We are honored to invite our new students to the inauguration of the 2020/2021 academic year at the Kieślowski Film School of the University of Silesia.

The ceremony will take place on October 7, 2020 at 10.00 a.m. The inauguration will be available on YouTube on the "Uniwersytet Śląski" channel under the link: youtube.com/UniwersytetSlaski.

In program:

• Inaugural speech of the Rector of the University of Silesia, prof. dr hab. Ryszard Koziołek.
• Inaugural speech of the Dean of the Kieślowski Film School, prof. dr hab. Krystyna Doktorowicz
• Student matriculation
• Inaugural lecture of the Dean of the Kieślowski Film School prof. dr hab. Krystyna Doktorowicz about "Polish Oscars".

06 October 2020

"My country, so beautiful" by Grzegorz Paprzycki is the winner of the international short documentary competition during the 25th It's All True - International Documentary Film Festival in São Paulo (Brazil).

It's All True - International Documentary Film Festival is the leading and at the same time the oldest event dedicated exclusively to nonfiction cinema in Latin America. Founded by Amir Labaki, the festival annually presents over 100 Brazilian and international documentary premieres. The films are screened simultaneously in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

This is yet another success of Paprzycki’s film, the lucky strike of which began in May last year during the 59th Krakow Film Festival, where Grzegorz Paprzycki received the Golden Hobby-Horse for taking up the current topic at the same time staying in accordance with the tradition of the Polish documentary films participating in public life.

The producer of the film is Krystyna Doktorowicz (Kieślowski Film School of the University of Silesia in Katowice). The film was made under the artistic supervision of Beata Dzianowicz and Andrzej Fidyk.

05 October 2020

We invite first-year students to participate in the Virtual Adaptation Day, which will take place on October 7, 2020 at 8.00 on the fanpage of the Student Council of the University of Silesia.

The meeting will be chaired by representatives of the student council of the Kieślowski Film School, who will provide the most important information about the faculty and explain its specificity. They will talk with the most important people at the faculty - Dean dr hab. prof. UŚ Krystyna Doktorowicz, Coordinator for Student Activity Dr. Anna Huth and Coordinator for Accessibility Dr. Adrian Robak. Representatives of departmental authorities will tell more about how to navigate the unit, where to deal with the most important matters and what opportunities await new students, as well as provide details of distance learning. The second part of the Faculty's Virtual Adaptation Day will be a virtual tour of the faculty, during which the most important and interesting places at the Kieślowski Film School will be shown.

During the entire meeting, participants will be able to ask questions in the comments below the broadcast.

We also encourage you to take part in the Virtual Adaptation Day of the University of Silesia, which will take place on October 5, 2020 at 10.00 at the official fanpage of the University of Silesia, as well as in trainings that will make it easier for new students to navigate the university:

• "CINiBA" – academic library and information centre" - October 2, 2020, 8.00,
• "Security Policy" - 2 October 2020, at 12.00,
• "Remote education" - 5/10/2020, 8.00,
• "Coronavirus" - October 8, 2020, at 12.30,
• "BHP – safety rules at the university" - October 9, 2020, at 12.30.

02 October 2020

We are pleased to announce that we have obtained an additional source of funding and we can invite students from Poland and EU countries to study Creative management in new media without semester fees. Recruitment starts on September 28, 2020 and lasts until October 16, 2020.

Creative management in new media course is a proposal for people who already have a bachelor's or master's degree (Master of Science) and want to strengthen their competences in the area of communication in social media, as well as broaden, organize and consolidate knowledge about the new tools and techniques use of social media. Classes will be conducted entirely in English.

Time schedule and portfolio requirements:

1. 28^th September 2020 – beginning of the application process
   https://us.edu.pl/kandydat/en/rekrutacja-na-rok-akademicki-2020-2021/ 
   https://irk.us.edu.pl/irk/application/program?id=908
2. 16^th October 2020 – deadline for:
   • applying in the application system of University of Silesia in Katowice (including a certificate of a Master or a Bachelor degree in English)
   • sending a portfolio proving the experience in creative industry, cultural institutions, audiovisual sector - link to social media (YT, Instagram, Vimeo etc.) or pdf file (with max. 30 pages) to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
3. 20-21^th October 2020 - qualification interview in English on Skype verifying knowledge about the contemporary creative industry, cultural institutions, economics of the audiovisual sector and verifying the predisposition to work in the audiovisual industry (the exact term of the interview will be send to the candidate 3 days before)

01 October 2020