Agnieszka Lukasiak

Agnieszka Lukasiak (born 18 December 1984) is a film director based in Los Angeles, Stockholm and London. She began her career directing cinema-released feature documentaries, and is now directing feature films.

Lukasiak was born in Wrocław, Poland, and came to Sweden with her parents as refugees. She graduated from the directing department of the Polish National Film School in Łódź.

Filmography Year Title Notes 1988 Egzorcysta Pan Skowron 2000 Murzynek bambo 2003 Algeria: Drink, Smoke and Love ASIN: B004YWSJQ2 Algeria: The Nameless War 2005 Bortglömda English title: Forgotten 2011 Between Two Fires 2019 Could this Be You? 2022 Animal Within.

Lukasiak's films have been shown at a number of film festivals around the world, including in Kraków (1998); München (1999); Amsterdam, Toronto, Washington, DC (2002); Gothenburg, Kazimierz, Chicago, New York City, Athens, Ljubljana, Stockholm, Thessaloniki, Malmö, Sweden (2003); Oslo (2006); North Carolina, Sofia, Zagreb, Barcelona, Lübeck, Reykjavik, Bucharest (2007); Busan (2010); Edinburgh, Goa, Warsaw, California, Prague, Dortmund, Wrocław, Tróia, Kraków, Murmansk, Ankara, Valladolid, Kaunas, Helsinki, Vienna (2011); Hong Kong, Seoul, Palić, and Göteborg (2012).

Awards Year Award/honor Awarding body Work Result Ref 1998 Best Short Documentary Kraków Film Festival 1999 Filmfest München Best Documentary 2006 Nordic Documentary Award Nordisk Panorama Forgotten 2010 Critics Award Festiwal Prowincjonalia Best Female Lead Interfilm Church Prize Lübeck Nordic Film Days Between Two Fires 2011 Best Feature Guldbagge Awards Press Award Festiwal Prowincjonalia Between Two Fires Audience Award Golden Carpathian Ploiesti European Film and Fair Young Jury Award Festiwal Młodzi i Film Best Script Lübeck Nordic Film Days