‘Fatherland’ Producer Ewa Puszczyńska On Working With Paweł Pawlikowski, Poland’s Growing Production Landscape & “Finding Common Ground” With Filmmakers
Ewa Puszczyńska is a prominent Polish film producer known for her collaboration with director Paweł Pawlikowski. Their latest project, 'Fatherland,' premiered at Cannes and explores the complex relationship between writer Thomas Mann and his daughter during the Cold War. Puszczyńska emphasizes the importance of creative collaboration and the challenges faced during production across multiple locations.
- ▪Ewa Puszczyńska has produced several acclaimed films, including 'Ida' and 'Cold War.'
- ▪'Fatherland' is Pawlikowski's first film in eight years and premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
- ▪The film centers on the relationship between Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika in post-war Germany.
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Ewa Puszczyńska Extreme Emotions Polish producer Ewa Puszczyńska has long been one of the country’s most recognized film producers who has steadily built a reputation for supporting some of the most ambitious cinema to come out of Europe across the last decade. She’s worked with directors such as Paweł Pawlikowski, David Lynch, Jonathan Glazer, Jesse Eisenberg and Agnieszka Smoczyńska to name a few but it’s her partnership with Pawlikowski that propelled her career to international status. She first worked with the Polish filmmaker on his 2013 BAFTA and Oscar-winning film Ida and has since produced his triple Oscar-nominated film Cold War as well as this year’s Cannes competition title Fatherland, which is Pawlikowski’s first film in eight years.
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