HANKA NOBIS

"Polish Prayers" director.

Born in Bialystok. During her MISH studies at the University of Warsaw, she dealt with migration according to: Mongolism / Tibetology, Cultural Studies, Ethnology, Polish Philology and Liberal Artes. In 2009 she began working in theatre, acting, assisting directors and later directing and producing video installations, as well as making costumes. Hanna Nobis works with all renowned Polish theatre institutions in Poland, with Jacek Poniedziatek, Anna Smolar, Michat Marczak, Pawel Łozinski, Krzysztof Skonieczny, Wiktor Rubin, Radoslaw Rychcik, Markus Ohrn, Jill Godmilow.

Nobis’ first feature length documentary POLISH PRAYERS (2022) premiered at the LUMINOUS section of IDFA, supported by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture and Zurich Film Fund in the development & production phase. SRF, RTS, HBO Europe and MDR / ARTE are co-producers. The Swiss premiere was at Solothurner Filmtage in the Opera Prima section. The polish premiere is with Against Gravity, also in competition. It has been invited to CPH:DOX, One World Human Rights Festival in Prague, Thessaloniki as well as to DocPoint Tallinn. She is currently working on her second film SONGS OF SISTERHOOD, also produced by First Hand Films.