Ania Wójtowicz

Ania Hendryx Wójtowicz is a Polish/American creative producer and artist whose work emphasizes cultural hybridity, blurring the lines between genres and exploring the intersections of film with other creative fields. She has produced video/multimedia performance installation artworks for the British Council exhibition 'The Place I Call Home' (2019), 'Qatar Foundation' (2018), 'Kuwait Pavilion at the Venice Biennale' (2016), and the 'Oslo Architecture Triennale' (2016). Since 2015, Ania has worked full-time with the Doha Film Institute where she has played a key role in the production of nearly 40 short films and organizes the annual Qumra Shorts film industry program. Prior to this, Ania worked for several years producing or directing cultural and commercial commissioned films in the Gulf region. Ania grew up between Simsbury, CT, U.S.A. and Kraków, Poland, and holds a degree in Film & Media Studies / Latin American Studies from Washington University in St. Louis. She lives in Doha, Qatar with her Colombian spouse Sebastian Betancur Montoya, who is an artist and frequent collaborator.