Film: lab is a series of free professional training courses for representatives of various professions within the directing and cinematographer's departments. The aim of the training is to prepare qualified staff to work on a film set in roles other than just a director and cinematographer. As part of the training, participants will be prepared for such roles as: gaffer, camera operator, Script & Continuity, data wrangler and grip. A maximum of ten participants can take part in each course.
The first series of workshops will take place in October:
During the workshops, participants will have the opportunity to work at the Studio of the Kieślowski Film School in Katowice, the editing room, the location (apartment in a tenement house) and at the Cinelight headquarters. During the practical classes, participants will also cooperate with actors, sound engineers and a makeup artist.
Detailed information on individual workshops can be found at: link
The organizer of the workshop is the Kieślowski Film School. The workshop was co-financed by the Polish Film Institute.
The 20. Tirana International Film Festival takes place from 24-30 September. In the VIDEO ART & EXPERIMENTAL competition, the international premiere of the film "SOLILOQUIUM" (2022), dir. Karolina Monwid-Olechnowicz and produced at the Kieślowski Film School, will take plakce and the film will compete among others for a nomination to the European Film Awards.
Tirana International Film Festival is one of the most important short and independent cinema festivals in the Balkans. Since several years, it has the status of a festival qualifying for the European Film Awards and the Oscar. This year's edition takes place on September 24-30, 2022.
The film "SOLILOQUIUM" in Albania is represented by the director - Karolina Monwid-Olechnowicz and Sound Designer Szymon Orłowski (Dźwiękuję Bardzo).
Karolina Monwid-Olechnowicz's trip to this event was possible thanks to the support of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute from the program "Polish Culture in the World".
In turn, in the main competition of the festival, the film "Illusion", dir. Marta Minorowicz, our lecturer, will be screened. The film was shot by our graduate and lecturer, dr Paweł Chorzępa.
On September 24, in Międzygórze in Lower Silesia, as part of the "Miejsce po Michale" series, the film "Wölfelsgrund. Patho Film" by the lecturer at the Kieślowski Film School in Katowice, prof. Adam Sikora, combined with a vernissage of the author's works, drawings and photographs will take place. The screening of the film and an exhibition of Adam Sikora's works will take place in the beautifully renovated interiors of Villa Góralka. Międzygórze, or the former Wölfelsgrund prof. Adam Sikora chose his place to live and has been drawing inspiration from it for years. The artist's latest film experiment was presented at Polish film festivals: Kino na Granicy (Cieszyn), New Horizons International Film Festival (Wrocław).
The program of the event:
Villa Góralka
4.30 pm: Opening of the exhibition by Adam Sikora
6:00 pm: Tymoteusz Bies & Adam Jędrysik concert
7.00 pm: The film "Wölfelsgrund. Patho Film"
8:30 pm: Interview with Adam Sikora
Wilczy Dół (Wölfelsgrund)
21:30: Concert of Grupa Experymentalna
The event is organized by the "Międzygórze Reaktywacja" Association.
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.
