Piotr Złotorowicz
Born in 1982 in Dębno Lubuskie. A graduate of the Electrical Engineering Faculty at Szczecin University of Technology. In 2006 begins studying film directing at Polish National Film School in Łódź. "Charcoal Burners" is his documentary debut. 

at festivals:

• Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival, Brazil, 2010 (screening)
• ALCINE - Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares / Comunidad de Madrid, 2010 (screening)
• FilmPOLSKA, Germany, 2011 (screening)
• 12th Dawson City International Short Film Festival, Canada, 2011 (screening)
• European Media Art Festival, Germany, 2011 (screening)
• International Environmental Film Festival ECOZINE, Spain, 2011 (screening)
• Busan International Short Film Festival, South Korea, 2011 (screening)
• 58th Sydney Film Festival, Australia, 2011 (screening)
• 7th International Short Film Festival Detmold, Germany, 2011 (screening)
• 9th IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria, 2011 (screening)
• 19th Curtas Vila do Conde International FIlm Festival, Portugal, 2011 (screening)
• OpenEyes FilmFest, Germany, 2011 (screening)
• ONE Country ONE Film, France, 2011 (screening)
• Rhode Island International Film Festival, USA, 2011 (screening)
• Nevada City Film Festival, USA, 2011 (screening)
• Ljubljana Independent Documentary Film Festival Dokubazaar, Slovenia, 2011 (screening)
• Kaunas International Film Festival, Lithuania, 2011 (screening)
• 21. FilmFestival Cottbus, Germany, 2011 (screening)
• XXIV Pärnu International Film Festival, Estonia, 2010 (Best Short Documentary)
• Era New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland, 2010 (competition)
• IX Open St.Petersburg Student Film Festival Beginning, Russia, 2010 (Best Documen­tary Film)
• International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film - DOK Leipzig, Germany, 2010 (competition)
• Short Film Festival of Dijon - "Fenêtres sur courts", France, 2010 (Grand Prix)
• Festival Filmer le Travail, France, 2011 (Grand Prix)
• NextFrame International Student Film and Video Festival, USA, 2011 (2nd Place Documentary Award Winner)
• 3rd Derby City Film Festival, USA, 2011 (competition)
• Festival De Cine Kinoki, Mexico, 2011 (competition)
• 7th ZagrebDox, Croatia, 2011 ("Little Stamp" Award )
• Washington DC Independent Film Festival, USA, 2011 (Grand Jury Award For Short)
• Taos Shortz Film Fest, USA, 2011 (Award for the Best Documentary)
• Byron Bay International Film Festival, Australia, 2011 (competition)
• REGARD - Saguenay International Short Film Festival, Canada, 2011 (The Best Doc­u­ment­ary Award)
• Flicks International Student Short Film Festival, The Netherlands, 2011 (competition)
• 4th Early Melons - International Student Film Festival, Slovakia, 2011 (competition)
• GO SHORT International Short Film festival, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 2011 (competition)
• 8th WorldFilm festival in Tartu, Estonia, 2011 (competition)
• International Short Film Festival Cortisonici, Italy, 2011 (competition)
• Semaine du Cinéma de Sci­ences Po, France, 2011 ("Golden Fox")
• Wisconsin Film Festival, USA, 2011 (competition)
• West-Östliches FilmFestival, Germany, 2011 (Special Mention For Documentary)
• Lewiston Auburn Film Festival, USA, 2011 (competition)
• Kansas City FilmFest, USA, 2011 (Best Documentary Film)
• goEast Film Festival, Germany, 2011 (competition)
• Riverside International Film Festival, USA, 2011 (competition)
• Rincon International Film Festival, Puerto Rico, 2011 (competition)
• Indie Spirit Film Festival, USA, 2011 (competition)
• 8th IndieLisboa - Lisbon International Independent Film Festival, Portugal, 2011 (competition)
• VIS Vienna Independent Shorts, Austria, 2011 (competition)
• EfeboCorto Film Festival, Sicilia, 2011 (Best Student Film)
• Manlleu Film Festival, Spain, 2011 (competition)
• Mediawave "Another Connection" International Film and Music Festival, Hungary, 2011 (competition)
• EMERGEANDSEE Media Arts Festival, Germany, 2011 (Honorable Mention)
• Strawberry Shorts Film Festival, UK, 2011 (competition)
• Curt.doc Short Documentary Festival, Spain, 2011 (competition)
• Wimbledon Shorts Film Festival, UK, 2011 (Best Documentary Film)
• Euganea Film Festival, Italy, 2011 (competition)
• Ventura Film Festival ,USA, 2011 (competition)
• Lume International Film Festival, Brazil, 2011 (Honorable Mention)
• Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico, 2011 (Best Documentary)
• Brazilian Student Film Festival, 2011 (competition)
• 5th International FIlm Festival Kratkofil Plus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2011 (competition)
• Ruby Mountain Film Festival, USA, 2011 (competition)
• 8th International Short Film Festival FATFILMFEST, Italy, 2011 (competition)
• 3rd Iñigo Film Festival, Spain, 2011 (First Prize)
• NEW-MEDIA FEST - Phoenix Christian Film Festival, USA, 2011 (competition)
• 17th Film Festival Della Lessinia, Italy, 2011 (First Prize)
• Con i minuti contati - International Short Film Festival, Italy, 2011 (Best Documentary Prize)
• Cabbagetown Short Film & Video Festival, Canada, 2011 (Best Documentary)
• EDINDOCS – Documentary Film in Edinburgh, UK, 2011 (competition)
• SunChild 3rd International Environmental Festival, Armenia, 2011 (competition)
• Un Festival C'est Trop Court! Le Festival du Court Métrage de Nice, France, 2011 (competition)
• MiradasDoc Festival, Spain, 2011 (competition)
• 20. European Film Festival for Documentaries dokumentART, Germany/Poland, 2011 (competition)
• 56th Cork Film Festival, Ireland, 2011 (competition)
• Ostrava-Picture, Czech Republic, 2011 (Best Documentary)

awards at Polish festivals:
* Festiwal Mediów "Człowiek w Zagrożeniu", Łódź, 2010 - Nagroda Łódzkiego Uniwersytetu Trzeciego Wieku im. Heleny Kretz
* Przegląd Studenckich Etiud Filmowych ''Klaps'', Turek, 2011 - Nagroda Specjalna za reżyserię
* XVIII Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmów Niezależnych im. Ireneusza Radzia
"PUBLICYSTYKA 2011" - III miejsce w kategorii filmów studenckich
* VI Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmów Krótkometrażowych ŻUBROFFKA, Białystok, 2011 - II Nagroda w Konkursie Polskim „STUDENCI”