The shooting of "Minghun", an international film project of Polish production, has begun. The director of the film is Dr. Jan P. Matuszyński, known, among others, from the films "The Last Family", "Let There Be No Traces" or the top series CANAL + "King of Warsaw".

From this place, we would like to congratulate the lecturer of the Kieślowski Film School to undertake another demanding and very ambitious project, which is undoubtedly "Minghun".

After the loss of his daughter, Jurek and his father-in-law Ben decide to perform the Chinese minghun ritual, i.e. marriage after death.

"Minghun" is a story about hope, love and searching for the meaning of life and what comes after it. It talks about the most important emotions and the existential limits of human experience. - we read on the website of the film studio Wonder Films, which produces the film.

Jurek, the main character, is played by Marcin Dorociński, while his father-in-law is played by Daxing Zhang, an actor who has participated in, among others, films entitled Fatal Passion and Charlie's Angels. Ewelina Starejki and Wiktoria Gorodeckaja are also part of the Polish cast.

Screenplay: Grzegorz Łoszewski
Cinematography: Kacper Fertacz
Production: Wonder Films
Co-financing: Polish Film Institute and Gdańsk Film Fund
Distribution: Kino Świat
Expected premiere: 2024.

We can't wait!

03 April 2023

We just congratulated Prof. Dagmara Drzazga to win the Janusz Ligoń Silesian Prize, and we already have another great achievement of our lecturer. Great applause!

Prof. Dagmara Drzazga became one of the winners of the Wojciech Korfanty Awards! This award has been granted by the Upper Silesian Association since 1993 and is a recognition of outstanding figures and institutions particularly meritorious for Upper Silesia. You can receive the award only once in your life, which is even more an outstanding achievement, truly unique!

Much could be written and said about the achievements of the lecturer of the Kieślowski Film School, and subsequent awards only confirm the validity of the admiration for the deserved film work of Prof. Dagmara Drzazga for the entire Silesian Community, the director of such films as "Without a single tree, the forest will remain a forest" or "Dead Season".

Award Ceremony of Wojciech Korfanty Awards will take place on April 19 in Zabrze.

27 March 2023

The Habitat International Film Festival is currently taking place in New Delhi, as part of which the Kieślowski Film School plays an important role, namely thanks to the Polish Institute in New Delhi, we managed to organize film workshops for people who want to get to know Polish cinema from behind the scene.

Film workshops as part of HIFF 2023 were conducted by Dr. Anna Huth, Grzegorz Paprzycki and Jakub Kopeć, for which they deserve considerable applause. According to Kajus Augustyniak, the director of the Polish Institute in New Delhi, Polish film workshops are the biggest attraction of the festival and their success is manifested, among other things, in the ratio of the number of willing people to the number of free places. These words are undoubtedly a precious praise towards Polish film schools and, at the same time, hope that it will be possible to develop a certain repeatability aimed at promoting Polish cinematography and Poland in the strict sense in the coming years.

At the invitation of the festival organizers, we had the pleasure to present eight films by our students and graduates, four fiction films and four documentaries. In addition, during HIFF 2023, the film entitled "Perfect Number" directed by prof. Krzysztof Zanussi, lecturer at the Kieślowski Film School.

Habitat International Film Festival runs from March 17 to 26, 2023 in one of the most important cultural centers in New Delhi. For 10 days, over 60 films from 20 countries of the world could be seen by Indian viewers, mainly students of local art schools. The main partner of the current edition of the festival is Australia. We would like to thank all those who contribute to the promotion of Polish culture abroad, in particular we would like to thank the Polish Institute in New Delhi for financing the project, and then to the workshop leaders and filmmakers, i.e. prof. Krzysztof Zanussi and students and graduates.

22 March 2023

Big applause for Dr. Jan P. Matuszyński!

We are very pleased to inform you that as part of the 6th edition of the Silesian Science Festival, one of the winners of the Silesian Science Award 2022 was Dr. Jan P. Matuszyński, lecturer at the Kieślowski Film School!

The ceremonial gala was opened by the general director of the ŚFN and the rector of the University of Silesia, prof. dr hab. Ryszard Koziołek. The gala was also attended by the President of the City of Katowice, Dr. Marcin Krupa, the Vice-President of the City of Katowice, Waldemar Bojarun, and the Vice-President of the Management Board of the Upper Silesian and Zagłębie Metropolis, Henryk Borczyk.

Out of 40 nominees in three categories (i.e.: employee, doctoral student, Special Award of the President of the City of Katowice) there were 15 women and 25 men.

The awardees were selected by the jury headed this year by prof. dr hab. n. med. Katarzyna Mizia-Stec, vice-rector for science and international cooperation at the Medical University of Silesia. In addition, a special prize was awarded by the Mayor of the City of Katowice to a person conducting scientific activity for the benefit of the Katowice community. The gala held on March 18 was hosted by Marta Sudnik-Paluch, a journalist of the eM radio.

21 March 2023