The lift to heaven


Short documentary film about disco polo, Polish dance music originating from rural areas. Considered tacky by many people, it is fighting its way up to the mainstream. Film is the part of "Warsaw Stories" project, documenting life in the Polish capital.

Jodie, part of Warsaw Stories series is published in The New Yorker's photo booth




Jodie



Warsaw seen with the eyes of a foreigner. An American woman moves to Poland to live at the small flat in socialist-era housing estate. This short film is a part of Warsaw Stories project about life in the Polish capital

"Wika" picture story published on CNN photo blog





"Wika" video featured on The Atlantic website



"Wika" featured in London Festival of Photography

 

    

 


Wika Szmit is 74 years old and a pensioner. Three times a week she runs discos at the Bolek club in Warsaw.
Produced, edited and shot by Piotr Malecki.
Part of an ongoing series about life in Warsaw.

 

New awards


Fotovisura 2012:  Honorable Mention
For work on the meat industry in the United States.


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POYi 2012: Second place in Multimedia Porfolio of the Year
For five pieces; "Call Centre", "Where Meat Means Money", "The Knackers Yard", "The Recycling of Souls", "Wika"



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POYi 2012: Award of Excellence 
For "A Thousand More", shot with Kristina Budelis and Jeff Rhode, produced by MediaStorm.




As a toddler, Philly Mayer was healthy and happy. A chubby baby, he was quick to laugh and eager to get up on his own feet.
And then, before his first birthday, Philly suddenly stopped walking. His motor skills began to deteriorate.
After a slew of tests and endless emotional upheaval, doctors diagnosed Philly with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a genetic disease that occurs in an estimated 1 out of every 6,000 births and leaves the spine underdeveloped. His parents were told that he would not live past seven.

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Grand Press Photo 2012: Second Prize
For "Call Center", multimedia descripting the ups and downs of young people in Polish call centres

"A Thousand More" nominated for the Webby Awards


This MediaStorm project by Kristina Budelis, Piotr Malecki and Jeff Rhode has been honored by the 2012 Webby Awards.
A Thousand More is nominated for this year’s Webby Awards in the Documentary: Individual Episode category.



"Wika" multimedia featured in Best of The Web list of The Los Angeles Times Framework blog



"Piotr Malecki’s piece on the 74-year-old DJ is wonderful.   First, the character is rocking in multiple senses of the word and so darn cute.  It helps that Piotr is a really good photographer and journalist.   His mix of stills and video works seamlessly.  This slice of life is unique and delightful to explore"

Where Meat Means Money



In traditional small-town South-West Kansas and the centre of American cowboy culture, the new social pattern emerges. Next to white Americans there are now tens of thousands of immigrants from Mexico and Salvador, as well as asylants from Somalia, Burma and Laos. They all came from different backgrounds, have different religions. But there's one thing that the Americans here and the newcomers have in common; that's Beef.
They're all here to work in countless ranches, farms, feed yards and four enormous meatpacking plants, each killing 5 thousand cattle a day. State of Kansas has dominated the beef industry in the US, and every fourth piece of this meat on the shop shelves is produced here. In Kansas beef means business.
The meat and poultry industry is the largest sector of US agriculture, grossing an impressive US $ 155 billion in 2009 and employing a total of some 6.2 million people in companies involved in meat production along with their suppliers, distributors, retailers and other connected industries.


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