Directed by Milena Dutkowska and produced at the Kieślowski Film School, "The Hero" (2021) received distinction at the 1st edition of the Bana Film Festival, Pleszew. The winners were selected by the festival audience.

"The Hero", tells the story of Cyprian - a 10-year-old orphan who dreams of becoming a real hero. Igor Połaniewicz handled the cinematography, and Ernest Małkiewicz was responsible for the production management. Prof. Filip Bajon supervised the production. The film was produced by Prof. Krystyna Doktorowicz.

The 1st edition of the Bana Film Festival took place on November 18-19, 2022, in Pleszew. This nationwide competition aims to popularize the art of film, distinguish films of high artistic value, and promote independent creativity, including the work of local artists.

20 November 2022

“Windows” (2022), a documentary film directed by Julia Dziworska and produced at the Kieślowski Film School, is one of the winners of the 10th edition of the Fresh Form Film Festival in Warsaw, a competition for amateur and semi-professional short films. The prize was awarded by a jury composed of Józef Pawłowski, Renata Dobrowolska-Kryczek, Maciej Pieprzyca, and Anna Gryszkówna.

"Windows" is a chronicle made during a strict lockdown, depicting the lives of the residents of apartment blocks in Warsaw from the perspective of their balconies and windows during the pandemic. The cinematographer for the film is Julia Dziworska, and Prof. Paweł Chorzępa supervised the production. The film was produced by Prof. Krystyna Doktorowicz.

The 10th edition of the Fresh Form Film Festival took place on November 18, 2022. The organizer of the project is XXXVII LO Jarosław Dąbrowski, Warsaw.

19 November 2022

Four etudes produced at the Kieślowski Film School have been selected for the International Short Film Competition at the 16th Lublin Film Festival. The competition selections comprise 133 short films from all over the world. The 16th Lublin Film Festival takes place from November 18 to November 26 at the Cultural Center in Lublin.

Here are our films up for the International Short Film Competition:

• “The Limit of Control” (2021), director: Piotr Michalak // cinematography: Piotr Michalak // production management: Ewa Dubiel, Tomasz Antkowiak
• “Slave” (2021), director: Grzegorz Piekarski // cinematography: Antoni Grałek // production management: Natalia Pietsch, Maja Zaleska, Grzegorz Piekarski, Antoni Grałek
• “Imprisoned” (2021), director: Piotr Bieliński // cinematography: Marek Kita, Jan Barszczewski // production management: Maja Krężel
• “The Sky Was Beautiful Yesterday” (2022), director: Jędrzej Ziembiński // cinematography: Krzysztof Świderski // production manager: Tomasz Antkowiak

The competition films also included a documentary directed by our film school graduate and lecturer, Andrzej Cichocki, “A Little Bit of Paradise” (2020). In addition, the films of our graduates, “Beyond is the Day” (2020), directed by Damian Kocur, and “We Have One Heart” (2020), directed by Katarzyna Warzecha, have also been selected for the competition.

The Lublin Film Festival is one of Poland’s most prominent festivals of independent cinema. The program of this year’s edition includes nearly 150 short and full-length productions from around the world. The theme of this year’s festival is freedom.

18 November 2022

We cordially invite you to a discussion about film art and technique with Prof. Jerzy Łukaszewicz, Vice Dean for Science and Art at the Kieślowski Film School. The event titled “Misterium modułu czerni obrazu filmowego” will take place on November 22, 2022, at 1:30 p.m. at the Scientific Information Centre and Academic Library (CINiBA) at ul. Bankowa 11a (ground floor). Maciej Kędziora, deputy editor-in-chief of Filmawka.pl and a student of Kieślowski Film School, will host the discussion. It will be devoted to the book “Event – technique – art. The thinking of film art. Observations” by Prof. Jerzy Łukaszewicz, published by the University of Silesia Press.

On November 21-25, 2022, Academic Book Week, an event promoting science and scientific literature, will be held in the halls of CINiBA. The event’s vital element will be a series of discussion panels open to the general public, attended by the authors of books published in recent months by the University of Silesia Press. The debates will have specialists from various fields discuss a given topic. Thus, a historian will discuss with an artist and a literature expert with a lawyer. The issues discussed will include, among others: the prospects of modern education, the issue of violence and intolerance, and the issue of the impact of the visual sphere on the individual. Meetings with the authors of popular and award-winning books, a lecture on the benefits and responsibilities of writing books, and a series of workshops on publishing and library science for high school students will complement the program.

A detailed description of the program can be found at: link

17 November 2022