Best Cinematography Award Competition juror.
A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts and Wajda Film School in Warsaw. Author of internationally awarded documentaries. ‘What happened on Pam Island’ aka «Mountain Love Story", set in Greenland, distributed by First Hand Films, ‘Walking Under Water’ (for ARTE / Zdf) filmed on the seas and under the water around Borneo, winner of the Jury Prize at Hot Docs. «K2. Touching the Sky" (for HBO) - one of the most awarded Polish mountain films in the world, a story of children of alpinist who died on K2; "The Wall of Shadows" (for ARTE/ Zdf) Polish -Swiss - Germany coproduction, a story of extreme Himalayan expedition told from the point of view of Nepalese Sherpas, premiered at Hot Docs 2020 (main competition) and the Polish premiere at Docs Against Gravity (main competition). Winner of 30 international awards including: American Cinematographer
Award at Salem Film Festival (USA) and Grand Prix winner of Bergen International Film Festival. For this film Eliza was also awarded with Zürcher Filmpreis for Best Directing. For the last 10 years she works with a producer Monika Braid. Currently Eliza and Monika are working on a full-length documentary about Wanda Rutkiewicz, one of best female mountaineer in the world who disappeared in Himalayas. Eliza, as a climber, in a team with her husband and photographer David Kaszlikowski, has completed dozen expeditions, incl. Greenland, Pakistan, Nepal, High Atlas in Morocco, Mali, Mexico, Malaysia. Eliza specializes in extreme location work: mountain and underwater expeditions. In her films she is focused on human stories. Head of Vertical Vision Film Studio www.VerticalVision.pl
Photography by David Kaszlikowski
