Maciej Ślesicki will select the Polish candidate for the Oscar!
The founder and the Chancellor of the Warsaw Film School, a respected director, screenwriter, film producer, educator and twice nominated for an Oscar member of The Academy, has been appointed to the Committee that will select the Polish candidate for the 96th Academy Awards.
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Po raz kolejny twórca związany z naszą placówką zdecyduje o tym, która z polskich produkcji powalczy o nominację do najważniejszej nagrody w branży. W zeszłym roku w Komisji zasiadał nasz absolwent i wykładowca, Tadeusz Łysiak. Przypomnijmy, że wybrany z jego udziałem obraz „IO” Jerzego Skolimowskiego taką nominację otrzymał.
Once again, the creator associated with our facility will decide which of the Polish productions will compete for the nomination for the most important award in the industry. Last year, our graduate and lecturer, Tadeusz Łysiak, sat on the Committee. Let us remind you that Jerzy Skolimowski's film „EO” selected with his participation received such a nomination.
Together with Maciej Ślesicki, the Committee will include:
- Ewa Puszczyńska (Chairman) – producer of i.a. the films „Ida”, „Cold War” and „Quo Vadis, Aida?”;
- Radosław Śmigulski – Director of the Polish Film Institute;
- Aneta Hickinbotham – producer of „Corpus Christi”;
- Ewa Piaskowska – producer and screenwriter of „EO”;
- Allan Starski – film set designer, Oscar winner for the set design for Steven Spielberg's „Schindler's List”.
This year's Polish candidate for the Oscars will be announced on September 25. We have no doubt that so many excellent experts will guarantee the best verdict!
| Maciej Ślesicki – director, screenwriter and 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) which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 87th Academy Awards. The Film was produced by Warsaw Film School. |