Izabela Plucinska

Born in Poland and currently living in Germany, Izabela Plucińska has some thirty films to her credit. She studied art and film in Lodz, and now brilliantly combines her talents to create animation. In 2005, her short film Jam Session won a Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. Since then, this gifted filmmaker has enjoyed a steady stream of projects and successes. Her politically and philosophically oriented medium-length film Esterhazy was screened around the world in 2009, including in the UK, France, India, and Mexico, garnering a number of awards. Owing to her renown as an artist, she frequently leads workshops and teaches film animation at universities internationally. Her work has been shown as part of several exhibitions. Currently based in Berlin, Plucińska is working intensively with her colleagues at a new production company, Wait a Second! Her latest film, Joko, is based on the novel by Roland Topor. It is a Polish-German-Czech co-production.