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Filip Pawlak. Born 1994, Katowice, Poland.

Theatre maker, self-advocate for artists with disabilities, independent curator and producer.

Graduate of the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School in Katowice (MA in Film Art), the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław (Mediation in Contemporary Art) and the Master Program Performing Arts as a Critical Practice at the Malmö Theatre Academy / Lund University.

PhD candidate in Film and Theatre Arts at the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland, from 2025.

Author of the multidisciplinary project ‘Freak show‘ realised, among others, at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw and as a feature-length documentary film (together with Łukasz Ronduda). In 2024, he received a scholarship from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage in the ‘Young Poland‘ programme and the National Reconstruction Plan. In previous years, he developed his projects during artistic residencies: at the Hellerau European Centre for Performing Arts in Dresden, the Komuna/Warszawa theatre, Warehouse9 in Copenhagen and the Skanes Dansteater in Malmö.

In the past he collaborated with the pioneer of Polish crip art, director and choreographer Rafał Urbacki, with whom he realised performances: “Protected Species” (Rozbark Dance and Movement Theatre, Bytom), “Let the Sun Never Shine on This Day” (Fredro Theatre, Gniezno), “The Worker’s Heart Drives the Work” (Rozbark Dance and Movement Theatre, Bytom).

Author of articles, among others, in “Choreography: Strategies” (ed. M. Keil, J. Leśnierowska); “Theatre as a way to inclusion” (publ. of the Theatre Academy in Warsaw); “Time to act” (publ. On the move, British Council).

From 2019, Polish ambassador for Creative Europe’s international project ‘Europe Beyond Access‘-the largest programme for disabled artists in Europe’s history-and from 2023, project expert.

Founding member of the ADICLUS European Art and Disability Cluster.

Member of the IETM Advisiory Committee of the International Networking of Performing Arts – the largest European network of performing artists.

In 2023, curatorial advisor and producer of the 10Treffen programme at the 60th Theatertreffen Festival at Haus Der Berlinerfestspiele.

Until the end of the 2021/2022 season, Head of the Production Department of the Nowy Teatr International Cultural Centre in Warsaw, Producer of this theatre since 2019. From 2025, Head Producer of the Pavilion for Dance and Other Performing Arts (Branch of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw).

In the past, he has worked as a producer in the dance and theatre community, including the Academy of Theatre Arts in Krakow, the Dance Theatre in Bytom and the Silesian Theatre in Katowice.