The Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School at the University of Silesia invites you to the Open Days! 🎬

Are you passionate about photography? Is cinematography what keeps you awake at night? In plain words - do you dream of becoming a cinematographer? You're in the right place, this post is for you.

We invite candidates for the program in Cinematography and Photography to consult their photographic portfolios. Details below.

📷 Photographic work consultations will take place from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM in our library, admission is on a first-come, first-served basis - no appointments necessary. Candidates wishing to consult their works must have printed versions. Digital photographs will not be reviewed.

The following lecturers from the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School at the University of Silesia will conduct the photo consultations:

👤 Prof. Janusz Musiał, PhD - a photographer, filmmaker, cultural scientist, and author who uses various media (photography, short film form, animation, installation, object, word, web projects) to carry out thematic projects, exhibitions, films, catalogs, and albums. Since December 2023, he has been the director of the Institute of Film and Theatre Arts.

👤 Ryszard Czernow, PhD, Professor at the University of Silesia - a multimedia artist, cinematographer, inventor of the term Cybergraphy, graphic designer. Author of many solo exhibitions, including last year's "Ryszard Czernow Vanitas 2023" at the Silesian Museum.

📅 April 25, 2024

⏰ 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

🏢 Library at the K. Kieślowski Film School (ground floor)

👥 Free admission (please queue according to the given times)

📩 Please direct questions to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Come and choose the cinematic path, we warmly welcome you. We are waiting for you!

The 2024 Open Days are held during the 21st edition of the Węgiel Film Festival.

We encourage you to study at the University of Silesia in Katowice.

13 March 2024

We invite you to a meeting with representatives of the Krakow Film Festival!

Tomorrow, March 13th, in our cinema hall at 10:00 AM, a meeting with representatives of the Krakow Film Festival will begin. We would like to invite all interested students to attend.

We will have the honor of hosting Ms. Barbara Orlicz-Szczypuła, the director of the program office, and Ms. Magdalena Walo, the Kids&Youth Fest coordinator.

🗣 The topic of the meeting will be the Krakow Film Festival, one of the oldest film festivals in Poland. Students will learn about its specificity, significance in the industry, and will be able to gain desired knowledge from the source. Undoubtedly, the issue of challenges that accompany the team creating the program of such a film event will also be addressed.

• March 13, 2024
• 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

12 March 2024

"The Zone of Interest" with Two Oscars!

On the night of March 10th to 11th, the 96th ceremony of the most prestigious film awards, given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, took place.

🎬 The Zone of Interest | directed by Jonathan Glazer | cinematography by Łukasz Żal | produced by James Wilson & Ewa Puszczyńska (Great Britain, Poland, USA)

The Zone of Interest won in two categories:

🏆 BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

🏆 BEST SOUND (Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn)

👨🎓👩🎓 Our graduates participated in the production, to whom we send special congratulations! We are thrilled with your success, kudos to: Stanisław Cuske (camera operator), Bartosz Toboła (assistant/camera operator), Maja Krężel (production assistant), Marek Kita (camera assistant), and Krzysztof Świderski (video assistant).

We sincerely congratulate everyone involved in the production of Zone of Interest, and we invite those interested in the film to the cinemas. The film's distributor in Poland is Gutek Film.

• Complete list of awarded films.

11 March 2024

The Lexicon of Media Terms (2024) has been published by Adam Marszałek Publishing House, the largest publication of its kind on the Polish media studies market. The development of this lexicon involved academic staff from the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School at the University of Silesia, as well as media researchers from the most important Polish scientific centers where media studies and research on media and social communication are conducted.

A promotional meeting for the Lexicon of Media Terms will take place on March 13 this year (Wednesday) at 9:45 a.m. in the Symposium Hall I of the Institute of Journalism and Media Communication at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Bankowa Street 11.

The meeting will be led by Prof. Mariusz Kolczyński, PhD, Director of the Institute of Journalism and Media Communication at the University of Silesia.

We cordially invite all interested parties.

The Lexicon of Media Terms was conceived and edited by Kazimierz Wolny-Zmorzyński, in collaboration with Krystyna Doktorowicz, Paweł Płaneta, and Ryszard Filas. The publication is the result of a project under the "Science for Society" program (NdS/530026/2021/2021) funded by the Ministry of Education and Science.

08 March 2024