Agata Kulesza
☼ Born on 27 December 1971, in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland
BiographyAgata Kulesza is a Polish actress who works in theater and cinema. She graduated with distinction from the Aleksander Zelwerowicz Theatre Academy in Warsaw. She has been part of the artistic team at the Ateneum Theater in Warsaw since 2011. Kulesza's role in Rose (2011) earned her the Best Actress award from the Polish Film Awards. She gained international recognition for her role in the movie Ida (2013), for which she received the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress and her second Polish Film Awards for Best Actress.
In the role of actor
Cold War (27/01/2019)
We follow the tumultuous relationship between two musicians in postwar Europe in Cold War. In 1949 Poland, jazz-loving pianist Wiktor Warski (Tomasz Kot) is forced to play into the communist propaganda machine and audition traditional folk musicians, as part of state-sponsored project. During the auditions, Wiktor finds himself immediately enamored by Zuzanna “Zula” Lichoń (Joanna Kulig), […]
Playing Hard (14/07/2018)
This review was originally published as part of my coverage of Hot Docs 2018 The development of a video game is followed from start to finish in Playing Hard. Jason Vandenberghe has worked in the video game industry for two decades. In 2013, Vandenberghe goes to Ubisoft’s studio in Montreal to pitch his dream game, a medieval […]
Playing Hard (06/05/2018)
The development of a video game is followed from start to finish in Playing Hard. Jason Vandenberghe has worked in the video game industry for two decades. In 2013, Vandenberghe goes to Ubisoft’s studio in Montreal to pitch his dream game, a medieval actioner eventually named For Honor. The studio begins development of the game with Vandenberghe as […]