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Director and screenwriter

Olga Chajdas

Her bold debut "Nina" won numerous awards, including the VPRO Big Screen Award at the International Film Festival in Rotterdam. She has worked on TV series such as "Wataha" and "1983". In 2023, her film "IMAGO" premiered at the Karlovy Vary Festival, where it was honored with the FIPRESCI PRIZE – The International Critics' Prize. The Polish premiere took place at the New Horizons Festival in Wrocław, and the film was also included in the competition lineup at the 2023 Gdynia Polish Film Festival. She is the director of the docudrama series "A World Divided", which premiered in 2024. In 2025, we anticipate the release of Olga’s new film, "Grandpa, We're Running Away!", as well as the French series "Kabul", which she co-directed with Kasia Adamik.

Olga Chajdas

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

2025

"Grandpa, let's go"

Furia Film

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

“Imago” - Dominika Kulczyk and dFlights award in Polish Feature Film Competition - Mastercard OFF Camera.

2024

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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