PIGMENT PRODUCTION

PIGMENT
PRODUCTION
Ltd

Wilcza 33/34,
00-544 Warsaw
POLAND

tel./fax
48 22 628 08 86

pigment(at)pigment.pl

PIGMENT PRODUCTION

Ltd

We are a small production company based in central Warsaw. We can set up original film productions and introduce them to the international cultural circuit. We have experience in shooting documentaries with a musical, cultural or visual arts angle.

We are open to cooperating with artists and producers from all over the world.

Aneta Popiel-Machnicka

aneta.popiel(at)pigment.pl

film director, producer

Born and living in Warsaw. Film director, producer.

Graduated from the Polish National Film School in Lodz and Warsaw Secondary School of Fine Arts. Producer and film director. Graphic designer, illustrator, she also experiments with different multimedia forms.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
selected productions

2013 – SOMETIMES I DREAM I`M FLYING documentary 70’
            Writer, director, film editor, producer.
2011 – LOVE EUROPE THE WORLD OF ZYGMUNT BAUMAN
          dir. K. Rzączyński, documentary 54`. Executive producer.
2006 – CITY ON THE BLACK DRAGON RIVER, documentary 43`.
          Writer, director, producer. (Student film)

AWARDS
2014 - INTERNATIONAL GOLD PANDA AWARD FOR DOCUMENTARY/ BEST DIRECTOR Chengdu/ China for the film SOMETIMES I DREAM I`M FLYING.
2013 - Grand Prix in "Dance - my life and love" film contest within OPEN STAGE International Theatre Dance Festival in Tarnow, Poland for the film SOMETIMES I DREAM I`M FLYING.
2007 - Special Award SIGNIS from the World Catholic Association for Communication for the film CITY ON THE BLACK DRAGON RIVER. IFF MAGNIFICAT, Belarus.

INDEPENDENT FILMS
Between 1992 and 1996 she made 11 short-length independent films (fiction and animation) for which she received more than 40 awards, mainly at international film festivals.
The most important are:

1993 - Gold Award, UNICA, Villa Carlos Paz /Argentina/
          Silver Award, Festival of Nations in Ebensee /Austria/
            Bronze Award, Donau Festival, Krems /Austria/
            Special Jury Award, Klagenfurt Film Festival /Austria/
1994 - Gold Award, Duisburger Filmwoche Das Festival /Germany/
            Bronze Award, UNICA, Hradec Kralowe /Czech Republic/
            Grand Prix,12 PFDiM, Warsaw /Poland/
1995 - Grand Prix, Festival Fenster nach Osten, Berlin /Germany/
1996 - Special Prize, Festival Fenster nach Osten, Berlin /Germany/
1997 - Grand Prix, Festival Fenster nach Osten, Berlin /Germany/

Michał Popiel-Machnicki

michal.popiel(at)pigment.pl

director of photography, producer

Based in Warsaw. Director of photography, producer.

Graduated from the Cinematography Department at the Polish National Film School in Lodz, also studied at the Oriental Department at University of Warsaw.

The experience he gathered on the documentaries, features and commercial film sets, produced in Poland and UK. Awarded for cinematography including the Camerimage Festival.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
selected productions

2014 – AGFA 1939 dir. Michał Wnuk, documentary 45’. DoP.
2014 – TREBLINKA-INSIDE HITLER`S SECRET DEATH CAMP
            reż. Alex Nikolic-Dunlop, documentary Channel 5, 90’.
            Cinematographer.
2013 – SOMETIME I DREAM I`M FLYING dir. Aneta Popiel
             -Machnicka, documentary, 52’. DoP, producer.
2013 – UNDER THE SAME SKY dir. Jose Iglesias Vigil,
            feature film in progress. DoP.
2012 – IN THE CAUSE OF THE SPIRIT dir. Krzysztof Rzączyński,
            documentary, 52`. DoP.
2011 – LOVE EUROPE THE WORLD OF ZYGMUNT BAUMAN
          dir. Krzysztof Rzączyński, documentary, 54`.
          DoP, executive producer.
2010 – ANDERSZEWSKI PLAYS SCHUMANN
            dir. Bruno Monsaingeon, film about music, 34`. DoP.
2010 – PLANETA KIRSAN dir. Magdalena Pięta,
          documentary, 52`. DoP.
2009 – MY FATHER, THE IRON COURTAIN, AND ME
            dir. Krzysztof Rzączyński, documentary 52`. DoP.
2009 – WHAT THE DOCTORS SAY dir. Michał Wnuk,
            feature 30`. DoP, editor.
2009 – INCANTATIO dir. Tomek Wyskoński,
            documentary 13`. DoP.
2008 – SPLINTER dir. Wojtek Wawszczyk, 3D animation,
             short. DoP, 3D lighting.
2007 – IN BETWEEN dir. Jose Iglesias Vigil,
            feature 17`, 35 mm film. DoP.
2006 – CITY ON THE BLACK DRAGON RIVER
             dir. Aneta Popiel-Machnicka, dok. 43`. DoP, producer.
2001 – MOUSE dir. Wojtek Wawszczyk, 3D animation,
             short. DoP, 3D lighting.
2000 – SCREAM Director and DoP. Michał Popiel -Machnicki,
            feature, 14`.

AWARDS
2013 - Slamdance Film Festival, USA, BLACKMAGIC DESIGN
           CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD for cinematography SOMETIMES
           I DREAM I`M FLYING dir. A. Popiel-Machnicka
2007 - Alicine, Spain TECHNICOLOR AWARD
         award for cinematography IN BETWEEN dir. J.I. Vigil
2007 - Festiwal Etiud Studenckich, Łódź
           award for cinematography IN BETWEEN dir. J.I. Vigil
2000 - Camerimage – SILVER TADPOLE
         award for cinematography SCREAM dir. Michał Popiel-Machnicki