Jola Wieczorek

Jola Wieczorek

Director of
STORIES FROM THE SEA

Jola Wieczorek is an Austrian Documentary Filmmaker of Polish origin. She is a graduate of the International Master Course in Documentary Film Directing «DOC Nomads» for which she was granted a full scholarship. During the master, that involved studying in Lisbon, Budapest and Brussels, she realised various documentaries that were screened at different International Film Festivals. Her short film List do Polski won the Best Austrian Newcomer Award at the Vienna Shorts. Her graduation movie O que resta celebrated its International Premiere at the 68th Locarno Film Festival. In 2015 she received the START-Scholarship from the Arts and Culture Division of the Federal Chancellery of Austria. Jola just completed her first feature film Stories from the Sea that will be released in 2021. She lives in Vienna.

Films: (selection) THE WINDOW (2021), ÉPOCA BAIXA (2013), BORDER CROSSERS (2013), LIST DO POLSKI (2015), O QUE RESTA (2015)