Natalia Koniarz

Poland

Natalia Koniarz

director

Documentary filmmaker. Born in the Beskid Mountains, she has lived and worked in Chile, Bolivia, and France. A graduate of the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School, where she currently lectures and is pursuing a PhD. Her work centers on a deep attentiveness to people and the systems that shape them. She made her debut with the film The Dam, which won awards at festivals including FIPADOC, Go Short, and New Horizons. The film was screened at over 50 festivals and broadcast on the French platform TENK as well as Polish public television. Her mid-length documentary Postcards from the Verge premiered at IDFA and was shown at Makedox, Women Make Waves, and many other international festivals. She is a three-time winner of the Jantar Award at the Young and Film Festival.