Piotr Polak, the main actor in the film "Tumble" (2019) directed by Milena Dutkowska, received the award for the best actor in the short film category at the Horrible Imaginations Film Festival in the USA.

Horrible Imaginations Film Festival takes place from September 2-5, 2021 at Kino Frida in Santa Ana. It has been organized since 2009 and over the last 11 years, over 750 movies from horror, sci-fi and fantasy have been shown. Horrible Imagination Film Festival was ranked among the 100 best-rated film festivals on the FilmFreeway platform in 2018. In addition, MovieMaker magazine placed it in 2018 on the list of "50 film festivals worth submitting to".

Tumble tells the story of 32-year-old Adam, who still lives with his overprotective mother. Their everyday life is filled with the rituals of obedience and mutual relations. Everything changes as soon as one night Adam starts being accompanied by a man in a gray suit visible only to him. The film had its world premiere at the 44th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia. It was also included in the selection of the international Film Festival in Shanghai and many Polish film festivals.

07 September 2021

The film "Mother's Day" (2021), directed by Patryk Kaflowski, won the International Competition at the Bengaluru International Short Film Festival in India.

The event took place from August 28 - September 5, 2021. The Indian festival is on the prestigious list of Oscar qualifying festivals. By winning the festival, our film also received an Oscar qualification in the category for short fictional films.

Patryk Kaflowski's film tells the story of a female fox that travels through the forest in search of food. When she reaches the edge of the forest, she comes across a lonely farm, where she witnesses turbulent events involving a young woman expecting a baby.

The cinematographer for the film is Patryk Roman. Michał Walter and Patryk Kaflowski are responsible for the editing. Krzysztof Lang was responsible for artistic supervision over the production. The producer of the film is Krystyna Doktorowicz (Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School of the University of Silesia).

The 94th American Film Academy Awards Gala is scheduled for March 27, 2022.

06 September 2021

“Leave no traces” - the latest film by our graduate and lecturer, Dr. Jan P. Matuszyński, the creator of the worldwide award-winning “The Last Family” and the TV series “The King of Warsaw” became the Polish candidate for the Oscars. The selection was made by the Oscars committee chaired by a producer Ewa Puszczyńska.

“Leave no traces” is set in Poland, 1983. The country is shaken by the case of Grzegorz Przemyk – a high school student beaten to death by militia. Based on true events, the film follows the story of Jurek – the only witness of the beating, who overnight became the number one enemy of the state. The oppressive regime used its whole apparatus – the secret service, militia, the media and the courts – to squeeze Jurek and other people close to the case, including his parents and Przemyk’s mother, Barbara.

The world premiere of the film will take place on September 9 as part of the Main Competition of the 78th Venice International Film Festival. The film will be released in Polish cinemas on September 24.

The 94th American Film Academy Awards is scheduled for March 27, 2022.

03 September 2021

"Draugen" - a documentary film by our lecturer prof. Dagmara Drzazga was nominated for the prestigious PRIX EUROPA award in the category TV Documentary. The producer of the film is TVP Katowice.

The protagonist of the film “Draugen” is Wojciech Bogadoł from Mikołów, a scout, son of a Silesian insurgent, who during the World War II was incorporated into the Wehrmacht and sent to Norway. On the tiny island of Kvitsoy, he meets the love of his life, Liv. Young people have a chance to make their own lives, they just have to wait until the end of the war...

Selection results: link

PRIX EUROPA is an important event addressed mainly to TV and radio producers. The prizes are awarded in 10 categories. The winners of individual competitions are given the opportunity to promote their film through distribution and broadcasting on European TV and radio stations.

02 September 2021