‘Twarze Agaty (Faces of Agata),’ to be shown at NJ Film Fest, tells a profound tale of art and healing
By: JAY LUSTIG | Published: 2025-06-06 14:46:00 | Source: www.njarts.net
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Agata di Masternak in the documentary “Twarze Agaty,” which will be shown at The New Jersey International Film Festival.
In 2000, when she was 16, the Polish artist Agata di Masternak was diagnosed with hemangioma-aneurysm of the jaw and cheek. It is considered a “lethal disease,” we are told in “Twarze Agaty (Faces of Agata),” an absorbing and profound 71-minute documentary about her that will be shown at The New Jersey International Film Festival in New Brunswick, June 8 (with all-day availability online, as well, on that day).
A painting by Agata di Masternak.
Di Masternak was initially told that she had two years to live. But she is still alive, and working in London. Drawing inspiration from her own struggle, she has become a prolific painter and sculptor,…
