Agnieszka Smoczy\u0144ska is a film, theatre and opera director. She is a graduate of the Krzysztof Kie\u015blowski Film School in Katowice and holds a degree in Cultural Studies from the University of Wroc\u0142aw.<\/p>\n
Her work is distinguished by a bold approach to form, originality, and striking visual sophistication. Smoczy\u0144ska\u2019s films engage with socially relevant themes while playfully subverting genre conventions. She blends elements of fairy tale, horror and social drama, exploring questions of identity, human relationships and emotional experience. Her protagonists are often strong female characters who transcend traditional social roles and expectations.<\/p>\n
She made her feature debut in 2015 with The Lure<\/em> (C\u00f3rki Dancingu<\/em>) – a groundbreaking horror-musical hybrid that won awards worldwide, including at the Sundance Film Festival, and became part of the prestigious Criterion Collection. Her second feature, The Fugue<\/em>, premiered in Cannes Critics\u2019 Week. Four years later, she made her English-language debut with Silent Twins<\/em>, based on the true story of June and Jennifer Gibbons – twin sisters who, rejecting contact with the outside world, communicated exclusively with each other through a language of their own invention. The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival and won the Golden Lions at the Gdynia Film Festival.<\/p>\n Smoczy\u0144ska was selected for the European Cinema: Ten Women Filmmakers to Watch program and is a recipient of the Global Filmmaking Award sponsored by the Sundance Institute. This year, she directed Verdi\u2019s Simon Boccanegra<\/em> at the Polish National Opera in Warsaw, as well as G\u0142os Potwora<\/em>, an opera by Aleksander Nowak adapted from Agnieszka Holland\u2019s film Europa Europa. She is currently working on her next English-language feature film, Hot Spot.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":70487,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"stanowisko":[],"class_list":["post-50487","wykladowcy","type-wykladowcy","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n