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Marta Dzido (born 1981) is a Polish writer and documentary filmmaker. She is known for her 2018 novel Frajda, and the documentary films Downtown (2010) and Solidarity According to Women (2014).
Early life and education
[edit]Marta Dzido was born in 1981.[1]
She studied at the Polish Film School in Łódź.[2]
Career
[edit]Film
[edit]Dzido has shot and directed a number of documentary films. She was cinematographer of the documentary Underground Women's State (2009).[1]
She co-directed Downtown (2010) with Piotr Sliwowski, and the film was produced in New York by Sproutflix. The film is about a project by Polish photographer Oiko Petersen, featured photos of people with Down syndrome modelling clothes especially designed for them by leading Polish fashion designers.[3][4]
Dzido wrote, co-directed, and edited Solidarity according to Women (2014),[1] which commemorated the forgotten role of the Polish female activists engaged in the anti-Communist opposition during the 1980s.[2]
She also wrote, co-directed, and edited the docudrama "Women Power" (2018).[1]
Books
[edit]Dzido has also written several novels, including Frajda (2018), as well as a non-fiction book Women of Solidarity (2016).[1]
Recognition and awards
[edit]In 2011, Dzido won the Hollywood Eagle Documentary Award for Downtown.[1] T
Solidarity according to Women won the 2014 Krzysztof Kieslowski Beyond Borders Award, a special award of the Polish Film Institute.[1]
Dzido won the European Union Prize for Literature for her novel Frajda (2018).[1][5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Marta Dzido - Winner of the EUPL (European Union Prize For Literature)". Polish Institute, Brussels. 2 October 2019. Archived from the original on 15 December 2019.
- 1 2 "Documentary Film About Polish Women Who Fought Against Communism".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Downtown". Alexander Street. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
- ↑ Bieniek, Karolina (19 September 2013). "The first screening in Wrocław – an unusual film Downtown, on 24 September in the Warszawa cinema". ArtTransparent. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
- ↑ "Biography of Marta Dzidi". European Union Prize for Literature.
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