We are pleased to announce that on April 21. the feature debut of Michał Chmielewski, a graduate of the Kieślowski Film will be screened in the cinemas!

"Roving Woman" directed by Michał Chmielewski is a drama produced last year. It presents the story of a young and desperate woman, for whom the theft of a random car becomes the determinant of her further life.

Michał Chmielewski is the co-author of the script together with the actress playing the main role, Lena Góra, known, among others, from the series "King of Warsaw" directed by our lecturer, Dr. Jan P. Matuszyński.

This film is a Polish-American co-production, so the plot takes place largely in the American wilderness, where the main character travels - in search of thoughts, love and priorities. It is loosely inspired by the story of artist Connie Converse's mysterious disappearance in the 1970s.

The world premiere took place on June 13, 2022 during the "Tribeca" Film Festival in New York, while in Poland it was shown for the first time on September 13 last year, as part of the Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia.

We encourage you to watch the film in Polish cinemas, where from April 21 you will be able to see the promising debut of last year's graduate of our School. GALAPAGOS FILMS is responsible for distribution in Poland.

05 April 2023

The shooting of "Minghun", an international film project of Polish production, has begun. The director of the film is Dr. Jan P. Matuszyński, known, among others, from the films "The Last Family", "Let There Be No Traces" or the top series CANAL + "King of Warsaw".

From this place, we would like to congratulate the lecturer of the Kieślowski Film School to undertake another demanding and very ambitious project, which is undoubtedly "Minghun".

After the loss of his daughter, Jurek and his father-in-law Ben decide to perform the Chinese minghun ritual, i.e. marriage after death.

"Minghun" is a story about hope, love and searching for the meaning of life and what comes after it. It talks about the most important emotions and the existential limits of human experience. - we read on the website of the film studio Wonder Films, which produces the film.

Jurek, the main character, is played by Marcin Dorociński, while his father-in-law is played by Daxing Zhang, an actor who has participated in, among others, films entitled Fatal Passion and Charlie's Angels. Ewelina Starejki and Wiktoria Gorodeckaja are also part of the Polish cast.

Screenplay: Grzegorz Łoszewski
Cinematography: Kacper Fertacz
Production: Wonder Films
Co-financing: Polish Film Institute and Gdańsk Film Fund
Distribution: Kino Świat
Expected premiere: 2024.

We can't wait!

03 April 2023

We just congratulated Prof. Dagmara Drzazga to win the Janusz Ligoń Silesian Prize, and we already have another great achievement of our lecturer. Great applause!

Prof. Dagmara Drzazga became one of the winners of the Wojciech Korfanty Awards! This award has been granted by the Upper Silesian Association since 1993 and is a recognition of outstanding figures and institutions particularly meritorious for Upper Silesia. You can receive the award only once in your life, which is even more an outstanding achievement, truly unique!

Much could be written and said about the achievements of the lecturer of the Kieślowski Film School, and subsequent awards only confirm the validity of the admiration for the deserved film work of Prof. Dagmara Drzazga for the entire Silesian Community, the director of such films as "Without a single tree, the forest will remain a forest" or "Dead Season".

Award Ceremony of Wojciech Korfanty Awards will take place on April 19 in Zabrze.

27 March 2023

The Habitat International Film Festival is currently taking place in New Delhi, as part of which the Kieślowski Film School plays an important role, namely thanks to the Polish Institute in New Delhi, we managed to organize film workshops for people who want to get to know Polish cinema from behind the scene.

Film workshops as part of HIFF 2023 were conducted by Dr. Anna Huth, Grzegorz Paprzycki and Jakub Kopeć, for which they deserve considerable applause. According to Kajus Augustyniak, the director of the Polish Institute in New Delhi, Polish film workshops are the biggest attraction of the festival and their success is manifested, among other things, in the ratio of the number of willing people to the number of free places. These words are undoubtedly a precious praise towards Polish film schools and, at the same time, hope that it will be possible to develop a certain repeatability aimed at promoting Polish cinematography and Poland in the strict sense in the coming years.

At the invitation of the festival organizers, we had the pleasure to present eight films by our students and graduates, four fiction films and four documentaries. In addition, during HIFF 2023, the film entitled "Perfect Number" directed by prof. Krzysztof Zanussi, lecturer at the Kieślowski Film School.

Habitat International Film Festival runs from March 17 to 26, 2023 in one of the most important cultural centers in New Delhi. For 10 days, over 60 films from 20 countries of the world could be seen by Indian viewers, mainly students of local art schools. The main partner of the current edition of the festival is Australia. We would like to thank all those who contribute to the promotion of Polish culture abroad, in particular we would like to thank the Polish Institute in New Delhi for financing the project, and then to the workshop leaders and filmmakers, i.e. prof. Krzysztof Zanussi and students and graduates.

22 March 2023