Agnieszka Lukasiak

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Agnieszka Lukasiak
Lukasiak in April 2011
Born (1984-12-18) 18 December 1984 (age 39)
OccupationDirector

Agnieszka Lukasiak (born 18 December 1984 in Wrocław, Poland) is a film director based in Los Angeles, Stockholm and London.[1] She began her career directing cinema-released feature documentaries, and is now directing feature films.

Lukasiak came to Sweden with her parents as refugees.[2] She graduated from the directing department of the Polish National Film School in Łódź. [3]

Filmography[edit]

Year Title Notes
1988 Egzorcysta Pan Skowron
2000 Murzynek bambo
2003 Algeria: Drink, Smoke and Love ASIN: B004YWSJQ2
Algeria: The Nameless War
2005 Bortglömda English title: Forgotten
2011 Between Two Fires
2019 Could this Be You?
2022 Animal Within.

Lukasiak's films have been shown at a number of film festivals around the world, including in Kraków (1998); München (1999); Amsterdam, Toronto, Washington, DC (2002); Gothenburg, Kazimierz, Chicago, New York City, Athens, Ljubljana, Stockholm, Thessaloniki, Malmö, Sweden (2003); Oslo (2006); North Carolina, Sofia, Zagreb, Barcelona, Lübeck, Reykjavik, Bucharest (2007); Busan (2010); Edinburgh, Goa, Warsaw, California, Prague, Dortmund, Wrocław, Tróia, Kraków, Murmansk, Ankara, Valladolid, Kaunas, Helsinki, Vienna (2011); Hong Kong, Seoul, Palić, and Göteborg (2012).

Awards[edit]

Year Award/honor Awarding body Work Result Ref
1998 Best Short Documentary Kraków Film Festival Won
1999 Filmfest München Best Documentary Nominated
2006 Nordic Documentary Award Nordisk Panorama Forgotten Won [4][5]
Best Documentary International Images Film Festival for Women Won
Humanitarian Award Won
2007 Best Documentary Trieste Film Festival Forgotten Won [6]
2010 Critics Award Festiwal Prowincjonalia Won
Best Female Lead Won
Interfilm Church Prize Lübeck Nordic Film Days Between Two Fires Won [5][7]
2011 Best Feature Guldbagge Awards Nominated
Press Award Festiwal Prowincjonalia Between Two Fires Won [7]
Audience Award Golden Carpathian Ploiesti European Film and Fair Won
Young Jury Award Festiwal Młodzi i Film Won
Best Script Won
Lübeck Nordic Film Days Won

References[edit]

  1. ^ Blaney, M (2006-11-22). "Apple comes on with Hob for Lukasiak feature". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
  2. ^ "Swedish film - The storytellers". Sweden.se. Archived from the original on 2016-03-18. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
  3. ^ "Agnieszka Lukasiak". Swedish Film Institute. Retrieved 2009-10-11.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Award Winners Nordisk Panorama, Aarhus 2006". Nordisk Panorama. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Between Two Fires". Internationales Frauen* Film Fest Dortmund+Köln. 2011. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  6. ^ "Alpe Adria Cinema Award - Best Documentary Film". Trieste Film Festival. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  7. ^ a b "Polish-Swedish feature film debut "Between Two Fires" by Agnieszka Lukasiak at FEBIOFEST FF". Film New Europe. 2011-03-31. Retrieved 2023-10-22.

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