The eighth edition of the Play Poland Film Festival, which takes place December 9–18 in the British Isles, will present nineteen etudes produced at the Kieślowski Film School. The film school is a partner of the festival.

Listed below are the films going to be featured at the Play Poland Film Festival:

• “Imprisoned” (2021) director: Piotr Bieliński // cinematography: Marek Kita, Jan Barszczewski // production management: Maja Krężel
• “Breakdown Motel” (2021) director: Katarzyna Hordowicz // cinematography: Katarzyna Hordowicz // production manager: Natalia Czerniejewska
• “Group Theory” (2021), director: Zuzanna Karpińska // cinematography: Grzegorz Myjkowski
• “The Delivery” (2021) director: Katarzyna Sikorska // cinematography: Arkadiusz Powałka // production manager: Adrianna Orych
• “Forever” (2021), director: Aleksandra Kamińska // cinematography: Aleksandra Kamińska // production manager: Marta Nowak
• “Liberty” (2021), director: Joanna Różniak // cinematography: Łukasz Łatanik // production manager: Maria Kawalec
• “The Nest” (2021), director: Gracjana Piechula // cinematography: Aleksandra Kamińska // production management: Julia Wasiak
• “The Hero” (2021), director: Milena Dutkowska // cinematography: Igor Połaniewicz // production manager: Ernest Małkiewicz
• “Pure cinema” (2021), director: Piotr Trzęsowski // cinematography: Daniel Le Hai // production management: Adrianna Orych
• “Slave” (2021), director: Grzegorz Piekarski // cinematography: Antoni Grałek // production management: Natalia Pietsch, Maja Zaleska, Grzegorz Piekarski, Antoni Grałek
• “Lockdown” (2021), director: Maciej Idczak // cinematography: Aleksander Szamałek // production management: Wojciech Węglarz
• “When the Night Comes” (2021), director: Katarzyna Sikorska // cinematography: Arkadiusz Powałka // production manager: Maria Kawalec
• “The Cabin” (2021), director: Bartosz Toboła // cinematography: Bartosz Toboła // production management: Aleksandra Kubisa
• “Limits of Control” (2021), director: Piotr Michalak // cinematography: Piotr Michalak // production management: Ewa Dubiel, Tomasz Antkowiak
• “Dream Yourself to Safety” (2021), director: Joanna Różniak, Martyna Ludwig // cinematography: Joanna Różniak, Martyna Ludwig, Szymon Dzieciuchowicz
• “Eternal Return” (2021), director: Karolina Biedrowska // cinematography: Karolina Biedrowska // production manager: Katarzyna Czekaj
• “Holding Your Breath” (2021), director: Katarzyna Sikorska // cinematography: Arkadiusz Powałka // production manager: Barbara Owsińska
• “Windows” (2022), directed by Julia Dziworska // cinematography: Julia Dziworska
• “Joanna d’Arc” (2022), director: Aleksander Szamałek // cinematography: Aleksander Szamałek // production manager: Maria Kawalec

The Play Poland Film Festival is the largest mobile film event promoting contemporary Polish cinema in the British Isles. On a specially built VOD internet platform, viewers can watch the latest full-length and short Polish productions.

09 December 2022

Agnieszka Smoczyńska and Damian Kocur, graduates of the Kieślowski Film School, are nominated for this year’s Polityka’s Passport Awards in the film category. Agnieszka Smoczyńska is nominated for her film, “Silent Twins,” and Damian Kocur for “Bread and Salt.” The winners will be announced on January 17, 2023, during an official gala at the Grand Theater-National Opera. The event will be broadcast on TVN.

A complete list of this year's Polityka’s Passport Award candidates can be found below: link

Polityka’s Passport is one of Poland’s most prestigious cultural awards, highly valued by artists and art critics. It is also one of the longest-running cultural awards in our country.

07 December 2022

The 13th edition of the Macau International Short Film Festival, which will take place in Macau, China, has selected dozens of titles from all over the world. The competition selections include three etudes produced at the Kieślowski Film School.

The selected films and their respective directors and crew members are listed below:

• "Out of Water" (2022), director: Gracjana Piechula // cinematography: Aleksandra Kamińska // production management: Julia Wasiak, Damazy Stasiak
• "When the Night Comes" (2021), director: Katarzyna Sikorska // cinematography: Arkadiusz Powałka // production manager: Maria Kawalec
• "Imprisoned" (2021) director: Piotr Bieliński // cinematography: Marek Kita, Jan Barszczewski // production management: Maja Krężel

"The Ceremony" (2021), directed by our graduate, Tadeusz Kabicz, is also among the selected titles.

Since 2010, the Macau International Short Film Festival has been held in Macau, China. The festival is divided into two competitions: "SHORTS," which awards the best short films in the documentary, fiction, and animation categories, and "VOLUME," which is for music videos. The 13th edition of the Macau International Short Film Festival takes place December 1–8, 2022.

06 December 2022

"Quiver", directed by Joanna Różniak and produced at the Kieślowski Film School, has won the main award, Mayor of the City of Gdańsk Award, at the 31st Euroshorts 2022 Young Filmmakers International Film Festival. The festival had 60 short films from 23 countries competing for prizes. A jury chaired by Dr. Monika Bokiniec awarded the main prize. The award, funded by the Mayor of the City of Gdańsk, is worth PLN 3,000.

Łukasz Łatanik served as the cinematographer for "Quiver". Jakub Lebiedziński handled the production management, and Prof. Michał Rosa supervised the production. The producer of the film is Prof. Krystyna Doktorowicz.

The 31st Euroshorts 2022 Young Filmmakers International Film Festival started on November 28 and lasted until December 4, 2022, in Gdańsk. The festival has the EFFE Label “Remarkable Arts Festival 2022-2023.”

05 December 2022