Konrad Szołajski, pseudonym Piotr Kaczorowski
(born May 25, 1956, in
Warsaw
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,
Poland
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), is a Polish
film director
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and
screenwriter
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...
.
He completed Polish studies at the
University of Warsaw
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in 1979 and later studied at the
British National Film School.
He is an author of fictional and documentary films.
He is the son of
Lucjan Szołajski, a film and television
voice artist
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.
Education and research
He completed Polish studies at the University of Warsaw in 1979.
In 1985 he received a master's degree in film and television directing from the
University of Silesia in Katowice
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. Between 1985 and 1987 he studied post-production, directing and filmmaking at the
National Film School
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in the
United Kingdom
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.
In 2012 he defended his
doctoral degree
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at the Radio and Television Faculty of the University of Silesia. Then in 1993-94 he taught filmmaking classes at the Department of Polish Culture at the University of Warsaw.
Since 2011 he has been teaching at the Faculty of Radio and Television of the University of Silesia and at the Film and Television Directing Department of the
National Film School in Łódź
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.
Awards
In the years 1993-1999 he was nominated three times for the
Złote Lwy award.
In 2002 he received the Studio AVA Film award in the
Media Festival “Man in Danger” for his documentary ''Zawód: posłanka''.
In 2011 he received the
Aleksander Kamiński
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award in the Media Festival "Man in Danger" for the documentary ''I Bóg stworzył sex''.
In the same year he was nominated for the
Złote Grono award for the documentary ''Uwodziciele''.
In 2012 he received a
Złota Kaczka
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Złota Kaczka for best movie
* 1956: '' Sprawa pilota Maresza''
* 1957: ''Kanał''
* 1958: '' Popiół i diament''
* 1959: '' Pociąg''
* ...
nomination (Best Picture and Best Screenplay) for his film ''Kop głębiej''.
In 2016 he was a
Złota Kaczka
Złota Kaczka (translation: Golden Duck) is a Polish award presented by the monthly '' Film'' since 1956.
Złota Kaczka for best movie
* 1956: '' Sprawa pilota Maresza''
* 1957: ''Kanał''
* 1958: '' Popiół i diament''
* 1959: '' Pociąg''
* ...
and
Złote Grono nominee for the documentary ''The Battle with Satan'' (
Polish
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''Walka z Szatanem'').
Documentary about exorcisms
In 2015 Konrad Szołajski created a documentary ''The Battle with Satan'' (
Polish
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''Walka z Szatanem'') about
exorcism
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s. This caused media interest about the film and the problem of exorcisms in Poland.
In December 2016 the
German
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television
3sat
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issued a program on the subject ''Exorzismus-Boom in Polen'' (Boom of exorcisms in Poland), in which Konrad Szołajski talked about exorcisms and his documentary.
Lectures and appearances
In 2017, Szołajski attended the seventeenth
European Skeptics Congress
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(ESC) in Old Town Wrocław, Poland. Here, he joined Mariusz Błochowiak,
Jakub Kroulík and
Chris French
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on a panel on exorcisms which was chaired by
Amardeo Sarma
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. Later, Szołajski showed the audience his documentary "The Battle with Satan". It followed several people who believed that their life problems could be cured by exorcisms.
Filmography
Fictional
* ''Kop głębiej'' (Dig deeper) (2011)
* ''O czym szumią kierpce'' (What are the mocassins rustling about) (2000)
* ''Operacja Koza'' (Operation: goat) (1999)
* ''Musisz żyć'' (You have to live) (1997)
* ''Człowiek z…'' (The man from...) (1993)
Documentary
* ''The Battle with Satan'' (2015)
* ''Głosy'' (Voices) (2012)
* ''I Bóg stworzył seks…'' (And God created sex...) (2011)
* ''Niejedzenie'' (Non-eating) (2010)
* ''Podryw po polsku'' (Pick up in Polish) (2010)
* ''Uwodziciele'' (Seducers) (2010)
* ''Good morning, Lenin!'' (2009)
* ''Wkręcacze'' (Blenders)
(2006)
* ''Gruba do łóżka, chuda na bal…'' (Fat girl to bed, skinny girl on the ball...) (2006)
* ''Pogrzeby to nasze życie'' (Funeral is our life) (2004)
* ''Alwernia'' (2004)
* ''Oprowadzę was po moim świecie'' (I will show you my world)(2003)
* ''Zawód: posłanka'' (Occupation: Member of Parliament) (2002)
* ''Sztuka kochania według Wisłockiej'' (Art of love according to Wisłocka) (2000)
* ''Tajemnice starego domu'' (Secrets of an old house) (1999)
* ''Pani od seksu'' (The lady of sex) (1998)
* ''Sceny z życia kick-bokserki'' (Scenes from the kick-boxer's life) (1997)
* ''Dziennikarze '82'' (Journalists '82) (1997)
* ''Nowa opowieść o prawdziwym człowieku'' (New story of a real man) (1996)
* ''Cały pogrzeb na nic!'' (The whole funeral for nothing!) (1995)
* ''Bondologia stosowana'' (Applied Bondology) (1995)
* ''Zdziczenie obyczajów pośmiertnych'' (Savagery of posthumous habits) (1995)
* ''Komiksiarze'' (Comic-bookers) (1994)
* ''Parafia księdza kustosza'' (Parish of the curator priest) (1993)
* ''O wawelskim smoku'' (About the Wawel Dragon) (1993)
* ''Pan inspektor przyszedł'' (Mr. Inspector came) (1987)
* ''Witamy w Anglii'' (Welcome to England) (1987)
References
External links
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University of Silesia in Katowice alumni
Polish film producers
Polish film directors
Polish screenwriters
1956 births
Living people