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Photo from the movie "The Only Way", dir. Piotr Domalewski, DoP Kacper Sędzielewski

Film The Only Way, produced by Krzysztof Kieślowski Faculty of Radio and Television, received special mentions at the 8th Leiden International Short Film Experience festival which ended on 30 April in Leiden (Holland). This is already the second prize, awarded to the short film directed by Piotr Domalewski and with Kacper Sędzielewski as a DoP, in the Netherlands. Last year The Only Way received the Audience Award at the Flicks Student Film Festival in Groningen. So far the film was screened at 20 festivals in 11 countries around the world.

More information about the Festival in Leiden can be found on its official website.

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Photo from the movie "America", dir. Aleksandra Terpińska, DoP Bartosz Bieniek

Winning streak of America, produced by Krzysztof Kieślowski Faculty of Radio and Television, continues. Information about the next success arrived from Potsdam (Germany), where the film has won the award for best short film during this year's Sehsüchte Festival. Jury explained the decision to award America with the words: "Ameryka throws us into the wild west of Poland, where we witness two girls and their all too real struggles of a youth at the end of the world. Everything that is great about cinema in its most vibrant moments is apparent in Ameryka: Natural acting, strong conflicts and desire, captivating visual language and bold narrative decisions. The short format is used to its fullest, since every frame of the film tells us about the characters, their wishes, desires and their world. We were especially impressed by the courage to contrast the hardships the characters have to go through with their joy for life and hope in a seemingly hopeless world."


It is already the twelfth award for the diploma film of Faculty’s students: Aleksandra Terpińska (directing and script) and Bartosz Bieniek (DoP). Sehsüchte is a leading European festival of student films. This year its 45th edition was held. In recent years, films, produced by the Faculty of Radio and Television, have been repeatedly presented in the festival competitions. In 2011, the prize for best short film was awarded to Kuba Czekaj, director of Twist & Blood. More information about the Festival can be found on its official website.

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Photo from the movie "Supernova", dir. and DoP Andrzej Cichocki

Film Supernova, produced by Krzysztof Kieślowski Faculty of Radio and Television, was awarded with Platinum Remi Award on the 49th WorldFest Houston Film Festival (USA). It’s the first international prize for the film of Andrzej Cichocki (film’s director and DoP). The film was already presented on the biggest national festivals, among others, in Gdynia, Koszalin, Wrocław and Łagów. Last year, Cichocki’s short film, The Shadow Forest, was awarded with Golden Remi at the Houston Festival.

The full list of laureates of this year’s edition is avaialable on the Festival’s website.

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Photo from the movie "America", dir. Aleksandra Terpińska, DoP Bartosz Bieniek

Film America, produced by Krzysztof Kieślowski Faculty of Radio and Television, was awarded with the Golden Horseman of the Youth Jury in the International Competition at the 28th FilmFest International Short Film Festival in Dresden (Germany). This is another award for the film directed by Aleksandra Terpińska with Bartosz Bieniek as the DoP, which was before awarded at festivals in Bydgoszcz, Koszalin, Białystok, Katowice and Jelenia Góra.

In the coming weeks, America will take part in the competitions during the next two international festivals: Sehsüchte in Potsdam (Germany) and Mediawave in Komárom (Hungary).
Full list of winners of the Festival in Dresden is available on its official website.

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Photo from the movie "The Return", dir. Damian Kocur, DoP Kacper Sędzielewski

On May, 29 the 56th Kraków Film Festival will begin - one of the leading European festivals dedicated to documentary and short films. The program of this year's edition includes five films produced by Kieslowski Faculty of Radio and Television. Their premiere screenings will take place in Kraków.

The following films have been classified to the Polish Competition:

  • Daniel, dir. Anastazja Dąbrowska, DoP Robert Lis (world premiere)
  • The Return, dir. Damian Kocur, DoP Kacper Sędzielewski (world premiere)

The following short films have been included in the program of the Polish Film Panorama:

  • Summer, dir. Karol Lindholm, DoP Martyna Jakimowska (world premiere)
  • The Afterimage, dir. and DoP Piotr Dudak (Polish premiere)
  • It Happens, dir. Arek Biedrzycki, DoP Piotr Pawlus (world premiere).

More information can be found on the festival’s official website.