I wanted to make a film about anorexia. I thought about it for a long time, but then gave up on this idea as I felt that this theme would be so hermetic and closed that it would not reach… — Malgorzata Szumowska Copy Share Image
A body - physical, astral, dead - might be treated as an object, might be adored and hated. So this story has emerged from the material that the body is. — Malgorzata Szumowska Copy Share Image
I'm a producer, writer, director. I'm putting everything together very fast, and I'm strong and focused on making the next film as fast as… — Malgorzata Szumowska Copy Share Image
My film is very simple: An Eastern European story full of black humor about things everyone can feel and understand. — Malgorzata Szumowska Copy Share Image
The attitude of the Catholic Church towards homosexuality is well known - it is treated as something unnatural, even as a disease. — Malgorzata Szumowska Copy Share Image
This mixture of Polish, not Polish, of being European, gives me a perspective to see Poland through "new eyes" - paradoxically, more closely... because… — Malgorzata Szumowska Copy Share Image
Poland and my roots are very important for me. That's why I decided to make a feature film in Poland, and with only Polish… — Malgorzata Szumowska Copy Share Image
In Poland, some people think that I'm kind of scandalous because I'm a woman who should stay at home with her kids instead of… — Malgorzata Szumowska Copy Share Image
I wanted to make a film about anorexia. I thought about it for a long time, but then gave up on this idea as… — Malgorzata Szumowska Copy Share Image
People don't understand that my films is not about being scandalous - it's about being critical of our own society. — Malgorzata Szumowska Copy Share Image
My films are doing well in Polish cinemas, so I don't really have problems financing them, and my international accolades are helpful. — Malgorzata Szumowska Copy Share Image
My horizons are also broadened by working with so many people around Europe. They taught me what I never would have learned just staying… — Malgorzata Szumowska Copy Share Image
A body - physical, astral, dead - might be treated as an object, might be adored and hated. So this story has emerged from… — Malgorzata Szumowska Copy Share Image
I found my personal style in black humor and mixing funny things with very touching ones - like trying to force people to cry… — Malgorzata Szumowska Copy Share Image
