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Beata Calinska

Beata Calinska

Collaborative Fellow 2015-2016

Beata’s passion for social issues and the stories behind them has led her down many different paths. She has studied and worked on projects in Poland, England, and Cyprus. Beata’s been awarded the European Union grant to set up her own non-profit to produce media and research projects and was also awarded first prize at the Goethe Institute international competition for her documentary short debut.
She’s completed an M.A. in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Lodz, in addition to the Film and TV Production program at the Lodz Film School, the Scholarship in Visual Anthropology at the University of Cyprus and the Documentary Film Program at UCLA. She’s also been part of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, working with the diplomatic mission in Los Angeles. Beata is currently based in Brooklyn, NY.