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Edyta Janczak-Hiriart is a Polish born French independent Producer and the founder of Kometa Films . She is a graduate of the Polish National Film School, in Lodz (Poland). She has been an EAVE member since 2019 and graduated from ACE Series Special in 2021. In 2023, she was selected at Producers to Watch at MIP TV x CanneSeries 2023. Her last productions include selections in festival such as Berlinale official competition and Venise Mostra Giornate degli Autori.
In addition to her activities at Kometa Films, Edyta Janczak-Hiriart produces feature films between France and Poland, leveraging her broad experience of the movie industry and of both countries’ cultures. In 2017, she co-produces Grand Froid, Gérard Pautonnier’s first feature film, with Elzévir Films and currently produces several projects with SHIPsBOY (Poland) such as Les Enfants Rouges, Lotfi Achour’s second feature film which premieres in Locarno Festival 2024.
She is also a Script Consultant and member of various films commissions. She teaches film production at Paris’ film schools EICAR and ESRA, film and series scriptwriting and development at la Sorbonne university, and she is a Speaker for ESCP business school. She is also an expert and mentor in Full Circle Lab organised by Tatino Films.
Before producing within Kometa Films, she worked at Les Films du Worso alongside Sylvie Pialat.
She worked on Nuage by Sébastien Bedbeter, Meurtrières by Patrick Granperret. La faute à Fidel by Julie Gavras, Pialat, l’amour existe by Jean-Pierre Devilliers etc.