35 films have qualified for the Main Short Film Competition of the 20th Opolskie Lamy Film Festival. Among them, there are 5 shorts produced at the Kieślowski Film School in Katowice. The 20th edition of the Opolskie Lamy Film Festival takes place on October 7-15, 2022 in Opole.

Our films in the Fiction Competition:

• "The Hero" (2021), dir. Milena Dutkowska // photos: Igor Połaniewicz // production management: Ernest Małkiewicz

Our films in the Document Competition:

• "Time to Revolt" (2022), director: Daniel Le Hai // cinematography: Daniel Le Hai // production management: Filip Kantor
• "Joanna d'Arc" (2022), director: Aleksander Szamałek // cinematography: Aleksander Szamałek // production management: Maria Kawalec
• "Holding Your Breath" (2021), director: Katarzyna Sikorska // cinematography: Arkadiusz Powałka // production management: Barbara Owsińska
• "Imprisoned" (2021) director: Piotr Bieliński // cinematography: Marek Kita, Jan Barszczewski // production management: Maja Krężel

The Main Competition is the essence and the most important part of the Opolskie Lamy Film Festival. Short films made by students and graduates of film schools, as well as film-related courses, take part in it. For many years, the Opole festival has been giving young artists from all over Poland the opportunity to present their skills to a wider audience. Thanks to hundreds of short film submissions, the festival jury (composed of organizers and professional filmmakers) can determine what trends are emerging in Polish cinema in the field of animation, documentary and fiction.

10 October 2022

Rector of the University of Silesia and Dean of the Kieślowski Film School are honored to invite you to the inauguration of the academic year 2022/2023 at the Kieślowski Film School.

The official inauguration of the 2022/2023 academic year will take place on October 7, 2022 (Friday) at 10.00 in the cinema hall, in the building of the Kieślowski Film School at Paweł Street 3 in Katowice.

PROGRAM:

• Inaugural speech Dean of the Kieślowski Film School, prof. Krystyna Doktorowicz
• Inaugural speech of the Vice-Rector for Science and Finance of the University of Silesia in Katowice, prof. Michał Daszykowski
• Student matriculation
• Inaugural lecture by Adrian Robak "Wojciech Kilar - merry and sad music by merry and sad composer"

Students willing to take part in the inauguration are kindly asked to confirm their presence by 03/10/2022 to the following e-mail address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

06 October 2022

20 films have qualified for the Short Film Competition of the 9. WAMA Film Festival. Among them are 2 shorts produced at the Kieślowski Film School in Katowice. The 9. WAMA Film Festival takes place on October 4-8, 2022 in Olsztyn.

Our films in the Short Film Competition:

•  "The Delivery", (2021) director: Katarzyna Sikorska // cinematography: Arkadiusz Powałka // production management: Adrianna Orych
• "Kammerfilm", (2022) directed by: Michał Piotrowski // cinematography: Fryderyk Potoczek // production management: Agata Jarmułowicz, Katarzyna Kupczak

WAMA Film Festival is the largest film event in the region of Warmia and Mazury. The festival promotes values related to the joint functioning of various ethnic, social and religious groups. All screenings and events accompanying the festival are focused around this topic.

05 October 2022

Short films produced at the Kieślowski Film School: "Anew" (2020), dir. Zofia Sawicka, "Joanna d'Arc" (2022) dir. Aleksandra Szamałka, "The Hero" (2021) dir. Milena Dutkowska and "Slave" (2021) dir. Grzegorz Piekarski return from the 7th edition of the Lower Silesian Film Festival “Złoty Samorodek” in Złotoryja with prizes.

Zofia Sawicka won the documentary competition with her short film "Anew" (2020).The second place went to the film "Joanna d'Arc" (2022), dir. Alexander Szamałek.

Milena Dutkowska for the film "The Hero" (2021) was second in the fiction category. The third place went to the film "Slave" (2021) dir. Grzegorz Piekarski.

Among the winners of the festival there is also the animated film "C`est la vie", co-directed by an employee of the Kieślowski Film School, Wojciech Sankiewicz. "C`est la vie" won in the competition for the animated productions.

The prizes were awarded by the jury composed of: Małgorzata Dancewicz (film expert), Michał Staniszewski (screenwriter, film expert) and the actor Łukasz Matecki.

The full list of laureates: link

The 7. Lower Silesian Film Festival “Złoty Samorodek” was held on September 30 - 2.10 in the cinema halls of the Złotoryja Cultural Center ("Aurum" cinema) in Złotoryja.

03 October 2022