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Film Submissions Now Open for 21st Węgiel Film Festival

03.03.2022 — XX. Węgiel Film Festival | photo by Krzysztof Szlapa

Film submissions for the 21st Węgiel Film Festival, which is slated to take place from April 23 to 27, 2024, started yesterday.

Interested in showing your film at next year's WFF? Then, all you need is to have a film profile on the FilmFreeway platform and meet their terms and conditions. Basic requirements include that the film must be made during your studies, not exceed 30 minutes, and be completed after January 1, 2021. If you meet these conditions, then you can make a free submission.

🎬 Short documentaries, feature films, and experimental films are all welcome.

👥 We were privileged to host many prestigious institutions during this year's edition, including the Warsaw Film School, the Lodz Film School (PWSFTviT), the Gdynia Film School, the Polish Film Institute, Studio Munka, and Wajda School & Studio. And that's not all—we were also graced by many significant personalities from the cinematic world, such as Robert Więckiewicz, Damian Kocur, Agnieszka Dziedzic, Maciej Kawalski, and a host of other notable individuals!

Join us in this celebration of cinema, made possible by the creative vision of students at the Kieslowski Film School!

- Take a moment to read through the regulations, and when you're good to go, submit your film HERE.

We're looking forward to seeing your film by December 31^st.

You can check out more photos from the 20^th WFF on our Facebook profile.

: 17 November 2023

Zubroffka Lineup Includes The Field, Soliloquium, and Out of Water

Three films produced by Kieślowski Film School are in the official selection of the 17th Zubroffka International Short Film Festival.

The details relating to the selected films are given below 👇

DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

🎬 The Field | directed by Tomasz Grzymała | produced by Kieślowski Film School

EXPERIMENTAL AND VIDEO-ART COMPETITION: ON THE EDGE

🎬 S O L I L O Q U I U M | direction and cinematography by Karolina Monwid-Olechnowicz | production management: by Małgorzata Miszczak | produced by the Kieślowski Film School

YOUTH COMPETITION

🎬 Out of Water | directed by Gracjana Piechula | cinematography by Aleksandra Kamińska | production manager: Julia Wasiak & Damazy Stasiak | produced by Kieślowski Film School

The full list of qualified films can be found here.

The festival will take place from December 6 to 10, 2023, in Białystok. Kindly refer to the screening schedule available on the organizers' website for further information.

Congratulations to all the nominees!

Check out more shots from the selected films on our social media profile.

18.10.2023 — SOLILOQUIUM | directed by Karolina Monwid-Olechnowicz

: 16 November 2023

Discussion Explores Photographic Publications of Prof. Janusz Musiał

We extend a warm invitation to all to join us for an event in collaboration with the Silesian Library!

The meeting will focus on the photographic publications of Prof. Janusz Musiał, a faculty member of our department.

Participants in the discussion will include Professor Krystyna Doktorowicz, Dean of the Film School; Professor Jerzy Łukaszewicz, Deputy Dean for Science and Artistic Creation; and Professor Kazimierz Wolny-Zmorzyński, Deputy Dean for Education and Students at our department. The meeting will be moderated by Dr. Barbara Maresz.

The event will be held at 5 p.m. on November 23, 2023, in the Parnassos Room in the Silesian Library building (Katowice, pl. Rady Europy 1).

Admission is free for all. For more details regarding the event, please refer to the co-organizer's website.

: 13 November 2023

Funeralia Nominated for Three Categories in the 19th Jan Machulski Awards

Funeralia, directed by Bartłomiej Błaszczyński, has received three nominations for the 19th Jan Machulski Award. Produced by Kieślowski Film School, the production was managed by Alicja Osiej, and cinematography handled by Daniel Le Hai.

The protagonist of the film, K., and his inseparable mother win a grave-digging competition, which displeases the organizers. They decide to teach him a lesson by depriving him of what he values the most.

The nominations are in the following categories:

BEST SCREENPLAY

👥 Bartłomiej Błaszczyński and Katarzyna Błaszczyńska

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

👤 Daniel Le Hai

BEST ACTOR

👤 Piotr Głowacki

There are a total of 32 titles in the pool of nominated films, which can be found at the link provided: janmachulski.pl

The names of the winners will be announced on November 26, 2023, during the final gala of the Cinemaforum festival. We are keeping our fingers crossed for the nominees from Funeralia.!

: 08 November 2023

World Premiere of "Victim of the Moon" at EnergaCAMERIMAGE 2023

"Victim of the Moon" was included in this year's line-up of the Film and Art School Etudes Panorama at the 2023 EnergaCAMERIMAGE International Film Festival.

The event will start on November 11, 2022. The short film will be screened at Toruń's Cinema City Poland (room no. 12) in Part II starting at 10:15 am. More details are available at the following link: https://camerimage.pl/en/energacamerimage-2023/harmonogram/).

Directed by Piotr Szubra, the short film is inspired by Mikhail Bulgakov's acclaimed novel, The Master and Margarita. It centers on a poet named Ivan the Homeless and his struggle with dreams that haunt him at the time of the full moon. These dreams are permeated with the work of the writer he met years ago.

Produced by Kieślowski Film School, the cinematography is handled by Jakub Kaźmierczak. Karolina Pawlik, Adam Kiełbasa, and Maciej Fabiańczyk managed the production.

Film and Art School Etudes Panorama is a non-competitive section at the EnergaCAMERIMAGE International Film Festival. It showcases student short films exhibiting distinctive artistic and visual qualities submitted in a given year.

We extend our heartfelt congratulations to the team. For more stills from the film, please visit our Facebook and Instagram pages.

: 02 November 2023