29. International Film Festival ZOOM – ZBLIŻENIA 02 – 08.03.2026 / Jelenia Góra / Poland

Selection team

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SYLWIA MOTYL

A graduate of Cultural Studies at the University of Wrocław. A juror of the main competition and the independent cinema competition “Zawleczka” at the National Comedy Film Festival in Lubomierz, a member of the jury at the Cinemasuono Festival in Cervia (Italy), a selector of the OKFA National Independent Film Competition (Konin), a member of the Chapter of the World’s Independent Cinema Awards – GRAND OFF, a director of IFF ZOOM – ZBLIŻENIA.

MAREK OLEKSY

A co-founder and coordinator of the IFF ZOOM-ZBLIŻENIA, also a selector and juror of film festivals in Poland and abroad. He organizes and conducts international film workshops for young people (including 71st World Independent Film Festival UNICA Gdańsk 2009). Board member of the Federation of Independent Filmmakers in Poland. He was a journalist of the Warsaw-based independent production and television company “TOtamTO Media & TV”. He works with local TV stations. For years professionally involved with Local Community Center in Jelenia Góra where is engaged in film and TV production. He works with theaters in Poland (including Cinema, A3) and art galleries (i.a. BWA Jelenia Góra) as a producer of multimedia scenography and video installations. In 2014 he received the Diploma of merits for the Polish independent film movement from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage.

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MICHAŁ SZCZEŚNIAK

Director and screenwriter. Winner of over forty film awards in Poland and abroad. Author of short films: Łódka, Sashka, Sashka, “Starting Point,” “Spitsbergen,” and the feature film “Fisheye.” His film “Starting Point” was shortlisted for an Oscar and was presented at the Sundance Film Festival, IDFA Amsterdam, and the 57th DOK. Leipzig. He is currently preparing the feature film Grzesiuk, król życia (Grzesiuk, King of Life), whose screenplay, co-written with Bartosz Janiszewski, was awarded at the Script Wars festival and won the main prize in the SCRIPT PRO competition. He has also produced television theater productions. “Porwać się na życie” (Take on Life) won six Teatroteka Fest awards and the main prize at the Interpretacje Festival, among others. Last year, his film “Między nami są sytuacje” (There Are Situations Between Us) was presented at CINEMAFORUM.

 

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