Edyta Niewinska

Screenwriter, Script Consultant and Author

Vejer de la Frontera, Spain

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About Edyta

Edyta Niewinska is a screenwriter and script doctor. A member of ASECAN (Andalusian Screenwriters’ Association) and AAMMA (Andalucian Female Filmmakers Association). Works as a jury at festivals, teaches screenwriting at the film school ME in Cadiz, Spain.

2018 member of the jury and the committee awarding nominations to the Andalusian Cinema 31 Premios ASECAN / documentary, short film, short documentary and books about the cinema
2019 member of the jury and the committee awarding nominations to the Andalusian Cinema 32 Premios ASECAN / documentary, short film and books about the cinema
2020 member of the jury and the committee awarding nominations to the Andalusian Cinema 33 Premios ASECAN /short film, short documentary and books about the cinema
2021 jury of the Festival de Cine Europeo / 18th International Film Festival, Sevilla, Spain
2022 jury of the Short Movies Festival, section Vejer Express, Vejer de la Frontera, Spain
2023 selection committee for the screenwriters residency during Film Festival GENERAMMA, Chiclana de la Frontera, Spain
2023 mentor and script doctor of selected screenwriters, artistic residency during Film Festival GENERAMMA, Chiclana de la Frontera, Spain
2023 jury of the 28 Certamen Audiovisual de Cabra, Spain

Author of three novels: Kosovo (2012), Levante (2015) and Under the Surface (2018). She holds a Master’s degree in Sociology of the Arts and is a certified NGO trainer in the area of human and minorities’ rights. Former book critic and columnist for the literary magazine ZIO. She writes novels in Polish, teaches, consults and writes screenplays in English and Spanish.

Unique traits: My superpower is analysing the screenplays and seeing clearly what isn't working, what needs to be fixed and what can be just thrown out to the trashes. I'm pretty much merciless, because I believe that we only want good stories and we want them to be told in an interesting, intriguing way. And my job is to make sure it works exactly this way.

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Female

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Smugglers Action ⋄ Adventure India, 80/90's, group of Polish young smugglers is trafficking electronics (video recorders, cameras, etc.) from Singapore. When intelligence finally manages to prevent it, they start smuggling gold and risking their life.
Under the surface Drama Susana gets diagnosed with a terminal illness, whilst Laura runs away from her abusive husband, and so both women decide to travel together to Gran Canaria, where Susana finds it more difficult than she expected to decide about ending her life with dignity and Laura, who was supposed to support her, gets busy with her personal life changes and series of legal issues provoked by her husband.
Traps of freedom Drama Olga, a Spanish tv director that is willing to sacrifice a lot to achieve professional success, proposes to Sharon, an Irish actress, to work on a documentary that will expose abusive relationship with her ex-husband, who tries to prevent the release of the film with a help of talented lawyers, among which is the husband of Olga’s American friend, Rachel.