Kaja Jakubowska

Poland

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Kaja Jakubowska is a filmmaker and visual artist whose cinema emerges in dialogue between documentary and fiction. Rooted in painting and photography, her work develops a film language grounded in presence and sensorial experience. Her directing method is built on attentiveness and relation, resulting in films marked by intimacy and emotional tension.

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🎨 Feature films (1)

2025 – POULAIN (CHMYZ) Role : Director
Synopsis : CHMYZ (foal) traces the first days of a newborn horse as he encounters the world for the first time. Staying close to his mother yet propelled by curiosity, he navigates bodies, sounds, and colors in a fragile balance between protection and the urge to belong. From birth and first unsteady steps, the film culminates in the foal’s first run, capturing a movement toward presence and freedom.

Synopsis : CHMYZ (foal) traces the first days of a newborn horse as he encounters the world for the first time. Staying close to his mother yet propelled by curiosity, he navigates bodies, sounds, and colors in a fragile balance between protection and the urge to belong. From birth and first unsteady steps, the film culminates in the foal’s first run, capturing a movement toward presence and freedom.

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« The film seeks to embody the tension between fragility and vastness, intimacy and distance — between being born and facing the world for the first time. »
Kaja Jakubowska