Am Himmel goes on tour in 32 countries

Am Himmel will travel to 32 countries with the Best Austrian Shorts Show 2019 : Albania, Australia, Bosnia – Herzegovina, China, Germany, Estonia, Great Britain, Guatemala, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Kosovo, Croatia, Lithuania, Mexico, Moldova, Austria, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, South Africa, South Korea, Czech Republic, Turkey, Ukraine, Hungary, USA, Cyprus.

Grant: “If she can see it, she can be it”

Magdalena Chmielewska und Andreas F Schiessler ziehen mit ihrem Exposé „Olka” in die nächste Runde unseres IF SHE CAN SEE IT, SH E CAN BE IT Wettbewerbs ein. Gleich nach der Preisverleihung haben wir sie gebeten, uns zu verraten, was es für sie bedeutet, bei gerade diesem Wettbewerb gewonnen zu haben: „Wir finden es sehr […]

Wajda School about Am Himmel

Both re-shoot and editing process of Am Himmel was supported by my sessions with Leszek Dawid at Wajda Film School. Very grateful for his feedback!

Casting in Poland

Mai 2018: It was my pleasure to work with amazing Przemek Bluszcz and Eliza Rycembel.

Gretchen am Spinnrade goes New Horizons IFF

We are happy that Gretchen am Spinnrade/Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel will celebrate its Polish premiere in Wroclaw at the wonderful New Horizons International Film Festival. Thank you Wroclaw! What is pure imagination and what is reality? The dream-like portrayals of Gretchen’s spinning and brooding in her love to Faust make it nearly impossible to […]

World premiere at the Festival of Austrian Film Diagonale

“Am Himmel by Magdalena Chmielewska reveals itself during only half an hour as no less than outstanding, as a work of violent, penetrating fantasy and undeniable urgency. Am Himmel features the haunting presence of Maria Spanring as a young woman radically performing her psychological and physical autonomy to regain her strength after an assault. Chmielewska […]