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    About Andrzej Cichocki

    Andrzej Cichocki as a Director and Cinematographer has so far won 40 individual Awards around the world, including at such prestigious and ®Oscar accredited festivals as Krakow Film Festival, Camerimage, Rhode Island Internat. Film Festival, Koszalin FF, Houston IFF, Parnu IFF etc. His films have been screened on every continent and have been nominated at more than 200 film festivals to date, e.g. Athens International Film Festival, Fipa Doc, Huesca IFF, Montreal IFF, and his documentary 'A Little Bit of Paradise ' had its competitive premiere at the most important documentary film festival in the world IDFA in Amsterdam. Chosen Awards and Nominations:
    18th Rhode Island International Film Festival, USA, BEST SHORT GRAND PRIZE AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD; 61st Int. Krakow Film Festival THE BEST SHORT FILM AWARD and THE BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD; THE POLISH SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS / PSC THE BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY NOMINEE, 'A Little Bit of Paradise'; 22nd CAMERIMAGE International Film Festival, Poland, SILVER TADPOLE CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD 'The Shadow Forest'; 12th Warsaw Jewish Film Festival, Poland, BEST SHORT NARRATIVE FILM, 'The Shadow Forest'; 35th PARNU INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Estonia, The Best International Film, 16th Annual Polish Film Festival in Los Angeles, USA, 2015 BRIDGING THE BORDERS AWARD FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM; etc.

    Non-fictional movies as director

    YearTitleGenreDirectorProducerComment
    2020A Little Bit of ParadiseShort DocumentaryAndrzej CichockiStudio Munka (Munk Studio) [pl]

    Fictional movies in other activities

    YearTitleGenreDirectorProducerComment
    2011Measuring the WorldFeature FilmDetlev BuckBoje Buck Produktion GmbH [de]camera operator
    2010Historia RojaFeature FilmJerzy ZalewskiDr Watkins [pl]camera operator
    2010Bitwa Warszawska 1920 (3D)Feature FilmJerzy HoffmanZodiak Jerzy Hoffman Film Production Sp. z o.o. [pl]3D stereo camera operator
    2010Bitwa Warszawska 1920 (3D)Feature FilmJerzy HoffmanZodiak Jerzy Hoffman Film Production Sp. z o.o. [pl]camera operator

    Non-fictional movies in other activities

    YearTitleGenreDirectorProducerComment
    2020A Little Bit of ParadiseShort DocumentaryAndrzej CichockiStudio Munka (Munk Studio) [pl]co-producer
    2020A Little Bit of ParadiseShort DocumentaryAndrzej CichockiStudio Munka (Munk Studio) [pl]executive producer
    2020A Little Bit of ParadiseShort DocumentaryAndrzej CichockiStudio Munka (Munk Studio) [pl]editor
    2020A Little Bit of ParadiseShort DocumentaryAndrzej CichockiStudio Munka (Munk Studio) [pl]director of photography
    2020A Little Bit of ParadiseShort DocumentaryAndrzej CichockiStudio Munka (Munk Studio) [pl]screenwriter

    Film awards

    YearFilmAwardCategory 
    2022A Little Bit of ParadiseBarnes International Film Festival [uk]Best International Short DocumentaryWinner
    2022A Little Bit of ParadiseBarnes Film Festival [uk]Best Short DocumentaryWinner
    2021A Little Bit of ParadiseLubuskie Lato Filmowe Łagów [pl]DistinctionWinner
    2021A Little Bit of ParadiseMłodzi i Film Festival [pl]Best CinematographyWinner
    2021A Little Bit of ParadiseKrakow Film Festival [pl]Best documentary director - Polish CompetitionWinner
    2021A Little Bit of ParadiseKrakow Film Festival [pl]PSC Award for Best CinematographyWinner
    2021A Little Bit of ParadiseIFF Autumn in Voronet [ro]Best CinematographyWinner
    2021A Little Bit of ParadisePärnu International Documentary Film Festival [ee]Best Documentary for KidsWinner
    2021A Little Bit of ParadiseZubroffka Short Film Festival [pl]First Prize in the Dokument.pl CompetitionWinner
    2020A Little Bit of ParadisePrzeźrocza Film Festival [pl]Best CinematographyWinner

    Training

    Year 
    2009 to 2014Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School [pl] (Department of cinematography - film image production)

    Basic data

    NationalityPolish
    LanguagesEnglishFrenchPolish
    Experience abroadCentral Europe: Austria, Germany
    South America: Ecuador
    Special skillsFilm Director, Director of Photography, Camera Operator, Producer, Lecturer
    LicencesB (car) [eu]
    EducationKrzysztof Kieślowski Film School in Katowice (University of Silesia). PhD in Film Arts.
    Further referencesAndrzej Cichocki collaborated with such outstanding filmmakers as Sławomir Idziak (Oscar® nominated DoP for Black Hawk Down), Jolanta Dylewska (DoP of the Oscar® nominated film by Agnieszka Holland 'In Darkness'), Andrzej Jakimowski (Director of Squint Your Eyes), Jerzy Hoffman, Detlev Buck, Krystyna Janda (one of the most recognized Polish actresses: (Oscar® winner film 'Mephisto' by Istvan Szabo, 'Interrogation' by Ryszard Bugajski, Cannes Award Winner: Best Actress) and many others.

    Andrzej is also a Creative Director at Limes Avenue Film Production Company based in Warsaw (Commercial Videos, Music Videos, VR, Producing foreign projects in Poland).

    He is a graduate of the Krzysztof Kieslowski Film School and The Photography School of the Association of Polish Art Photographers.

    Lecturer in Directing and Cinematography at Krzysztof Kieslowski Film School, he was also a guest lecturer at Staffordshire University in Great Britain.
    Immediate working areaWarsaw
    2nd residence (if applicable)London
    1st residence (federal state or country)Poland - Masovia
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