PhD Maciej Ślesicki
Director, screenwriter and two-time Academy Award® nominee film producer. The founder and Chancellor of the Warsaw Film School. His films include: "Trzy minuty. 21:37" ("Three minutes. 21:37"), "Tato" ("Daddy"), "Sara" and "Show". He also created the TV series "13 Posterunek" ("Station 13"). He graduated from the Department of Radio and Television at the Silesian University. He was awarded with Golden Duck Award for the year 1995 and won a prize for directing at the Polish Films Festival in Gdynia for his film "Tato" ("Daddy"). In 1997 he received distributors acclaim for the box office success of his film "Sara". He also produced the multiply awarded film "Rezerwat" ("Reservation"). He is the initiator of many actions supporting film debuts, and the chief of Paisa Films film studio. He has been the producer for countless student films, including "Nasza Klątwa" ("Our Curse") and "Sukienka" ("The Dress") critically acclaimed shorts nominated for the Academy Awards.
Magdalena Łazarkiewicz
Polish female helmer, famous for shooting socially engaged features. In 1982 she graduated from the Faculty of Radio and Television University of Silesia in Katowice. During her film studies she worked as assistant to Andrzej Wajda and her film debut came from under her professor Krzysztof Kieślowski’s patronage and since then has been drawn to various social topics. Since 2011 artistic director of IFF “Jewish Motives” in Warsaw.