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Andrzej Jakimowski

This film is dedicated to my sister. She used to make me sit on top of the wardrobe when I was a little boy and she was a teenager. In this way I was temporarily unable to do something silly.
Unfortunately that time is over.

Andrzej Jakimowski, born 1963 in Warsaw, is director and screenwriter. He studied philosophy at the Warsaw University and film directing at the Krzysztof Kieślowski Faculty of Radio and Television of the Silesian University in Katowice.
His debut feature Zmróż oczy (Squint Your Eyes) won numerous awards, among others the Main SKYY Prize at San Francisco IFF 2004, Main Prize “White Rose” at IFF Kinotavr in Sochi 2004, FIPRESCI Special Mention at Mannheim-Heidelberg IFF 2002, five awards at the Polish Feature Films Festival in Gdynia 2003: Special Jury Prize, Best Debut, Best Cinematography, Best Set Design, Best Costumes, four Polish Academy Awards – Golden Eagles 2004: for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor.
Tricks is his second feature.