During the 17th edition of the CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival, which will take place on September 10-18 in Miskolc, Hungary, the achievements of the cinema of Upper Silesia will be presented.

As part of the prepared program, on September 11 at 17:00, among others, our student short films will be screened. As part of the program, three thematic blocks will be presented. The first will be a mini retrospective of films by Lech Majewski, with the screenings of the films "Wojaczek" (1999) and "Angelus" (2001). The director will also meet Hungarian audience.

As part of the next part of the presentation, dedicated to the Kieślowski Film School in Katowice, student shorts will be presented. The program includes the following short films: My Country, So Beautiful (dir. Grzegorz Paprzycki, 2019), Vyraj (dir. Agnieszka Nowosielska, 2020), Test (dir. Bartosz Toboła, 2020), End of the World (dir. Karol Ulman, 2020), Seal Story (dir. Bartłomiej Błaszczyński, 2020). Animated films produced by Studio Filmów Rysunkowych in Bielsko-Biała have been prepared for the youngest audience.

The presentation of the film work of Upper Silesia in Miskolc is carried out by the Ars Cameralis Silesiae Superioris Cultural Institution in cooperation with the Marshal's Office of the Silesian Voivodeship, Kieślowski Film School of the University of Silesia and the Studio Filmów Rysunkowych in Bielsko-Biała.

10 September 2021

It is with deep regret and great sadness that we have received the news of the death of prof. Wiesław Hudon - a photographer, film director, art critic and historian, academic teacher, long-term lecturer at the Kieślowski Film School of the University of Silesia. He passed away at the age of 78.

Karol Kurowski informed about the death of prof. Wiesław Hudon on his social media. - My master, father. Now I am crying and it is very hard for me. Someday I will write more, because memory must last. Honour to his memory - he wrote on Facebook.

Funeral ceremonies will take place on Friday, September 10 at 3 p.m. in Luxembourg in the family circle.

In our memory, prof. Wiesław Hudon will remain a valued artist and academic teacher, and a tutor of many generations of students.

08 September 2021

Piotr Polak, the main actor in the film "Tumble" (2019) directed by Milena Dutkowska, received the award for the best actor in the short film category at the Horrible Imaginations Film Festival in the USA.

Horrible Imaginations Film Festival takes place from September 2-5, 2021 at Kino Frida in Santa Ana. It has been organized since 2009 and over the last 11 years, over 750 movies from horror, sci-fi and fantasy have been shown. Horrible Imagination Film Festival was ranked among the 100 best-rated film festivals on the FilmFreeway platform in 2018. In addition, MovieMaker magazine placed it in 2018 on the list of "50 film festivals worth submitting to".

Tumble tells the story of 32-year-old Adam, who still lives with his overprotective mother. Their everyday life is filled with the rituals of obedience and mutual relations. Everything changes as soon as one night Adam starts being accompanied by a man in a gray suit visible only to him. The film had its world premiere at the 44th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia. It was also included in the selection of the international Film Festival in Shanghai and many Polish film festivals.

07 September 2021

The film "Mother's Day" (2021), directed by Patryk Kaflowski, won the International Competition at the Bengaluru International Short Film Festival in India.

The event took place from August 28 - September 5, 2021. The Indian festival is on the prestigious list of Oscar qualifying festivals. By winning the festival, our film also received an Oscar qualification in the category for short fictional films.

Patryk Kaflowski's film tells the story of a female fox that travels through the forest in search of food. When she reaches the edge of the forest, she comes across a lonely farm, where she witnesses turbulent events involving a young woman expecting a baby.

The cinematographer for the film is Patryk Roman. Michał Walter and Patryk Kaflowski are responsible for the editing. Krzysztof Lang was responsible for artistic supervision over the production. The producer of the film is Krystyna Doktorowicz (Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School of the University of Silesia).

The 94th American Film Academy Awards Gala is scheduled for March 27, 2022.

06 September 2021