Meet the directors at Painobaari

Come meet visiting directors, hear their stories and discuss filmmaking at Painobaari between Wednesday and Saturday from 6pm to 7pm. The event is hosted by Finnish documentary filmmaker Iris Olsson.

Wed 27th–Sat 30th Jan, 6pm–7pm, Painobaari, Sanomatalo (Postikuja 2).
The discussions are in English. Free entry.

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Wed 27th of Jan, POLAND – Paweł Łozinski & Marcin Koszałka


Paweł Łoziński
Director, scriptwriter and producer of documentary and fiction films, born in Warsaw in 1965. He earned his degree from the Film Directing Department of Łódź Film School. In his famous debut Birthplace (1992), Paweł Łoziński found his own path and showed his temperament as a documentary filmmaker. At the same time he remained a continuator of the Polish documentary tradition. His documentaries include Birthplace (1992), The Way It Is (1999), Sisters (1999) and Kitty, Kitty (2008) and Chemo (2009). Łoziński has won prestigious awards at festivals in Bornholm, Paris, Leipzig and Krakow.


Marcin Koszałka
Cinematographer for fiction and documentary films, director for documentaries and script writer Marcin Koszałka (born in 1970 in Krakow) is a graduate of the Krzysztof Kieślowski Faculty of Radio and Television at the University of Silesia. Already his debut documentary film, Takiego pięknego syna urodziłam, won several prizes at various festivals. Also later he has been a laureate of numerous awards at festivals in Nyon, Berlin, Gdynia, Krakow and Wrocław, to name but a few. Above all, Koszałka is known for his significant work as a cinematographer, having worked together with many esteemed Polish directors.

Paweł Łozinski & Marcin Koszałka’s films at DocPoint:
Paweł Łozinski: Chemo, Tue 26th of Jan 6.30pm Maxim 1
Marcin Koszałka: Sentenced for Life, Wed 27th of Jan 7pm Maxim 2

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Thu 28th of Jan, USA – Kimberly Reed & Samantha Buck


Kimberly Reed
After studying cinema at UC Berkeley and San Francisco State University, Kimberly Reed was looking forward to a promising career as a filmmaker. She was a young, award-winning filmmaker, had worked as a commercial editor, had traveled the world directing and producing travel documentaries, and had become an early expert in the nascent field of digital filmmaking and post-production. But then she transitioned genders and disappeared. Prodigal Sons is her first feature-length documentary film, and marks her coming-out, in more ways than one. Kimberly Reed is already recognized as the first transgender feature filmmaker.


Samantha Buck
Samantha Buck (born in 1976) is an American actress and director, who had a role in Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Buck's television roles have not been limited only to drama; she also played a character on the comedy series Stella. She recently completed her directorial debut, 21 Below, a documentary that takes an in-depth look at a family from Buffalo, New York. It reveals their economic, social, and interpersonal struggles, and their fight to stay together while the world around them pulls them apart. When she was younger, Samantha Buck worked as a VJ for MTV.

Kimberly Reed & Samantha Buck’s films at DocPoint:
Kimberly Reed: Prodigal Sons, Thu 28th of Jan 9.15pm Bristol
Samantha Buck: 21 Below, Thu 28th of Jan 7.15pm Bristol and Sat 30th of Jan 1pm Bio Rex

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Fri 29th of Jan, FINLAND – Joonas Berghäll & Mika Hotakainen


Joonas Berghäll & Mika Hotakainen’s films at DocPoint:
Joonas Berghäll & Mika Hotakainen: Steam of Life, opening film Tue 26th of Jan 6.30pm Bio Rex and Sat 30th of Jan 7.45pm Bristol

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Sat 30th of Jan, FRANCE – Nicolas Philibert

Nicolas Philibert (born 1951) is an absolute virtuoso of cinéma vérité. Having first studied philosophy, Philibert gradually made his way into the industry, working initially as an assistant director for René Allio, Allain Tanner and Claude Goretta. Representative to his work is an uncompromising formal conviction, with no room for artificial light, scripts or actor-like subjects. The way Philibert sees it, “when everything is smooth, visible, transparent, without any rough spots or snags, then there is no story, no thinking”. As a premise for his films he sees freedom and the relationship to those his films, not knowledge. “The less I know about a subject, the better I feel”, the intuitive director has claimed.

Nicolas Philibert’s films at DocPoint:
To Be and to Have, Sat 30th of Jan 7.30pm Maxim 1
In the Land of the Deaf, Sat 30th of Jan 3pm Maxim 2
Every Little Thing, Fri 29th of Jan 7pm Maxim 2
Louvre City, Sat 30th 1pm Maxim 1
Animals and More Animals, Fri 29th of Jan 5pm Maxim 1