The film "East West" (2020) by our directing student Natalia Koniarz has qualified for the official selection of the 18th edition of the IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival and will have its international premiere in Bulgaria.

"East West" tells the story of Nazar, who fled the country before the war and is trying to get used to the new reality, which, however, quickly verifies his life plans. The DOP for the film is Stanisław Cuske, our student of cinematography. Karolina Koper, a student of the film production, was responsible for the production management.

The In The Palace International Short Film Festival is one of the largest short film festivals in the Balkans. It has the EFFE European quality seal - for outstanding art festivals, showing their commitment to the field of art, social commitment and international openness. It has been an Oscar qualifying festival since 2017.

This year's edition of the festival will be hybrid. The festival will take place virtually on February 27 - March 6, 2021. Physical screenings of selected films will take place in cinemas and at outdoor events in August 2021.

Selection results: link

02 February 2021

BKF (English: Bydgoszcz Film Chronicle) and Kino Orzeł operating at the Municipal Cultural Center in Bydgoszcz invite you to an online series of meetings with documentary filmmakers called BKF Masterclass. As part of online meetings, masters of Polish documentary film and outstanding creators of the new generation introduce the audience to the secrets of their work. Access to recorded meetings is free.

The originators and leaders of the series are the creators of the Bydgoszcz Film Chronicle - Maciej Cuske and Marcin Sauter.

So far, their participation in the project has been confirmed, among others, by Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz, Michał Marczak, Marcin Koszałka, Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosołowski, Piotr Bernaś, Jolanta Dylewska, Marcel Łoziński, Paweł Łoziński, Hanna Polak, Marta Prus, Wojciech Staroń, Paweł Ziemilski.

BKF Masterclass episodes completed so far (along with legal access to the films they refer to):

BKF Masterclass, ep. 1.: Michał Marczak - (link)
"Fuck for forest": https://ninateka.pl/film/fuck-for-forest-michal-marczak

BKF Masterclass, ep. 2.: Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz - (link)
"The Mine": https://ninateka.pl/film/gruba-maria-zmarz-koczanowicz

BKF Masterclass, ep. 3: Elwira Niewiera i Piotr Rosołowski - (link)
"Domino Effect": https://vod.pl/filmy-dokumentalne/efekt-domina/tvbnebz

BKF Masterclass, ep. 4: Marcin Koszałka - (link)
"Declaration of Immortality": http://ninateka.pl/film/deklaracja-niesmiertelnosci-marcin-koszalka

Subsequent meetings are held on Fridays every two weeks on the Facebook pages of the Bydgoszcz Film Chronicle and Kino Orzeł, and on the YouTube account of the ICC in Bydgoszcz.

30 January 2021

Gallery Pusta cd. invites to the opening of the exhibition entitled Harmony in disharmony by Karolina Monwid-Olechnowicz - 4th year student of Cinematography at the Kieślowski Film School. The online opening of the exhibition will take place on Wednesday, January 27 at 18.00 on the MS Teams platform.

Harmony in disharmony.

Very often our feet are directed to the roads that we might not have chosen ourselves, or we do not understand. The time and place where we were born, the people who accompany us and the series of experiences that have been recorded on our card, create a network of dependencies that pushes us to make these and not other decisions during our journey. Let us consciously learn to follow, searching for ourselves, to go where we want without any dependence. Let us experience despite the complexity of fate.

Harmony in Disharmony is a collection of selected portraits of my relatives, those with whom my journey in the exploration of the art world began. In my approach to the portrait, I see more than a face, but a multi-level expression of emotionality that goes beyond the frame.

Karolina Monwid - Olechnowicz born in 1995, an adept in film art, looking beyond the horizon of perception and awareness, looking for what is invisible in her work. 4th year student of Cinematography at the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School of the University of Silesia in Katowice.

Link to connect: link

Technical details:
Connection via the MS Teams platform. After clicking on the link above, you can join the meeting via a web browser, without logging in. Participants of the on-line opening are asked to turn on the cameras and mute the microphones.

26 January 2021

We invite our students of Directing and Creative Management in New Media to sign up for online classes with Rafael Kapeliński, lecturer at, among others, London Film School and the prestigious AFI in Los Angeles.

Mr. Kapeliński will conduct classes in English focusing on directing a feature film. His masterclass will take place in February via the MS Teams platform. The first introduction classes will be held on January 29, 2021 from 9:45 am to 1:00 pm. In February, students will meet with the Lecturer regularly on Tuesdays and Thursdays during regular sessions.

Schedule:

• 29.01. Friday 9: 45-11: 15 and 11: 30-13: 00
• 2.02. Tuesday 9: 45-15: 15
• 4.02. Thursday 9: 45-15: 15
• 9.02. Tuesday 9: 45-15: 15
• 11.02. Thursday 9: 45-18: 45
• 16.02. Tuesday 9: 45-15: 15
• 18.02. Thursday 9: 45-15:15
• 23.02. Tuesday 9: 45-15: 15
• 25.02. Thursday 9: 45-18: 45

The number of places is limited. Registration by e-mail at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
During the masterclass, issues related to the directing of a fictional film during the shooting period will be presented (e.g. working on a film set, working with an actor, cooperation with a cinematographer), various case studies will be discussed, and students will have the opportunity to perform a number of practical tasks in groups that include the teaching repertoire of directing students at AFI in Los Angeles.

Rafael Kapeliński, born in Toruń, began his career as the director of the festival office of the Camerimage Film Festival. He has made a number of films since 2006 short and fiction films that have won more than twenty-five international awards at major festivals such as Cannes, Oberhausen, Austin, New Horizons and Brest. His feature debut "Butterfly Kisses" (BBC Films / Film London / Microwave / Blue Shadows Films) won the Crystal Bear at the Berlinale in 2017. His fictional project "Up on the Roof" won the prestigious Cinefondation Residence award at the Cannes Film Festival. Lecturer at the London Film School and American Film Institute in Los Angeles.

23 January 2021