Jagoda Tłok is a Polish writer and director based in Glasgow. She graduated from Screen Academy Scotland with her Scottish BAFTA nominated short Care (2023), which screened at many BAFTA qualifying festivals (EIFF, Leeds, Bolton, Kerry, GSFF and others) and received multiple awards, including three Royal Television Society awards, Scottish Audience Award at Glasgow Short Film Festival, and a Special Mention at the British Competition at Leeds International Film Festival.
Jagoda’s second short, Code of Conduct (2025), was commissioned by GMAC’s Little Pictures scheme, and has screened BAFTA qualifying festivals like: Aesthetica, London Short Film Festival, Glasgow Short Film Festival, Bolton Film Festival and more.
Jagoda was selected for Glasgow Film Festival New Talent Mentorship Scheme 24/25, through which she is being mentored by Laura Carreira. She made her third short film Bubbles as a part of the NFTS Sean Connery Talent Lab 25/26.
In her work, Jagoda is most interested in power dynamics that originate in the class struggle, and especially through a female, emigrant perspective.