Wojciech Smarzowski

Wojtek Smarzowski (b. 1963, Korczyna, Poland) studied film science at Jagiellonian University in Kraków before graduating in 1990 in camerawork from the National Film School in Łódź (PWSFTviT). He has shot commercials, music videos, TV programs (i.e. the popular series “Na Wspólnej,” 2003-05), and documentaries. With regard to dramatic theater releases, he debuted with the black comedy The Wedding (Wesele, 2004), screened in KVIFF’s East of the West competition where a later film also competed: The Dark House (Dom zly, 2009), a detective story bathed in the dark ambience of the communist 1980s. With the exception of Rosie (Róza, 2011), the story of a Polish soldier and a German widow set at the end of the war, he penned all his scripts, including his latest, the crime drama Traffic Department. In Poland he is respected as a creator with an unapologetically masculine view of troubling social and personal issues.

48. MFF Karlovy Vary