‏Jaroslaw Marszewski‏

Director and screenwriter. His feature films have won numerous awards at international film festivals. He studied directing at FAMU - the Film Academy in Prague, Czech Republic, then graduated from the Kieslowski Film Department at the Silesian University, Poland. He also is a graduate of the English Department at the Wroclaw University, Poland. His short films have been awarded multiple prizes at the international festivals, including: "Berliner Tango" - Gold Medal at the World Short Film Festival in Huy, Belgium, 1995; Grand Prix at the Non Commercial Film Festival (Germany, Berlin, 1996), "The Rats" - Grand Prix at the Short Film Festival Brnenska "16" (Brno, Czech Republic, 1993). His feature debut "Tomorrow Heaven Comes" received the Best First Film Award at the Festroia Film Festival 2002 (Setubal, Portugal), the Best Actor Award at the Gdynia Film Festival 2001 (Poland), the Critics' Award at the Young Film Festival 2001 (Koszalin, Poland). "Bikini Blue", his second feature film, has been awarded at a range of festivals worldwide, including: Best Foreign Film at 18th Beverly Hills Film Festival 2018, Best Picture (Best of Fest) at: Lost Angeles Film Awards 2017, New York Film Awards 2017, Festigious Film Festival 2017 (Los Angeles), London Eye Film Festival 2017 (UK), Fabrique du Cinema Awards 2017 (Rome, Italy), Directors Cut IFF 2017 (Vancouver, Canada) and others. He also works on TV series ("The Murder Comission", Poland, 2016) and operas ("Aida", Italy/Qatar for Al Arabia TV, 2002; "Madame Butterfly" Italy/South Africa for SABC TV, 2000; "The Magic Flute", Opera Podlaska, Poland, 2014).