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Monika Czajkowska serves as a Lecturer at the Film and Television Directing Department of the National Film School in Łódź and concurrently at the Theatre Academy in Warsaw and its Białystok branch. She is actively pursuing her PhD at the Film and Television Directing Department of the National Film School in Łódź while maintaining a dual career in academic instruction and professional film production.
Her academic foundation was established in 2017 with dual qualifications: graduating from the Faculty of 'Artes Liberales' at the University of Warsaw and completing her diploma in the Department of Film Art Organization at the National Film School in Łódź. This combination of theoretical humanities education and practical film training informs her interdisciplinary approach to film studies.
Monika's professional expertise spans film directing, theater direction, production management, and screenwriting, with particular strength in short film formats and documentary storytelling. Her work demonstrates a progression from student etudes to professional feature film production, reflecting both technical mastery and artistic development. She brings industry experience directly into the classroom, bridging academic theory with practical filmmaking knowledge for her students.
Her filmography reveals a consistent trajectory of growth from early student projects to professional feature film work, with notable emphasis on narrative construction, visual storytelling, and production management across diverse formats including feature films, short features, and school etudes.
- Award of the Marshal of the Pomeranian Voivodeship for the play 'Come Closer' at the 21st National Festival of Original Plays and Adaptations 'Windowisko' in Gdańsk (2019)
- Scholarship from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage 'Young Poland' for the production of the documentary film 'Teenage Dream' (2024)
As an educator, Monika supervises student film projects and contributes to curriculum development at two major Polish institutions for film and theater education. Her recent 'Young Poland' scholarship demonstrates ongoing recognition of her creative potential, while her teaching positions reflect institutional confidence in her ability to mentor the next generation of Polish filmmakers and theater professionals. She maintains active connections between her academic work and the professional film industry through ongoing production projects.