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03.03.2022
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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:

  • Cinematography and photography: link

Registration for full-time master's degree studies in the IRK system lasts until June 20, 2022.

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.

  • Film and television production: link

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.

  • Creative management in new media: link

Registration for full-time MA studies lasts until August 31, 2022.

03.03.2022

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.

03.03.2022

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.

 

03.03.2022

 

7 students of the Kieślowski Film School participated in the 2022 Cannes Film Festival at the invitation of Gerald Duchaussoy, head of the Cannes Classic section, which is a part of the Festival.

Our students were responsible for the implementation of the documentary project on this year's Cannes Classic program. As a result, a collective short documentary will be created. The project is possible thanks to the co-financing of the trip provided by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Poznań from the “Polish culture in the world” program.

The project, chaired by Dr. Anna Huth, was attended by:

  • Karolina Monwid-Olechnowicz
  • Daniel Le Hai
  • Maksim Kvartalny
  • Maria Magdalena Jeziorowska
  • Maciej Idczak
  • Wiktoria Goczoł
  • Maciej Kędziora

03.03.2022

7 films produced at the Kieślowski Film School were qualified for the Short Film Debuts Competition at the 41st edition of the Koszalin Festival of Film Debuts Młodzi i Film. This year's edition of the festival will be held on June 6-11 in Koszalin.

In Koszalin, the competition screenings will include:

  • "QUIVER" (2022) dir. Joanna Różniak
  • "OUT OF WATER" (2022) dir. Gracjana Piechula
  • "KAMMERFILM" (2022) dir. Michał Piotrowski
  • "FOREVER" (2021) dir. Aleksandra Kamińska
  • "THERE IS NO PEACE OF MIND" (2022) dir. Karol Ulman
  • "TIME TO REVOLT" (2022) dir. Daniel Le Hai
  • "JOANNA D'ARC" (2022) dir. Aleksander Szamałek

Among the short films there is also the feature film "One More End of the World" (2021) directed by our graduate - Agnieszka Kot. In addition, the chairman of the jury of the Feature Debuts Competition this year will be our graduate and lecturer, prof. Marcin Koszałka. We will see 13 films in the Feature Fiction Debuts Competition. Including, among others feature debuts by our graduates: "Other People", dir. Aleksandra Terpińska, "Broys" dir. Marcin Filipowicz and "Sonata" dir. Bartosz Blaschke.