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29 films qualified for this year's competitions of the 14. Solanin Film Festival. Among them, there are as many as 7 shorts produced at the Kieślowski Film School in Katowice. The 14th edition of Solanin Film Festival will be held on August 24-28 in Nowa Sól.
Our films in the Off Competition – Documentary
"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
Our films in the Off Competition – Fiction
"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
"Funeralia" (2022), director: Bartłomiej Błaszczyński // cinematography: Daniel Le Hai // production management: Alicja Osiej
"Slave" (2021), director: Grzegorz Piekarski // cinematography: Antoni Grałek // production management: Natalia Pietsch, Maja Zaleska, Grzegorz Piekarski, Antoni Grałek
"The Delivery" (2021), director: Katarzyna Sikorska // cinematography: Arkadiusz Powałka // production management: Adrianna Orych
Solanin Film Festival is the off-film festival, which grew out of passion and faith in cinema. Solanin combines independent productions and interesting Polish, European and world films. It presents, rewards and promotes off-films and young artists.
Produced at the Kieślowski Film School, the film "Slave" (2021), dir. Grzegorz Piekarski returns from the 2nd edition of the "Wajda na Nowo" Film Festival with distinction. This year's jury consisted of: Filip Marczewski (chairman of the jury), Urszula Grabowska and Andrzej Pągowski. The distinction was awarded for "formal consistency, intriguing acting creations as well as precision and care for the complementary plot and visual space".
The cinematographer for the film "Slave" is Antoni Grałek. Natalia Pietsch, Maja Zaleska, Grzegorz Piekarski and Antoni Grałek were responsible for production management. The pedagogical supervision over the production was provided by prof. Adam Sikora and prof. Maciej Pieprzyca. The producer of the film is prof. Krystyna Doktorowicz.
The 2nd edition of the "Wajda na Nowo" Film Festival was held on August 18-20, 2022 in Suwałki.
The jury chaired by Filip Marczewski selected 10 short films in the Short Film Competition for Students and Graduates of Film Schools and Art Academies to be presented during the 2nd edition of the Wajda na Nowo Film Festival. Among them, there are 5 shorts produced at the Kieślowski Film School in Katowice. The Wajda na Nowo Film Festival will be held on August 18-20, 2022 in Suwałki.
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, Agata Basista, Grzegorz Piekarski, Antoni Grałek
"Hide and Seek" (2022) director: Karolina Belka // cinematography: Aneta Bochnacka // production management: Magda Walasek
"Funeralia" (2022), director: Bartłomiej Błaszczyński // cinematography: Daniel Le Hai // production management: Alicja Osiej
"There is no peace of mind" (2022) director: Karol Ulman // cinematography: Maksymilian Plater // production management: Karolina Zychowicz
The Wajda na Nowo Film Festival was established in 2021 as a tribute to one of the greatest directors in the history of Polish cinematography, Andrzej Wajda, born in Suwałki. The special guest of the 2nd edition of the festival will be the excellent Polish director Feliks Falk. The artistic director of the event is a graphic and poster designer Andrzej Pągowski, and the program director – a film expert and a film and theater critic Łukasz Maciejewski.
The Boy Who Walked Barefoot / photo Aleksandra Kamińska
Our short films in August will be shown, among others in Germany, Tunisia, Romania, Hungary and North Macedonia.
On August 14, "East West" (2020) dir. Natalia Koniarz will be seen by viewers of the 46th edition of Open-Air Filmfest Weiterstadt in Germany. In turn, „Liberty” (2021), dir. Joanna Różniak will have a screening in Hamburg as part of The Political Shortfilm - Hamburg Summer Cinema.
„Forever” (2021) dir. Aleksandra Kamińska will compete for awards in the international competition of the 35th edition of the Festival International du Film Amateur de Kélibia in Tunisia. The event will be held on August 13-20.
Romanian viewers will have a chance to see „Test” (2020) dir. Bartosz Toboła during the 1st edition of STOP CADRU International Film Festival in Curtea de Argeș, as well as „The Delivery” (2021) dir. Katarzyna Sikorska during The International Film and Television Festival SIMFEST in Târgu Mureș.
During the 11th edition of the Tetova International Film Festival in North Macedonia, two etudes will have a chance to win prizes in the student competition: „Vyraj” (2020), dir. Agnieszka Nowosielska and „The Boy Who Walked Barefoot” (2020), dir. Gracjana Piechula.
We will also have a strong representation at the end of the month in Budapest during the 18th edition of the BuSho Budapest Short Film Festival. In the international competition, the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School will be represented by 3 films: „The Hero” (2021), dir. By Milena Dutkowska, "Pure Cinema” (2021), dir. Piotr Trzęsowski and „Mother's Day” (2021) dir. Patryk Kaflowski. The event will take place August 30 - September 4.
Our short films in August will also be present at the Malhaar Global Virtual Film Festival. This exotic festival started at the beginning of the pandemic in India in a completely online version. The films of the 2nd edition of the festival will cover such topics as: Education, Mental Health, Migrations, Gender, and Passions. The program of the event included 5 etudes produced at the Kieslowski Film School. They are: "The Siblings" (2020) dir. Michał Rakowski, "Group Theory" (2021) dir. Zuzanna Karpińska, "Imprisoned" (2021) dir. Piotr Bieliński and "Noc za Dnia" (2021) and "The Delivery" (2021) dir. Katarzyna Sikorska. The event runs entirely online from August 19-28.
