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FACES OF AGATA

POLISH TITLE: TWARZE AGATY

When she was 16, Agata heard that she would most likely bleed herself to death within 2 years. On that day she was born anew. After 20 years and over 30 face surgeries, she lives in London and works as an artist who turned her struggle with a lethal disease into art. Her disease and the pain caused by it continue to accompany her, but more and more promising treatment options are being developed. Nevertheless, the most important form therapy is her art. Her face becomes even more deformed with recurring angiomas, which is the major theme explored by the protagonist in her art.

GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRY:
Poland
RUNNING TIME:
72'
YEAR:
COLOUR:
colour
DIRECTING:
Małgorzata Kozera
SCRIPT:
Małgorzata Kozera
DOP:
Marta Stysiak
EDITOR:
Anna Koc-Wittels
MUSIC:
Jan Duszyński
SOUND:
Anna Rok, Agata Chodyra
PRODUCTION:
Plesnar & Krauss FILMS

Małgorzata Kozera »

Born in Warsaw, Poland. Studied Ethnology & Cultural Anthropology at the the Universities of Warsaw and Copenhagen and film directing at the Polish National Film School in Lodz. She is an author of several short documentaries and fictions, which have been broadly shown at Polish and international film festivals and in Polish National Television TVP SA. Małgorzata has cooperated the acclaimed Polish director Feliks Falk on his film “The Debt Collector” and worked as a director's assistant in other productions. She has also directed audio recordings and conducted film workshops for disabled youths and for students participating in Polish International Youth Encounters program.
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