Magdalena Chodownik is an award-winning journalist based in Warsaw, Poland.

Digital Video Journalist and photojournalist born in The Netherlands and raised in France and the US based in Warsaw working in Poland, Romania, Czech Repbublic and Ukraine. 

ENG stringer for Agence France Presse in Warsaw and stinger for video and photo for Xinhua.

Born in Warsaw, Poland. Holds a degree from the Lodz Film School. Worked on photo assignments in Europe, Asia, Africa, US and South America. Commercial director, DOP and photographer,  Involved in his own documentary projects as well.

I am journalist based in Warsaw, Poland.
Over 25 of experience in media. I wrote for newspapers (Gazeta Wyborcza, Rzeczpospolia), magazines (PRESS, SENS, Slużba Zdrowia, websites/ online media (OKO.press) and others. 
In last years mostly I write for OKO.press - polish well know online media team Read more( rule of law, democracy, civil society, human rights, LGBTQA+) and PRESS (magazin for journalists in POland).
I was a photojurnalist for short time, was teaching journalism at schools, on trainings, also abroad (in Ukraine).
Last years I also do FIXING for foreign media, mostly tv teams (topic: war, migrants, refugees, army, democracy etc).
Leanguages: 
english (fluent), 
russian (communicative), 
I understand ukrainian and communicate with Ukrainians, know some basic german and french.
Got driver licence (over 30 years), combi car (enough for 4 persons with equipment) and lots, lots, lots of contacts in Poland.

www.piotrmalecki.com  |   Documentary filmmaker and press photographer with decades of experience working for international media. Finished documentary directing at the Wajda Film School in Warsaw, studied cinematography at the Radio and Television Department of the University of Silesia, and Read morephotography at Bournemouth and Poole College of Art in Great Britain. Receipient of Pictures of the Year 2011 award, nominated to Silver Eye award / Jihlava and Jan Machulski award. Works for international media, his films were presented at international film festivals, such as DOK Leipzig and Krakow Film Festival.

Filip Drożdż is a cinematographer behind multi-awarded documentary and fiction films. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and, graduated from the prestigious National Film School in Łódź.

He’s films have been recognised in some of the top film festivals around the world, like Sundance (Read morefeature-length documentary competition), IDFA (Special Jury Award) , Locarno (Semaine de la critique), Camerimage (nominated for Golden Frog), HumanDoc (Grand Prix), Doc Against Gravity (Grand Prix).

He’s debut fiction film, a dark comedy tittled “A Night at the Kindergarten”  was premiered on Netflix in December 2022.

Filip has been Involved in nemerous art and video-art projects, like Mission in Auroville,  Ashes And Diamonds in Nollywood. he’s also collaborated closely with polish contemporary artists.

His main point of interest is exploration of  the boundaries between fiction and documentary cinema, and finding new forms.

Filip is based in Warsaw, Poland. He enjoys working worldwide as this gives him opportunities to learn about different cultures and norms. 

He is fluent in English and Polish, as well as conversational in Russian and Spanish.

I can provide A/B-roll footage or livestreaming for my clients. I am an experienced videographer. I also make multi-camera and hybrid live broadcasts for my clients. I am based in Warsaw and ready to help you.

Gear I own and use:
Canon C200 with Canon lenses (RAW-recording ready)
Canon R6
Read moreLiveU Solo (bonding when necessary)
Atem Mini Pro 
4x Sennheiser EW  G4 mics
4x SENNHEISER MKE 2-EW GOLD
Mavic Pro 2 
other light and sound equpiment

I also work with local rental companies.

I own EU/PL drone license, I have experience with working with Polish authorities. I am also VAT-EU registered. Furthermore, I have no problem with NDAs. I use to work under time pressure and unusual circumstances for demanding clients. 

I also understand Swedish (B1 not using often)

Freelance journalist covering humanitarian crises, international justice, politics, human rights and underreported social issues in Africa and Easter Europe. 
Regular reporter & contributor to The Wall Street Journal. 

My work has also been featured in: BBC, Euronews, Al Jazeera English, The Read moreNew Humanitarian (formerly IRIN), Middle East Eye, The Economist, Thomson Reuters Foundation and more. 

Working languages: Polish (native), English (C2), German (C2)

Academic background:

- MSc in International Crimes and Criminology: VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- BA in Communication Science: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich), Munich, Germany

Piotr Drabik - journalist with more than 10 years’ experience in media - in newspaper (“Dziennik Polski”), news television (TVN24), and radio (Radio ZET). Now he's working in RadioZET.pl, where I’m a part of the news team, and I'm a managing editor of a weekend online magazine. Moreover, from Read moreSeptember 2022 he's a host of the Współrzędne Świata podcast about foreign relations. 

His professional interests are politics, international affairs, social affairs and culture. In the last few years, he reported a lot of stories from the CEE area - for example a Belarus protest in Minsk (2020), anti-government protest in the Czech Republic (2019) and the Hungary (2019) or Ukrainian presidential election (2019). 

He also took part in many journalism projects, like an Investigative Reporting Summer School by SSE Riga (2022), Journey: Journalism Bootcamp by Bakala Foundation (2019), Media Camp by Lviv Media Forum (2021) and M100 Young European Journalists Workshop (2018).

MORE: https://drabik24.wordpress.com

Varvara Frol is a producer, fixer, researcher based in Warsaw, Poland.