Project story · Agnieszka Bekalarczyk
Sometimes the best measure of a company's success is having no time to post about its achievements. In my case, silence online meant intense growth — and work on a project that took me right into the heart of the Pomeranian economy.
“Pomeranian Skills of Tomorrow” is a series of twelve educational films about the region's biggest companies — winners of the Gryf Gospodarczy award. I produced and directed the series for the Pomeranian Voivodeship. I wanted to look at business not only through products and results, but through the people who make decisions every day and shape its future.
I signed the contract while working in Warsaw as Production and Creation Team Leader for the foundations of Omenaa Mensah and Rafał Brzoska. Two months later I returned to Pomerania and went almost straight onto set: from a brewery, through ship and dumpling production lines, to cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and property developments. Every company opened a different world for me.
The films take the form of a short story and a podcast. Their shared, strong message is that running a large company means constant growth and continuous change. Behind production scale, technology and success there are emotions, relationships and responsibility — and that human perspective is what I wanted to bring out.
Featured companies: Ziaja, Browar Amber, Polpharma, Doraco, Elwoz, Crist Shipyard, Hydromega, Ginter, Trefl, Iglotex, NDI and Invicta. Twelve different stories form one narrative about the skills building the region's tomorrow.
Thank you to everyone involved in the project. I invite you to watch the series — to meet business from the inside, not through slogans, but through real stories.