Biography

Barbara Bargiel is a Polish - British BAFTA Connect 2023- 2016 Film Director & Scriptwriter based in London (UK). She champions females and builds her film crew entirely from women. She has a background as an Artist participating in exhibitions and art projects as: Performance Artist, Photographer & Installation Artist. Initially she made videos for her installations then in 2013 she started making films. 

Barbara is a Sundance Institute Collab Fellow in Directing & Writing (USA, 2021- 2022) and during Pandemic she trained in The National Film & TV School ( NFTS, UK, 2020-2021). Then she was selected & completed the BFI SKILL-UP Mentoring Programme for the Neurodiverse/Disable/ Deaf /Writers- Directors set up by the BAFTA Award winning TripleC/ Danc and Screenskills, which is a part of BFI Future Film Skills Programme ( UK, National Lottery Fund, 2021- 2022).

She is a recipient of: Campaign Bootcamp Community Fund for the Future Campaigners to cover part of her NFTS Filmmaking Certificate course fees ( 2021); the Screenskills Bursary ( National Lottery Fund, UK, 2021) and The Film & TV Charity Support & Stop-Gap Grant towards participation in the Sundance Institute Collabs & Cannes Marche Du Film Market for her 1st feature development (UK, 2021/2022). 

Since 2013, Barbara has directed several shorts, which showcased and won awards in film festivals worldwide. In 2022 she embarked on writing her 1st feature film with the Sundance Institute, Film & TV Charity and Hospitalfield support. In Summer 2022 she spent 2 weeks as an Artist  in Residence Writing her 1st Feature in The Arbroath Courthouse Charitable Community Trust in partnership with Hospitalfield in Angus in Scotland. In 2023 Barbara was selected for BAFTA Connect Programme 2023- 2026, as a Film Director working on her 1st feature film. In 2024 she continues working on her feature.

Film Industry

• Watersprite Film Festival ( Biffa Qualifing)- Screenplay and Film Judge ( 2023 for 2024 festival in March)

• Directors Forum- Feature Script Development Notes ( Autumn) 2023)

• Iconic Steps- Industry Script Feedback for Isaac Tomiczek Scriptwriting Mindfully in Roots & Shoots Charity ( Summer 2023)

• Bafta Connect, Directors UK, WFTV,  Female Film Club (BFI sponsored) Member

• Rising Women -Times Up UK participant. 

Filmography & Accolades:

Scripts:

• First Feature- Bafta Connect 2023- 2026 Film Director working on debut feature, 2 weeks Writing Residency in The Arbroath Courthouse Charitable Community Trust in partnership with Hospitalfield in Angus- Scotland, Three Sundance Institute Feature Scriptwriting Courses/Collabs supported by Film & TV Charity Stop Gap Grant, Marche du Film - Cannes Pass

• Script FREE- based on it and applications selected to Three Directing Collabs & Three Writing Collabs of Sundnace Institute; WFTV Table Read June 2021- July 2022, official selection to 2023- Short Sweet Film Fest- Comedy Festival in Cleveland Ohio- USA

• Scripts- FREE, DONT MISS ME, MALADY- based on them and application selected to BFI Skill Up Mentoring for Writers- Director Triple C/ Screenskills

Films:

2022, Generic, 5 min, Drama; Camera - Sony

• Public Screenings: 

   * Honorable Mention Award in New Renaissance Film Festival- Love Story- screening with Q &A  in the Close Up Cinema - 11th Feb 2023 ( off Brick Lane- London)

   *Nominee in Micro Short Category in Birmingham Film Festival- screening on IMAX Millenium Point with Q&A- 9th Nov 2022, Birmingham, UK

    * Paris Lift Off Festival- Official Selection- Screened Online 10th Oct - 7th Nov 2022

* Walthamstow International Film Festival- Winner in Drama Category- Truman's Social Club(UK, 12 June 2022- London Premier )

* Oregon Short Film Festival- Award Finalist in Category Best Relationship Drama - 14 Oct 2022- Clinton Street Movie Theatre ( USA- Premier)

• Selections:

    * Eastern Europe Film Festival - Winner- Best Sound Editing, (Romania, 2022);  

* Reale Film Festival- Winner Honourable Mention Award, (Italy, 2022), 

* San Francisco Indie Short Film Festival- Semi Finalist in Category Women Empowerment- (USA, 2022); 

2021, Hufen Ia- 3 min, Romantic Comedy, Camera- Cannon

• Her Ffilm Fer 48hr Welsh Film Challenge

• Broadcast: Hansh YouTube Channel & S4C Broadcast in collaboration with Iris Prize (2021,Wales);

• Festival selections & Ticketed Screenings:

* Sunderland Short Film Festival- Official selection in Category Young, Emerging, Student, (UK, 2021);

* Omovies International Film Festival- Official Selection in Category Gender Questioning in (Italy, 2021); 3 min

2020, Coch Gwir- 3 min, Horror, Camera- Mobile Phone- Huaweii Lite Pro

• Her Ffilm Fer 48hr Welsh Film Challenge

• Broadcast Screening- Hansh YouTube Channel & S4C Broadcast (Online/Welsh TV Channel 2021);  

2019, Martin & the Magic Muffins, 6 min, Romantic Comedy; Camera- Panasonic  

• Screenings: BFI Network South East Screening (Oxford, UK)  & Kino London (London, UK)

2014, Herstory- 10 min, camera- Cannon 5D, Go-Pro & Sony

• Official selection in Category Experimental Film,  Cine Women Cahiers (France, 2015); 

• Public Screening: 

*Mama Lovely Film Salone on Process (2014), Queen of Hoxton, (London, UK)

2013, Poison-5 min,  camera- Cannon 5D

•  Public Screening:

 *Official selection in Category Video Art - Novas Artes Associadas, (Portugal 2014); 

Hobby

Barbara sings Alto in London' s choirs for over 10 years. She enjoys mountain and water sports. She likes to travel to unique places and meet local people through their storytelling.