This Friday a meeting called "Personal stories - how to show inner experiences on the screen?" with the participation of our graduate and lecturer Bartosz Konopka will take place. The meeting will be on February 26 at 20:00 on the Facebook profile of (link) Papaya Young Directors.

The best stories are the ones we can relate to. They evoke emotions in us and leave a mark on our memory. These stories usually come from the artist's own life, but presenting them on the screen is a big art. Even for experienced directors, transferring the whole range of experienced emotions, a multitude of thoughts or perceived smells to paper, and then to individual frames in the film, is a difficult task. How to show inner agitation? How to present anger without screaming, despair without a tear, joy without a smile? How to engage the viewer in a story about experiences without spectacular explosions or breathtaking special effects?

Bartosz Konopka, a director (including the Oscar-nominated "Rabbit a la Berlin"), film expert and academic lecturer, will answer all these questions and reveal which techniques to use to present your inner experiences on the screen.

Film School Krzysztof Kieślowski of the University of Silesia in Katowice is the educational partner of the 8th edition of the Papaya Young Directors competition. The meeting takes place as part of our cooperation.

25 February 2021

Gallery Pusta cd. invites to the opening of the exhibition entitled "Natural(nie) naturalnie" by Aram Jesajan - 1st year student of Cinematography at Kieślowski Film School. The opening of the exhibition will take place on February 22 at 6.00 p.m. on the MS Teams platform.

Natural(nie) naturalnie

The presented works are a personal observation of the landscape of the Silesian Beskids. Complicated shapes, winter and mountainous scenery, as well as the elements of interference of a human in the environment, create an abstract image of nature. Exhibition title indirectly emphasizes the "unnaturalness" of the presented space.

Aram Jesajan - born on July 6, 1998 in Cieszyn. First-year student of Cinematography at the Kieślowski Film School in Katowice.

Link to connect to the opening of the exhibition: 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 their cameras and mute the microphones.

19 February 2021

The first person to be granted the Kazimierz Kutz Award, founded by the city of Katowice in cooperation with the University of Silesia and the Silesian Theater, is Anna Dymna - an outstanding film and theater actress, founder of the "Mimo Wszystko" Foundation, which works with people with intellectual disabilities.

In the intention of the founders, the award in the name of the eminent Silesian director is to be regularly awarded to a selected artist whose outstanding artistic achievements contribute to building democratic and tolerant society. The award will promote artists who combine artistic activity with social involvement, which is an attitude close to the one that patron of the Award had.

The award ceremony took place on the Large Stage of the Silesian Theater on Tuesday, February 16 at 19.00, on the birthday of Kazimierz Kutz. The gala was followed by one of the most awarded performances of Teatr Śląski, namely "The Fifth Side of the World" based on the prose of Kazimierz Kutz.

17 February 2021

Do you dream of a career as a director, or maybe you just want to make an advertising film, music video or a socially engaged film? The Papaya Young Directors competition is a unique initiative aimed at everyone aged between 20-35, which gives you a chance and budget for making your film! You can submit your ideas by March 14, 2021 at www.papayayoungdirectors.com

The Papaya Young Directors collects original ideas in response to briefs (topics of several sentences) of international brands, foundations or artists. The finalist gets PLN 11,000 for the production of his film or music video! What happens next? The creators of the final productions compete for the Grand Prix of PLN 40,000, as well as a package of other prizes.

The latest edition of the competition is supported by brands from various fields by presenting open and multidimensional briefs. This year, the competition is supported by: Audioteka, BMW Polska, DPD, Durex, Facebook, IKEA, Kayax, Link4, McDonald's, Multikino, Samsung Electronics Polska and Tyskie. T he Music Stories category is for the second time under the patronage of the Kayax label. This time, the participants will be able to make a music video for Kayah, Krzysztof Zalewski, Julia Wieniawa, Barbara Wrońska, Bloo Crane band and the duo: Karaś / Rogucki.

Each participant has a chance to make a film on social issues. Along with Facebook, the Vertical Stories category is developing, under which you can make films for three unusual foundations: Camera Femina, Kosmos dla Girls and Kuchinate African Refugee Women's Collective. The institutions that contribute to the debuting subcategory Women's Stories work for women in various ways. Importantly - anyone can apply in this category: regardless of gender!

In the 8th edition of the competition, the organizers also focus on searching for a variety of talents - this year, among others, the best production, the best photos or the best creative concept. The premiere of the films along with the gala ceremony is planned for June 2021.

Kieślowski Film School of the University of Silesia in Katowice is an educational partner of the Papaya Young Directors competition.

15 February 2021