Magda Kowalczyk
cinematographer
SELECTED   WORK
DOCUMENTARIES
ANTIHEROINE
dir. Edward Lovelace  

James Hall

doc, 2026Courtney Love, singer, songwriter, and actor, is sober and preparing to release new music after a decade, ready to share her unfiltered story.

COW
dir. Andrea Arnold
95min, doc, 2021
This film is an endeavour to consider cows. To move us closer to them. To see both their beauty and the challenge of their lives. Not in a romantic way but in a real way. It's a film about one dairy cow's reality and acknowledging her great service to us.

LAST SONG FROM KABUL
dir. Kevin Macdonald
34 mins, doc, 2023
The riveting, heroic story of young orphaned girls whose music school was closed after the Taliban took over Afghanistan as they escape to Portugal to try and rebuild their fractured lives and begin to play music again.


Letters to A.

dir. Victoria Szymanska

56 min, doc, 2019

He calls himself an idiot even though he is a philosopher. Is Artur a loser or a winner? This film highlights the issues of people who are different, homeless, handicapped, prejudged by mainstream society.


HIGH & LOW - JOHN GALLIANO
dir. Kevin Macdonald

117 min, doc, 2023

Reliving triumphs and controversies, fashion designer John Galliano takes center stage in this grippingly nuanced portrait from Oscar®-winner Kevin Macdonald. Star-studded interviews and rare archival footage reveal the toxicity behind exquisite glamor and spectacle, both on and off the runway.


SHORTS

BROTHERS (2014) 

5' dir. Aleksandra Czenczek

On their short journey on a London bus, Tom and Ian rediscover the true meaning of what is to be brothers. Tom: Kevin Ashley Ian: Warren Taylor Girl: Georgia Winters Producer: Adriana Kulig Director Of Photography: Magda Kowalczyk Editing: Aleksandra Czenczek/Tomasz Kowalski/Robert Polewski Sound Design: Nico Metten Sound Recordist: Robert Polewski Script Consultant: Alistair Ayres Colourist: Tomasz Kowalski Prod Assistants: Magda Ceron/Sonia Mazurek Music: Limboski Produced by: AKA FILM & Modalfish Productions Ltd


MY FRIEND IVOR (2014)

8' dir. Aleksandra Czenczek


Two friends from small Polish village, Piotr (60) and Ivor (45), embark on a journey to England being promised a job and better life. But soon their hopes are shattered: they’ve been lured by Roma’s gang to do slavery work with no chance to escape. Film is based on a true story.

THE GOSSIP (2020)

13min, short

Careless talk and gossip occur in all walks of life and can create rifts in the closest of relationships. Repairing this damage requires compassion and understanding. Traits that are often most needed when they are least accessible. Healing a once loving relationship can be the hardest task of all.


dir. Rolfin Nyhus

LAST DAY OF SUMMER (2017)

14min, drama

A elderly woman suffering from dementia befriends a young boy.

REMI AWARD, Worldfest Houston, US

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SHORT FILM, Young Artist Academy Awards, Los Angeles

AFRODITE AWARD, BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM, Rome

Festival screenings in Bulgaria, Canada, France, Jordan, Poland, Indonesia, Spain, South Korea, UK and US.

dir. Alexandra Czenczek

AWAY WITH ME (2015)

11min, short

A spontaneous holiday romance in Nice turns sour when there is a clash of intentions and expectations between the two men.

Featured at (selected):
BFI Flare London, 2016 (Industry Selection)
North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, 2016
Unicorn Nights (supporting My Beautiful Laundrette)
Sardinia Queer Short Film Festival, 2016
London Short Film Festival, 2017

dir. Oliver Mason

SABLE FABLE (2013)

90 min, feature

Sable Fable is a beautiful story exploring the complex psychology of love, sex and ethnicity.

Sable Fable is a beautiful story exploring the complex psychology of love, sex and ethnicity through three very different couples whose lives intertwine with one another through a series of unfortunate events.

ABFF Winner - BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM and BEST DIRECTOR

dir. Stephen Lloyd Jackson

Artist Natalia Goncharova – Leader of the Russian Avant-garde | TateShots (2019)

5min

Discover the art of Natalia Goncharova, the first woman artist of the Russian avant-garde.

dir. Susan Doyon

music videos