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02.08.2021
„Hello, Grandma” / photo Jakub Chojnacki, Kamila Chojnacka

Halo Babciu (2020), dir. Kamila Chojnacka is competing for the Jean Loup Passek Award in the short and medium-length category at the Portuguese MDOC - Melgaço International Documentary Film Festival. The 7th edition of the festival takes place on August 2-8, 2021.

The Portuguese premiere of our film will take place on Wednesday, August 4 at 5:00 pm at Casa da Cultura.

Halo Babciu tells the story of a young married couple who, during the lockdown, are trying to cope with tension and a rebellious grandmother.

MDOC - Melgaço International Documentary Film Festival is organized by the Melgaço City Hall and the AO NORTE Association. The festival aims to promote social and ethnographic cinema. It focuses on films about identity, memory and crossing borders.

For more info check the Festival’s website: link

01.08.2021

The competition section of the Chinese MovieZone Short Film Festival hosts screenings of two films produced at the Kieslowski Film School in Katowice. Viewers in China will watch online "Elizabeth" (2018) dir. Wojciech Klimala and "Never Good" (2019), dir. Paweł Powolny.

Competition films will be available in the MovieZone app only in China from August 1 to August 31, 2021. Our films compete for 5 regular awards: Best Short Film, Jury Prize, Best Director, Best Creativity and Audience Award.

The jury consists of: Brillante Mendoza - chairman of the jury, Manfred Wong, Hao Lei, Paolo Genovese, Zhang Xianmin.

27.07.2021

"Leave no Traces" - the latest film by our graduate and lecturer, Dr. Jan P. Matuszyński, the creator of the worldwide award-winning "The Last Family" and the TV series "The King of Warsaw" - was qualified for the Main Competition of the 78th Venice International Film Festival.

This year's edition of the event will be held on September 1-11.

"Leave no Traces" is the story of the murdered Grzegorz Przemyk, based on a report by Cezary Łazarewicz, whose case was all over Polish media in the 1980s.

Aurum Film is responsible for the production - Leszek Bodzak and Aneta Hickinbotham, producers of the Oscar-nominated "Corpus Christi".

14.07.2021

Four films produced at Kieślowski Film School qualified for the Short Film Competition of the 46th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia. The festival will be held on September 20-25.

In Gdynia, the following competition screenings will be held:

  • THE NEST (2021) dir. Gracjana Piechula
  • SLAVE (2021) dir. Grzegorz Piekarski
  • DELIVERY (2021) dir. Katarzyna Sikorska
  • THE HERO (2021) dir. Milena Dutkowska

This year, 24 films qualified for the Short Film Competition. Their selection was made by the Artistic Director, Tomasz Kolankiewicz, supported by the recommendation of advisers appointed by him: film expert Diana Dąbrowska and film historian Maciej Gil.

On the other hand, the Main Competition of the 46th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia included 6 films by our school's graduates: "Leave no traces" directed by Jan P. Matuszyński, "Hyacinth" directed by Piotr Domalewski, "Other People" directed by Aleksandra Terpińska, "In Parallel" directed by Dorota Lamparska, "Sonata" directed by Bartosz Blaschke, "Fears" directed by Łukasz Gutt (co-directed by Łukasz Ronduda).

13.07.2021
„Submission”, photo Paweł Grabarek

The films Last days of summer dir. Klaudia Kęska, Submission dir. Michał Ciechomski and "Niewolnik" dir. Grzegorz Piekarski produced at Kieślowski Film School return from the Kameralne Lato Festival in Radom with nominations for the Machulski Awards.

The nominations were received by:

  • Michał Ciechomski in the "Best Screenplay" category for the script of the film Submission.
  • Kamil Małecki in the "Best Cinematography" category for cinematography for the film Last days of summer, dir. Klaudia Kęska.
  • Andrzej Chyra in the "Best Actor" category for his role in the film "Niewolnik", dir. Grzegorz Piekarski.

Kameralne Lato is one of the festivals nominating films for the prestigious Machulski Awards. The ceremony took place on July 10, at 8:30 p.m., in the Concert Hall of the Oskar Kolberg in Radom.