Mara Tamkovich

Mara Tamkovich is a Polish-Belarussian director and screenwriter. She studied journalism at the University of Warsaw and film directing at the Warsaw Film School and the Wajda School. For almost ten years, she worked for independent Belarusian media broadcasting from Poland. Her short films have been shown at festivals in Poland and abroad, winning awards at the Chicago IFF, the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia, the Minsk IFF, FEST in Espinho, the Linz ISFF, and many others. Her narrative feature debut, Under the Grey Sky, had its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival and received an award for the best debut at the 2024 PFF in Gdynia. She is a member of the Directors Guild of Poland and the Belarusian Independent Film Academy.