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Polish film among winners at Shanghai festival

24.06.2025 16:15
"Loss of Balance," a movie directed and co-written by Poland’s Korek Bojanowski, has won the Best Screenplay Award at the Shanghai International Film Festival in China.
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The film explores the toxic aspects of the theatre world through its main protagonist, Maja, a drama school student.

Even though acting is her passion, Maja does not believe she could make a successful career in the arts. In fact, she plans to study marketing and management after graduation.

As the press note for the film says, "everything changes when a new, charismatic director crosses her path."

Bojanowski, 31, is one of Poland’s most promising filmmakers. Loss of Balance, his feature-length debut, won four awards at last year’s Polish Film Festival in the Baltic city of Gdynia.

He also co-owns a film production company called Amondo Films.

Korek Bojanowski, reżyser filmu "Utrata równowagi", został laureatem tegorocznej Nagrody im. Janusza "Kuby" Morgensterna "Perspektywa". To kolejne wyróżnienie, które otrzymuje ta produkcja. Tytuł trafi na ekrany polskich kin prawdopodobnie w połowie 2025 roku. Korek Bojanowski. Photo: Radek Pietruszka/PAP

In addition to producing feature films and documentaries at home and abroad, Amondo runs the smallest cinema in Warsaw—Kino Amondo.

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