ABOUT FILMFORUM
Joanna Wachowiak

Positions/Roles:
From 2010 to 2014, she was the secretary of the board of the FILMFORUM Association and secretary of the organising committee of the Polish Independent Cinema Awards Jan Machulski. She ran the secretariat of CINEMAFORUM – the International Short Film Forum, the European Young Cinema Festival, the Polish Independent Film Festival, the Ukrainian Film Festival, and the FILMVISAGE International Festival of Film and Television Competition in Białystok. From 2008 to 2012, she co-operated with the LATERNA MAGICA Film Education and Art Foundation (project manager). From 2009 to 2013, she was the secretary of the jury of the Young Cinema Competition of the Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia. Since 2019, she has participated in the organisation of international projects of the FILMFORUM Association. Since 2014, she has been living in Ireland, Malta, and, more recently, Portugal. During those years, she volunteered for many cultural events, such as the International Literature Festival in Dublin, the annual Culture Night in Dublin, the Lingo Spoken Word Festival, Valletta 2018, and, more recently, the Web Summit in Lisbon. A collaboration with the Malta Film Foundation led to new partnerships as part of the Erasmus Exchange. She is currently involved in a start-up in Portugal and continues to collaborate with Erasmus projects, helping young people pursue their dream careers.