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Polak Kamil
Kamil Polak studied classical music, ballet and painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. This led him to filmmaking and especially animation. He earned a degree in directing from the prestigious National Film, Television and Theatre School in Łódź, where he made Inside (2003), which is featured on the School's all-time great films reel. Birth of a Nation (2001) won second prize at the International Nation Film Festival in Wiesbaden and has been widely sold to international television broadcasters. Polak developed The Lost Town of Switez during his graduation year at the Fine Arts Academy. He was the visual effects supervisor on Peter & the Wolf (2006), an animated film made for Channel 4 and the big screen accompanied by live orchestra. It won an Oscar in 2008. The Lost Town of Switez is in official competition at the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival.
