Biographie
Jerzy Kowynia never studied film, his university studies focused on philosophy. He was twenty-nine by the time he codirected his first documentary film. Even though his first release came at the end of the 1980s, he didn’t start filming regularly until the late 1990s. In subsequent years he regularly made documentaries for Polish state television. One of his first great successes was the short documentary Lenin of Krakow (1997), which recalled a historical event – Vladimir Ilich Lenin’s visit to Krakow – and won awards at various festivals. Kowynia has made a number of movies in cooperation with Jerzy Ridan as co-scripter. After more than twenty years in the film business, Kamchatka (2013) is his directorial debut in the realm of feature film.
48. MFF Karlovy Vary