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! 👏
Photo by Anna Bobrowska, FPFFPhoto by Zuzanna Sitek, FPFF
We are proud to finally announce that the film directed by our student Ina Knap will have its international premiere at this year’s Warsaw Film Festival!
I’m Recording!, dir. Ina Knap | Production Management: Paulina Tura
The film-poem I’m Recording! is a kaleidoscope of footage from a family film archive and reflections of the narrator-protagonist. The unreal yet true-to-life narration andVHS recordings, accompanied by dreamy electronic music, create a unique cinematic trance.
Screenings will take place on:
▪ Thursday, October 16, 8:30 PM
▪ Saturday, October 18, 6:00 PM
The 41st Warsaw Film Festival will be held from October 10 to 19, 2025, in Warsaw.
We are delighted to announce that Marcin Gołąb, a student of the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School at the University of Silesia in Katowice, has co-created the exhibition Mould by Agnieszka Mastalerz.
The opening takes place today, 18 September 2025 at 7:00 PM at the Fort Institute of Photography in Warsaw, as part of Warsaw Gallery Weekend+.
Mould is the premiere presentation of video works in which Marcin Gołąb served as Director of Photography. The films explore the transformation of matter, the encounter of body and machine, and the confrontation between organic and mechanical rhythm. One of the works, Mould, was shot on 35mm film and projected from an analog projector—a monumental 300-kilogram device that itself becomes part of the exhibition experience. In the parallel projection Ὁδός, viewers witness the transformations of inorganic matter—metallic alloys, thermal energy, and paradoxical vitality.
The works were created with the support of the “Young Poland” scholarship from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, and with the patronage of LaSquadra in Katowice.
📍 Venue: Fort Institute of Photography, 6 Wł. Szpilmana St., Building 4, Warsaw 🗓 Exhibition runs until 16 November 2025
Five of our films in the official selection of the 10. Dolnośląski Festiwal Filmowy Złoty Samorodek!
We are proud to announce that our students’ productions have been selected for this year’s competition program!
PRIME, Director: Adrian Dulnik | Cinematography: Marcin Gołąb | Production Management: Anna Pocztowska
A journalist moderating a live presidential debate is blackmailed. He must favor one of the candidates; otherwise, compromising materials about him will be published.
Take me to her, Director: Bartłomiej Błaszczyński | Cinematography: Fryderyk Potoczek | Production Management: Alicja Osiej, Dorota Damec, Monika Borówka
Basia pretends to her husband that everything is fine. At the entrance exams to an acting school, she meets Alicja and the baby she is taking care of. After a demanding performance and a difficult confrontation with her husband, Basia decides to kidnap Alicja’s child and unintentionally puts it in danger. This shocking event makes her ready for change and healing.
Honey Bunny, Director: Gracjana Piechula | Cinematography: Aleksandra Kamińska | Production Management: Marcin Costilla-Kamiński
Retired firefighter Staszek shares everything with his beloved wife Alinka—except the bedroom. It is easier for him to show affection to the fluffy rabbits he breeds in his backyard shed than to Alinka. When he discovers that his wife has secretly taken a job as a cuddler at a paid cuddling salon called Honey Bunny, he must confront not only her but also his own sexuality and needs.
Mr Shoeman, Director: Michał Łukowicz | Cinematography: Emilia Cięciwa | Production Management: Julia Władacz
Mateusz Wróbel is a certified Polish philologist. Several years ago, he quit teaching and opened a shoemaking workshop at the old train station in Czechowice-Dziedzice. This year, Mateusz awaits the birth of his son, which becomes a pretext for many conversations with his customers—about shoes, poetry, and life.
The Mime and His Granddaughter, Director: Jan Seraphim | Cinematography: Maria Majerczyk | Production Management: Gabriel Banaszczyk, Hanna Rusin, Małgorzata Desput
As a young man, Bogdan left Poland after tragic events when his father was murdered by the militia. He settled in France, where fate led him to the Paris school of mime run by the legendary Marcel Marceau. Recognizing Bogdan’s talent, Marceau appointed him his assistant. After a successful career abroad, Bogdan returned to his hometown of Bolesławiec to enjoy a well-deserved retirement. There, he discovered the stage talent of his six-year-old granddaughter, Blanka, and decided to pass on his knowledge and experience to her, beginning her mime training.
The 10. Dolnośląski Festiwal Filmowy „Złoty Samorodek” 2025 will take place on September 26–28 in Złotoryja.
