It is with great pleasure that we announce that at this year's award gala of the 47th Silesian Juliusz Ligon Award, Prof. Dagmara Drzazga, a lecturer at the Kieslowski Film School of the University of Silesia, became one of the laureates!

The Ligonian Laurel awarded to Prof. Dagmara Drzazga, is recognition for a lifetime of filmmaking, particularly for commemorating the figure of Blessed Father Jan Mach.

Silesia is a particularly important place for the work of Prof. Dagmara Drzazga, as evidenced by the output of as many as eight films related to it and the passion with which she conveys her knowledge of its history and the people who create it.

"I once reached for the monthly magazine Silesia and read an article about the fact that there was a guillotine in Katowice and about Father Jan Mach. (...) I was shocked how it was possible that no one had made such a film before. (...) For me it's remarkable how I think about his courage, after all he knew what was at stake, and yet he met with young people, he wanted to help these families during the war..." - Dagmara Drzazga in an interview with Civitas Christiana TV about the Juliusz Ligon Award and the film "Without a single tree the forest will remain a forest," which we encourage you to watch!

We extend our warmest congratulations to Our laureate and wish her further successes inevitably connected with Silesia!