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The film LOST & FOUND by our production graduate, Wiktoria Kwoka, sreens in the short film programme at 50th Cleveland International Film Festival. This is another screening of the film over the Ocean
The film LOST & FOUND (2025), directed by Wiktoria Kwoka, was selected to compete at the 50th Cleveland International Film Festival, an Oscar®-qualifying festival.
This is one of two Polish short films selected from over 4,000 submissions. The festival runs in Cleveland, USA, from 9 to 18, April, 2026.
The Cleveland International Film Festival is one of the largest and most prestigious film festivals in the United States. It was held for the first time in 1977. For years, it has enjoyed acclaim, both among the general public and film industry professionals. The festival is based primarily in the heart of Cleveland's theatre and cultural district, Playhouse Square, the largest performing arts centre in the United States outside of New York City.
LOST & FOUND
Synopsis: A teenage burglar breaks into the home of an elderly man, not expecting to find him there. To her surprise, she interrupts the man in the middle of a suicide attempt. Startled by her presence, the man makes her an offer – he will let her go free if she helps him finish what he started.
The film crew also included other graduates of our school: cinematographer Juri Walcher, a cinematography graduate; production manager Katarzyna Półtorak, a production graduate; music composer Przemysław Pilarczyk; and producers Przemysław Pilarczyk and Kornelia Kamieniarz, also film and television production graduates.
The screenplay was co-written by Jakub Zalewski, the editor was Tymoteusz Mierzwiński, and the cast included Oliwia Zalewa and Wojciech Duryasz.
Film info at polishshorts: polishshorts.pl/en/films/2811/lost_and_found
Film info at the festival website: clevelandfilm.org/films/lost-found-2026/
See the trailer: vimeo.com
Wiktoria Kwoka is a graduate of Film and Television Production at the Lodz Film School, as well as a participant of the Warsaw's Next, War on Screen Fabrique, and Script Atelier programmes. Her film, LOST & FOUND, had its international premiere at the Encounters Film Festival, qualifying for BAFTA and European Film Awards. The director's other short film, "Poczekajmy jeszcze chwilę" ("Let’s Wait a Moment") had its world premiere at the Independent Film Festival in Ohio in September 2025, where it won the Best International Film award. It will also screen at the Thomas Edison Film Festival in New York in 2026, qualifying for the Oscars®.
Congratulations to Wiktoria and the whole crew!
This is one of two Polish short films selected from over 4,000 submissions. The festival runs in Cleveland, USA, from 9 to 18, April, 2026.
The Cleveland International Film Festival is one of the largest and most prestigious film festivals in the United States. It was held for the first time in 1977. For years, it has enjoyed acclaim, both among the general public and film industry professionals. The festival is based primarily in the heart of Cleveland's theatre and cultural district, Playhouse Square, the largest performing arts centre in the United States outside of New York City.
LOST & FOUND
Synopsis: A teenage burglar breaks into the home of an elderly man, not expecting to find him there. To her surprise, she interrupts the man in the middle of a suicide attempt. Startled by her presence, the man makes her an offer – he will let her go free if she helps him finish what he started.
The film crew also included other graduates of our school: cinematographer Juri Walcher, a cinematography graduate; production manager Katarzyna Półtorak, a production graduate; music composer Przemysław Pilarczyk; and producers Przemysław Pilarczyk and Kornelia Kamieniarz, also film and television production graduates.
The screenplay was co-written by Jakub Zalewski, the editor was Tymoteusz Mierzwiński, and the cast included Oliwia Zalewa and Wojciech Duryasz.
Film info at polishshorts: polishshorts.pl/en/films/2811/lost_and_found
Film info at the festival website: clevelandfilm.org/films/lost-found-2026/
See the trailer: vimeo.com
Wiktoria Kwoka is a graduate of Film and Television Production at the Lodz Film School, as well as a participant of the Warsaw's Next, War on Screen Fabrique, and Script Atelier programmes. Her film, LOST & FOUND, had its international premiere at the Encounters Film Festival, qualifying for BAFTA and European Film Awards. The director's other short film, "Poczekajmy jeszcze chwilę" ("Let’s Wait a Moment") had its world premiere at the Independent Film Festival in Ohio in September 2025, where it won the Best International Film award. It will also screen at the Thomas Edison Film Festival in New York in 2026, qualifying for the Oscars®.
Congratulations to Wiktoria and the whole crew!