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10.05.2021

The 18. Węgiel Film Festival will begin this Thursday, May 13, 2021. The event is organized by students of the 2nd year of the Film Production at the Kieslowski Film School in Katowice. The idea of the festival is to present the work of film school students from all over the world to a wider audience. The heart of the festival is the competition of short fictional and documentary films made by students from all over the world. Free screenings of 30 competition films will take place on the MOJEeKINO.PL platform.

A number of attractions have been prepared for the participants of the event. Four outstanding cinematographers: Jolanta Dylewska, Weronika Bilska, Monika Lenczewska, and Ita Zbroniec-Zajt will take part in a panel discussion on the role of female cinematographers in Polish and world cinema. They will share their experiences gained from working in different parts of the world, including Asia and Africa.

Director of the Polish Film Institute, Radosław Śmigulski, for the first time during the student event, will present young directors with the possibility of a full-length debut as part of the Production of Microbudget Films "First Film" program and answer their questions.

Piotr Domalewski - a graduate of the Kieslowski Film School, nominated for the 23rd Polish Film Awards - Eagles 2021, will reveal, together with Zofia Stafiej, a recipe for working with an actor and directing a debutant.

Photographers will surely be interested in the round table with the World Press Photo winners. Natalia Kepesz, Daniel Rodrigues, Nuno Andre Ferreira and Rafał Milach will take part in it.

Elena Okopnaya, winner of the Silver Bear at the Berlinale 2018, will present in an interview with Robert Sowa the secrets of her work as a set and costume designer.

The accompanying events will close with a masterclass with Dorota Roqueplo, costume designer of such films as incl. "Corpus Christi" by Jan Komasa, "Magnesium" by Maciej Bochniak or "Influence" by Łukasz Barczyk.

The 18th edition of the Węgiel Film Festival will be held on May 13-16, 2021, and participation in the event is free of charge.

A detailed program of the festival is available on the website: http://www.wff.us.edu.pl/

07.05.2021

As part of the review of selected film schools at the Chinese MovieZone Short Film Festival, there are screenings of 9 films produced at the Film School. Krzysztof Kieślowski of the University of Silesia in Katowice.

Viewers in China can watch online: Dust by Jakub Radej, Casting by Klaudia Kęska, Let’s Cry by Tadeusz Kabicz, A Bad Night Story by Nawojka Wierzbowska, Ordinary Life of Sophie by Dominika Gnatek, Ravik the Steppe Turtle By Michał Chmielewski, Marysia’s World by Katarzyna Żak, I’ve got something for you too by Iwo Kondefer and People Talk by Grzegorz Paprzycki.

Our films take part in the "Student Perspectives" section, where the Chinese audience will award the best student film. Videos are available online only in China from May 1 to May 31, 2021.

More information: link

30.04.2021

Students of Directing and other courses are invited to the workshop with Dr Marco Robledo. Throughout the course students will have a Chance to develop the scripts of their short film and use the services of the script-doctor.

Workshop will be conducted in English!

  • Wednesday 5.05. 9:45-11:15, Introduction. 11:30-12:15 Idea generation
  • Friday 7.05 9:45-11:15, Idea generation. 11:30-12:15. Structure
  • Wednesday 12.05 9:45-11:15, 11:30-12:15. Structure
  • Friday 14.05 9:45-11:15, 11:30-12:15. Mythic Structure
  • Wednesday 19.05 9:45-11:15, 11:30-12:15. Characters
  • Friday 21.05 9:45-11:15, 11:30-12:15. Characters
  • Friday 28.05 9:45-11:15, 11:30-12:15. Synopsis and treatment
  • Wednesday 2.06 9:45-11:15, Pitching 11:30-12:15 Script
  • Friday 4.06 9:45-11:15,, Script 11:30-12:15 Pitching Session
  • Wednesday 9.06. 9:45-11:15, 11:30-12:15 Indiv. consultation and script doctoring.

To sign up contact Anna Huth: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

22.04.2021
„The Hero” /photo Igor Połaniewicz

„The Hero” – this year's graduate film by Milena Dutkowska will compete for awards in the short film competition of the 43rd Moscow International Film Festival (April 22-29, 2021). It will be the only Polish production in the competition sections of this prestigious event. The world premiere of the movie "The Hero" is scheduled for April 27.

This year, 14 films from all over the world, including two from Russia, are participating in the festival's short film competition. The jury is chaired by Dénes Nagy - this year's winner of the Silver Bear for the best directing of the film "Natural Light" during the 71st edition of the Berlinale.

„The Hero” is about Cyprian - a 10-year-old orphan who dreams of becoming a true hero. The cinematographer for the film is Igor Połaniewicz, and another student Ernest Małkiewicz was responsible for production management. The producer of the film is Krystyna Doktorowicz (Kieślowski Film School).

The Moscow International Film Festival is one of the oldest festivals of world cinema. The festival is accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF). The festival's main award is the "Golden Saint George". From 1972 included by the FIAPF among the "A" class festivals. The president of the festival is Nikita Mikhalkov, who has been in office since 1999.

01.07.2020
„Stop Calling Me Murzyn” / photo Rafał Milach

A copy of the photo "Stop Calling Me Murzyn" by our lecturer prof. Rafał Milach is included in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw.

The photo shows the activist Bianka Nwolisa (10) with the banner "Stop Calling Me Murzyn". The photo was taken in June 2020 during a protest at the US Embassy against police brutality against African-American communities, triggered by the death of George Floyd. Photography sparked a heated debate in both traditional and social media.