Elżbieta Benkowska

Elżbieta Benkowska

Interested in the cinema since she got to know that Roman Polański’s
birthday is on the same days as hers. Started shooting films on her 18th
birthday when she got the first camera.

Graduate of XV Secondary School – bilingual section with Spanish
language, currently a student of 3rd year of Slavic studies at
University of Gdańsk.

Speaks English, Spanish, Serbian and Croatian
fluently, Slovenian on intermediate level, knows basics of
Latin, Koine Greek and Old Church Slavonic.

Filmography

2010: Hokeistka 7
2009: Sąsiadka
2008: Prosto film

Hokeistka 7
Sąsiadka
Prosto film
Blog about Gdańsk-Orunia

  • 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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