Anna Kazejak-Dawid


Anna Kazejak-Dawid is a Polish director and screenwriter. Renowned especially for directing and writing the segment Silesia, part of the drama Oda do radości, which won the Golden Lion at the 2010 Venice Film Festival. In her films she focuses on different aspects of being a woman, though she claims often her characters are based on men in her life.

Biography

Education

Kazejak-Dawid studied cultural studies at both National Film School in Łódź and University of Silesia in Katowice. In 2001 she enrolled at National Film School in Łódź to study directing. She graduated in 2008.

Career

Despite her young age, Kazejak-Dawid was met with critical acclaim, which is visible both in the positive press she received and in the nine nominations and six awards. Her newest film, Obietnica, was shown at Berlin International Film Festival under the working title of the project, Word. The film can be considered quintessential to Kazejak-Dawid's style, as it both touches on a woman-oriented problem and relays on young, inexperienced actors.
She is a member of the European Film Academy.

Awards

Filmography

Director