In connection with the celebration of All Saints' Day, at the request of the Student Council, Vice-Rector for Education and Students, Prof. Katarzyna Trynda, has announced the day of November 2, 2020, as a day off from didactic classes at the University of Silesia in Katowice.
Grzegorz Paprzycki and Katarzyna Warzecha - graduates of the Kieślowski Film School got on the so-called long Oscar list and compete for an Oscar® - the American Film Academy Award in the short documentary category!
"My country so beautiful" by Grzegorz Paprzycki (production: Kieślowski Film School of the University of Silesia) won the It`s All True International Documentary Film Festival in São Paulo (Brazil), which gave Grzegorz a pass to apply for the award of the American Film Academy.
In turn, the animated documentary "We Have One Heart" by Katarzyna Warzecha (produced by Munk Studio) won at the Chicago International Film Festival, receiving the Golden Hugo Award for the best short documentary film, which also gave her the opportunity to be on the so-called a long list of Oscar-winning proposals.
Next year's Oscar® nominations will be announced on March 15. The winners will be announced on April 25, 2021.
Our employee, dr Anna Huth, will soon participate in the online training organized by the Erich Pommer Institute and devoted to the legal and financial aspects of the European coproductions.
Legal workshops organized by the Erich Pommer Institute are among one of the best workshops of this type in Europe.
The participation in this prestigious workshop is possible thanks to the support of the Polish Film Institute.
The film "Hello Grandma", dir. Kamila Chojnacka has been nominated for the student competition of the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival IDFA. Our documentary production is among only 11 short films selected from around the world.
"Hello Grandma" is a story about family, closeness and the difficulties of isolation. The action of the film takes place in the spring of 2020. The director of the documentary - Kamila Chojnacka records her immediate surroundings during the lockdown. The protagonists are: her husband, 1.5-year-old son, the director herself, and the grandmother, whom she can only reach by phone. "Hello Grandma" touches the joys, desires and longings that we all experienced when most institutions, schools and universities were closed.
Also a short documentary by our lecturer and graduate, Andrzej Cichocki, entitled "A Little Paradise", was invited to this year's short film competition. This is, in turn, a story about a Silesian family that in a corner of the metropolis reveals their world to the viewer and shares their moments of life, inextricably linked with the surrounding nature.
The Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival IDFA is the largest and one of the most important documentary festivals in the world. This year IDFA will be held in place and online from November 16 to December 6.
Six films produced at the Kieslowski Film School were included in the Short Film Competition of the 45th Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia.
Among the 27 films qualified for the competition, 6 are our productions. Our films that will compete for awards in Gdynia are: "Hi, How Are You" (2019), dir. Michał Chmielewski "Kattowitz" (2020), dir. Michał Piotrowski "Mother Dear" (2020), dir. Zuzanna Sorówka "The Last Days of Summer" (2020), dir. Klaudia Kęska "Submission" (2020), dir. Michał Ciechomski "Wyraj" (2020), dir. Agnieszka Nowosielska.
The selection of films for the Short Film Competition was made by the Artistic Director of the Festival, Tomasz Kolankiewicz, supported by the recommendation of the advisers appointed by him. The Double Qualification Team was composed of: a film critic Adriana Prodeus and a historian of the cinema Maciej Gil.
The 45th Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia will be held on December 8-12, 2020.