During the Grand Press Photo gala, the Photo Book of the Year 2021 competition was announced. The award for the best photo book of 2021 was awarded to a lecturer at the Kieślowski Film School, prof. Rafał Milach for the book "Strike".
The "Strike" is a visual trace of the protests that began throughout Poland on October 22, 2020 and lasted in various forms for the next several months.
The book received financial support from the Institute of Film and Theater Arts of the University of Silesia in Katowice.
The 24th edition of the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia takes place on June 7-20 in Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the most important and largest events entirely devoted to short films on the Asian continent. The documentary "Seal Story" (2020), dir. Bartłomiej Błaszczyński is part of the competition of films recorded with a smartphone. On June 12, in Paris, the short film "Forever" (2021), dir. Aleksandra Kamińska will be screened. The screening will be part of the 18th edition of the Festival des Nouveaux Cinémas.
Our most frequently presented film at foreign festivals in June is "Liberty" (2021) dir. Joanna Różniak. The film qualified for the Hungarian Friss Hús Budapest International Short Film Festival, the Israeli Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival and the Morocco Shorts International Film Festival. In the student competition of the festival in Tel Aviv, also "Mother's Day" (2021), dir. Patryk Kaflowski will be screened. On the other hand, in Morocco, the "The last days of summer" (2020), dir. Klaudia Kęska. And for the student competition during the 25th edition Zanzibar International Film Festival qualified our short film "Submission" (2020) dir. Michał Ciechomski.
"When the Night Comes" (2021), dir. Katarzyna Sikorska will be watched by audience of the 18th edition of the Nahal International Student Short Film Festival (Iran) and the 9th edition of the DEA OPEN AIR International Film Festival (Albania).
In the competition sections of the 18th edition of the Fest - New Directors / New Films Festival in Espinho, Portugal, "Slave" (2021), dir. Grzegorz Piekarski and "The Delivery" (2021) dir. Katarzyna Sikorska will be screened. It will be the international premiere of both films.
“The Hero” (2021) dir. Milena Dutkowska is in the ompetition of the largest festival dedicated to short films in North America Palm Springs International ShortFest. The 28th edition of the event will take place on June 21-27, 2022.
On June 1, 2022, at 12.00, the application process at the University of Silesia started and will last until September 30, 2022. We invite you to familiarize yourself with the catalogue of our fields of study:
Registration for full-time BA studies in the IRK system lasts until June 15, 2022. Candidates for full-time MA studies may register until September 15, 2022.
Registration for full-time BA studies lasts until June 30. Candidates for full-time MA studies may register until September 26, 2022, while registration for part-time first and second-cycle studies lasts until September 16, 2022.
Photo books "Strike" and "I am warning you" by the lecturer of the Kieślowski Film School, prof. Rafał Milach were nominated for the Photo Book of the Year 2021 finals. Both books were subsidized by the Institute of the Film and Theatre Arts.
The book "Strike" is a visual trace of the protests that began throughout Poland on October 22, 2020 and lasted in various forms for the next several months.
"I am warning you" is a book triptych devoted to border walls. The author has created a collection of photos showing architecture entangled in propaganda.
Photo Book of the Year 2021 is a separate competition within Grand Press Photo. The finalists were selected by the jurors: Maga Ćwieluch, Jan Piechota, Paweł Rubkiewicz and Mateusz Sarełło.
On May 25, at the Kieślowski Film School of the University of Silesia, a scientific seminar was held, "Reports of journalists from the Ukrainian-Russian war (February - May 2022). Analyzes and observations".
The program of the seminar included speeches by prof. Jacek Grębowiec entitled "Pictures from the Ukrainian-Russian war in journalistic reports" and "Analysis of the journalistic message from the point of view of the experience of secret services and state security" by the Major Maksymilian Orłowiecki.
After the speeches, there was a discussion led by prof. Krystyna Doktorowicz - Dean of the Kieślowski Film School and prof. Kazimierz Wolny-Zmorzyński - editor-in-chief of the "Scientific Journalistic Review".
The organizer of the event was the Institute of Journalism and Media Communication of the University of Silesia, "Scientific Journalistic Review" and the Kieślowski Film School of the University of Silesia.
