Marcin Borchardt

Marcin Borchardt

Journalist, director and screenwriter. Author of short documentaries, advertisements and video clips. Director of television programmes. Expert and tireless promoter of thetwentieth-century avant-garde in music and film.

Director and writer of the documentary ‘Andrzej Wajda watches Ashes and
Diamonds’ [Pomeranian Film Foundation /TVP2, 2008-10],’ Janusz Morgenstern watches See you tomorrow
…’, ‘Jerzy Skolimowski watches Rysopis’ [Pomeranian Film Foundation /TVP2] and thirteen short films series ‘Kuchnia
Mistrzów’ [Pomearanian Film Foundation, 2009-10], in which outstanding film directors [A. Wajda, J.
Hoffmann, K. Zanussi, K. Krauze, R. Gliński, W. Marczewski, R.
Piwowarski, L. Wosiewicz, F. Falk, D. Gajewski, J.J. Kolski, B. Lankosz, A. Jakimowski] talk about
their favourite scenes from Polish films.

Author of short documentary films: ‘The Gdynia Cronicles’ [City of Gdynia, 2010-11] and ‘The Chronicles of Polish Film
Festival’ [Pomeranian Film Foundation, 2006-11]. Director of the performance with distinguished Polish
scientists ‘Bramy jutra’ [TVP2, 2008-9]; a special edition of ‘Wojciech Cejrowski – boso przez świat’, with a traveller Stanisław Szwarc-Bronikowski [TVP2, 2008]; popular video clips of Maciej Maleńczuk ‘Gdzie są
przyjaciele moi’ and Paweł Kukiz ‘Miasto budzi się’ [T1-Teraz, 2007] and
advertisements ‘Wojna i Pokój’ [n / ITI Neovision, 2006],’ Nordea – stwarzamy
możliwości’ [Nordea Bank Poland SA, 2008],’ Touch of Magic – Europa Cinemas
Prize [Capital Park, 2008] and others.

Director,
writer, editor and host of dozens of television programmes about young
culture and non-commercial music, including ‘Outside’ [TVP3],
‘Ulakanakulot’ [TVP3], ’45 minut’ [TVP3], ‘Drgawy’ [TVP1], ‘Fiks’ [TVP
2],’ To tylko komputer ‘[TVP1],’ Rock Front ‘[ TVP1], ‘7 cudów’ [RTL7],
‘Ukraińskie noce’ [TVP 2],’ The Ukrainians’ [TVP2]. ‘366 / 366 ‘[TVP
2],’ ONA, czyli konflikt pokoleń’ [TVP 2], the only rock concert in the
history of the National Festival of Polish Song in Opole ’95 [TVP1] and
several editions of the video clip festival – Yach Film Festival
[TVP1/TVP2].

Journalist, author of hundreds of radio programmes
[e.g. in Radio Elbląg, PR Gdańsk, PR Trójka] and press articles [e.g.
in ‘Dziennik Bałtycki’, ‘Machina’, ‘Antena Krzyku’].

Originator and author
of successfully produced national programme of film education for
children and adolescents ‘Multikino Film Academy’ [Multikino SA, 2007-10].

Lecturer of short feature movie at Gdynia Film School.

  • Special Presentation of the Gdynia Film School’s films in Los Angeles

  • Kamil Czudej’s “Nothing Serious”, Aleksandra Szczepaniak’s “Attraction”, Piotr Pluta’s “Such a Perfect Day”, Marcin Niemkiewicz’s “love_proxy”, and Lulu Pomorova’s doc “Olga” will be featured at the special presentation of short films from the Gdynia Film School in the program of 26th edition of the Los Angeles Polish Film Festival. The festival’s screenings will take place in the Laemmle Town Center between November 20th – 23rd. Two GSF’s films: “Nothing Serious” by Kamil Czudej and “Attraction” by Aleksandra Szczepaniak have been also Nominated for the festival’s Hollywood Eagle Award in the short film category.

  • “Olga” Among the Winners of the Spektrum Film Festival

  • Lulu Pomorova’s “Olga” got the Documentary Prize “Kinematografek”at the 11th Spektrum FF, which took place in Polish Świdnica and Czechia Trutnov between October 21st – 26th. Spektrum FF featured 49 internationally made films by young directors in three competitive sections for fiction, documentary, and animation.

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