunia 4ever”, for which she has received the the Script Pro Special Award. Recently her short feature film "The Power of Resistance" was nominated in The National Competition of Krakow Film Festival.

In the meantime, she finished PhD thesis on the folklore of Polish and Serbian football fans.

Agent: Agnieszka Wieczorkowska

M: +48 502 200 113 | agnieszka@pointofyou.com.pl