Apio Film

APIO FILM is one of the first independent film and TV production companies in Poland. Its founder, Piotr Augustynek, as DOP, director and producer, has been strongly involved in the subject matter of conscious and independent Poland. Even during the martial law in Poland in 1981 he produced documents about the actions of the anti-communist opposition. These materials were disseminated in Polish underground circulation and transferred to western TV stations (NBC, ANTENNE 2). Nowadays many materials recorded by him are broadcast by ARD, WDR, NDR, Reuters, BBC, BRT, 3 SAT, SKY NEWS. He is the DOP and producer of many documentary films devoted to people who are outstanding (e.g. A. Wajda, B. Chromy, J. Mehoffer) or significant for the European culture (John Paul II, K. Arciszewski) or historical events (the history of the first transport of Polish prisoners to Auschwitz). He specializes in topics deeply rooted in the past but strongly affecting the awareness of the contemporary world.