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50 short films from all over the world have qualified for the Let's Start The Revolution competition of the 7th edition of Demakijaż - Women's Art Festival. Among them, there are 5 shorts produced at the Kieślowski Film School in Katowice. The 7th edition of Demakijaż - Women's Art Festival will be held on October 26-30, 2022 in Lublin.

Our films in the Let’s Start The Revolution 2022 competition:

  • "The White Lady" (2022), director: Maria Magdalena Jeziorowska // cinematography: Aneta Bochnacka // production management: Weronika Podgórska
  • "Quiver" (2022), director: Joanna Różniak // cinematography: Łukasz Łatanik // production manager: Jakub Lebiedziński
  • "Out of Water", (2022), directed by Gracjana Piechula // cinematography: Aleksandra Kamińska // production management: Julia Wasiak, Damazy Stasiak
  • "The Delivery", (2021) director: Katarzyna Sikorska // cinematography: Arkadiusz Powałka // production management: Adrianna Orych
  • "Bonds" (2022), directed by: Aleksandra Kamińska // cinematography: Aleksandra Kamińska // production management: Anna Żychowska, Katarzyna Bielińska

Let’s Start The Revolution is a competition for the best short film directed by women and dealing with issues related to femininity. The curator of the competition is Weronika Modrzejewska-Rubin. Demakijaż - The Women's Art Festival has been organized since 2016 in Lublin. It shows off the talent, strength and determination of women on both sides of the camera. Until the 6th edition, the festival was held under the name of Demakijaż - Women's Cinema Festival.

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Photo Robert Jaworski / WFF

Lecturer at the Kieślowski Film School Beata Dzianowicz received the Special Jury Prize for the script of the film "Shreds" awarded in the International Competition of the 38th Warsaw Film Festival. The award was granted by the Jury composed of: Bogdan G. Apetri (Romania / USA), Ewa Puszczyńska (Poland), Camille Hardman (USA), Dr Ladislav Volko (Slovakia), Zhaowei Zhang (China).

The Warsaw Film Festival, existing since 1985, entered the elite group of events accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations as an international competition film festival - next to such festivals as: Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Locarno, San Sebastian, Karlovy Vary, Tokyo, Moscow, Mar del Plata, Montreal, Shanghai, Cairo, Goa and Tallinn.

The full list of winners of the Warsaw Film Festival: link

The 38th edition of the Warsaw Film Festival was held on October 14-23, 2022 at the Atlantic Cinema and Multikino Złote Tarasy.

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46 short films from 15 countries were qualified for the 4 international competition Okiem Młodych (Young Eye) of the 8. Spektrum Film Festival. Among them are 3 short films produced at the Kieślowski Film School in Katowice. The 8. Spektrum Film Festival takes place from 22 to 29 October 2022 in Świdnica.

Our films in the Young Eye competition – fiction sction:

  • "Quiver" (2022), director: Joanna Różniak // cinematography: Łukasz Łatanik // production manager: Jakub Lebiedziński

Our films in the competition Young Eye – documentary section:

  • "Joanna d'Arc" (2022), director: Aleksander Szamałek // cinematography: Aleksander Szamałek // production management: Maria Kawalec
  • "Windows" (2022), directed by: Julia Dziworska // cinematography: Julia Dziworska

The Spektrum Film Festival is an international film festival which aims to search for new talents and film narratives. As part of the festival, 6 competition sections are presented for both short and feature films.

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33 short films qualified for the competition of the 1st Nano Film Festival. Among them are 4 short films produced at the Kieślowski Film School in Katowice. The 1st edition of the International Short Film Festival Nano Film Festival will be held on October 21-23, 2022 at the Kijów Cinema in Krakow.

Our films in the Competition:

  • "The Hero" (2021), dir. Milena Dutkowska // photos: Igor Połaniewicz // production management: Ernest Małkiewicz
  • "The Delivery" (2021), director: Katarzyna Sikorska // cinematography: Arkadiusz Powałka // production management: Adrianna Orych
  • "Mother's Day" (2021), directed by: Patryk Kaflowski // cinematography: Patryk Roman // production management: Katarzyna Bielińska, Konrad Petrenko-Goljanek
  • "Last Days of Summer" (2020), directed by: Klaudia Kęska // cinematography: Kamil Małecki // production management: Stanisław Bryś, Aleksandra Gajdosz, Ewa Dubiel

The competition films of the Nano Film Festival will compete for the Golden, Silver and Bronze Pretzel awards. The winners will be selected by a jury composed of: director and screenwriter Kinga Dębska (chairperson), composer and director Tomasz Gąssowski, cinematographer Adam Bajerski, German theater and film artist Leonard Drescher, and director, screenwriter and cinema historian Andrzej Krakowski. Workshops / meetings with filmmakers led by Robert Gliński, the festival's artistic director and Jerzy Armata, a film critic, are an important point in the festival's program.

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19 short films qualified for the short film competition of the 11th edition of the Festiwal Filmów Frapujących. Among them are 2 shorts produced at the Kieślowski Film School in Katowice. The 11th edition of the Festiwal Filmów Frapujących takes place on October 21-23, 2022 in Gorzów Wielkopolski.

Our films in the Short Film Competition:

  • "The Delivery" (2021) director: Katarzyna Sikorska // cinematography: Arkadiusz Powałka // production management: Adrianna Orych
  • "Slave" (2021), director: Grzegorz Piekarski // cinematography: Antoni Grałek // production management: Natalia Pietsch, Maja Zaleska, Grzegorz Piekarski, Antoni Grałek

Festiwal Filmów Frapujących focuses on interesting characters, intriguing forms and original stories. The event is organized by the Municipal Art Center in Gorzów Wielkopolski and the cinema 60 krzeseł.