We remind you and invite you to visit the Silesian Museum in Katowice, where for less than a month, because only until 07.05. you have the opportunity to get acquainted with the work of the lecturer of the Kieślowski Film School, prof. Ryszard Czernow.

The exhibition "Ryszard Czernow Vanitas 2023" is a multi-meaning collection of works whose author moves between creation and destruction, using the motif of vanity, known from the Middle Ages, but above all the Baroque, symbolically contained in the visual layer of the works. In his works, the artist focuses on matter, creating pictorial stories about its disintegration and absorbing evidence of human existence. In this way, Czernow shows the viewer the fossils of what we know, what is close to us but has passed away. - Kamil Myszkowski, curator of the exhibition

As part of the ongoing exhibition, an author's meeting is being organized, it will take place on April 22, 2023, so we cordially encourage you to visit the website of the Silesian Museum for detailed information on the possibility of participating in the event. The meeting with Ryszard Czernow will be combined with the projection of the sonovisual composition entitled "The spirit of matter", a multimedia presentation in the form of a cinema projection.

Detailed information about the event can be found on the website of the Silesian Museum: link

18 April 2023

We are starting with announcements regarding open days at the Kieślowski Film School!

Are you interested in film directing? Do you create scripts? Maybe you are in the creative process and would like to consult your work so far? As part of the open days, we have an offer for you!

11.05. from 11:00 to 16:00 there will be consultations of scrips by candidates for a directing course.

We are waiting for submissions of scripts for short documentaries and fiction films, conditions:

• maximum 30 pages subject to consultation,
• max. one script for a documentary and a fiction film (we do not accept applications, e.g. two fiction scripts from one person),
• we submit applications to the e-mail address (filip.jeleniewicz(at)us.edu.pl), in the message, apart from the scenarios - please leave information, i.e. name and surname, telephone number and name of the current high school. In the message, please also indicate your preferences regarding the consulting person,
• applications are accepted until April 27, 2023.

Consultations will be conducted by the following lecturers of the Kieślowski Film School:

• dr hab. Beata Dzianowicz - film and theater director, screenwriter, playwright,
• Jan Foryś, MA - director of advertising films, creator of the world's first commercial video in vertical format,
• prof. Jarosław Świerszcz (alias Ingmar Villqist) - playwright, screenwriter, theater director and film set designer.

Each qualified person will receive an individual consultation date. In exceptional situations, it is possible to conduct online consultations, while stationary consultations are preferred - so please book the appropriate amount of time on May 11 this year.

We invite you to follow our social media in the coming days, because we will inform you about open days for other directions!

Ready, Set, Go! We are just waiting for you.

17 April 2023

Yesterday, the opening of the event that we recently mentioned in our social media took place at Kino Kultura, which is the Film Screenings of Andrzej Fidyk on the occasion of the 70th birthday of the outstanding Polish documentary filmmaker and lecturer of the Kieślowski Film School in Katowice.

During the first day, the guests had the opportunity to listen to the inaugural conversation between Professor Andrzej Fidyk and Ms. Grażyna Torbicka, then participate in the screenings of two films, i.e. "Defilada" (1989) and "The President" (1985) and exchange a few words with the author of these films himself.

For those who did not participate in yesterday's meeting - we have good news, the event lasts two more days, today and tomorrow - respectively 13.04 and 14.04 at 19:00. Admission to the event is free, tickets are available at the box office of the Kino Kultura in Warsaw.

Each day, the screening of films will be preceded by a half-hour conversation, as it was during the inauguration, while the films will change - on April 13, you can watch the following films: "Kiniarze z Kalkuty" (1998) and "Dance of the Reeds" (2000), in turn the film will be shown on Friday "Stories from Yodok" (2008).

Congratulations on such a rich film output, it undoubtedly constitutes a solid foundation of Polish documentary filmmaking and is an inspiration, a clear signpost for other, novice creators of the cinema of facts.

Well done Professor! The event is organized by the Polish Filmmakers Association.

Link to the event: link

13 April 2023

We know the winners of the 3rd edition of the Freedom of Research competition as part of the Research Excellence Initiative, among whom there were as many as six lecturers from the Kieślowski Film School in Katowice!

Prof. Dagmara Drzazga received funding in the amount of PLN 19,100, these funds are intended to support the implementation of research activities on the following topics: Documentary work entitled "A Mother's Tale". Life of the Jewish population in Zagłębie in the interwar period and its Holocaust during World War II. Uprising in the Będzin Ghetto inspired by the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in April 1943. The trauma of Holocaust survivors.

Prof. Andrzej Fidyk received funding in the amount of PLN 10,000, intended to be used to carry out a research activity with the subject: Exhibition of photographic works "Strange end of the 20th century”.

Anna Huth, PhD, received a grant of PLN 20,000 to carry out a research activity on the subject: Production of the feature-length documentary "Until the wedding" directed by Daniel Stopa

Prof. Rafał Milach received funding in the amount of PLN 20,000 to enable the implementation of research activities on the subject: Development of audiovisual and text material on the mass migration of civilians (9.4 million people crossed the border with Poland) as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.

Prof. Janusz Musiał received funding in the amount of PLN 20,000, aimed at contributing to the implementation of a research activity on the subject: International exhibition of art works Archeology of new media MMXXIII.

Prof. Adam Sikora received funding in the amount of PLN 10,000 to support the implementation of a research activity on the subject: Publication entitled "Towards Osiris".

The aim of the project organized as part of the Research Excellence Initiative is to improve the conditions for the scientific development of employees, build high-quality scientific achievements, disseminate and commercialize knowledge, and consequently increase the impact of the university's scientific activity on the development of world science.

Scientists could apply for co-financing of research activities in the amount of up to PLN 10,000, and in the case of international cooperation - up to PLN 20,000. Congratulations to all winners and good luck!

12 April 2023