Film scholar
Country of origin
Poland
Maciej Franciszczak (*1998) is a film scholar, PhD candidate, and academic lecturer at the University of Gdańsk. His research focuses on exploring the relationship between cinema, Christianity, and spirituality. In his academic work, he focuses closely on directors such as Terrence Malick, Paolo Sorrentino, Julia Ducournau, and Robert Bresson, alongside analyzing the conventions of slow cinema and horror films. At the University of Gdańsk, he teaches courses on representations of the sacred in moving images, as well as film narratology, analysis, and interpretation.