Dorota Kędzierzawska (; born 1 June 1957) is a Polish director of feature and documentary films.
Biography Kędzierzawska was born in Łódź. She graduated from the National Film School in Łódź in 1981 but prior to that had completed a course in cultural studies at the University of Łódź and studied film directing in Moscow for two years.
Kędzierzawska directed several films, including Crows, Nothing, I Am, and Devils, Devils. In her films she concentrates on the experiences of disadvantaged children who contend with a difficult financial situation, rejection by adults, or both. Her characters are usually women, hopelessly fighting for the love of their men. Her film, Time to Die (Pora Umierać, 2007), is a ful black-and-white depiction of the daily life of an old woman named Aniela, played by Danuta Szaflarska.
Filmography Dorota Kędzierzawska directed the following movies: Agnieszka (1980, Short film) Jajko (1982, Short film) Początek (1983, Short documentary) Gucia (1985, Short film) Koniec Świata (1998, TV Movie) Diabły, diabły (1991, screened for the 30th International Critics' Week of Cannes) Wrony (1994, aka Crows) Nic (1998) I Am (2005) Time to Die (2007) Tomorrow Will Be Better (2011) Another World (2012) Żużel (2020) Sny pełne dymu (2023)
References
External links Dorota Kędzierzawska at the Filmpolski.pl