Biography

Maciej's short feature THE LAST WALTZ screened at Cannes Film Festival 2014, was nominated for Shorts Grand Prix at Warsaw Film Festiwal and at Cinema Forum 13th International Independent Feature Film Festival. Maciej Kawalski is a laureate of Munk Studio's "30 minutes' program, financing medium length shorts of artistic value. Maciej is an author of the script and a director of an animated film TRIBUTE OF SOLIDARITY. The film have been shown as a teaser to the movie WALESA: MAN OF HOPE directed by Academy Award laureate Andrzej Wajda. Marcin's short film THE WATCHMAKER was shown on a few international film festivals such as Budapest, Shanghai, Cairo and Cracow. Maciej was awarded the second prize at SXSW Festival 2013 in the Chevrolet and Mofilm contest in Austin, Texas. Furthermore, he received commercial grants for Chevrolet at the Cannes Lions 2013 and Fidelity Investments at SXSW 2012. Maciej has been participating in the photography masterclass organized by the agency VII, as well as in the screenwriting workshop conducted by Robert Mckee in London and London Screenwriter's Festival 2013.

Maciej is a graduate of Medicine from the Medical University of Silesia. He is studied film directing at the Krzysztof Kieslowski Film School, Faculty of Radio and Television at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.