Director Hanna Polak
Hanna Polak, an Oscar-nominated director, graduated from the Cinematography Division of the Cinematography Institute of the Russian Federation. She worked on various movies as producer, director, cinematographer and still photographer. In 2002, she was awarded Best Producer of Documentary and Short Fiction Movies in Poland for Railway Station Ballad. In 2004 she completed work on The Children of Leningradsky in collaboration with HBO. The movie received an Oscar nomination (2005), an IDA Award, two Emmy nominations, and the Gracie Allen Award among others. Hanna has been advocating the case of homeless children all over the world. She founded and collaborated with Active Child Aid foundation and collaborates with UNICEF.
Filmography (selected titles)
The Officer’s Wife (2010)
Cinematographer
Warsaw Battle 1920 in 3D (2010)
Cinematographer and director
Faces of Homelessness (2010)
Cinematographer and director
Kamienna Cisza (2007)
Cinematographer
The Children of Leningradsky (2005)
Cinematographer, producer and director
Al. Tribute to Albert Maysles (2004)
Cinematographer, producer and director
Dworcowa ballade (2003)
Cinematographer and producer
Producer Sigrid Dyekjaer
Sigrid Dyekjær has worked as a producer on both feature films and documentary films since 2000. She was the producer of ‘The Monastery’, winner of the Joris Ivens Award at IDFA in 2006, and nominated for a European Film Award and several other awards. Sigrid Dyekjær is one of the most experienced producers in Denmark both when it comes to national documentary films, but also international documentary films as regards financing, producing and creative consulting on films. In her spare time she teaches at the National Film School of Denmark, and she also holds master classes and lectures at film schools around the world and courses in documentary filmmaking like ‘Bridging the Gab’, and pitch sessions around the world. She is educated in dramaturgy from the University in Århus, and has a partnership of Danish Documentary Production.
Filmography (selected titles)
The Newsroom – off the Record (2014)
Producer
Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case (2013)
Executive producer
Free the Mind (2012)
Producer
Svend (2011)
Producer
Ballroom Dancer (2011)
Executive producer
The Good Life (2011)
Producer
Cities of Speed Cairo Garbage (2009)
Producer
Mechanical Love (2007)
Producer
The Monastery (2006)
Producer
Danish Documentary Production
was founded by four award-winning directors and their producer. Director Phie Ambo, Good things Await, Free the Mind, Mechanical Love, Gambler, Family (IDFA winner), Director Pernille Rose Grønkjær, The Monastery (IDFA winner), Love Addict, Director Eva Mulvad, The Good Life, Enemies of Happiness (Sundance and IDFA winner), Director Mikala Krogh, The Newsroom – off the record, A Normal Life, Cairo Garbage, Everything is Relative. Producer Sigrid Dyekjær, Something Better to Come, The Newsroom – off the record, Ai Wei Wei: The Fake Case, The Monastery, Mechanical Love, The Good Life, Free the Mind, Love Addict, A Normal Life.
CREW
Director: Hanna Polak
Editor: Marcin Kot Bastkowski, Hanna Polak
Music: Keaton Henson, Kristian Eidnes Andersen
Producers: Sigrid Dyekjaer, Hanna Polak
Co-producer: Anne Dillon
Executive producer: Jan Rofekamp
Production companies: Danish Documentary Production, Hanna Polak Films
International sales: Films Transit International