Author Łukasz Mańkowski

Łukasz Mańkowski

Łukasz Mańkowski is a Japanese Studies and Film Theory graduate, Japanese language translator and festival program consultant, currently enrolled in the PhD program at Artes Liberales, University of Warsaw. The founder of the Asian cinema-focused blog, Kinema Chromatica, he reports on Asian cinema from festivals such as Rotterdam, Berlinale, Venice and Udine. He has attended many young critics programs.

Daydreaming Through Boundaries: A Conversation with Queena Li

Łukasz Mańkowski

May 2021

Interviews

Premiering during the online edition of this year's International Film Festival Rotterdam in the Tiger Competition section, Queena Li’s Bipolar is a seductive debut. It tells the story of a young woman setting ...

The Violence of Privacy: A Conversation with Kazuo Hara

Łukasz Mańkowski

January 2021

Interviews

After riding onto the film festival circuit with the Japanese New Wave, Kazuo Hara has established himself as a key figure in Japanese non-fiction cinema, with Errol Morris calling him “an undiscovered genius o...

The Unbearable Object of Liminality: A Conversation with Zheng Lu Xinyuan

Łukasz Mańkowski

July 2020

Interviews

For the third time in a row, the Tiger Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) went to a newcomer from China. This year, it was bestowed upon Zheng Lu Xinyuan’s debut, Ta fang jian li de yun ...