Biography
Hanna Polak (b. 1967, Katowice) started her career as an actress for the Entertainment Theatre in Chorzów (1987-88). In 1997 she set up Active Child Aid to help underprivileged children in Russia. In 2002 she began studies at the Cinematography School of Moscow. Her first short film, Al (2004), was awarded at the Documentary Film Festival in Cracow. As a freelance photographer and filmmaker she has cooperated with ABC TV, France-2, Fuji TV, ITN and TVN.
MFF Karlovy Vary
Director
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2022 |
Angels of Sinjar |
| 2020 |
Underage Engineers |
| 2014 |
Something Better to Come |
| 2013 |
Love and Rubbish |
| 2010 |
Faces of Homelessness |
Warsaw Battle 1920 in 3D |
|
| 2005 |
The Children of Leningradsky |
| 2004 |
Al. Tribute to Albert Maysles |
Camerawoman
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2022 |
Angels of Sinjar |
| 2014 |
Something Better to Come |
| 2010 |
Faces of Homelessness |
Warsaw Battle 1920 in 3D |
|
| 2007 |
Kamienna cisza |
| 2003 |
Railway Station Ballad |
Screenwriter
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2022 |
Angels of Sinjar |
| 2014 |
Something Better to Come |
| 2004 |
Al. Tribute to Albert Maysles |
Producer
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2022 |
Angels of Sinjar |
| 2014 |
Something Better to Come |
| 2004 |
Al. Tribute to Albert Maysles |
| 2003 |
Railway Station Ballad |
Editor
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2010 |
Warsaw Battle 1920 in 3D |