Karolina Kraus - Screen Directors Guild of Ireland

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Filmography

Once Upon a Magpie
2026 — Short
No Shadows Without Light
2022 — Documentary
Dictum
2021 — Short
2020
2020 — Short
Seanchaí
2020 — Documentary
An Carghas
2020 — Short
Comhluadar
2020 — Short
Talking Heads
2020 — Short
Ag Cadráil
2020 — Short
Home
2019 — Short
Dáta Éaga
2019 — Short
Laoch
2019 — Short
The Buggyman
2018 — Short

Awards

2022 — Winner
Alternative Film Festival — Best Writer . Dictum
2022 — Nominee
Alternative Film Festival — Best Comedy. Dictum
2021 — Winner
Golden Wheat Award — Jury selection. Seanchai
2021 — Winner
Alternative Film Festival — Best Documentary. Seanchai
2021 — Nominee
Alternative Film Festival — Best Director. Seanchai
2020 — Honorable Mention
Berlin Flash Film Festival — Best Short . Home
2020 — Winner
Alternative Film Festival — Best short-comedy. Expiry Date
2020 — Winner
Couch Film Festival — Best Drama. Home
2020 — Winner
Couch Film Festival — Best Comedy. Expiry Date
2019 — Winner
Olympus Film Festival — Best short horror screenplay. Origins
2019 — Winner
Olympus Film Festival — Best micro-short . The Buggyman
2018 — Honorable Mention
Berlin Flash Film Festival — Best Short. The Buggyman
2018 — Winner
UK monthly Film Festival — Best Film. The Buggyman
2018 — Winner
Alternative Film Festival — Best First-Time Director. The Buggyman

Karolina is an award winning director and writer. Her shorts and documentary have screened worldwide.

Karolina graduated from TV and Media Production at SETU in 2013, as well as Carlow College of Music in 2012. She is a trained pianist and an original score composer. She has also worked as a Production Manager and Editor prior to embarking on her writing and directing career. She wrote and directed her first short in 2018 ‘The Buggyman’ which was then followed by multiple short productions for TG4’s BLOC and Molscéal.

Karolina has also created a documentaries ‘Seanchaí’, ‘No Shadows Without Light’. Her screenplay ‘Origins’ is in development following the achievement of the best horror screenplay award in L.A .

In 2021 Karolina has written and directed a mixed-media film (film + theatre) ‘Dictum’, a Wexford County Council funded production. She has also written her first feature action thriller ‘ICU’ and is constantly working on more original concepts, books, and music.

Seanchaí, 2020, Documentary

Dictum, 2021, Short

Talking Heads, 2020, Short

Dáta Éaga, 2019, Short

The Buggyman, 2018, Short

Seanchaí, 2020, Documentary

Dictum, 2021, Short

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