He was 21 when he directed his short film
Nice To See You (2003) which won 3rd prize at
Cannes Film Festival (
Cinefondation) and was presented on several film festivals including
Munich Film Festival,
São Paulo International Film Festival and
Cork Film Festival. He was 23 when he directed a part of a triptych feature film
Ode to Joy (2005) which premiered in main competition at
Rotterdam Film Festival(2006) and won numerous awards including (second in importance) Special Jury Prize at
Gdynia Film Festival (2005).
Ode to Joy was present ed at over 30 festivals including
Chicago International Film Festival,
Karlovy Vary Film Festival,
Jerusalem Film Festival,
Moscow International Film Festival,
Palić Film Festival, Cottbus Film Festival, Valencia Cinema Jove Festival and more. In the upcoming years he focused on directing music videos, commercials with the exception of full-length documentary film
The Flow (2007) which premiered at
Kraków Film Festival and television film ''Wroclaw's Golgotha'' (2008) which won lead actor's award at
Monte-Carlo Television Festival along with Grand Prix and 5 other awards at Polish Radio and Television Dramatic Art "Two Theatres" Festival. He wrote his first feature film
Suicide Room script in 2008, directed the film in 2009 and premiered it at
Berlin Film Festival in 2011. Film generated a big buzz afterwards which ultimately led to a sweeping box office success (with 900,000 admissions in Polish cinemas - $4,878,284 and $2,348,656 abroad). Komasa was awarded with
Polish Film Award for Discovery of the Year and Best Editing along with
FIPRESCI at
International Festival of Independent Cinema Off Camera, Best Film and best score award at
Giffoni Film Festival, Silver Lion at
Gdynia Film Festival, Best Polish Film award at
MTV Movie & TV Awards, Best Film at
Stockholm International Film Festival, best film at
Geneva International Film Festival, Best Debut Film at
New Horizons Film Festival and many other awards. Leading actor
Jakub Gierszał was awarded with
Shooting Stars Award for his portrayal of Dominik Santorski, ''
Suicide Room's main character. Suicide Room'' was distributed by
Wolfe Video, the oldest and largest exclusive distributor of
LGBT films in North America. He created a concept of a unique full-length documentary he directed -
Warsaw Uprising (2014) which was a critical and box office success with 700,000 viewers in Polish cinemas. The film received very good reviews from
Los Angeles Times (
"Warsaw Uprising" is not only a unique, remarkably assembled documentary-narrative hybrid but also a powerful look at the personal and public devastation that can occur during wartime. Movies rarely feel as authentic as this") to
Village Voice (
Despite its context in a global conflict, "Uprising" is a strangely intimate film.) to
Times of Israel (...a mesmerizing account of the fierce house-to-house fighting against the German.) Warsaw Uprising was awarded with
Golden Reel Award 2015 for Best Documentary and
Polish Film Award for Best Documentary and Best Sound Design. His biggest box office success came with a blockbuster he wrote and directed - an epic period film
Warsaw 44 (2014). He wrote the script in January 2006 and the film took 8 years to produce.
Warsaw 44 depicts a tragic story of young people fighting in
Warsaw Uprising. The film premiered at
Busan Film Festival, won Golden Lions for Best Actress, Best Sound, Best Special Effects at
Gdynia Film Festival, received
Polish Film Awards for Discovery of the Year, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Film award at
China Golden Rooster & Hundred Flowers FF and was followed by 1.800.000 admissions to Polish cinemas and a worldwide distribution. In 2015 he directed second season of crime series
Blood Of The Blood, a format based on Dutch series
Penose starring
Agata Kulesza. 2016 was a year in which Komasa switched from film set to a theater stage to create an epic contemporary dance multimedia show
Ksenophony at
Malta Festival Poznań to commemorate 60th anniversary of his hometown's
Poznań protests of 1956. In 2017 he started a collaboration with
Primetime Emmy Award and
Writers Guild of America Awards nominee scriptwriter
Wendy West and producer
Barry Josepshon and formatted and directed an
AXN /
Netflix cyber-crime series
Ultraviolet. In 2018 he directed
Corpus Christi which premiered in 2019 at
Venice Film Festival where it won two awards: Europa Cinemas Label Award and Edipo Re Inclusion Award. At
Gdynia Film Festival Komasa was awarded with 10 awards including Best Director Award and the film won awards for Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress, Audience Award, Journalist Award, Elle Rising Star for Main Actor
Bartosz Bielenia. It was awarded with Silver Star and Best Actor Award at
El Gouna Film Festival. For his performance Bartosz Bielenia won awards at numerous festivals including:
Palm Springs International Film Festival,
Chicago Film Festival,
Stockholm Film Festival, Bordeaux Film Festival,
Zbigniew Cybulski Award,
Shooting Stars Award.
Corpus Christi was nominated for the
Best International Feature Film at the
92nd Academy Awards. His film
The Hater (2020) became one of the first movies disrupted by
COVID-19 outbreak premiering on 6 March 2020 in Poland before the cinemas in the country were closed down 6 days later due to partial national lockdown administered by the Polish government. To mitigate inevitable losses and take advantage of still ongoing advertising campaign
The Hater began being distributed on VOD platforms domestically on 18 March.
The Hater was selected to International Main Competition at 2020
Tribeca Film Festival, which ultimately went online due to the outbreak of
COVID-19. The film won Best International Narrative Feature award and its world rights were acquired by
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