CV – MAURYCY POLEWSKI

Born in 25.04.2000, Poznań, Poland

Maurycy polewski is a Berlin-based movie director, photographer, and writer from Poland whose films are characterized by a multi-layered nature of modern reality.

His experiments trampoline between fantasy and rigid realism, sci-fi and personal documents, trying to translate a whole gamut of introspective layers.

His most recently released movies are:

” A MAN GOING HIS OWN WAY”,
“A Queen is dead, long live the Queen”,
“ALMOST A KILLA”
“Matula”.

At the age of 9 I received my first video camera – a symbolic moment in my life as I
immediately started filming everything and have not stopped ever since.

In 2013 I acted in „Salto Mortale”, a performance by Teatr Strefa Ciszy (The Zone of Silence
Theatre).

In 2015 I began editing various games recorded on my computer, producing coverage of journeys and vlogs and presented them on my YouTube channel. Because I was a very active scout I also made a documentary about our summer camp.

In my high school „Marcinek” I was a member of the Student Government and I was responsible for the artwork and coverage of school events. I made films of song contests, music days and charity concerts. In the meantime, I started taking photographs of various events, which introduced me to the world of documentary photography.

Out of my own initiative I filmed and edited a movie with a characteristic neon logo of the oldest art house „Rialto” in Poznań.

In 2017 I had a stint as a model in Zuza Krajewska’s photo shoot for the TEETH MAGAZINE. It was my first serious contact with the world of professional photography.

With friends I made a 15-minute étude about nature based on „Pan Tadeusz” (a major Polish epic). I also filmed weddings and made a film about skaters from Poznań.

In 2018 I joined the SEXEDPL movement. The project , among other things, included publishing a book with interviews by Anja Rubik about adolescent love and sex. I took part in
Zuza Krajewska’s photo shoot for the book, a portrait photo shoot with Paola Kudacki and Adam Plucinski’s photo shoot for the cover of „Wysokie obcasy” (“High Heels” – one of the main Polish weekly magazines). With friends whom I met there I co-created THELUSTALBUM – a project about extraordinary personalities and the cult of the Internet.

I took photos and recorded a lookbook for a Polish jewellery designer Hubert Kołodziejski.

I made a film “Psyche” published in July 2019.

Having failed in a recruitment process to direction of cinematography I decided to study philosophy. After the philosophy classes had been suspended (covid) I left my studies in order to devote all my time to develop the idea for a short film “Dog’s Life” which was released online on 7 November 2020.

I participated in Jagoda Szelc’s script writing group at the Film Spring Open.

I took part in a documentary photography workshop “My District” conducted by Mariusz
Forecki. I won an award for the best photographs in the category „Everyday Life” and
qualified to “Events” at Wielkopolska Press Photo 2020.

I continued my studies at the faculty of philosophy and cultural studies as an auditor.
I made my next film, this time employing theatre actors from Teatr Porywacze Ciał (The Body
Snatchers), entitled “Cuckold and Content” whose script I began writing in summer 2020.
The premiere took place on 18 November 2021 in the oldest cinema in Poznań. It was also
screened in Krakow Off Stage called “Scena Supernova”.

In the meantime, I was cooperating with Teatr Biuro Podróży (Travel Agency Theatre).

In November 2021 I participated in “NarrAction” workshop in France and Film Spring Open organized by Sławomir Idziak.

Two years ago I decided to move to Berlin where I am developing my idea for the next film, intensively learning German studying in DFFB filmschool.

In October 2023 I finished my most recent movie: “The Queen is dead, long live The Queen”.

In May 2025 I finished working on “A MAN GOING HIS OWN WAY”, that explores the story of Brenton, a young boy growing up in a cult-like village, influenced by
"Men Going Their Own Way" movement.

In the meantime I'm preproducing a fiction movie: "In a fractured cyberpunk Berlin, a developer wages a quiet war on the city’s last ungentrified spaces—unleashing packs of dogs to claim what remains."

In April 2026 I've been a director assistant in Polish Theater in Poznań durring the production of "Un-divine commedy" that premiere as part of Malta Festival. At the end of this year I'll be directing a monodrama based on "My Pregnant Brother" by Johanna Nutter.