ANNA KONIK

"Silence Heard Loud" director.

A contemporary artist and producer of video projects and art films. She was awarded a doctor of fine arts degree at the Faculty of Media Art and Stage Design in 2012. She has lectured at art academies and universities in Salzburg, Bielefeld, Berlin, Warsaw, Poznan, Dresden and currently at the Art Academy in Szczecin. She has been awarded numerous fellowships by artistic and scientific institutions including Delfina Foundation, London, The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center. Her films have been presented at a number of international film festivals including Locarno IFF and Kraków IFF, and in international museums and galleries.

She collaborates with international cultural institutions, foundations and others in Poland and abroad. Her short art film Our Lady's Forever (2007) was screened at the 61st Locarno International Film Festival. Her art documentary Under a Placid Sky (2018) had its world premiere, among others, at the 58th Kraków Film Festival and has been presented at FilmPOLSKA Festival, the 25th Jewish FBB and in the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw. Her films and art have been exhibited in international museums and galleries.