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SUMMARY:filmPOLSKA Workshop: How To Make Your First Film – From Idea To Premiere
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DESCRIPTION:Date: September 10th – 12th, 2026
Venue: Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
Workshop Language: English
The workshop is free of charge.
This practical workshop, led by acclaimed Polish director Agnieszka
Smoczyńska, is designed for aspiring filmmakers developing their first
feature film. Participants are invited to bring an original film idea,
which will serve as the starting point for the workshop.
Drawing on examples from her own films, she will guide participants through
the creative and production process of bringing a project from  the
concept to the screen. Together, the group will develop selected ideas
while exploring the key stages of filmmaking.
Topics include:
choosing the right film idea
writing a director's statement
preparing a project pitch deck
creating a mood board
developing compelling characters
shaping the visual language of a film
building strong dramatic structure
approaching the casting process
collaborating with the cinematographer and production designer
assembling the creative team
financing a film project
The award-winning Polish film director and screenwriter Agnieszka
Smoczyńska is renowned for her bold visual style, distinctive
storytelling, and genre-defying approach. She gained international
recognition with her feature debut, The Lure (2015), which premiered at the
Sundance Film Festival and received the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury
Award for Unique Vision and Design, before going on to win numerous
international awards. Her acclaimed films include Fugue (2018), selected
for Cannes Semaine de la Critique, and Silent Twins (2022), which premiered
at the Cannes Un Certain Regard and later was presented at  Toronto
International Film Festival. Her latest feature, Hot Spot (2026) debuted at
the coveted genre festival Fantasia in Montreal, and is distributed
worldwide by Focus Features and Universal Pictures International.
[caption id="attachment_12774" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Agnieszka
Smoczynska © Zuza Krajewska[/caption]
HOW TO APPLY?
If You would like to participate in the three-day-workshop, please send a
treatment of your feature film idea (2 pages A4 max) by email to
filmpolskaworkshop@gmail.com. The application deadline is August 15th,
2026.
The workshop size is limited to 12 participants.
filmPOLSKA – Polnisches Filmfestival is the biggest showcase of Polish
cinema outside Poland. Over the course of a week, it will show a selection
of works by both established and emerging Polish filmmakers in Berlin and
Potsdam cinemas. The programme includes some of the most significant
productions of recent years, including films not available in regular
German distribution. The programme consists of Competition of the 7 first
and second features (both fiction and documentary), Panorama with the films
of established Polish filmmakers, Retrospektive, which will present the
works of Andrzej Wajda and Zespół Filmowy “X”, amongst others.
 Screenings will be accompanied by discussions with filmmakers.
Organiser: Polish Institute Berlin
Partner: Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
Supporters: Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Adam Mickiewicz
Institute, Polish Film Institute
 
 
 
 
 
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