JAKUB MAJMUREK

Amnesty International Poland Competition juror.

Film scholar, columnist, writer. Majmurek’s focus is film criticism, but he also writes on literature and visual arts. Graduate of film studies in Krakow and the Jagiellonian University’s Faculty of International and Political Studies, he also studied at the School of Social Sciences affiliated with the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. His articles appear in “Tygodnik Powszechny”, “Gazeta Wyborcza”, “Oko.press”, “Aspen Review”, and other publications. Majmurek edited and co-authored numerous books on film; his latest book (written with Łukasz Ronduda) is titled "Kino-sztuka. Zwrot kinematograficzny w polskiej sztuce współczesnej" ["Cine-art. The cinematic shift in contemporary Polish art”].