King Matt the First

Director, visual artist, and creator of participatory socio-artistic projects, she focuses on the inclusion and empowerment of communities with limited visibility and expressive opportunities. She is the author of the award-winning creative documentary Symphony of the Ursus Factory (2018), screened at festivals including IFFR Rotterdam, Hot Docs, DOK Leipzig, DOC NYC, RIDM, and Millennium Docs Against Gravity, and nominated for Cinema Eye Honors and ORŁY awards. She has received grants from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and won the Samsung Art Master Competition in 2007. Her works are included in the collections of Zachęta National Art Gallery, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, and Bunkier Contemporary Art Gallery. For years, she has developed empathic educational practices that empower children as co-creators and active participants in artistic expression. Currently, she focuses on bottom-up educational initiatives, culminating in her new film based on Janusz Korczak’s novel, King Matt the First.  King Matt the First.