Anna Gawlita is a producer and production manager of documentary films and short films, and a co-producer of feature films. She was a participant in Berlinale Talents 2017 and EKRAN + 2017, and named best producer of short films and documentaries in Poland at Krakow Film Festival 2017. She is now completing her own documentary debut, Krzyżoki, and entering the shooting stage of a fiction feature film by Agnieszka Polska, Hurrah, We’re Still Alive!
projects in progress
Soil (documentary) - Dir. Zuzanna Solakiewicz
A film about how singing results from farming and why one does not sing in solitude.
Big Chief (documentary) - Dir. T. Wolski
Who Trepper really was? Was he a Polish or a Jew, a Soviet spy working for Alliance, for Gestapo or Moscow? Was he a James Bond of that time or spy dilettante?
Flight (documentary) - Dir. Anna Zakrzewska, Łukasz Ronduda
For the Venice Biennale, Roman Stańczak prepares a sculpture, which presents an overturned plane. It will be an excuse to tell about the artist's dramatic past.
Comrades (documentary) - Dir. J. Janikowska
Three young Italians who believe that communism can repair their country, and possibly the entire world, must face their growing pains. A politically engaged "coming of age" film.
Lip Choreography (documentary) - Dir: A. Gawlita
Liberating, primal dance gives the dancing women power to emancipate.
Incident (fiction) - Dir: T. Wolski
The killing of a dog connects the fates of three people, and as everyone tries to avoid taking the blame events spin out of control.
7 various sculptures (documentary) - Dir: A. Zakrzewska
A documentary about August Zamoyski - one of the most outstanding Polish artists of the XX century, whose works are almost unknown in the country of origin.
The Novice (documentary) - Dir: Ł. Woś
A group of young men enters the Dominican Novitiate. A film about the search for life’s purpose. It is also a story about giving up on a path that seemed to be leading to it.
White Queen (documentary) - Dir. Grzegorz Piekarski
The white wife of a black king from Togo is planning a trip to Africa to exercise power on behalf of her husband who has been sentenced to exile.
finished projects
In Ukraine (documentary)
1970 (documentary) - Dir: Tomasz Wolski
When protests broke out in Communist Poland in late 1970, a crisis team gathered in Warsaw. “1970” is a story about a rebellion but told from the perspective of the oppressors.
Hurrah, we are still alive! (fiction) - Dir. A. Polska
An artistic commune of filmmakers awaits the return of the Director,
who disappeared without a trace. Despite his absence, the Director seems to control all of the troupe's actions.
Let's try to jump into the well (documentary) - Dir. Piotr Stasik, Dorota Wardęszkiewicz
An extraordinary portrait of one of the greatest contemporary theater artists - Krystian Lupa.
Problem (fiction) - Dir. Tomasz Wolski
A man lying on the pavement becomes a problem not only for the local tenants but also for medical services and the police.
An Ordinary Country (documentary) - Dir. Tomasz Wolski
Poland in the 1970s and 1980s shown through materials recorded and confiscated by the Security Service.
Horse Riders (documentary) - Dir. Anna Gawlita
Thirty farmers begin an equestrian pilgrimage touring the boundaries of nearby villages. Fatigue and inebriation mix with religious ecstasy - a marriage of the sacred and the profane
Opera about Poland (documentary) - Dir: P. Stasik
Pole, who are you? This film collage that combines archival and contemporary materials, documentary and staged pictures, and speech excerpts is an attempt to answer this question.
Festival (documentary) - Dir A. Gawlita T. Wolski
There is a classical music festival going on. The stage seems to be somewhere far away as the process of music creation and the commotion that accompanies it is more important
Casa Blanca (documentary) - Dir: A. Maciuszek
Every day Nelsa wanders the streets of Casa Blanca in search of her only child not returning home early. One day, she falls ill.
Daughter (fiction) - directed by Tomasz Wolski, 24 min, Poland, 2015; executive producer.
A Dairy of a journey (documentary) - Dir: P. Stasik
Tadeusz Rolke, an aged master of Polish photography, and 15-year-old Michal travel across Poland to take portrait photographs of the residents of small towns and villages.
The Palace (documentary) - Dir: T. Wolski
The Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw was a despised gift from Stalin. Wolski with his camera enters the building that is a reflection of Poland’s everyday life and history.
Doctors (documentary) - Dir: T. Wolski
The film follows the everyday work of doctors in a surgical ward: the hierarchy between them, the need to take important decisions, the struggle with economic problems.
News
new project / In Ukraine / Anna Gawlita / New project has been added - 03.05.2023
awards / In Ukraine / Anna Gawlita / Visions du Réel / Special Mention - 26.04.2023
festivals & screenings / In Ukraine / Anna Gawlita / Berlin International Film Festival / World Premiere - 18.02.2023
new project / The Novice / Anna Gawlita / New project has been added - 03.03.2021
new project / 7 various sculptures / Anna Gawlita / New project has been added - 03.03.2021
new project / Incident / Anna Gawlita / New project has been added - 03.03.2021
new project / Lip Choreography / Anna Gawlita / New project has been added - 03.03.2021
new project / 1970 / Anna Gawlita / New project has been added - 03.03.2021
new project / The Palace / Anna Gawlita / New project has been added - 03.03.2021
status update / Let's try to jump into the well / Anna Gawlita / Project has been completed - 03.03.2021
status update / Ordinary Country / Anna Gawlita / Project has been completed - 01.03.2021
status update / Problem / Anna Gawlita / Project has been completed - 01.03.2021
status update / Hurrah, we are still alive! / Anna Gawlita / Project has been completed - 01.03.2021
awards / Hurrah, we are still alive! / Anna Gawlita / Slamdance / AGBO Fellowship Award - 26.02.2021
awards / Hurrah, we are still alive! / Anna Gawlita / Slamdance / AGBO Fellowship Award - 26.02.2021
awards / An Ordinary Country / Anna Gawlita / Listapad - Minsk International Film Festival / Special Jury Award - 13.11.2020
awards / Let's try to jump into the well / Anna Gawlita / Millennium Docs Against Gravity / Special mention - 13.09.2020
awards / An Ordinary Country / Anna Gawlita / Krakow FF / Golden Hobby-Horse - 06.06.2020
awards / An Ordinary Country / Anna Gawlita / Visions du Réel / Jury Clinique de Genolier Award - 01.05.2020
new project / Horse Riders / Anna Gawlita / New project has been added - 12.02.2020
new project / Problem / Anna Gawlita / New project has been added - 12.02.2020
new project / Comrades / Anna Gawlita / New project has been added - 12.02.2020
new project / Flight / Anna Gawlita / New project has been added - 12.02.2020
new project / Big Chief / Anna Gawlita / New project has been added - 12.02.2020
new project / THIS CAN NOT BE DIRECTED / Anna Gawlita / New project has been added - 12.02.2020
new project / Soil / Anna Gawlita / New project has been added - 12.02.2020
new project / Ordinary Country / Anna Gawlita / New project has been added - 12.02.2020
forums & markets / White Queen / Anna Gawlita / Visions du Réel - 12.02.2020
forums & markets / Ordinary Country / Anna Gawlita / Ji.hlava IDFF / EAST DOC MARKET 2019 - 12.02.2020
forums & markets / Hurrah, we are still alive! / Anna Gawlita / Karlovy Vary IFF / Participation in Eurimages Lab Project Award - 12.02.2020
forums & markets / Hurrah, we are still alive! / Anna Gawlita / Cannes Film Festival / New Horizons' Polish Days Goes to Cannes - 12.02.2020
forums & markets / Comrades / Anna Gawlita / DOK Leipzig - 12.02.2020
awards / Opera about Poland / Anna Gawlita / Ji.hlava IDFF / Best Central and Eastern European Documentary Film - 12.02.2020
forums & markets / Big Chief / Anna Gawlita / FIPADOC Biarritz - 12.02.2020
forums & markets / Big Chief / Anna Gawlita / Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival - 12.02.2020
awards / Horse Riders / Anna Gawlita / Fano International Film Festival / "Horse Riders" received Best Documentary Award - 12.02.2020
awards / Horse Riders / Anna Gawlita / Busan International Short Film Festival / "Horse Riders" received Jury Award - 12.02.2020
awards / Horse Riders / Anna Gawlita / Cork Film Festival / "Horse Riders" received Grand Prix (Oscar selected award). - 12.02.2020
awards / Horse Riders / Anna Gawlita / Camerimage International Film Festival / "Horse Riders" received GOLDEN FROG (Oscar selected award) - 12.02.2020
awards / Festival / Anna Gawlita / Krakow FF / Polish Competition - Cinematography Award, Producer's Award - 12.02.2020
awards / Opera about Poland / Anna Gawlita / Krakow FF / Special Mention - International Competition
Producer's award - Polish Competition - 12.02.2020
Production company
Name: Kijora Film Address: J. Dabrowskiego 18/15, 0-561 Warszawa, Poland Contact number: +48609421 497 E-mail address:kijora@gmail.com Website:www.kijorafilm.com