Great excitement ahead – and you can be part of it! 🎬

This coming Monday, October 6, in New York, our student Jan Saczek will receive a Student Oscar during the Student Academy Awards ceremony for his short feature film Dad’s not home.

The ceremony will be streamed live on YouTube – the broadcast will begin on October 7 at midnight Polish time. The link to the stream is provided below.

But that’s not the end of the celebrations! We invite everyone to Sopot for a special, free and open screening of Dad’s not home.

After the screening, there will be a discussion with:

Ewa Puszkiewicz – Human Rights Representative of the City of Sopot,

Piotr Łukawski – actor at the Wybrzeże Theatre, member of the Sopot Culture Council, and performer of the title role of the father.

📍 Venue: Stan Surowy, Bohaterów Monte Cassino 63, Sopot

🗓 Date: Monday, October 6, 7:00 PM

We thank the Sopot for You Association (Stowarzyszenie Sopot dla Ciebie) for their cooperation in organizing the event.

Applause for the entire team behind this film! The full list of creators is available on FilmPolski (link).

🎬 Dad’s not home | dir. Jan Saczek | cinematography: Patryk Roman | production manager: Lidia Le Thanh | produced by the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School, University of Silesia in Katowice

Online broadcast

05 October 2025

On October 10th at 11:00 AM, a meeting will take place in our cinema hall with Martin Kollar, a Slovak photographer whose work has been exhibited at prestigious galleries around the world.

Kollar is the recipient of numerous international awards, including the Prix Elysée and the Oskar Barnack Award. His photographs are renowned for their subtle capture of emotions and details, as well as for exploring themes of identity and social change.

The artist’s portfolio can be viewed at: https://www.martinkollar.com/

📌 This special event is inviting students of the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School at the University of Silesia in Katowice.

Since Martin Kollar is also a cinematographer, there will also be a screening of his film on Friday, October 10th.

This is a fantastic opportunity to meet this acclaimed artist, hear about his work, and gain inspiration from his experience.

02 October 2025

Złote Lwy for Piotr Domalewski for directing The Altar Boys!

The Grand Prize of this year’s Polish Feature Film Festival was awarded to director Piotr Domalewski and producers Leszek Bodzak, Aneta Hickinbotham, Piotr Walter, and Jarosław Jakubiec.

Huge congratulations to our alumni and current faculty — Piotr Domalewski and Aneta Hickinbotham!

But that’s not all! We have even more reasons to be proud.

🏆 Individual Award for the screenplay of The Altar Boys went to Piotr Domalewski.

Additionally, The Altar Boys were honored with several non-regulation awards, including:

✨ Award of Polish Film Festivals and Screenings Abroad

✨ Golden Kangaroo Award

✨ Award of the Association of Art House Cinemas

✨ Radio Gdańsk Award “Golden Clapper”

🏆 The Lucjan Bokińca Award for Best Short Film was awarded to our alumnus, Mikołaj Piszczan, for directing SLAP!!.

🏆 Among the awarded alumni was also Kordian Kądziela, whose feature film Larp. Miłość, trolle i inne questy received the non-regulation Young Jury Award.

🏅 In the Short Film Competition, the short Dad’s Not Home directed by our student Jan Saczek received a distinction.

We sincerely congratulate all the winners and everyone who contributed to the creation of these outstanding works. This is the result of teamwork! 👏

29 September 2025

 INAUGURATION OF THE 2025/2026 ACADEMIC YEAR

at the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School of the University of Silesia in Katowice!

Date: 8 October 2025 (Wednesday)

Time: 11:00

Venue: Screening Room, Film School Building, 3 św. Pawła Street, Katowice

The Rector of the University of Silesia in Katowice and the Dean of the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School of the University of Silesia in Katowice

have the honor to invite you to the ceremony marking the beginning of the new academic year.

Programme includes:

• Inaugural address by Prof. Krystyna Doktorowicz, Dean of the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School of the University of Silesia in Katowice,

• Inaugural address by Prof. Michał Daszykowski, PhD, DSc, Vice-Rector for Finance of the University of Silesia in Katowice,

• Matriculation of students,

• Inaugural lecture by Prof. Paweł Chorzępa, University of Silesia in Katowice.

You are warmly invited!

25 September 2025