We invite you to the vernissage of an exhibition devoted to the work of the lecturer at the Kieślowski Film School of the University of Silesia in Katowice, prof. Bogdan Dziworski, which will take place on September 22, 2022 at 16.00 at the CINiBA (Scientific Information Center and the Academic Library). The exhibition will be presented in the main hall of CINiBA (level 0).
The program of the event:
16:00: prof. Dariusz Pawelec, Director of CINiBA: welcoming the invited guests opening of the ceremony (conference room)
16:10: prof. Krystyna Doktorowicz, Dean of the Kieslowski Film School: Dziworski as an academic eacher (conference room)
16:25: Maciej Kędziora: interview with Prof. Dziworski: Dziworski as a filmmaker, afterwards a film screening A Few Stories About Man, discussion (conference room)
17:15: prof. Dariusz Pawelec, Director of CINiBA: invitation to the exhibition space
17:20: Leica Patryk Wiśniewski: Dziworski as a photographer (main hall, exhibition space)
17:35: prof. Dariusz Pawelec, Director of CINiBA: invitation to see the exhibition (main hall, exhibition space)
The organizers of the event are: CINiBA, University of Silesia in Katowice, University of Economics in Katowice, Kieslowski Film School, Leica 6x7 Gallery Warsaw, Educational Film Studio in Łódź.
Photo Anna Bobrowska / Polish Film Festival in Gdynia
The Grand Prize of the 47. Polish Film Festival in Gdynia "Golden Lions" for the best film went to our graduate of film directing Agnieszka Smoczyńska and the producer of the film "The Silent Twins" Klaudia Śmieja - Rostworowska (graduate of film production) and Ewa Puszczyńska.
"Platinum Lions", the lifetime achievement award funded by the Polish Filmmakers Association, was collected by our lecturer - director Filip Bajon.
Our lecturer, Beata Dzianowicz, received an individual award for a directing debut or a second film for the film "Shreds" during the closing gala of the 47. Polish Film Festival.
The day before, during the Young Gala on Friday, September 16, the winners of the Short Films Competition and the winners of this year's non-statutory awards were announced. Among the winners were also our students, graduates and lecturers.
The Jury of the Short Films Competition:
Ewa Puszczyńska - Chairwoman
Maria Dębska
Beata Walentowska
It awarded a Special Prize - a financial award in the amount of PLN 10,000. PLN for the film "Followers. Live Shooting” dir. Jakub Radej (our student of film directing). The film was produced at the Munk Studio.
Distinction - financial award in the amount of PLN 5000 PLN received the film "Quiver" (2022), dir. Joanna Różniak. The film "Quiver" was produced at the Kieslowski Film School of the University of Silesia in Katowice.
The award for the best cinematographer in the Short Film Competition awarded by the Heliograf company went to Daniel Le Hai (student of cinematography) for the film "Funeralia" (2022), dir. Bartłomiej Błaszczyński. The film "Funeralia" was produced at the Kieslowski Film School.
After the success in Venice, further awards went to the full-length debut "Bread and Salt" by our graduate Damian Kocur:
Journalists Award granted by accredited journalists at the 47th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia
Don Kichot - Award of the Polish Federation of Film Discussion Clubs
Youth Jury Prize for the Best Film in the Main Competition
Awarded with Golden Lions "The Silent Twins", dir. Agnieszka Smoczyńska received the Studio Cinemas Association Award during the Young Gala.
Our lecturer, Beata Dzianowicz, during the Young Gala also received the Onet Award - DISCOVERY of the Polish Film Festival for the film "Shreds".
A student of directing at the Kieślowski Film School - Karol Ulman won the first prize, PLN 8,000 funded by the Polish Filmmakers Association and the production of the film in the Competition for the script of a short film inspired by Jerzy Kawalerowicz's "Night Train" for the script of the film "Ghosts".
The winners of the Golden and Silver Lions, as well as the winners of individual awards in the Main Competition of the 47. Polish Film Festival in Gdynia, were announced at a gala on September 17, 2022.
photo Grzegorz Krzysztofik / materials of the City Museum in Tychy
Workshop "Paper, photos, scissors. Creating a collage” led by Anna Ryń - a student of cinematography at the Kieslowski Film School in Katowice, as part of the project "New Town. New vision" implemented at the City Museum in Tychy were nominated for the educational Oscars "Sunflowers 2022" for the most developmental initiative for children in Silesia. The workshop was held in January and March 2022. The winners of the "Sunflowers 2022" award will be announced on September 16, 2022, at 6.30 pm at the seat of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice during the award ceremony.
During the workshop "Paper, photos, scissors. Creating a collage" the youngest learned what a collage is and tried their hand at this field, using many different art techniques. The starting point were archival photographs from the collection of the City Museum in Tychy. The photos were used to create drawings and collages that turned black and white reality into a colorful kingdom of children.
concept, script and conducting of workshops: Anna Ryń artistic, scientific and technical supervision:dr hab. Rafał Milach, prof. UŚ content supervision and coordination: Ewelina Lasota, Department of the City Museum in Tychy
Sunflowers/Sloneczniki is a competition for the most developmental initiative for children up to 14 years of age, organized by the CzasDzieci.pl portal - a long-term intermediary between places of education and culture and their parents.
More about the photo project "New Town. New vision": link
"New town. New vision" is a joint photographic project of the City Museum in Tychy and the Kieslowski Film School of the University of Silesia in Katowice.
Lecturer at the Kieślowski Film School, prof. UŚ dr hab. Dagmara Drzazga was awarded the Silver Cross of Merit by the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, for outstanding contributions to the development of independent journalism, for achievements in journalistic work and social activity. The ceremony took place at the Journalist's House in Warsaw.
The Cross of Merit is awarded to people who have contributed to the state or citizens through their public activity and charity.
Damian Kocur's feature fiction debut "Bread and Salt" with cinematography by Tomasz Woźniczka received the Special Jury Prize of the Orizzonti competition at the 79th Venice International Film Festival.
A film made by graduates of the Cinematography Course of Kieslowski Film School in Katowice was appreciated by the international jury chaired by the Spanish director Isabel Coixet.
"Bread and Salt" is a story about a young pianist, a student of the Warsaw University of Music, who returns to his hometown on vacation, where his mother, younger brother and friends from the neighborhood are waiting for him.
The film "Bread and Salt" was made at the Munk Studio as part of the Sixty Minutes program funded by the Polish Filmmakers Association with the support of CANAL + Polska and the Polish Film Institute.
The winners of the 79th Venice International Film Festival were announced at a gala on September 10, 2022.
