Management

Joanna Rożen-Wojciechowska
Director of the Andrzej Wajda Film Centre
jrozen@ckf.waw.pl

A graduate in Film Studies from the Institute of Audiovisual Arts (Jagiellonian University), Doc Lab Poland, and the “Master Writers School” at Collegium Civitas, Joanna also studied at the Polish School of Reportage. She served as Head of the Film Screening and Events Department at the National Film Culture Centre in “EC1 Łódź – City of Culture” (2017–2018). Previously, she was the Program Director of Kino Polska Television (2009–2017), where she received the Hot Bird TV Award in 2010 for her original programming vision. Joanna has produced numerous television programs about film, initiated the “Year of Krzysztof Kieślowski on Kino Polska Television” (2016), and organized screenplay contests such as “The Case” and “Young Frames – Debutants.” She also produced Katarzyna Klimkiewicz’s Hanoi-Warsaw, which won the European Film Award in 2010.

Katarzyna Ślesicka
Deputy Director for Program Affairs / Head of the Film Education Department
kslesicka@ckf.waw.pl

At Wajda film Centre she is responsible for projects such as LET’S DOC Documentary Film Festival for Young Audiences, LET’S DOC.Lab, numerous workshops for children, youth, and teachers under the umbrella of TRAMPOLINA DO KINA, as well as research and development activities within the long-term project New Strategy of Film Education.

She holds a degree in cultural studies (from the American Studies Center and the Interdepartmental Individual Studies in the Humanities at the University of Warsaw), is a graduate of the Postgraduate Program for Culture Managers (SGH), and an alumna of the prestigious international professional training program for film producers, EAVE.

She is a producer of documentary films (including Vika! by Agnieszka Zwiefka / 2023 and You Are Not Alone by Karolina Domagalska / 2024).

She is also the co-author of DOC LAB POLAND, the largest program in Poland supporting and promoting documentary filmmakers and producers, organized regularly since 2015 by the Władysław Ślesicki Film Foundation, as well as of CEDOC MARKET at the Krakow Film Festival.

From 2005 to 2015, she served as managing director and board member of the Wajda School Foundation and Wajda Studio, founded in 2001 by Andrzej Wajda and Wojciech Marczewski, having been involved with both institutions since their inception. She produced several films for the Studio, including Andrzej Wajda: Let’s Shoot directed by the Paladino team, K2: Touching the Sky by Eliza Kubarska, Aria Diva by Agnieszka Smoczyńska, Sanctuary by Nora McGettigan, and The End of the World by Monika Pawluczuk.

She is a member of the Polish Filmmakers Association, the National Chamber of Audiovisual Producers, and the Polish Film Academy, as well as an expert for the Polish Film Institute.

Kinga Wiśniewska
Deputy Director for Organizational and Administrative Affairs / Head of the Administration Department
kwisniewska@ckf.waw.pl

Kinga is a graduate of the Kozminski University with a degree in Law. She has been involved for many years in organizing the international event Intel Extreme Masters in Katowice. Her professional experience spans roles in HR, administration, and public procurement in both private companies and institutions. Kinga has also worked for many years at a local government cultural institution, the Museum of Warsaw.