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15.02.2021

Do you dream of a career as a director, or maybe you just want to make an advertising film, music video or a socially engaged film? The Papaya Young Directors competition is a unique initiative aimed at everyone aged between 20-35, which gives you a chance and budget for making your film! You can submit your ideas by March 14, 2021 at www.papayayoungdirectors.com

The Papaya Young Directors collects original ideas in response to briefs (topics of several sentences) of international brands, foundations or artists. The finalist gets PLN 11,000 for the production of his film or music video! What happens next? The creators of the final productions compete for the Grand Prix of PLN 40,000, as well as a package of other prizes.

The latest edition of the competition is supported by brands from various fields by presenting open and multidimensional briefs. This year, the competition is supported by: Audioteka, BMW Polska, DPD, Durex, Facebook, IKEA, Kayax, Link4, McDonald's, Multikino, Samsung Electronics Polska and Tyskie. T he Music Stories category is for the second time under the patronage of the Kayax label. This time, the participants will be able to make a music video for Kayah, Krzysztof Zalewski, Julia Wieniawa, Barbara Wrońska, Bloo Crane band and the duo: Karaś / Rogucki.

Each participant has a chance to make a film on social issues. Along with Facebook, the Vertical Stories category is developing, under which you can make films for three unusual foundations: Camera Femina, Kosmos dla Girls and Kuchinate African Refugee Women's Collective. The institutions that contribute to the debuting subcategory Women's Stories work for women in various ways. Importantly - anyone can apply in this category: regardless of gender!

In the 8th edition of the competition, the organizers also focus on searching for a variety of talents - this year, among others, the best production, the best photos or the best creative concept. The premiere of the films along with the gala ceremony is planned for June 2021.

Kieślowski Film School of the University of Silesia in Katowice is an educational partner of the Papaya Young Directors competition.

11.02.2021

18. Węgiel Film Festival will be held on May 13-16, 2021. The Festival is as always prepared by the second-year students of the Film Production at the Kieślowski Film School. Among the first revealed program attractions of this year's edition are the workshops: “The mysterious role of a sales agent in the film - Who are they? Where to find them? How to start cooperation?”. The workshop will be conducted by Lidia Damatto Moreira, who works as a sales agent and a purchasing and festival manager at FiGa Films. Over the years, she has worked at festivals such as Ambulante California, and the Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival. Shee is the creator and director of Cinema Novo - New Cinema, a Brazilian cinema screening taking place in New York.

Another guest at the festival will be Anna Kot from Aurum Film - a specialist in PR and promotion of short and feature films, who worked on the promotion of such films as "Corpus Christi" dir. Jan Komasa, "Coach's Daughter", dir. Łukasz Grzegorzek or one of the newest Netflix productions "All my friends are dead", dir. Jan Belcel. Anna Kot will share with festival participants her experience in developing a film promotion strategy.

In addition, as part of the Festival, the workshop "Dramaturgy of light in film" conducted by the director and cinematographer - Marcin Koszałka, will take place. The workshop will be carried out on 3-4 cameras and the images will be streamed in real time for the event participants.

08.02.2021

We would like to invite you to the 4. edition of the Science Premiere Stage: Scientific Talk Show - a series organized by the University of Silesia in Katowice. The series promotes interesting, inspiring and award-winning achievements of people associated with our University. This time we will meet Grzegorz Paprzycki, a graduate of directing at Kieślowski Film School, whose film "My Country So Beautiful" has a chance to compete for an Oscar.

The meeting will be held online on February 11, 2021 at 18.00. The broadcast will be available on the YouTube channel of the University of Silesia (link) and on Facebook of the University of Silesia in Katowice (link). "My Country So Beautiful" is a documentary film showing Poland as a place where nationalism emerged from the underground and became a real threat. Paprzycki's work touched critics, received many awards and was included in the so-called long list of candidates for the Academy Award. The director draws attention both to the offensive of the far-right movements, which have become part of the mainstream of Polish politics in the last few years, and to people standing on the left and right sides of the worldview and political discourse, who are determined to defend their principles and values. They are divided by one thing: their attitude to national ideology.

After the meeting we will be able to participate in a conversation with Grzegorz Paprzycki on the ZOOM platform (link).

Previous meetings of the Scientific Premiere Scene are available on the YouTube channel of the University of Silesia (link).

05.02.2021 en
Freedom of Research

We know the results of the competition “Freedom of Research” conducted at the University of Silesia as a part of the Research Excellence Initiative.

Four of the employees of the Kieślowski Film School have receive the funding for their artistic and scientific research:

We would like to congratulate our employees!

“Freedom of research” is a competition in which employees of the University of Silesia in Katowice can obtain financing for research in each scientific discipline, as well as for proofreading, translation, research visits and conferences. The amount granted this year to the researchers of the University is over 1 million złoty.

02.02.2021
„East West” / photo Stanisław Cuske

The film "East West" (2020) by our directing student Natalia Koniarz has qualified for the official selection of the 18th edition of the IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival and will have its international premiere in Bulgaria.

"East West" tells the story of Nazar, who fled the country before the war and is trying to get used to the new reality, which, however, quickly verifies his life plans. The DOP for the film is Stanisław Cuske, our student of cinematography. Karolina Koper, a student of the film production, was responsible for the production management.

The In The Palace International Short Film Festival is one of the largest short film festivals in the Balkans. It has the EFFE European quality seal - for outstanding art festivals, showing their commitment to the field of art, social commitment and international openness. It has been an Oscar qualifying festival since 2017.

This year's edition of the festival will be hybrid. The festival will take place virtually on February 27 - March 6, 2021. Physical screenings of selected films will take place in cinemas and at outdoor events in August 2021.

Selection results: link