© 2024 Aleksandra Szymanska

Aleksandra was born and grew up in Upper Silesia, Poland. She lives in Germany. She graduated from the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School at the Silesian University in Katowice and continued her education at the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles. Before she started making films she worked in diverse positions for various TV companies in Germany and Poland, including WDR, Filmpool, ARD, ZDF, RBB, Canal+ Poland. She is a member of the Association of Women Artists and Patrons of the Arts GEDOK and the SIE Society.

 

Filmography (selection):

THE GATEKEEPER LEGEND • based on the story 'Before the Law' by Franz Kafka • short film, fiction • 15 min • a HOMO LUDENS Pictures' production • in financing

MEMENTO MORI • social spot, fiction • 1 min • a HOMO LUDENS Pictures' production • supported by Social Tides /INCO, the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the State Chancellery of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia • Germany 2023

CIVIL COURAGE • social spot, fiction • 1 min • a HOMO LUDENS Pictures' production • supported by GVL, BKM/NeuStartKultur and Social Impact gGmbH • Germany 2022

WAKE UP • music video • 6 min • produced by PANTALEON and HOMO LUDENS Pictures • Germany 2016

FISHY STORY • short film, fiction, grotesque • 18 min • a HOMO LUDENS Pictures' production in co-production with AZT-Media • supported by the Film und Medienstiftung NRW and HessenFilm und Medien • German-Hungarian co-production • Germany 2016

LILITH • short film, fiction, drama • 22 min • a HOMO LUDENS Pictures' production • supported by the Film und Medienstiftung NRW, the HessenFilm und Medien and the City of Alsfeld • Germany 2012

 

 

 

 

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Aleksandra Szymanska

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