Maria Ornaf
DirectorPoland
Maria Ornaf is a director and visual artist born in 1989. She studied directing at the Łódź Film School. Her award-winning film Bitter herb was screened at more than 40 festivals around the world.
Her latest film When the House Turns has received numerous awards including three Jan Machulski Awards - for best film, directing, and editing. In her work, she explores a cinematic language to show the unseen.
She teaches a course in Experimental Film at the Magdalena Abakanowicz University of Arts in Poznan. In 2022, she was included in the Forbes Women Poland 100 list.
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