Image by Velar Grant
Certificate in the Foundations of Counselling and Psychotherapy, Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education, London (2023)
MFA Experimental Film, Kingston University, London (2016)
PhD Film Studies, Birkbeck College, University of London (2013)
MA Film Studies, Birkbeck College, University of London (2009)
BA (Hons) Visual Theories, University of East London (2007)
BA Art History, University of Wroclaw (Poland) and The Open University London (2006)
Bio
I am a Polish-born, London-based filmmaker, whose hybrid media practice stems from the belief that although we are unable to change our pasts, we have the power to shape our future narratives. I see moving image as a portal to ourselves and our shared experience as we inhabit different moments of collective presence. Set within the realm of social choreography, my work considers complex ways to relate to one another through embodied, care and trust-building practices that foster collaboration and co-creation. My latest work in progress examines climate anxiety through the prism of the psycho-social method of social dreaming, mental health practices and participatory art. I am the Founder and Director of Dark Spring Studio, a London-based production company dedicated to the creation and distribution of artist moving image works that are committed to social change.
My previous film, Her Plot of Blue Sky (2023) had its European premiere at the 27th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival and it is the winner of the 2024 British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies Practice Research award in Short Film category and the winner of the Jean Rouch Award at the 2024 Society for Visual Anthropology Film & Media Festival, Tampa, Florida. My films have screened at many festivals and galleries worldwide: the Edinburgh International Film Festival, CROSSROADS, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives New York; Studio Gallery, Warsaw; Whitechapel Gallery, BFI, ICA, London, National Gallery, Washington, DC. I am the recipient of many international grants, most recently, the Arts Council England Project Grants, British Council, New Mexico Arts, New Mexico Humanities Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts (USA), among many others. I am also the author and editor of numerous books and articles on experimental media, including Visions of Avant-Garde Film (Indiana University Press). My work has recently been extensively reviewed by a leading documentary film scholar, Dara Waldron in the 10th edition of Found Footage Magazine (October 2024).