director of the film ‘Freak Show’
Filip Pawlak (b. 94) Theatre maker, self-advocate for artists with disabilities, independent curator and producer. Graduate of the Film School in Katowice and Malmö Theatre Academy / Lund University. Since 2025, PhD student in art at the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School at the University of Silesia. Involved in the international project Europe Beyond Access as an ambassador and expert. Together with Łukasz Ronduda, author of the multidisciplinary project "Freak show" realised, among others, in the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw. In 2024, scholarship holder of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage in the "Young Poland" programme. In 2024 artist-at-residance at the European Art Centre Hellerau in Dresden, Komuna Warsaw, and in 2025 at Skanes Dansteater. Experienced in the institutional and independent arts sector.
