Zofia Kowalewska is a Polish writer-director based in Warsaw, working worldwide.
She is an MA Film Directing graduate of Lodz Film School (Poland).
Her work explores the decay and rebirth of intimate relationships and the intricacies of human connection. She moves freely between documentary and fiction, creating minimalist, yet powerful, character-driven dramas that offer a tender insight into the human condition.
She is the director of “Close Ties” – an IDFA-winning documentary short, that was shortlisted for the Academy Awards in 2017 and was featured in the Criterion Channel. Her most recent documentary “Only the Wind” premiered at Hot Docs IFF and was recently awarded Best Documentary Film Award at TRT Film Festival in Istanbul. Her shorts were presented at the most prestigious film festivals in the world (Sundance, Palm Springs, BAFTA-qualifying Encounters FF and Aesthetica FF). She was named one of five film directors to watch by Raindance in the article “A new generation of emerging Polish talent”.
Young, bold and prolific, Zofia Kowalewska shows promise as the next talent in the Polish cinema.
Simona Partizi/ Film Festival Life
At the tender age of 23, Kowalewska has achieved a great deal. The future for the young director, with an already esteemed portfolio of work, seems pretty bright.
Caroline Hamilton/ Raindance
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