The New City book. New Vision” was shortlisted in the Photographic Publication of the Year 2023 competition and will be presented during Fotofestiwal Łódź, which opens on June 15!
A photo book about contemporary Tychy, which was created in cooperation with the Kieślowski Film School in Katowice. In the academic year 2021/2022, students of the Kieślowski Film School documented Tychy. They created under the supervision of artist Rafał Milach and museologist Ewelina Lasota. Young people, detached from screens (after a period of distance learning during the COVID-19 epidemic), went to the city. In 2021, it will be 70 years since its construction began.
We are proud to be part of the success of our lecturer dr hab. Rafał Milach, prof. UŚ (artistic supervision, editing and text) and students of our faculty, i.e. artists involved in the project:
- Anna Ryń, Bartosz Gaczyński, Paweł Grabarek, Tomasz Grzymała and Jacek Kazmierczak
Coordination: Dr. Anna Huth, lecturer at the Kieślowski Film School and Ewelina Lasota, museologist
Today we want to show off three graduates of the Kieślowski Film School of the University of Silesia, whose combination of forces resulted in a film entitled "Fantastic Matt Parey".
We are talking about Bartosz Paduch - the director of the film, Maciej Kochajewski - the cinematographer and Justyna Kluczewska, one of the producers of the film from the Raban Foundation. Big applause for you!
On May 19, the film will be shown in Katowice's Kino Kosmos!
The film is an attempt to capture the phenomenon of Maciej Parowski, the editor responsible for the emerging fame of several generations of Polish fantasy writers. He was behind the success of such titles as The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski, on the basis of which the CD PROJEKT RED game and the series for Netflix were created, and the Oscar-nominated The Cathedral by Tomasz Bagiński, based on a story by Jacek Dukaj. The animated sequences of the comic book alter ego of the main character are a great complement to the recalled memories. The titular Matt Parey, seemingly withdrawn from the creators he created, exerted a huge influence on the Polish fantasy market for the next decades.
The film premiered on May 14 at Kinoteka PKiN during the 20th edition of Millennium Docs Against Gravity. We would like to take this opportunity to invite everyone interested in watching the film to check the graphic plan that we have attached in the post on our social media. Many cities, many festival shows.
The twentieth edition of the Węgiel Film Festival ended on Saturday, and from this place we would like to express our sincere thanks to all people, institutions and friendly film schools for participating in this unique event for all of us!
During this year's edition of the festival, there were five film workshops, eight masterclasses and fifteen markets - including, of course, with particular emphasis on the Student Film Market.
On the second day of the festival, the Open Days of the Kieślowski Film School, we organized individual consultations for candidates for the Film and Television Production as well as Directing and Cinematography and photography. In addition, cinematography workshops were also conducted, which were chaired by a lecturer of our department - Dr. Łukasz Baka.
The selection of the best films of this edition was not the easiest, while the professional Jury and the exceptional audience coped with these difficulties, awarding prizes to the following films:
"The Howling" | dir. Bartosz Brzeziński received the Special Award for the Best Polish Film! prod. Warsaw Film School
"Big Phat Party" | dir. Kinga Pudełek received the Best Cinematography Award! prod. Lodz Film School
"Father.son" | dir. Jakub Gomółka received the Award for the Best Documentary Film and the Audience Award! prod. Lodz Film School
"Days without" | dir. Ívar Erik Yeoman received the Award for Best Feature Film! prod. Estonia/Portugal/United Kingdom
We congratulate the winners and wish them success in the future.
We are starting the fourth day of the XX. Węgiel Film Festival!
The last day of the festival will bring you no less impressions than the previous ones, see what has been prepared for you:
- 10:00 | Competition block | curated by Jan Klein, Julia Charmuszko | Cinema hall
- 10:30 | Filmase company presentation | Anna Paliga | Room 1.20
- 12:00 | Directing and cinematography workshops | Filip Pasternak, Tadeusz Lysiak | studio | Student Film Market
- 12:30 | Market: Royalties from A to ZAPA, or how to take care of your rights at the beginning of your creative path | Cezary Piekarczyk, Małgorzata Machczyńska | Room 1.20 | Association of Audiovisual Authors and Producers
- 1:00 PM | Film screening of the Warsaw Film School | Cinema hall | Warsaw Film School
- 15:00 | Masterclass around the film "Love tasting" | David Nickel, Jan Klein | Cinema hall
- 19:30 | Closing Gala XX. Węgiel Film Festival | Cinema hall
- 20:30 | Screening of awarded films | Cinema hall
- 21:30 | Third Eye of The Poet, techno music concert | Mateusz Januła-Gniadek, Szymon Paciora | Marchołt Club
Please visit the festival website (link), there is a detailed schedule that is worth getting acquainted with.
The photos are photo reports from the second day of the festival (11.05).
On May 10, a very important event for the Kieślowski Film School began.
Of course, we are talking about nothing other than the 20th jubilee edition of Węgiel Film Festival, we are proud to be the organizer of this unique project together with the University of Silesia in Katowice!
On Wednesday, Kino Światowid hosted the opening ceremony of the festival, attended by JM prof. dr hab. Ryszard Koziołek - Rector of the University of Silesia, prof. University of Silesia dr hab. Krystyna Doktorowicz - Dean of the Kieślowski Film School and Artistic Director of the WFF Dr. Jan P. Matuszyński and Dr. Anna Huth, Organizational Director of the WFF.
Members of the Artifices Artificibus Association - co-organizers of the festival - also spoke during the ceremony!
After the speeches of the Dean and the directors of the festival, the 20th edition was officially opened. Węgiel Film Festival, and the participants filling the cinema hall could immerse themselves in the history of the film entitled "Blue moon", which was directed by the juror of the twentieth edition of the WFF - Alina Grigore.
We would like to thank the Festival Partners:
Polish Film Institute, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage - co-financing
TVP3 Katowice, Gazeta Wyborcza, Filmweb, Legalna Kultura - media partners
Dreamsound Studio, Dynamo Film, Editorium, Kino Świat - sponsors
Magnum Cocktail Bar - Klubo Galeria Mariacka - festival club
Yesterday, May 11, as part of the Węgiel Film Festival, many festival attractions took place in the building of the Film School, as well as the Open Days of our faculty, which we informed about earlier. During the second day of the festival, participants and candidates had the opportunity to take part in:
Film block (Howling, Raw, FIXING THINGS, father.son, Alice, Mimmo, mommy and myself, Big Phat Party)
Cinematography workshops with dr Łukasz Baka (Open Days)
Pitchingach Student Film Market with Joanna Malicka and Kalina Głowińska
Consultations with a film producer and lecturer at our faculty - Małgorzata Domin, MA (Open Days)
Presentation of Studio Munk conducted by Jerzy Kapuściński and Michał Hudzikowski
Film screenings of Wajda School & Studio and Q&A with the creators (Ptitsa, Live) and a workshop entitled Creative Development with Katarzyna Madaj-Kozłowska, Mara Tamkovich and Feliks Mirosław Mamczur
Workshop: Building a photographic reportage, led by dr hab. Rafał Milach, prof. University of Silesia (Open Days)
Screening of the film by Marcin Wrona entitled "Christening"
Masterclass: Script Atelier, with Anna Bielak (this year's juror) and Dr. Jan P. Matuszyński
Workshop: The profession of a production manager, led by Aneta Hickinbotham, and the special guest - prof. University of Silesia dr hab. Krystyna Doktorowicz (Open Days)
Masterclass: Around the script of the series "Wielka Woda" with the participation of creators, i.e. Jan Holoubek, Kinga Krzemińska, Kasper Bajon, Anna Kępińska and Maciej Kędziora
Concert of the violin quartet: Martyna Grohs, Kalina Dudczak, Roksana Krechowiecka and Wiktoria Zorychta - Second film block (The Visit, Going Alone, Yi yi, Laboratory NO.2, Days Without, Sea by the river and river by the sea, The Concubine)
The schedule of the entire festival can be found on the Węgiel Film Festival social media and on the website (link). We encourage you to take part in the festival, the next such opportunity will be next year!
Today, the festival plans include a meeting with Damian Kocur, a screening of etudes by famous graduates of the Lodz Film School / PWSFTviT, a masterclass with Robert Więckiewicz (hosted by Dr. Jan P. Matuszyński). In addition, at 15:00 there will be a screening of the film "Dangerous Gentlemen", followed by a masterclass with the participation of the director of this film - Maciej Kawalski.
12-13.05 The Warsaw Film School is visiting us, and with them cinematography workshops with Filip Pasternak, film screenings and much, much more!
