The beginning
November 10, 2016 admin
Kuba Witek is a Polish adventure & documentary filmmaker, traveler, digital nomad, musician and author.
Born in Cracow on November 19, 1983 – raised in Kielce, Poland. Graduated from the University of Central Lancashire in Preston, United Kingdom, specializing in Music Production.
A participant and leader of music and multimedia initiatives across Europe, engaging in various non-governmental activities. He specializes in filming documentaries, events, commercial ads and interviews.
In 2015 he wrote his first autobiographical novel – RE:Tusz – a difficult coming of age story based in post-communist Poland.
In everyday life, he values minimalism, eco-awareness and self-developement. He enjoys old movies, biographic and crime novels, running in the woods, swimming in lakes and rivers, hiking – especially in the cold, northern regions. In 2016 he travelled alone through Iceland on a bicycle and wrote a book – Ring Road: Around Iceland on a bicycle.
Right now he is promoting his first full feature documentary film ISOLAND: Icelandic stories of Polish immigrants – Grand Prix of 10th. MediaTravel Festival in Łódź and Best Debut 5th EMIGRA Film Festival Chicago, Berlin, Warsaw, Vilnius and Lviv – and constantly dreaming about Mt. Fuji and trip to Arctic.