Miki POLONSKI

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Miki Polonski was born and raised in Bat Yam, Israel. In 2015, he graduated with honours from the Film Department of Minshar School of Art in Tel Aviv where he teaches today. He also works as a lecturer at Sapir Academic College and The School of Visual Theatre in Jerusalem. He directed six short films that were screened in international film festivals and won numerous awards. His latest short film “Shmama” won the Pardino d’argento award at the 70th Locarno Film Festival in 2017. In 2015 his film “Ten Buildings Away” was selected for the 68th Festival de Cannes’s Cinéfondation competition. His mid-length documentary film “1 Building and 40 People Dancing” won the Best Documentary Short Film award in DocAviv and Best Documentary Short award in the Israeli Documentary Filmmakers’ Forum competition.  His first short film, "Albina 12", was nominated for the Israeli Academy Awards. In recent years several international film festivals did retrospectives of his work.

Miki Polonski is currently working on his debut feature film “Takotsubo” as part of Cinéfondation Residence of Festival de Cannes, 2020. In 2019, he was selected for the Torino Film Lab and in 2018 he participated in the Talent Village of Les Arcs film Festival where he received the BNP Paribas Prize for the best project.

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