About Martyna Szmytkowska & Malaika Bova

Raindance’s senior programmer and programme manager, Martyna, has helped with curating the Raindance Film Festival lineup since 2013. In her previous, pre-Raindance life she was a talent agent in one of the leading Polish talent agencies. She has an MA in Film History and Theory.
Malaika has been a Programmer and Programme Manager for Raindance since 2017. Prior to that she worked as a TV producer with ABC News, BBC and Fremantle Media and programmed for five years the Italian Film Festival in London.
by Martyna Szmytkowska & Malaika Bova | 2 June, 2020 | Film History, In Our Opinion, Raindance Film Festival
When you are a film buff, filling up all those long, long hours that were suddenly gifted to us all by coronavirus (always look on the bright side of life, right?) is easy. Watch a few films; and then watch some more. What might not be so easy is navigating through...
by Martyna Szmytkowska & Malaika Bova | 19 May, 2020 | Film History, In Our Opinion, Raindance Film Festival
When you are a film buff, filling up all those long, long hours that were suddenly gifted to us all by coronavirus (always look on the bright side of life, right?) is easy. Watch a few films; and then watch some more. What might not be so easy is navigating through...
by Martyna Szmytkowska & Malaika Bova | 5 May, 2020 | Film History, In Our Opinion, Raindance Film Festival
When you are a film buff, filling up all those long, long hours that were suddenly gifted to us all by coronavirus (always look on the bright side of life, right?) is easy. Watch a few films; and then watch some more. What might not be so easy is navigating through...
by Martyna Szmytkowska & Malaika Bova | 21 April, 2020 | Film History, In Our Opinion, Raindance Film Festival
When you are a film buff, filling up all those long, long hours that were suddenly gifted to us all by coronavirus (always look on the bright side of life, right?) is easy. Watch a few films; and then watch some more. What might not be so easy is navigating through...
by Martyna Szmytkowska & Malaika Bova | 8 April, 2020 | Film History, In Our Opinion, Raindance Film Festival
When you are a film buff, filling up all those long, long hours that were suddenly gifted to us all by coronavirus (always look on the bright side of life, right?) is easy. Watch a few films; and then watch some more. What might not be so easy is navigating through...