Klaudia Folga

Director and screenwriter. A graduate of the Łódź Film School. Creator of short documentary and fiction films, including “Jaskini Żółwi” (The Turtle Cave)—which has been screened numerous times at film festivals in Poland and around the world, including Premiers Plans in France, Cinemaiubit in Romania, WFF, and Nowe Horyzonty, and has won the Grand Prix at the Filmoffo Festival and the Demakijaż Award for Best Student Film at the OKFA Film Festival. In 2022, she directed the feature-length documentary “Factorial Juggling,” which was filmed in Israel near the Dead Sea. The project was developed at the W. Ślesicki Foundation’s Doc Lab Development. The film premiered at the Warsaw Film Festival, where it received the FIPRESCI Award from the jury. Her latest short film, “Song of the Humpbacks,” with which she completed her degree at the Łódź Film School, premiered at the 48th FPFF in Gdynia and received nominations for the J. Machulski Awards in the categories of Best Director, Best Editing, and Best Actress at the WAMA Film Festival.

— The Creators’ Jury of the “Krytyk Pisze” Contest