GOOD TALK WITH ELWIRA NIEWIERA
Elwira Niewiera is a Polish director and screenwriter of the well-known documentary films DOMINO EFFECT, THE PRINCE AND THE DYBBUK, and THE HAMLET SYNDROME. Her artistic work focuses primarily on political, social, and cultural transformations in Eastern Europe. Winner of many international awards, among others Grand Prix-Semaine de la Critique for the Best Film at 75th Locarno Film Festival, Best Documentary on Cinema at the 74th Venice Film Festival, Polish Film Academy Award for Best Documentary, Golden Dove at DOK Leipzig Film Festival, Young German Cinema Award 2019 and the Chicken & Egg Award 2021. Elwira is a member of the European Film Academy.Expertise
As a director, I was the closest person to the protagonists, so I can speak about how to build a relationship and trust with the characters and about the artistic process itself.
As well as the role of a filmmaker in civil society and the dilemmas regarding the ways of involvement in current politics, charity and physical struggles of the community we care for as filmmakers and citizens - and talk about my filmmaker's role I built around the Hamlet Syndrome to support Ukraine in a very concrete way. My humanitarian support for Ukraine shows that creativity can go beyond mere filmmaking. In Germany and Poland, we had about 100 screenings in schools, theaters and various associations. Especially in Germany, we also had film screenings in rotary clubs and Soroptimists International Clubs combined with collecting donations for humanitarian aid for our protagonists on the frontline and women in the military.
Speaking History
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Lincoln Center, MoMa Doc Fortnight, Venice International Film Festival, Locarno International Film Festival, Doc NYC Film Festival, Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin and many others. I was also giving guest film lectures at the Film University Konrad Wolf / Berlin, Germany and the Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Germany.