Sophia Turkiewicz

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Sophia Turkiewicz
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Sophia Turkiewicz is an Australian film and television director known for her film Silver City . [1] [2] Silver City, which Turkiewicz began during a six-month stay in Poland, [3] was released internationally and won 3 AFI awards. [4] Turkiewicz has also spent six years as a lecturer in the directing department of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School before leaving to direct Once My Mother.

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