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Director and screenwriter

Olga Chajdas

Her acclaimed debut "Nina" won many awards including: VPRO Big Screen Award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival. She has worked on such series as "Wataha" and "1983." In 2023, the film "IMAGO" premiered at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. The film was awarded the FIPRESCI PRIZE - The International Critic Prize. It had its Polish premiere at the New Horizons Festival in Wroclaw and was was awarded Silver Lions at the 48th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia.

About me

Her films have been screened at international festivals, including International Film Festival in Rotterdam, Raindance Film Festival, Calgary IFF, Moscow IFF, Karlove Vary IFF and Camerimage.

She collaborated with Warsaw theaters, including Na Woli Theater , Studio Theater  and Och-Teatr.

Her debut feature film “Nina” received, among others the main prize in the Big Screen Competition at the International Film Festival in Rotterdam, 3 prizes including Złoty Pazur in the “Inne Spojrzenie” section of the Polish Feature Films Festival in Gdynia, the Main Prize in the Polish Film Competition at the Camerimage Festival.

She co-created the first Polish series “1983” for Netflix. She directed the third season of the “The Pack” series for HBO, which brought her the Polish Film Award: Eagles 2020 in the category “Best TV Series”.

The film “Imago”, co-written and directed by Olga, premiered at the Karlove Vary 2023 Film Festival and received the FIPRESCI PRIZE – The International Critic Prize. The screenplay for this film, received the Special Mention of the 13th ScripTeast at the Cannes Film Festival. “Imago” was awarded Silver Lions at the 48th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia.

Date of birth:

05.02.1983

Education:

A fictional course at the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing (2009), Film Art Organization Department, PWSFTviT in Łódź (2006), Academy of Film and Television in Warsaw (2003)

Artistic achievements

Artistic achievements

2024

"Kabul"

France.TV

2023

"Imago"

Apple Film Production

2022

"Mój Agent"

TVN

2022

"Cracow Monsters"

Netflix

2020

"Erotica 2022"

Netflix

2019

"Wataha" season 3

HBO

2019

"Mr. Jones" (II Unit)

Film Produkcja

2018

"1983"

Netflix

2018

"Nina"

Film It

2018

"Za marzenia"

TVP

2017

"Ultraviolet"

AXN

2017

"Kobieta budzi się rano"

Wild Mouse Production

2017

"Amok"

K&K Selekt Film

2015

"3xMIŁOŚĆ"

Wild Mouse Production

2015

"Savage Grace"

TVP

2014

"Wataha"

HBO

2013

"Głęboka woda 2"

TVP

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Awards

Awards

2023

"IMAGO" - FIPRESCI PRIZE - The International Critic Prize - at the 2023 Karlolve Vary Festival.

"Imago" - Silver Lions - 48. Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia

2023

2020

"Wataha" - Polska Nagroda Filmowa Orzeł w kategorii: Najlepszy filmowy serial telewizyjny

2019

"Kobieta budzi się rano" - Nagroda dla najlepszego reżysera na Oakland Short Film Festival -

2019

"Kobieta budzi się rano" - Short Film Festival "Oddalenia", Dublin, Grand Prix

2019

"Nina" - Nagroda Główna "Złoty Debiut" na festiwalu Babie Lato Filmowe

2018

"Nina" – Złoty Pazur w konkursie Inne Spojrzenie na Festiwalu Polskich Filmów Fabularnych w Gdyni

2018

"Nina" – Baltic Film Competition za reżyserię na Międzynarodowym Festiwalu Filmowym Carl w Karlskronie

2018

"Nina" – Big Screen Competition na IFFR 2018

2018

"Nina" - VPRO Big Screen Award na Międzynarodowym Festiwalu Filmowy

2018

"Nina" – Główna Nagroda w Konkursie Filmów Polskich na Festiwalu Camerimage

2016

"3xLOVE" - Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Award, Best Ensemble Cast

2016

"3xLOVE" - Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Award, Best Woman Filmmaker

2016

"3xLOVE" - California Women’s Film Festival, Best Foreign Film

2016

"3xLOVE" - Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Award, Best Ensemble Cast

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