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Maciek Wszelaki was born in Poland. He attended the prestigious VCA Film School in Melbourne, Australia. His directing work ranges from award winning TV commercials and documentaries, to drama. His projects have received 5 AFI nominations (Australian Oscars) and won 3 of them including Best Director for Original Schtick (which premiered at Sundance). Characterized by his keen eye, Maciek’s work is tight, often humorous and seems effortless. His story telling approach translates through the lens as an integral part of what he creates. His methods evoke natural performances and make memorable films. | Original Schtick documentary 
"A Hilarious study of Melbourne’s small-town willingness to be dazzled by a big-noting American of questionable talent"
Gabriella Coslovich, The Age
Winner - AFI Award for Best Direction in a Documentary - Maciek Wszelaki
Winner - AFI Award for Best Editing in a Non-Feature Film - Jane Usher
Winner - Dendy Award for the Best Documentary @ Sydney Film Festival Winner - Rouben Mamoulian Award (Best of Dendy) @ Sydney Film Festival Winner - Melbourne International Film Festival
Winner - IF magazine's: The Independent Documentary Film of The Year Award
Winner- The Movie Show Poll for the Best Documentary Reviews "One of the funniest and most bizarrely compelling documentaries ever made"
Joanna Murray-Smith, The Sunday Age
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"Highly entertaining… very ‘Spinal Tap’ in flavour, very funny"
Jim Schembri, EG
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"Hilarious"
Raymond Gill, The Age
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"An excellent documentary with a fascinating and compelling subject... it's jaw-droppingly revealing and very clever..." www.originalschtick.com
Sparky D Comes to Town fiction
Stretch has got 3 hours and 42 minutes to find himself some dinner,
make up with his girlfriend and score enough ecstasy to keep his buddies happy.
And if you think that's easy, try doing it with a Croatian salami smuggler along for the ride!
Winner - Best Director - Australian Screen Directors' Association Winner - Best Director - FlickerFest
Winner - AFI AWARD for best Short Screenplay! - Kris Mrksa
Winner - best short film - Dendy Awards - Sydney Film Festival,
Winner - best film - St kilda Film Festival
Winner - best video production - St kilda Film Festival
Winner - best editing - St kilda Film Festival
Winner - WetFest play clip
| Poker Kings - BEHIND THE POKER FACE -
Every May in glittering, cacophonous Las Vegas,
the world’s best poker players pay up to $10,000 of their own money to compete in the ultimate card game . . . the World Series of Poker. POKER KINGS follows the high stakes journey of five players over 12 months. It entails passion, skill, naked ambition, occasional recklessness… and a bit of luck.
“I think my life has become warped by poker.”
- Rob Varkonyi, World Series of Poker Champion -
As they ride the tournament rollercoaster around the world,
the players attempt to weave their personal lives around their obsession whilst competing with each other, and their own frailties, in a quest to win poker’s Holy Grail and its $2.5 million first prize. Some will barely survive, the odd one may thrive, and others will crash and burn. But after a year of winning, losing, planning and hoping, one bleary-eyed character may achieve his dream.
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Featuring: Phil Hellmuth, Jr., Simon Trumper, Garry Bush, Rob Varkonyi and Carlo Citrone. Schtick Happens documentary  Winner - Best Documentary @ St Kilda Film Festival * "If you can't sell this film you are masturbating into this camera" Bob Fischer * "I felt like a fraud... but I had nothing to do with it. It was him!"
Paula Fischer *
"There are many things in the movie which are simply not true" Ed Proffitt *
"I felt like somebody hit me in the face with an ice cube tray..." Bob Fischer
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"If you don't know the truth It's better to stay silent" Aviva Campbell
Loop short drama
Winner - The Channel 4 Award for Best Independent Production Winner The First Prize - Film Festival in Valencia, Spain
Winner The Prize of the FIPRESCI: Oberhausen,
Winner The First Prize -International Short Film Festival, Targu Mures
Winner The Best Short Film, Mediawave
Winner The Third Prize -Huesca
Winner The Jury Prize - Hamburg International Short Film Festival
Winner The Jury Prize - FilmWinter Festival
Winner The Special Jury Mention - Montreal Short Film Festival |
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