We would like to invite you to the 4. edition of the Science Premiere Stage: Scientific Talk Show - a series organized by the University of Silesia in Katowice. The series promotes interesting, inspiring and award-winning achievements of people associated with our University. This time we will meet Grzegorz Paprzycki, a graduate of directing at Kieślowski Film School, whose film "My Country So Beautiful" has a chance to compete for an Oscar.

The meeting will be held online on February 11, 2021 at 18.00. The broadcast will be available on the YouTube channel of the University of Silesia (link) and on Facebook of the University of Silesia in Katowice (link). "My Country So Beautiful" is a documentary film showing Poland as a place where nationalism emerged from the underground and became a real threat. Paprzycki's work touched critics, received many awards and was included in the so-called long list of candidates for the Academy Award. The director draws attention both to the offensive of the far-right movements, which have become part of the mainstream of Polish politics in the last few years, and to people standing on the left and right sides of the worldview and political discourse, who are determined to defend their principles and values. They are divided by one thing: their attitude to national ideology.

After the meeting we will be able to participate in a conversation with Grzegorz Paprzycki on the ZOOM platform (link).

Previous meetings of the Scientific Premiere Scene are available on the YouTube channel of the University of Silesia (link).

08 February 2021

We know the results of the competition “Freedom of Research” conducted at the University of Silesia as a part of the Research Excellence Initiative.

Four of the employees of the Kieślowski Film School have receive the funding for their artistic and scientific research:

• Dr hab. Marcin Koszałka, prof. UŚ for own research
• Dr hab. Paweł Chorzępa for creating documentary film
• Dr hab. Olaf Flak, prof. UŚ for own research
• Dr Adrian Robak for development of music material

We would like to congratulate our employees!

“Freedom of research” is a competition in which employees of the University of Silesia in Katowice can obtain financing for research in each scientific discipline, as well as for proofreading, translation, research visits and conferences. The amount granted this year to the researchers of the University is over 1 million złoty.

05 February 2021

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