Magdalena Piekorz

02.10.1974, Sosnowiec, Poland

 

Director
Piekorz studied film directing at the department of television and radio at Silesia University in Katowice. She wrote screenplays and directed many documentaries such as Dziewczyny z Szymanowa (The Girls from Szymanów, 1997), Franciszkanski spontan (Franciscan Spontaneity, 1998), Przybysze (Visitors, 1999), Znalezc, zobaczyc, pochowac (To find, to look, to bury, 2001) that deals with the topic of lost people in Bosnian war, Labirynt (Labyrinth, 2001) and Chicago (2002), a documentary series of 25 episodes. Her only feature film is Pregi (The Welts, 2004) and it won the Golden Lion at the Polish Film Festival in 2004.

Filmography


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Films by this director

The Welts

(Pregi, 2004)

Directed by: Magdalena Piekorz
PHOTOGRAPHY: Marcin Koszalka
Synopsis:

Wojciech Winkler did not have a happy childhood. His mother died when he was a child and was raised by his father, a religious, authoritative sadist who beat and insulted him all the time. Now, a grown man, Wojciech finally has to come to terms with his past in order to have a better future. The film won the Golden Lion in Cannes in 2004 and the audience’s award at the Polish film festival.

color, 91 min

Drowsiness

(Senność, Poland, 2008)

Directed by: Magdalena Piekorz
PHOTOGRAPHY: Marcin Koszalka
Synopsis:

Priča o šestoro ljudi, dvama bračnim parovima i jednom gej-paru. Róza pati od kroničnog poremećaja spavanja, a nekad je bila darovita i ambiciozna glumica koja zbog narkolepsije nije mogla duže vrijeme izbivati iz kuće. Zbog toga se posvetila bračnom životu, a sad je opravdano opsjednuta suprugovom nevjerom. Adam je liječnik koji iskreno voli sitnog lopova i svog susjeda nadimkom Ladny, no ovaj se ne želi otvoreno deklarirati kao gej te počne izbjegavati Adama, vjerujući da je to b...

color, 105'
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