One of the most prominent Polish directors of today, Malgorzata Szumowska was born in Kraków in 1973. She's been directing, writing and producing feature and documentary films. Her movies have received many awards, for example Silver Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival for "33 Scenes from Life" or Teddy Award at the Berlinale for "In the Name of...". Both her first and second feature "Happy Man" and "Stranger" were nominated to the European Film Awards as Discoveries of the Year. "Elles" with Juliette Binoche was sold out to more than 40 countries and "In the Name of..." to 15 countries. In Poland, she's received the most important film awards. Her last feature "Body" premieres as a competition entry at the 2015 Berlin Film Festival, where she received the Silver Bear for Best Director.
