Maciej Bartosz Kruk

Maciej Bartosz Kruk

An atechnical man. Graduate of film studies at the University of Łódź, where he also studied Polish philology and artistic education. The author of short feature and documentary films.

He spent the early years of his life falling down from trees, playing tag and watching classic films on VHS tapes borrowed from a neighbouring VHS rental. For many years he has cooperated with the independent film scene in Łódź and with the California theatre in the Łódź Culture Centre. A laureate of numerous festivals. He published his short stories i. a. in the Nowa Fantastyka publishing house. Big fan of extreme sports and didactics – he conducts workshops and professional trainings in the field of film art for NGO’s.

  • 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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