Hanna Antonina Wojcik Slak

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Hanna Slak in Tehran. 2018 Fajr International Film Festival

Hanna Slak (born 1975, Warsaw, Poland) is a Slovenian - German film director and screenwriter. [1]

In 2017, Slak's film Rudar (The Miner) was selected as the Slovenian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards. [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Hanna Antonina Wójcik-Slak". www.sfp.org.pl. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  2. "hanna antonina wojcik slak". Mulher no Cinema (in Portuguese). 20 September 2017. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  3. Kozlov, Vladimir (19 September 2017). "Oscars: Slovenia Selects 'Miner' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-05-02.