KLARA KOCHAŃSKA - PARTICIPANT OF THE FUTURE FRAMES PROGRAMME

One of ten young filmmakers to watch invited to participate in the second edition of the Future Frames programme is Klara Kochańska from Poland.

On May 3, European Film Promotion announced the participants of this year’s Future Frames – Ten New Filmmakers to Follow programme. One of these ten young filmmakers is Klara Kochańska from Poland.

Author of Lokatorki (Tenants) Attending the Karlovy Vary Festival

Klara Kochańska is the director of several short films that have screened at film festivals in Poland and abroad. In 2015, her short film Lokatorki (Tenants), produced by the Łódź Film School, screened at the 31st Warsaw Film Festival, winning the award for best short and the festival’s Short Grand Prix. Jury members Zuxin Hou (China), Paulina Skibińska (Poland), and Matúš Vizár (Slovakia) recognised Kochańska’s film for its high-quality directing and performances. Lokatorki (Tenants) went on to win the Golden Award for Best Foreign Film at the Global Chinese Universities Student Film and Television Festival in Hong Kong. The film is also slated to screen at the 56th Krakow Film Festival. Klara Kochańska is currently working on her feature debut. The development of this project is co-financed by the Polish Film Institute.

Future Frames: A New Initiative by sEuropean Film Promotion

The second edition of Future Frames will take place in July at the 51st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. This new initiative of the festival and EFP is aimed at drawing attention from the film industry and film critics to young filmmakers. At the event, ten young directors will present their achievements, meet with audiences, and participate in a number of industry events.

Further details are available at: www.efp-online.com.