Wanda Films

 

Scriptwriters: Agnieszka Matan and Joanna Pawluśkiewicz
Producer: Jan Naszewski
Production company: New Europe Film Sales
Country: Poland
Type: Animation

Logline:
The story of Wanda (9), who lives in a Slavic village next to a primeval forest. One day, the sun fails to appear in the sky. Maybe the gods are upset? Together with her mother and grandmother, Wanda embarks on an epic journey during which she will discover family secrets, and learn more about the world of nature, Slavic gods and her true destiny.

Agnieszka Matan

scriptwriter

A graduate of the annual scriptwriting course at StoryLab Pro (2018/2019) and the 3rd edition of Atelier Scenariuszowe (2019/2020), during which she developed her full-length debut, the comedy-drama Panie proszą panie. Involved professionally in comedy and theatre improvisation, she gained experience in creating stories for children by performing improvised fairy tales in the project “Nobody Knows Anything” from 2015-2019 and running improv workshops for kids.

Joanna Pawluśkiewicz

scriptwriter

Education: Bartłomiej Nowodworski High School, Kraków, Poland

Sophomore year scholarship at the Bush School, Seattle, USA

Film Directing course at the Wajda School

Cultural studies – faculty of film studies, Jagiellonian University

The Second City, Chicago – scriptwriting

Improv-Olympic (iO), Chicago – theatre improvisation

Scriptwriter of Warsaw Uprising, scriptwriter for HBO Europe, TVN, Canal Plus (Pakt, Bez tajemnic).

Jan Naszewski

producer

Owner of the Warsaw-based boutique world sales company, New Europe Film Sales. The company’s catalogue includes award-winning and widely-sold films, such as Rams, Corpus Christi and Summer 1993. New Europe also has a slate of family animations and regularly picks up one or two animations per year. Recent animations sold by New Europe include Cattle Hill, Gordon & Paddy, and Jacob, Mimmi & the Talking Dogs.