DECALOG MASTERCLASS

DECALOG a series by Marcin Latałło 2026-4/5/2026, 2:56 PM.mp4

DECALOG

MASTERCLASS

My name is Marcin Latałło. I am a director, actor, author, translator (Polish-French-German-English), producer, and photographer with 43 million views on Google. I studied at La Fémis in Paris and the PWSFTviT in Łódź, worked with prominent directors, and directed several television documentaries presented at international film festivals. I have worked for nearly ten years on the DECALOG, which consists of a MASTERCLASS workshop and a docu-fiction SERIES.

THE FRAME STORY

The series begins with an autobiographical documentary regarding my life and my attempts to complete A SAILOR LOST, my first feature film, and to secure producers for the DECALOG . The narrative details the inheritance of a house and three apartments in Paris and one apartment in Warsaw, followed by a total loss of resources, the inability to finish the film, homelessness, depression, and social phobias. It explores the reality of professional and personal isolation as family and former associates reject the project. This documentary serves as the FRAME STORY.

THE DECALOG MASTERCLASSES

The MASTERCLASSES consist of monthly WORKSHOPS , both online and in person, with sessions based in Paris and other cities. These sessions cover all technical and logistical aspects of filmmaking, including scenario, casting, photography, cinematography, sound, music, editing, special effects, stunts, and distribution. My house in Montrouge will serve as a venue for exhibitions and a meeting place during the workshops.

The MASTERCLASSES celebrate the works of filmmakers such as Andrzej Wajda, Krzysztof Kieślowski, and Steven Spielberg, alongside Janusz Majewski, Tadeusz Konwicki, actress Ela Czyżewska, cinematographers Piotr Sobociński and Stanisław Latallo, and photographer David Seymour (CHIM). The curriculum includes Polish cinema masterpieces presented by Martin Scorsese in his retrospective, alongside poets and writers like Guillaume Apollinaire, Zuzanna Ginczanka, and Maria Stauber, and athletes like Robert Lewandowski. It also highlights the artisans behind the camera: set designer Allan Starski, costume designer Ewa Braun, make-up artist Waldemar Pokromski, and special effects specialists Zbigniew Rybczyński and Tomasz Bagiński, many of whom are Academy Award winners and many others, less well known, the artisans of cinema. A culinary component will feature chefs including Nobu Matsuhisa, Thierry Marx, and Mateusz Gessler, alongside ordinary cooks from different countries collaborating for Peace and Solidarity.

PITCHINGS will be conducted at International film festivals in collaboration with diverse film institutions and schools in France, Poland, and other countries. These sessions aim to develop ten films by different directors focused on global issues such as war, hunger, inequality, and ecology using cinema tools and artificial intelligence while preserving the memory of historical cinema to build the future. This project is the proposition for my final diploma work, concluding a multi-stage academic career begun at La Fémis and continued at the Łódź Film School, which I would now like to complete with the DECALOG.