Monika Majorek

Monika Majorek

MONIKA MAJOREK is a Polish writer and director focused on intimate, character-driven stories exploring identity, family dynamics, and emotional resilience. Her feature debut WHERE DO WE BEGIN (INNEGO KOŃCA NIE BĘDZIE) won the Audience Award for Best Feature at the 40th Warsaw Film Festival and received multiple awards and honors at different Polish film festivals. In her current project, CAFFÈ SICILIA, she examines aging, motherhood and self-reinvention, focusing on observation rather than judgment.

CAFFÈ SICILIA (feature film)
After a lifetime of living for others, seventy-year-old Irena escapes to Sicily to begin anew — until her family arrives, forcing her to face the cost of her freedom.

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HerArts, 2025 - Fall edition