Gabriela Muskała

Gabriela Muskała – actress, screenwriter, playwright, and director. She was born in Kłodzko and is an Honorary Citizen of the city. A graduate and lecturer at the Łódź Film School, she has performed at theatres in Łódź and Warsaw. Since 2019, she has been associated with Teatr Narodowy in Warsaw.

She is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards and distinctions, including four Golden Masks for theatre, First Prize at the Wrocław Stage Songs Festival, the Orzeł, an acting award at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia, and the Silver Medal “Zasłużony Kulturze – Gloria Artis”.

She has gained recognition and popularity through roles in films including “Fuga” by A. Smoczyńska, “7 uczuć” by M. Koterski, “Moje córki krowy” by K. Dębska, “Wymyk” by G. Zgliński, and his 2004 film “Cała zima bez ognia”, which received an award at the Venice Film Festival, as well as in the television series “Londyńczycy”, “Głęboka woda”, “Królestwo kobiet”, “Skazana”, and “Aniela”.

“Fuga”, for which Muskała wrote the screenplay, was awarded the Orzeł in the “Odkrycie Roku” category and premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2018. For her role as Alicja, the film’s protagonist, Gabriela Muskała received awards at, among others, the Avant Garden Festival in Athens, Cinergia in Łódź, and Off Camera in Kraków.

She is the co-author of several acclaimed plays staged in Poland and abroad, including “Podróż do Buenos Aires” and “Daily Soup”.

Last year, she received her fifth nomination for the Orzeł, Poland’s most prestigious film award, in the “Odkrycie Roku” category, this time for directing her debut film “Błazny”, for which she also wrote the screenplay.

Q&A Guest after the screening of “ÒPI” on October 23rd at 8:30 PM