Kazik Radwanski

Directing

Kazik Radwanski

Born 1985-01-01 · Canada

Kazik Radwanski is a Canadian director and screenwriter. He is known for his low budget independent films which have screened at festivals around the world. His early short films have been cited as part of the New Canadian Cinema movement. Before transitioning into feature films with his directorial debut Tower (2012), Radwanski wrote and directed several award-winning short films, including Assault (2007), Princess Margaret Blvd. (2008), Out in That Deep Blue Sea (2009), and Green Crayons (2010). Radwanski's first feature Tower made its world premiere at the 2012 Locarno Film Festival, followed by its North American premiere at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. NOW Magazine later named Tower as one of the Top 25 Toronto Films of all time. His second feature film was How Heavy This Hammer (2015), which had its world premiere at the Berlinale before an extensive film festival run. Radwanski attracted further acclaim for his third and fourth feature films, Anne at 13,000 Ft. (2019) and Matt and Mara (2024), with the former winning the $100,000 Toronto Film Critics Association's Rogers Best Canadian Film Award and the later being released by internationally by Mubi.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Matt and Mara poster
6.4

Mara is a young creative writing professor struggling with problems in her marriage to an experimental musician. One day, she runs into Matt, a charismatic, free-spirited author from her past, when he wanders onto her university campus. Bonded by their shared interests, the two gradually become closer. When Mara’s husband unexpectedly cancels plans to drive her to an out-of-town conference, Matt accompanies Mara on the trip instead. Along the way, the tension surrounding their undefined relationship slowly grows.

Matt and Mara

2024

Matt and Mara poster
6.4

Mara is a young creative writing professor struggling with problems in her marriage to an experimental musician. One day, she runs into Matt, a charismatic, free-spirited author from her past, when he wanders onto her university campus. Bonded by their shared interests, the two gradually become closer. When Mara’s husband unexpectedly cancels plans to drive her to an out-of-town conference, Matt accompanies Mara on the trip instead. Along the way, the tension surrounding their undefined relationship slowly grows.

Matt and Mara

2024

Scaffold poster
6.0

Recent immigrants to Canada, working on scaffolding break the routine of their job by observing the people in the the neighbourhood from a unique, precarious and ephemeral vantage point.

Scaffold

2017

Scaffold poster
6.0

Recent immigrants to Canada, working on scaffolding break the routine of their job by observing the people in the the neighbourhood from a unique, precarious and ephemeral vantage point.

Scaffold

2017

Scaffold poster
6.0

Recent immigrants to Canada, working on scaffolding break the routine of their job by observing the people in the the neighbourhood from a unique, precarious and ephemeral vantage point.

Scaffold

2017

Assault poster
NR

A teenager attempts to keep his composure following a reckless crime.

Assault

2007

Assault poster
NR

A teenager attempts to keep his composure following a reckless crime.

Assault

2007

Anne at 13,000 Ft. poster
5.9

Anne hasn't been the same since the jump. While skydiving for her best friend Sarah's bachelorette party, the 27-year-old felt focused, free, above it all. Back on the ground, the pressures of her daily life threaten to overwhelm her.

Anne at 13,000 Ft.

2021

Anne at 13,000 Ft. poster
5.9

Anne hasn't been the same since the jump. While skydiving for her best friend Sarah's bachelorette party, the 27-year-old felt focused, free, above it all. Back on the ground, the pressures of her daily life threaten to overwhelm her.

Anne at 13,000 Ft.

2021

Anne at 13,000 Ft. poster
5.9

Anne hasn't been the same since the jump. While skydiving for her best friend Sarah's bachelorette party, the 27-year-old felt focused, free, above it all. Back on the ground, the pressures of her daily life threaten to overwhelm her.

Anne at 13,000 Ft.

2021

How Heavy This Hammer poster
5.7

Erwin, a family man who spends most of his time playing PC games, makes a drastic shift in his life when he suddenly decides to leave his wife, yet finds himself in the same rut as before.

How Heavy This Hammer

2015

How Heavy This Hammer poster
5.7

Erwin, a family man who spends most of his time playing PC games, makes a drastic shift in his life when he suddenly decides to leave his wife, yet finds himself in the same rut as before.

How Heavy This Hammer

2015

How Heavy This Hammer poster
5.7

Erwin, a family man who spends most of his time playing PC games, makes a drastic shift in his life when he suddenly decides to leave his wife, yet finds himself in the same rut as before.

How Heavy This Hammer

2015

Out in That Deep Blue Sea poster
2.0

A real estate agent encounters a slump late in his career. Exhibiting questionable behaviour, he struggles to find balance between his professional obligations and personal relationships.

Out in That Deep Blue Sea

2009

Out in That Deep Blue Sea poster
2.0

A real estate agent encounters a slump late in his career. Exhibiting questionable behaviour, he struggles to find balance between his professional obligations and personal relationships.

Out in That Deep Blue Sea

2009

Cutaway poster
6.0

Cutaway portrays a phase in the life of a single young man as he works as a labourer, pursues relationships with women, and comes to terms with a life changing event. Told through close details of hands and objects, this film intimately portrays uncertainty and loss.

Cutaway

2014

Cutaway poster
6.0

Cutaway portrays a phase in the life of a single young man as he works as a labourer, pursues relationships with women, and comes to terms with a life changing event. Told through close details of hands and objects, this film intimately portrays uncertainty and loss.

Cutaway

2014

Green Crayons poster
5.5

The more they spit, the more they enjoy themselves. But when the teacher arrives, Xavier and Liam are moulded by their actions.

Green Crayons

2010

Green Crayons poster
5.5

The more they spit, the more they enjoy themselves. But when the teacher arrives, Xavier and Liam are moulded by their actions.

Green Crayons

2010

Princess Margaret Blvd. poster
NR

An introduction to Isabelle, as she defiantly confronts the frustration, confusion and loneliness that are the effects of Alzheimer’s.

Princess Margaret Blvd.

2008

Princess Margaret Blvd. poster
NR

An introduction to Isabelle, as she defiantly confronts the frustration, confusion and loneliness that are the effects of Alzheimer’s.

Princess Margaret Blvd.

2008

Tower poster
4.6

Tower centres on a thirty-four year old man, Derek, who lives at home with his parents in Toronto, Canada. Unlike his married brother who is expecting a baby, Derek is single and without a career. Although he aspires to become a graphic-animator, he works part-time at his uncle’s construction company. Late at night he wanders the street alone and frequents nightclubs in search of companionship. Derek suddenly finds himself in an intimate relationship with a woman he meets, Nicole. When a neighbourhood raccoon becomes a constant nuisance by tearing up his family’s garbage, Derek sets out to catch it.

Tower

2012

Tower poster
4.6

Tower centres on a thirty-four year old man, Derek, who lives at home with his parents in Toronto, Canada. Unlike his married brother who is expecting a baby, Derek is single and without a career. Although he aspires to become a graphic-animator, he works part-time at his uncle’s construction company. Late at night he wanders the street alone and frequents nightclubs in search of companionship. Derek suddenly finds himself in an intimate relationship with a woman he meets, Nicole. When a neighbourhood raccoon becomes a constant nuisance by tearing up his family’s garbage, Derek sets out to catch it.

Tower

2012

No artwork available
NR

Told from the perspectives of local residents, Nakuru Song provides a first-person look at a country where hope is struggling to survive against monumental complacency. While Ken coaches a football team to keep boys off the street and James works tirelessly at the Melon Orphanage, countless other Kenyans live on: legions of children sniff glue to avoid hunger, other collect scrap metals for their income, and middle-aged men mix formaldehyde and jet fuel to create the "illicit brew."

Nakuru Song

2008