1. director’s bio-filmography
Malgorzata Skiba born in Poland, city of Krakow in 1973. While studying at
Jagiellonian University (Film Studies) she co-founded The Association for Cultural
Initiatives in Krakow and produced number of international art and media projects.
Between 1999 and 2001 she worked for European Commission as a Project
Coordinator (program SOCRATES-COMENIUS, Intercultural Education). From
1995 she freelances as a director-producer and author of documentaries produced
for TV channels and art centers in Europe and India. Her works focus on religion,
art, ecology, education & modern science. They were screened and awarded at
various film festivals. Since 2001 she lives and works in New Delhi, India; married
to Indian cinematographer S. Kumar. She produces films under the banner of her
company DAYDREAMS (www.daydreams.in).
She calls herself a positive filmmaker who wishes to enchant and inspire her
audience.

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educ ation:
 1988 - 1990 Film Academy (3 years diploma course) Krakow, Poland
 1993 – 1995 Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, M.A. Film Studies
ex perienc e:
1993 Media Representative “Gazeta Wyborcza” leading Polish newspaper ● 1995 – 2001
Vice-President/Founder, Association for Cultural lnitiatives, Krakow, PL ● 1999 – 2001
Manager/ Coordinator of European Commission Project “Others are also us” (program
SOCRATES-COMENIUS, Intercultural Education) ● 1997 – 2015 a reporter/ researcher for
ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) ● 1995 – 2015 Freelance Author and Director,
Poland, India, Germany, Austria, France, Sweden
awards :
s tate award:
In May 2014, Malgorzata Skiba was awarded "Bene Merito" medal by the Minister of
External Affairs, Gov. of Poland in recognition of her work that strengthens the image
of Poland on international arena and her contribution to deepening bilateral relations
between Poland and India.
film awards :
● “Chitraanjali. Stefan Norblin in India” – 59’, © National Audiovisual Institute & Embassy of
the Republic of Poland in New Delhi, Poland, 2011
2012 Los Angeles Movie Awards, Honorable Mention
 “Eco Dharma” 28' - PSBT, India, 2006
Golden Deer Award for Best Short Film of ECOFILMS 2006, International Films & Arts
Festival, Rodos, Greece; Merit Awards for Cultural Information and Cinematography
at 29th International Wildlife Film Festival, Missoula, Montana 2006, USA; Golden
Statuette for Best Film on Rajasthan at International Festival of Short Films on
Culture, Jaipur, India 2007; Special Jury Award at GREEN VISION, St. Petersburg,
Russia, 2008
 “Others are also us” - 27', TVP Poland 1999
Special Jury Prize of International Ethnic Film Festival “At Home” Krakow 2000
 “Wit Stwosz to ja - Tadeusz Kantor” - 50', TVP Poland 1996
1st Prize of Art Film Festival Sandomierz 1997

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film ography :
doc um entaries :
 “Monsignor Zaleski in Kandy” – 28’, © Polish Institute New Delhi 2015
the forgotten story of the only Polish Patriarch of Catholic Church, HE Ladislaus Michael
Zaleski (1852 -1925), a traveler & botanist, the Vatican high dignitary who spent 25 years as
Apostolic Delegate to India, Ceylon & Burma and left behind in the midst of tropical forest
the Theological University in Sri Lanka;
● "To Give or Not To Give" - 52', © PSBT & Prasar Bharati, India, 2014
the documentary tells the personal stories of living donors, deceased donor's families,
transplant patients, medical professionals in an attempt to address the vacuum and
discomforts surrounding subject of Organ Donation in India.
● “Chitraanjali. Stefan Norblin in India” – 59’, © National Audiovisual Institute &
Embassy of the Republic of Poland in New Delhi, Poland, 2011
the story of Polish Art Déco painter Stefan Norblin (1892 - 1952), the last court painter of the
maharajas who came to India as a WW2 refugee to find there a safe haven and create large
numbers of paintings, murals and interior designs for his royal clientele in Art Déco
(2012 Los Angeles Movie Awards, Honorable Mention;Official Selection of the
festivals: Lubuskie Lato Filmowe, Poland 2012; Delhi International Arts Festival, India
2012; International Film Festival of India, Goa 2012; Guwahati Film Festival, India
2012; Delhi International Film Festival 2012)
● “Autumn in the Himalayas” – 56’, © Daydreams, India, 2008
the documentary presents elderly Tibetan Buddhist nuns from Ladakh in their journey
towards emancipation. The nuns represent the last generation of unordained and
uneducated women in robes who lived silently in isolation of high mountains, neglected by
religious and social system for centuries.
(Official Selection of film festivals: 48th Krakow Film Festival, Krakow, Poland 2008;
ECOFILMS 2008 Rhodes Greece;OPEN FRAME 2008 New Delhi India; PRAKRITI 2008
Pondicherry India; 25th Autrans International Mountain Film Festival Autrans France;
6th KIMFF Kathmandu Int. Mountain Film Festival Kathmandu Nepal; 6th Himalaya
Film Festival Amsterdam & New York 2009)
● “Eco Dharma” – 28’, © PSBT, India, 2006
the documentary on Bishnoi community of Rajasthan, the oldest environmentalists in India,
to whom the preservation of wildlife and forest is a religion.
(Best Short Film of ECOFILMS 2006, International Films & Arts Festival, Rodos,
Greece; Merit Awards for Cultural Information and Cinematography at 29th
International Wildlife Film Festival, Missoula, Montana 2006, USA,
The Best film on Rajasthan at IICF India, 2007; Special Prize of GREEN VISION
2007, Saint Petersburg, Russia; Official Selection of the festivals: The 12th
International Environmental Film Festival, Banská Bystrica,

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(c.d.) Slovakia, May 2006; ECOVISION Festival Int. di Ambiente e Cinema, Palermo,
Italy, 2006; FICMA 13th Festival Internacional de Cinema del Medi Ambient de
Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, 2006; OPEN FRAME Int. Forum and Festival of
Reality Films, New Delhi, India 2006; TAOS Mountain Film Festival, Taos, New
Mexico, USA 2006; CINEECO XII Festival Int. de Cinema e Vìdeo de Ambiente,
Seia, Portugal 2006; AWAKE Int. Film Festival of Awareness and Hope for the
Earth, Long Island New York, USA, 2008)
● “Others are also us, Part I and Part II” - 2 x 27’, © TVP 1999
films shot in Krakow and in Warsaw during 2 educational weeks for children and their
parents, coming from religious minorities in Poland, part of the European Commission
project in the subject of Intercultural Education
(Special Jury Prize of International Ethnic Film Festival “At Home” Krakow 2000;
Official Selection of festivals: Monte Carlo Film Festival 2000; Krakow Film Festival
2000)
● “Jazz in the Persian Gulf” – 28’ © Channel 13 New York, USA 1998 - co-director &
editor
the documentary on the first Jazz Festival organized in Kuwait with participation of
American, German and Polish jazzmen, with performances, interactions and cultural
discords between Western and Arab musicians and the audience.
(Official Selection of Krakow Film Festival 2000)
● “Tadeusz Kantor, the gentle tyrant” – 50’ © TVP 1997 – author, co-director & editor
documentary film on Polish-German theater co-production of the Tadeusz Kantor play “Let
the artist die” based on archive recordings and rehearsals from “Cricoteka”. Film made with
co operation with Andrzej Wajda.
(1st Price of Art Film Fest Sandomierz ‘97; Official Selection of Krakow Film Festival
1997)
● “Hans Dürer frescos” – 45’ © TVP and Franken Fernsehen, Poland-Germany;
1995 – co-director, researcher, editor
the film documenting 2 years of conservation works on XVI c. frescos in Krakow Royal
Castle, painted by Hans Dürer, the younger brother and student of Albrecht Dürer.
TV reports for Austrian Broadcasting Corporation ORF / 3SAT
● HINDUISM: Kumbh Mela Allahabad 2007”, “Hinduism and Ecology”, “Kumbh Melas
Haridwar in 1998 and 2010”, “Ma Anandameyee”, “Hindu wedding traditions”,

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(c.d.) “Kanda Shasti – Tamil festival”; ● CHRISTIANITY: “Christian education in India”,
“Polish Gypsies and Catholic Church”, “Pope pilgrimage to Poland, 1999” ● BUDDHISM:
“Emancipation of Buddhist nuns”, “Art in Tibetan Buddhism”, “Buddhism and Ecology” ●
JAINISM “Jainism and Ecology” ● ZOROSTRANISM “Parsis from Bombay ”, “Zoroastrian
savior” ● SIKHISM “Guru Nanak Birthday”, “400 anniversary of Guru Granth Sahib”,
“Sikhism and Ecology” ● BAHA’ISM “Baha’I House of Worship, New Delhi”, “Birthday of
Baha’u’lla” ● JEWISM “Bajit Chadash - Jewish Festival in Krakow” ● SUFISM “Art of Sufis”,
“Sufis of XXI c.” ● OTHERS “Gypsy survivors from Auschwitz”, “Children Initiative for Peace,
Aushwitz 2000”
TV doc u s eries :
● “RELIGIONS FROM INDIA”, Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism
● “SACRED ART”: “Art of Sufis”, “Tibetan Buddhist chants”, “Tibetan tangkhas”
● “ERA OF WOMEN, ASIA”: “The Women Mosque”, “Mantras of change by women pundits”,
“New life for Buddhist nuns”
art doc um entaries for art c enters :
● “Tadeusz Kantor – el tirano bienevollo” 45’ for Gaudi House in Barcelona, 1998
● “Polish theatre avant-garde” 45’ for Centre of G. Pompidou in Paris (France), 1999
● “Marek Rostworowski’s lesson on Kantor” 27’ for National Museum in Poland, 1999
● “5 minutes of Krakow in the world history” – 25’, Krakow Historical Museum, 1997
prom otional film s and c om m erc ials : (selection)
● "60 Years - Poland & India - Community of Values" film for The Embassy of Poland in New
Delhi, 2014 ● "Books from Poland" film on Polish participation in New Delhi World Book Fair
2014 for Polish Institute New Delhi ● "PNB Paribas - Women Changing India" film on Indian
women leaders made on occasion of celebration of 150 years of PNB Paribas in India, 2010,
“India Moving” 2007, ad spot for Nynäshamn Kommun, Sweden ● “Indo-French Alumni
Network” 2007, promos for Cultural Center of Embassy of France in India ● “Safe Movement
of Transgenincs” & “GEF World Bank Project, India” scientific films for Government of India
● "Clive James Speaks", "Report on BT Crops 2010 and 2009", "14 Years of BT
Technology" 2010 films on Biotechnology for ISAAA New York
languages :
Polish & English (fluent) ● German & Russian (passive)
areas of interes t:
art ● inter-religious studies ● ecology ● medical research