Governing Bodies

The Governing Bodies of the Association are composed of: the General Assembly, the General Board headed by the President of the Polish Filmmakers Association, the Auditing Committee and the Amicable Court. The Association is composed of sections and autonomous circles grouping members based on their activities and their professional categories. The Presidents of the sections and circles are members of the General Board of the Polish Filmmakers Association. Circles, guilds, and creative groups may be established within the Association, as long as their activities are in accordance with the Statutes of the Polish Filmmakers Association.

The President of the General Board of the Association is Jacek Bromski. The Vice-presidents are Janusz Chodnikiewicz and Janusz Kijowski.

The General Assembly is convened every four years. Its competences include: the election of the President of the General Board of the Polish Filmmakers Association, the election of members of the Board, the adoption of guidelines governing substantial and financial/economic activities of the Association of Polish Filmmakers, and the approval of reports of the General Board.

The General Board manages the activities of PFA between meetings of the General Assembly. It is headed by the President of the Polish Filmmakers Association.

The Auditing Committee is responsible for financial inspection of PFA’s activities and assessing their merits.

The Amicable Court is responsible for conducting examinations and rendering judgments in cases of violations of Statute regulations, resolutions and other principles of PFA’s governing bodies and in cases of violation of profession ethics.

The particular competences and responsibilities of PFA’s governing bodies are listed in the PFA Statutes.

Honorary Presidents of the Polish Filmmakers  Association

Jerzy Kawalerowicz

Andrzej Wajda

Janusz Majewski

The General Board

President Jacek Bromski

Vice-President Janusz Chodnikiewicz

Vice-President Janusz Kijowski

Treasurer Michał Kwieciński

Members of the General Board:

Agnieszka Arnold, Filip Bajon, Witold Giersz, Zbigniew Karpowicz, Krzysztof Krauze, Juliusz Machulski, Allan Starski

as well as

Janina Dybowska-Person - Circle of Make-up Artists

Ireneusz Engler - Television Section (President)

Andrzej Haliński - Circle of Set-Designers

Ryszard Janikowski - Circle of Stuntmen

Andrzej Jasiewicz -Circle of Directors of Films for Children and Youth

Jerzy Kalina - Animated Films Section (President)

Jerzy Karpiński - Documentary Films Section (Vice -president)

Paweł Kędzierski - Documentary Films Section (President)

Joanna Kos-Krauze - Screenwriters Circle (president)

Dorota Lamparska - Circle of Young Filmmakers

Michał Nekanda-Trepka - Television Section (Vice-president)

Marek Serafiński - Animated Films Section (Vice - president) 

Jerzy Ridan - Cracow Branch of the Polish Filmmakers Association

Alina Skiba - Digital Film Forms Circle (president)

Andrzej Werner - Circle of Film Critics

Krzysztof Wierzbiański - Circle of Senior Filmmakers

Michał Żarnecki - Circle of Sound Directors

Zbigiew Żmudzki - Lodz Branch of the Polish Filmmakers Association

Amicable Court

Marek Piestrak - President

Wiktor Skrzynecki - 1st Vice-President

Tomasz Miernowski - 2nd Vice-President

Beata Matuszczak - Secretary

Auditing Committee

Jan Mogilnicki - President

Marek Drążewski - Vice-President

Piotr Śliwiński - Secretary

Iwona Ziułkowska-Okapiec - Committee Member