Maria Wider is a director and screenwriter. Graduate of the Jagiellonian University’s psychology programme, Gdynia Film School’s directing program, Wajda School’s SCRIPT course, and the Screenwriting Atelier. Author of several short films – “Within me” (2019), “Goose” (2021) and “Old Summer” (2023), which were shown and awarded at film festivals in Poland and abroad. In 2025, she made a television theatre play “Negotiations” as part of the Documentary and Feature Film Studios’ Teatroteka programme.