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Polish director on jury of Venice Film Festival

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Paweł Kononczuk 04.08.2018 09:00
Polish director and screenwriter Małgorzata Szumowska has been invited to sit on the jury of the Venice Film Festival.
Małgorzata Szumowska. Photo: Oliver Abels (SBT) [CC BY-SA 3.0  (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia CommonsMałgorzata Szumowska. Photo: Oliver Abels (SBT) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons

The 75th edition of one of the world’s most prestigious events of its kind opens on August 29.

The festival’s international jury is chaired by Mexican director, screenwriter and producer Guillermo del Toro.

Forty-five-year-old Szumowska is a graduate of the National Film School in Łódź, central Poland.

Her features Mug and Body received the Silver Bear–Grand Jury Prizes at the International Film Festival in Berlin in 2018 and 2015 respectively.

She has several other international accolades to her name.

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