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.

  • ”Señorita” in Competition of the Seattle Sisters Cities Short Film Festival

  • ”Señorita” – a short etude by Sebastian Szewczykowski – was presented in competition of the Seattle Sisters Cities Short Film Festival to take place on May 4th. Founded in 1956 by the US President Dwight D. Eisnehower the Sisters Cities International network includes, among others, Nantes in France, Gdynia in Poland, Christchurch in New Zealand, Bergen in Norway, Mombasa in Kenya, Be’er Sheva in Izrael, Sihanoukville in Cambodia, Tashkent in Uzbekistan, and Kaohsiung in Taiwan.

  • ”InstaLove” to Open 12th EU Short Film Festival in Ottawa!

  • Marcin Niemkiewicz’s ”InstaLove” will open the forthcoming 12th edition of the Ottawa EU Short Film Festival to take place between May 2nd-3rd. The twenty three festival short films will be later shown across Canada, including Montreal in late May.

  • “Fear” in the 65th Krakow Film Festival’s Polish Film Competition!

  • Robert Zawadzki’s “Fear” will have its world premiere in the Polish Film Competition of the Krakow Film Festival, which takes place between May 25th – June 1st. The film will be shown as one of ten short fiction films, among the selection of feature and short documentaries and animations.

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