Gosia Juszczak (Poland)

Gosia Juszczak s a Polish-born documentary director and producer based in Spain. She graduated from Andrzej Wajda Film School in Warsaw. In her work, Gosia focuses on issues of social importance, migration and borders.

Previously she directed a series of mini docs, such as The Cargo Women of Melilla, a take on a slave-like work of Moroccan women on the Southern EU border or The Bitter Fruit of Andalucia which sheds light on the migrant work in greenhouses supplying fruit and vegetables to the European markets.

Gosia is also a journalist, translator, and public speaker. Former Human Rights observer in the Middle East and co-author of the book All Quiet in the West Bank.

She’s a regular contributor to Le Monde diplomatique and major Polish and Spanish media outlets, having written about such underreported topics as the evictions of Kenya’s Sengwer community or the struggle of the Nubian minority of Kenya.