KAROL STARNAWSKI

Jury member of the competition The Mayor of Gdynia Award.

Director. A graduate of directing at the Łódź Film School. Since two years ago, he’s been a doctoral student and lecturer cooperating with the Łódź Film School. His full-length documentary debut "Shadows of the Empire" won the audience award at the „Człowiek w zagrożeniu” media festival in Łódź, and was shown at numerous festivals in Poland and abroad. In 2022, the winner of the main prize in the "Script Pro" competition for the feature script "Two Mothers" (together with Anna Dembowska). His second full-length documentary “Sad dziadka” will premiere in 2023.