Private Project

Destination Poland

An actress left Poland to seek a better life decided to go back when the country needed her. Our team of 4 met in Poland to film the many fled from Ukraine to Poland. Poland is the destination for all of us, but which one will find home here?

  • Shihyun Wang
    Director
  • Shihyun Wang
    Writer
  • Shihyun Wang
    Producer
  • Shihyun Wang
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Genres:
    documentary
  • Runtime:
    11 minutes 39 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 21, 2022
  • Country of Origin:
    Poland
  • Country of Filming:
    Poland
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Shihyun Wang

Shihyun made her first youtube video in 2015, 5 years later, her two youtube channels had a total of 13 million views. She submitted to first film festival in Oct. 2016, 5 years later, she won over 1000 IMDb awards. She won first Worldfest Houston award in2 02, and in 2021, she won 7 awards as director in 54th Worldfest Houston. Encouraged by it, she made more films and in 2022, she won 11 awards, 9 as director, writer, producer. And her Hiphop music video - Hollywood dream not a dream, won Special Jury Award when she took on the additional job as song writer on top of her usual editor, director, writer hat.

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Director Statement

As an immigrant myself, I know how hard it is to be away from home. It is not easy to film in Poland with limited time and budget but we did it. The host for this documentary asked not to be named, as she want the story to be about people came to Poland for help not her.