Agnieszka Lukasiak (born 18 December 1984 in Wrocław, Poland) is a film director based in Los Angeles, Stockholm and London.[1] She began her career directing cinema-released feature documentaries, and is now directing feature films.
Lukasiak came to Sweden with her parents as refugees.[2] She graduated from the directing department of the Polish National Film School in Łódź.[3]
| Year | Title | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Egzorcysta Pan Skowron | ||
| 2000 | Murzynek bambo | ||
| 2003 | Algeria: Drink, Smoke and Love | ASIN: B004YWSJQ2 | |
| Algeria: The Nameless War | |||
| 2005 | Bortglömda | English title: Forgotten | |
| 2011 | Between Two Fires | ||
| 2019 | Could this Be You? | ||
| 2022 | Animal Within. |
Lukasiak's films have been shown at a number of film festivals around the world, including in Kraków (1998); München (1999); Amsterdam, Toronto, Washington, DC (2002); Gothenburg, Kazimierz, Chicago, New York City, Athens, Ljubljana, Stockholm, Thessaloniki, Malmö, Sweden (2003); Oslo (2006); North Carolina, Sofia, Zagreb, Barcelona, Lübeck, Reykjavik, Bucharest (2007); Busan (2010); Edinburgh, Goa, Warsaw, California, Prague, Dortmund, Wrocław, Tróia, Kraków, Murmansk, Ankara, Valladolid, Kaunas, Helsinki, Vienna (2011); Hong Kong, Seoul, Palić, and Göteborg (2012).
| Year | Award/honor | Awarding body | Work | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Best Short Documentary | ||||
| 1999 | Best Documentary | ||||
| 2006 | Nordic Documentary Award | Forgotten | [4] | ||
| Best Documentary | |||||
| Humanitarian Award | |||||
| 2007 | Best Documentary | Forgotten | [5] | ||
| 2010 | Critics Award | Festiwal Prowincjonalia | |||
| Best Female Lead | |||||
| Interfilm Church Prize | Between Two Fires | [6] [7] | |||
| 2011 | Best Feature | ||||
| Press Award | Festiwal Prowincjonalia | Between Two Fires | |||
| Audience Award | |||||
| Young Jury Award | Festiwal Młodzi i Film | ||||
| Best Script | |||||