Short fiction film "Quiver" (2022), dir. Joanna Różniak produced at the Kieślowski Film School returns from the 14th Solanin Film Festival with the Grand Prix. The award was granted by the Jury composed of: Łukasz Ronduda, Karolina Bruchnicka, Michalina Łabacz, Mikołaj Trzaska (chairman of the Jury) and Kuba Armata. The award was granted for "showing that tenderness brings hope for a better world."

The cinematographer for the film "Quiver" is Łukasz Łatanik. Jakub Lebiedziński was responsible for production management. The pedagogical supervision over the production was carried out by prof. Michał Rosa. The producer of the film is prof. Krystyna Doktorowicz.

Among the winners of the festival is also the animated film "C`est la vie", co-directed by an employee of the Kieślowski Film School, Wojciech Sankiewicz. "C`est la vie" received an award in the animated film category for "creativity, inventiveness and ingenuity in dealing with the most important topics in a contemporary form".

During the 14th edition of the Solanin Film Festival, further nominations for the Jan Machulski Awards took place. Among the nominees is Katarzyna Sikorska for the script of the film "The Delivery" (2021). Acting nominations were given to Mateusz Czwartosz for the role of, among others in the film "Quiver" (2022) by Joanna Różniak. The films "The Delivery" and "Quiver" were produced at the Kieślowski Film School of the University of Silesia.

The full list of laureates: link

The 14th edition of the Solanin Film Festival was held on August 24-28 in Nowa Sól.

29 August 2022

Registration for the first courses within the Transform4Europe offer has started. The seven universities that make up the European university T4E have prepared an offer of undergraduate courses for students.

The subjects are divided into two modules: main and specialist.

The first one covers topics from the following areas:

• entrepreneurship,
• intercultural languages and competences
• and history, politics, culture, law and economy.

The second module concerns the basic civilization challenges undertaken by the T4EU alliance, that is: digital, environmental and social transformation.

The courses are primarily in English (unless otherwise stated), in the following formulas: online, hybrid or mixed.

After completing the course, each student will receive a certificate and the appropriate number of ECTS points.

Details: link

26 August 2022

29 films qualified for this year's competitions of the 14. Solanin Film Festival. Among them, there are as many as 7 shorts produced at the Kieślowski Film School in Katowice. The 14th edition of Solanin Film Festival will be held on August 24-28 in Nowa Sól.

Our films in the Off Competition – Documentary

• "Time to revolt" (2022), director: Daniel Le Hai // cinematography: Daniel Le Hai // production management: Filip Kantor
• "Joanna d'Arc" (2022), director: Aleksander Szamałek // cinematography: Aleksander Szamałek // production management: Maria Kawalec

Our films in the Off Competition – Fiction

• "Quiver" (2022), director: Joanna Różniak // cinematography: Łukasz Łatanik // production manager: Jakub Lebiedziński
• "Out of Water" (2022), directed by: Gracjana Piechula // cinematography: Aleksandra Kamińska // production management: Julia Wasiak, Damazy Stasiak
• "Funeralia" (2022), director: Bartłomiej Błaszczyński // cinematography: Daniel Le Hai // production management: Alicja Osiej
• "Slave" (2021), director: Grzegorz Piekarski // cinematography: Antoni Grałek // production management: Natalia Pietsch, Maja Zaleska, Grzegorz Piekarski, Antoni Grałek
• "The Delivery" (2021), director: Katarzyna Sikorska // cinematography: Arkadiusz Powałka // production management: Adrianna Orych

Solanin Film Festival is the off-film festival, which grew out of passion and faith in cinema. Solanin combines independent productions and interesting Polish, European and world films. It presents, rewards and promotes off-films and young artists.

22 August 2022

Produced at the Kieślowski Film School, the film "Slave" (2021), dir. Grzegorz Piekarski returns from the 2nd edition of the "Wajda na Nowo" Film Festival with distinction. This year's jury consisted of: Filip Marczewski (chairman of the jury), Urszula Grabowska and Andrzej Pągowski. The distinction was awarded for "formal consistency, intriguing acting creations as well as precision and care for the complementary plot and visual space".

The cinematographer for the film "Slave" is Antoni Grałek. Natalia Pietsch, Maja Zaleska, Grzegorz Piekarski and Antoni Grałek were responsible for production management. The pedagogical supervision over the production was provided by prof. Adam Sikora and prof. Maciej Pieprzyca. The producer of the film is prof. Krystyna Doktorowicz.

The 2nd edition of the "Wajda na Nowo" Film Festival was held on August 18-20, 2022 in Suwałki.

21 August 2022