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Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz

Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz

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Biography

Maria Elżbieta Zmarz-Koczanowicz (born November 8, 1954) is a screenwriter, visual artist and film director. She graduated from the Wrocław Fine Arts Academy (1978) and the Radio and Television Faculty of the University of Silesia in Katowice (1982). In 2008 she got her PhD title in film art. Author of many documentaries awarded in Poland and abroad; in 1988 she received the Stanisław Wyspiański Award for career achievement in that area. She also makes feature films and TV Theatre plays. Lecturer of the Łódź Film School. In 2013 decorated with the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for “outstanding merit in researching, documenting and commemorating the history of March ‘68”.

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Such a film should be made. The phenomenon that is the All-Polish Youth in Poland needs to be analyzed and looked at carefully with the "patient eye" of a documentary filmmaker. Until now, we have only viewed the All-Polish Youth through hurried news or journalistic discussions. Who are the people who make up this organization? What are their motivations? The path of life? What caused them to get involved in social and political activities? These are just some of the questions this film asks to find out the answer to the question of why the idea of a pre-war youth organization has become important and carried in modern Poland. The heroes of the film are both the leaders of this organization and its ordinary members. We want to look at Poland through their eyes. What does it mean for them today to fight for Poland, what does it mean - to be a Pole? How do they want to instill their radical patriotism in others?

Kocham Polskę

2007Movie
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A biographical documentary on Edward Zebrowski, a director, screenwriter, and educator. The film draws from his notes, revealing his thoughts on illness and history as human fate. Friends from the Film School in Lodz and the TOR Film Group, including Wojciech Marczewski and Agnieszka Holland, discuss his legendary status as a scandalmonger and thinker. His wives, Barbara Lisowska and Magdalena Jaworska, share intimate details of his life. Students Agnieszka Smoczynska and Adrian Panek speak respectfully of him. Zebrowski’s biography is complemented by excerpts from his school works and original films, with scenes featuring him in Zanussi’s films like “The Illumination.” Directed by Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz, the documentary captures a reflective and nostalgic atmosphere, reflecting Zebrowski’s mature life and sense of lost opportunities.

Notes on Life. Edward Zebrowski

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