Małgorzata Ola Dobrowolska was born in Warsaw, Poland. She is an independent documentary filmmaker whose work focuses on themes of spirituality, culture, and social transformation. Her award-winning feature-length documentary Bhikkhunī – Buddhism, Sri Lanka, Revolution (https://bhikkhuni-film.com) explores the revival of women’s ordination in Theravāda Buddhism.
In June 2019, she left Poland to travel and make films, arriving soon after at Chenrezig Institute in Queensland, Australia. What was meant to be a stay of a few months became four transformative years. Early in her stay, she felt called to tell the story of the center's origins and spent the following years working on her feature documentary, Chenrezig Institute: The Origin of Tibetan Buddhism in Australia. (https://chenrezig-film.com)
During this time, she was closely involved in daily life at the institute and, as Multimedia Coordinator, helped establish an in-house multimedia team, developing the online platform to livestream teachings and events far beyond Australia.
She holds a Master’s degree in Intercultural Psychology and a postgraduate degree in Multimedia, and has participated in numerous filmmaking courses, including a reportage workshop, Norwegian-Polish documentary workshops, a video clip school, and a one-year screenwriting course at the Historical Film Academy.
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