This year's selection of the Student Short Film Competition of the 29th Camerimage Festival includes the film "The Nest" (2021) by Gracjana Piechula with cinematography by Aleksandra Kamińska.

The cinematographer for the best short film will be awarded with the Golden Tadpole - Laszlo Kovacs Student Award and a check of PLN 10,000 awarded by the Polish Filmmakers Association.

The Student Short Film Competition was established in 1997. Its goal is to support the development of young filmmakers and to confront the achievements of students from all over the world. Each year, several dozen film schools submit their best short films to the EnergaCAMERIMAGE competition. The winners are selected by an international jury composed of recognized filmmakers and other representatives of the world of art and culture. The 29th EnergaCAMERIMAGE Festival will be held in Toruń on November 13-20, 2021.

14 October 2021

The films "Slave" (2021), dir. Grzegorz Piekarski and "EAST-WEST" (2020) dir. Natalia Koniarz produced at the Kieślowski Film School are returning from the WAMA Film Festival in Olsztyn and from the International Film Festival ZOOM-ZBLIŻENIA in Jelenia Góra with nominations for the Jan Machulski Awards (edition 2022).

"Slave" received nominations during the 8th edition of the WAMA Film Festival in the following categories:

• "Best Director": Grzegorz Piekarski for the film "Slave"
• "Best Editing": Nikodem Chabior for the film "Slave", dir. Grzegorz Piekarski

"EAST-WEST" received nominations at the 24th International Film Festival ZOOM-ZBLIŻENIA in the following categories:

• Best Actor - Ihor Aronov for the film "EAST-WEST"
• Best Cinematography - Stanisław Cuske for the film "EAST-WEST"

Moreover, the jury of the feature competition of the 24th ZOOM-ZBLIŻENIA International Film Festival, composed of Magdalena Łazarkiewicz, Daniel Antosik, and Maria Sadowska, decided to give Natalia Koniarz special mention for her film "EAST-WEST".

Jan Machulski Awards were created for all filmmakers who create short films. In their assumption, they are to be the most prestigious Polish distinction dedicated to the creators of Polish short film. The first edition took place in 2005.

12 October 2021

The film "Submission" (2020), dir. Michał Ciechomski produced at the Kieślowski Film School returns with the Grand Prix in the fiction category from the 19th edition of the Opolskie Lamy Festival.

Special mentions went to our graduates and students, Jagoda Madej ("About A Man Who Bought Milk") and Karol Lindholm ("The Last Whistle") for the films made at the Munk Studio.

The Jury of this year's Main Competition consisted of: Sebastian Smoliński, Dawid Myśliwiec and Diana Dąbrowska.

The 19th edition of the Opolskie Lamy Film Festival was held on October 1-9 in Opole.

11 October 2021

On October 10, we celebrate World Mental Health Day - that's why the Independent Public Institute of Addiction and Co-addiction Therapy in Siemianowice Śląskie in cooperation with the Association of Addiction Therapists "Sober Siemianowice" and a group of young filmmakers has prepared a social campaign called "CHANGES THAT MAKE SENSE. With psychological help ", the purpose of which is to draw attention to the need to contact specialists, increase social awareness of caring for mental health and overcome stereotypical reactions of the environment to the existence of problems of people in crisis, bearing in mind the situation of the Covid-19 pandemic. The campaign will last 2 months.

In selected trams in Silesia and on the Internet, you will be able to watch a short spot encouraging you to take care of your mental health and be mindful of others. The campaign partners are Tramwaje Śląskie, the eFkropka Foundation, the Congress of Mental Health, Kieślowski Film School, the 14th Secondary School of Maj. H. Sucharski in Katowice, the portal Śląska Opinia, Ströer Media.

The campaign was financed from the funds of: the PZU Foundation, the Siemianowice Śląskie City Hall, the Katowice City Hall and the public fundraiser.

10 October 2021