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CONTACT INFORMATION

Magdanlena Kamińska

T. +48 601 980 737

E. magdalenakaminska@me.com

Agata Szymańska

T. +48 514 593 757

E. szymanska.agata@gmail.com

Matthias Miegel

T. +49 177 250 35 04

E. mm@kundschafterfilm.de

PRODUCTION

Balapolis

A production company founded by Agata Szymańska and Magdalena Kamińska. Its portfolio includes feature and documentary productions such as Kuba Czekaj’s Baby Bump, Zbigniew Libera’s Walser, Anka and Wilhelm Sasnal’s Parasite and It Looks Pretty From a Distance, and Adrian Panek’s Werewolf. Balapolis produces original, unconventional, and groundbreaking films. The company also deals with film distribution. Recent Balapolis productions premiered at the most prestigious festivals. Anka and Wilhelm Sasnal’s We Haven’t Lost Our Way was shown in the Forum section of the 72nd Berlinale IFF, and Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosołowski’s The Hamlet Syndrome documentary at the 62nd Krakow Film Festival. Currently, the company is involved in the co-production of Hunter’s Son, directed by Ricky Rijneke, the production of Biała odwaga, directed by Marcin Koszalka, and the development of Simon Kossak, Adrian Panek’s latest project. 

KUNDSCHAFTER FILMPRODUKTION

Kundschafter Filmproduktion GmbH was founded in Berlin in August 2011. It produces documentaries and feature films as well as TV programs and series for the German and international markets. The company’s projects aim to capture social events and translate them into cinematic language, engaging a wide audience with humor and sincerity. Films and documentaries produced by Kundschafter Filmproduktion include Marie Wilke’s Hollental, Sandra Kaudelka’s Wagenknecht, Robert Thalheim’s TKKG, Théo Courta’s White on White, and Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosołowski’s The Prince and the Dybbuk.

Directors

Elwira Niewiera
Piotr Rosołowski

Screenplay

Elwira Niewiera
Piotr Rosołowski

Cinematography

Piotr Rosołowski

Producers

Magdalena Kamińska
Agata Szymańska
Andreas Banz
Matthias Miegel
Robert Thalheim

Music

John Gürtler
Jan Misere

Editing

Agata Ciernak

Sound design

Jonathan Schorr

Sound

Marcin Lenarczyk
Jaroslaw Sadowski
Andrij Nidzelskiy
Mikhailo Zakutsky

With financial support from

Polish Film Institute
Polish-German Film Fund
FFA
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
Creative Europe Media
German Federal Government -
Commissioner for Culture and Media
Robert Bosch Stiftung

Literarisches Colloquium Berlin

Production

Balapolis
Kundschafter Filmproduktion
Poland & Germany 2022
Colour, 85min

Co-production

CANAL+
SÜDWESTRUNDFUNK

In cooperation with

ARTE

In association with

Chicken&Egg Pictures
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