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Karolina Pasternak

Polish film journalist who was editor-in-chief of the popular Polish film portal Stopklatka.pl. She regularly publishes in Newsweek, the daily newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, and the magazines Polityka, Kino, and Film. Over the course of her career, she has interviewed major figures of world cinema such as Steven Spielberg, Nicole Kidman, Michael Haneke, Jim Jarmusch, Robert De Niro and Quentin Tarantino. In 2022, she published a biography of director Agnieszka Holland, based on extensive archival research and many hours of interviews with the director herself, as well as with colleagues and family members. The book was published in Czech in 2025 by Grada Publishing, translated by Tereza Vlachová, under the title Agnieszka Holland: Autorizovaný životopis slavné polské režisérky.

 Karolina Pasternak

Guest program

European identity in motion

Book World Prague 2026

15:00 - 15:50

EUNIC, Rakouské kulturní fórum v Praze, Švýcarské velvyslanectví, Polský institut v Praze

Czech, English

How is European identity shaped? This discussion looks at the role of migration, conflicts, and cultural memory in shaping how Europe understands itself today....

Saturday, 16. 5. 2026

Agnieszka Holland zblízka

Book World Prague 2026

11:00 - 11:50

Polský institut v Praze, Instytut Książki, Nakladatelský dům GRADA

První biografii slavné polské režisérky představí její autorka Karolina Pasternak v rozhovoru s filmovým vědcem Petrem Vlčkem. Kniha „Agnieszka Holland“ (Grada...

Sunday, 17. 5. 2026

Biografie Agnieszky Holland - autogramiáda

Book World Prague 2026

12:00 - 12:50

Polský institut v Praze, Instytut Książki, Nakladatelský dům GRADA

Filmová novinářka Karolina Pasternak bude podpisovat první biografii slavné polské režisérky Agnieszky Holland, která nyní vyšla česky v překladu Terezy Vlachové...

Sunday, 17. 5. 2026