Monika Proba

Monika Proba born in Canada in 1987. Author of documentaries, reports, video installations and music videos. She studied culture at the University of Warsaw and the Sorbonne. After graduation she moved to Indonesia as a part of Darmasiswa scholarship. Together with her sister she made her first documentary film there, entitled “Dreams of Java”, concentrated on Javanese shamanism. After returning to Europe she lived in Turkey where, also as a duo with her sister, she shot a film “Park” which documented the social unrest launched in 2013. In her work she focuses mostly on the subject of ritual in culture. Currently she studies at the Documentary Programme of the Wajda School.