Piotr Janiszewski

Piotr Janiszewski

He comes from a small town Lidzbark in Masuria. He graduated from The Halina and Jan Machulskis’s Acting School in Warsaw. He loves good, Polish cinema: Munk, Chmielewski, Chęciński, Bareja, Koterski, Machulski, Pasikowski – and he wishes to go in this direction.

His first films were works involved in problems and issues connected
with his town. He also undertook attempts to create local media. Aero
Hojskole scholarship holder in Denmark. He made there a short film,
which won, among others, an award in a contest to celebrate the 100th
anniversary of Polish Cinema and qualified for the contest OKFA Konin
2010.

Filmography

2006: Parówka Wyborcza
2007: Samobójca na moście , Siedem wg ks. Jana Lidzbarskiego, W pozytywie
2008: Ich Światy, To nie jest kraj dla młodych ludzi, Aerosphere, Wielki Powrót Antosia, Post Parówka Wyborcza
2009: A Dead Heat, Władza
2010: Elemelemenele

  • “Nothing Serious” Awarded Grand Prix of the 17th Solanin Film Festival in Poland

  • Kamil Czudej’s “Nothing Serious” got Grand Prix and the Youth Jury Prize of the 17th Solanin Film Festival held in Nowa Sól, Poland, between August 20th – 24th. The Jury awarded the film for: “a good, true story, perfect acting, and deep emotions expressed in extraordinary language. The astute title suggests serious topic, and realization was made in a spirit of the best traditions of the Polish Film School”.

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