Patrycja Płanik - photographer, visual artist, actress. She studied photography in PWSFTViT in Lodz. She co-created an independent contemporary dance festival in Poland : The International Maat Festival. She produced and created Dance.doc short-form documentaries about dancers connected to this festival. The project was realized in Poland, Japan, and Israel. Her work was conducted by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, CRICOTEKA- Center for the Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor and The International Maat Festival. She cooperated, among others, with the Nowy Theater Kazimierz Dejmek in Łódź, Teatr Nowy in Poznań and TR Warszawa. She created the blog: “Do not spoil your body with nudity.” An ironic comment on the polish politicians’ strong stand against art projects contains nudity.

In 2016 she was casted for the tittle role in Andreas Horvath’s feature film Lillian. In 2019 she received the prize for the Best Female Performance (Blue Angel) at the 27th Art Film Festival in Slovakia.

 

AWARDS:

The Blue Angel for Best Female Performance At The 27th Art Film Festival Kosice 2019.

Seymour Cassel Award for Best Actress At The 26th Oldenburg Film Festival 2019.

Defiance Fuel Geraldine Page Award for Best Actress At The 14th Method Independent Film Festival 2020 .

GERMAN INDEPENDENCE Audacity Award, given to an original, daring and audacious film by Patrycja Płanik and Dominik Krawiecki 28th Oldenburg Film Festival 2021.