Saviour Square

Krauze graduated from the cinematography department at the film school in Łódź, although he was focused on becoming a director. From 1978-1983 he was involved with the Small Form Studio Film called SE-MA-FOR in Łódź. In the early 1980s, he decided to emigrate, but did not manage to make a name for himself in his profession and he returned to his homeland. Krauze started out making TV commercials. For a time, he was a member of the board of television program Andrzej Munk Debuts Studio as well as a member of the Artistic Board of the Irzykowski Studio. Since 2001, Krzysztof Krauze is a member of the European Film Academy, and since 2007, a member of the Board of the Polish Filmmakers Association. In 2008 he became Chairman of the Polish Film Institute.

Krzysztof Krauze has won many major film awards. Among them is the Eagle Polish Film Award, awarded twice for best screenplay and direction of the film Dług" / “The Debt in 2000 and again in 2007 (with his wife Joanna Kos-Krauze) for directing the film Plac Zbawiciela” / “Saviour Square. They received Golden Lion awards for The Debt, granted at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia in 1999 and another one for Saviour Square in 2006. In addition, among others, Krauze received the main prize at the Karlovy Vary festival in 2005 for directing the film Mój Nikifor” / "My Nikifor.

Beginning with the tremendous success of his 1999 film The Debt, Krzysztof Krauze became one of the most esteemed filmmakers of his generation. Before he won over the audience with this harsh, realistic, shocking story, he made documentaries, shorts, and over the time he was associated with the Łódź studio, Se-Ma-For, he shot films using various animation techniques.

After a two-year break, due to his emigration, he realized a one hour documentary film at the Irzykowski Studio, enjoying the autonomy it gave him. This film, which is about the village of Zbroszy Duża is called Jest" / "It Is, which the director believes holds a special significance in his achievements. —culture.pl