The book "Strike" by the lecturer of the Kieślowski Film School, prof. Rafał Milach won the third place in the Fotopolis plebiscite in the category of photographic publication of 2021.
The photobook "Strike" is a visual trace of the protests that began throughout Poland on October 22, 2020 and lasted in various forms for the next several months. Since 2019, Rafał Milach has been co-creating the Archive of Public Protests, a platform that collects documentation of social activation, grassroots initiatives to oppose political decisions, and violate the principles of democracy and human rights. "Strike" is an excerpt from this collection.
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The graphic uses a photograph by Marek Nowicki from the collections of the Municipal Museum in Tychy
Kieślowski Film School of the University of Silesia begins cooperation with the Municipal Museum in Tychy. Throughout 2022 our students of Cinematography and Photography will participate in a joint photo project "New city. New vision”. The resulting series of photos will be published in the publishing summarizing the project.
The name of the project derives from that moment in the history of the city, when the enthusiasts of building Tychy - architects, town planners, artists and the residents themselves - described their future city, their home, as Nowe Tychy. Although the nomenclature from the 1950s and 1960s did not survive, the idea that in some areas a city is always new is still valid. It absorbs suburban areas. Adapts wastelands. Inserts fillings. Hates emptiness. Every day it is created by the inhabitants who influence its shape with their choices and decisions. They take care of the city and demolish it.
This urban vitality is observed by the participants of the project. Photographing under the supervision of the artist and lecturer Rafał Milach (Kieślowski Film School in Katowice), with the support of Ewelina Lasota (Department of Photography of the Municipal Museum in Tychy), students will focus their attention on what is new and young in the city, which at the same time provokes questions about duration, growth, decay and decline.
They are interested in the relationship of people with the space in which they live. Their individual portraits clash with the repeatability and uniformity of the place of residence. How are young people taking over the city by occupying yards, vacant buildings and shopping centers? What prospects does the city offer to today's 30-year-olds: couples, singles, people from here and foreigners? What is the future of shopkeepers and craftsmen being pushed out by chain stores?
The authors pose questions about what is everyday, but not always named. Is the apartment building a new block? Are guarded estates still a common space? Is a row house a fulfillment of residential ambitions, or maybe the only alternative to multi-apartment construction?
Project participants: Bartosz Gaczyński, Paweł Grabarek, Tomasz Grzymała, Lena Jabłońska, Jakub Kaźmierczak, Maks Plater, Anna Ryń, Jakub Stoszek
Lecturer at the Kieślowski Film School in Katowice, prof. Marcin Koszałka received the Special Jury Prize for Cinematography for the film "A Woman at Night" (2021), dir. Rafael Kapeliński during the 3rd edition of the Diorama International Film Festival in New Delhi.
The film by Rafael Kapeliński, who was a visiting professor at our School, also received the main prize of the festival - the Golden Sparrow for an International Feature Film.
In addition, the short film competition Diorama International Film Festival presented the short film " When The Night Comes" (2021), dir. Katarzyna Sikorska.
This year's edition of the festival was held on December 18-24, 2021.
The film "Lolo" (2019), dir. Michał Piotrowski with cinematography by Fryderyk Potoczek produced at the Kieślowski Film School received the Mimi Derba award for Best Silent Short Film during the 6th edition of the Festival Internacional de Cine Silente México. The production managers of the awarded film were: Agata Jarmułowicz and Aleksandra Kubisa.
This year's jury included, among others Rossella Bergo and Iacopo Di Girolamo. In the justification of the juror Iacopo Di Girolamo we read, among others:
“The best short film of the contest, without a shadow of a doubt. The direction, costume design, makeup, interiors design, good cast, performances, músic, photography and, above it all, the script: everything’s perfect.”
"Lolo" is a steampunk story about where role swaps can lead. The title character is a cleaner who gets a chance to see what the world looks like from a completely different perspective.
The film "Vyraj" (2020), dir. Agnieszka Nowosielska, cinematography Barbara Kaniewska, produced at the Kieślowski Film School of the University of Silesia was recognized as the best student film during this year's Macau International Short Film Festival. The prize was awarded by the jury: Andra Tévy (France), João Francisco Pinto (Portugal / Macau), Jay Lei (Macau).
The Macau International Short Film Festival has been taking place in Macau, China, since 2010. The festival is divided into two competitions: SHORTS - short films in the Documentary, Fiction and Animation categories, and VOLUME for music videos.
This year's edition of the festival was held on December 2-9, 2021. The SHORTS competition also featured "Last Days of Summer" (2020), dir. Klaudia Kęska.
