My films are doing well in Polish cinemas, so I don't really have problems financing them, and my international accolades are helpful.
Malgorzata SzumowskaMy film is very simple: An Eastern European story full of black humor about things everyone can feel and understand.
Malgorzata SzumowskaIn Poland, some people think that I'm kind of scandalous because I'm a woman who should stay at home with her kids instead of making movies about what I want and, even worse, addressing Polish taboos like church, homosexuals and history.
Malgorzata SzumowskaThe attitude of the Catholic Church towards homosexuality is well known - it is treated as something unnatural, even as a disease.
Malgorzata Szumowska