Wojciech Staron

Born in 1973. Graduate of the Cinematography Department at the Łódź Film School. Cinematographer of numerous feature and documentary films which have achieved international success, like Joanna Kos-Krauze and Krzysztof Krauze's Saviour Square (Plac Zbawiciela, 2006) and Papusza (2013), Marcin Janos Krawczyk's Six Weeks (Sześć tygodni, 2009), Jerzy Śladkowski's Vodka Factory (Fabryka wódki, 2010), or Paula Markovitch's The Prize (El premio, 2011) – the one that earned him the Silver Bear for the Best Cinematography at the Berlinale 2011.

He directed several documentary films of international renown, including: Siberian Lesson (Syberyjska lekcja, 1998), awarded at IDFA, Cinema du Reel, and Kraków IFF; Argentinian Lesson (Argentyńska lekcja, 2011), that won Cinema Eye Honor, DOK Leipzig, and Camerimage FFs, and Brothers (Bracia, 2015), awarded at the Locarno IFF's Critics Week 2016.

MFF Karlovy Vary