The film "Mother's Day" directed by Patryk Kaflowski, produced at the Kieślowski Film School is now on the so-called long Oscar-winning list appreciating short fictional films. The 15 titles that will be included in the shortlist of candidates for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards will be announced on December 21, 2021.

Patryk Kaflowski's film tells the story of a young, pregnant woman who has to deal with complications during childbirth. A female fox wandering around the area looking for food is a witness to the fight for the baby.

The cinematographer for the film is Patryk Roman. Michał Walter and Patryk Kaflowski were responsible for the editing. Krzysztof Lang was responsible for pedagogical supervision over the production. The producer of the film is Krystyna Doktorowicz (Kieślowski Film School of the University of Silesia).

"Mother's Day" had its world premiere during the 40th edition of the Koszalin Festival of Film Debuts “Young and Film”. The film won the International Competition at the Bengaluru International Short Film Festival in India, receiving the Oscar qualification at the same time. Currently, the film is presented at the prestigious Raindance Film Festival - the largest independent film festival in Great Britain.

The 94th American Film Academy Awards Gala is scheduled for March 27, 2022. The nominees will be announced on February 8.

04 November 2021

The film "Submission" (2020), dir. Michał Ciechomski produced at the Kieślowski Film School received FRAPA 2021 in the Category Hero at the 10th Festival of Interesting Films in Gorzów Wielkopolski. The jury appreciated the "creation of an interesting, grotesque and at the same time real "everyman" entangled in the system, faced with a choice between the good of the individual and the community and reminding us that history likes to repeat itself".

On the other hand, FRAPA 2021 in the Category Form was awarded to the film by our employee, Wojciech Sankiewicz, "C'est La Vie" (directed by Bartosz Terlicki, Jacek Olejnik, Rafał Sankiewicz, Wojciech Sankiewicz).

Full list of FRAP 2021 laureates: link

26 October 2021

During The Pigeon International Film Festival (PIFF) in Iceland, which ended on October 17, 2021, Daria Polunina received the award for the best actress for her main roles in the films: "East West" dir. Natalia Koniarz (production of the Kieślowski Film School of the University of Silesia) and "Masha" dir. Krzysztof Chodorowski (production of the Warsaw Film School). Agata Basista, our student of the Film Production, was the production manager of "Masha".

On the other hand, the award for the best cinematography among short films was given to our graduate Damian Kocur for his cinematography for the film "Beyond is the day".

The program of the Icelandic festival included as many as 7 productions of the Kieślowski Film School. Apart from "East West", festival participants could see "Lolo", dir. Michał Piotrowski, "Hi, How Are You" dir. Michał Chmielewski, "When the Night Comes" dir. Katarzyna Sikorska, "The Nest" and "The Boy Who Walked Barefoot" dir. Gracjana Piechuli and "Dam", dir. Natalia Koniarz.

The Pigeon International Film Festival was held for the first time this year. At the debuting festival, Polish cinematography was a special guest. The festival was held on October 14-17 in Ísafjordur.

19 October 2021

"Vyraj" (2020) directed by Agnieszka Nowosielska, produced at the Kieślowski Film School won the special mention of the jury of the international short film competition during the 9th edition of the Dracula Film Festival in Brasov, Romania.

Dracula Film Festival is a competition festival presenting films from the area of horror, science fiction, thriller, fantasy or touching supernatural phenomena. The 9th edition of the Dracula Film Festival was held on October 13-17 in Brasov, Romania.

"Vyraj" had its world premiere at the 14th Film and Art Festival "Dwa Brzegi" in Kazimierz Dolny in August last year. Since then, the film has already won 4 awards at national and international festivals.

17 October 2021