Marcin Banasiak

Marcin was born and raised in Poland. AFI 2nd year Cinematography Fellow and Fulbright Scholar. In 2013 he graduated from the Krzysztof Kieslowski Radio and Television Faculty in Katowice, Poland. Before that he had studied Computer Graphics at the Technical University of Łódź, Poland. His short film When the Light Of Dawn Arises won the Grand Prix at the Polish Narrative Film Festival in 2012. Apart from being a filmmaker, he is an enthusiastic hiker, climber, biker, runner and skier. Filmmaking fascinates him because it is all about turning dreams into reality.