Mariusz Włodarski

Mariusz Włodarski is a producer. He graduated in international relations and from the Łódź Film School, where he now teaches. He’s a member of AMPAS, the EFA, the PFA, EAVE, and ACE. He gained experience working on international co-productions at Opus Film. In 2010, he founded Lava Films, producing such films as The Here After and Sweat (dir. Magnus von Horn); The Harvesters (dir. Etienne Kallos); The Taste of Pho (dir. Mariko Bobrik); Never Gonna Snow Again (dir. Małgorzata Szumowska); Apples (dir. Christos Nikou); A Pale View of Hills (dir. Kei Ishikawa); Ugly Stepsister (dir. Emilie Blichfeldt); and The Things You Kill (dir. Alireza Khatami). He also produced The Girl with the Needle (dir. Magnus von Horn), which was Denmark’s Oscar submission. The film was nominated for a Golden Globe and went on to win eleven awards at the PFF in Gdynia as well as eleven Polish Film Awards.