Films from the Kieślowski Film School are included in the program of the 27th National Film Festival "Prowincjonalia 2022", which will be held in Września from 20 to 23 April.

The program of this year's "Prowincjonalia" includes three short fiction films produced by the Kieślowski Film School: "The Hero" (2021), dir. By Milena Dutkowska, "Mother's Day" (2021) dir. Patryk Kaflowski and "Bonds" (2022) dir. Aleksandra Kamińska.

"Prowincjonalia" is a festival in the form of a competition for the best Polish fiction, television and documentary films in which the world of simple, universal values, subtlety and aesthetics of narration dominates. The aim of the festival is to popularize Polish film art and emphasize the role of film in social life. The festival returns after a two-year pandemic break.

19 April 2022

The 2nd edition of the LJMU MA Short Film Festival - a short film festival organized by students of Liverpool John Moores University - takes place in Liverpool on 1-8 April. Among the films qualified for the competition is the fictional film "Kattowitz" (2020), dir. Michał Piotrowski and the documentary "Holding your breath" (2021), dir. Katarzyna Sikorska. Karol Ulman - a student of directing at the Kieślowski Film School - was invited to one of the three juries. He is also the laureate of the last year's festival for the film "End of the World".

We will also have a strong film representation in April at German festivals. "Flora" (2021), dir. Karolina Monwid-Olechnowicz will compete for awards in Potsdam during the 51st edition of the Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival. "The Hero" (2021), dir. Milena Dutkowska qualified for the international competition of the 45th Internationale Grenzland-Filmtage in Selb. "Vyraj" (2020), dir. Agnieszka Nowosielska and "End of the World" (2020), dir. Karol Ulman invited for the international competition of the 22. Landshut Short Film Festival in Munich. In turn, "East West" (2020), dir. Natalia Koniarz will represent the School in the short film competition of the FiSH Film Festival in Rostock.

Three films produced at the Kieślowski Film School will be shown in Groningen, the Netherlands, at the Flicks International Student Short Film Festival. They will compete for the awards: "Forever" (2021), dir. Aleksandra Kamińska, "Mother's Day" (2021) dir. Patryk Kaflowski and "The Cabin" (2021) dir. Bartosz Toboła. Patryk Kaflowski's film will also be seen by the audience of the Portuguese Lisboeta International Short Film Festival.

01 April 2022

The exhibition "Martwe z natury - odsłona 2/2" by prof. Ryszard Czernow can be seen from March 25 to April 29 in the Galeria Główna in BWA in Kielce.

In his work, the artist pays special attention to contemporary vanitas symbolism, describing the surrounding world of animate and inanimate matter. Ryszard Czernow describes his works with the term cybergraphy, because as a result of a number of modifications they have lost the features of classical photography. Artistic projects are presented in the form of large-format photorealistic prints and in the form of sonovisual compositions in which sound - next to the image - is an equal means of expression.

"Martwe z natury" is one of the three exhibitions presented at BWA as part of the 1st Festival of Photography FOTOPERYFERIE. The festival is organized by the Kielce Landscape School Foundation and the BWA in Kielce. The curator of the festival is Stanisława Zacharko-Łagowska.

25 March 2022

On March 25, 2022, a charity concert "City of Science for Ukraine" will be held on the roof of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Silesia. The aim of the event, carried out by the consortium of the European City of Science 2024, which consists of Silesian universities and the City of Katowice, is to support the financial fundraising for the needs of Ukrainian students and their families.

Support can be provided through the official university fundraiser on the website Zrzutka: zrzutka.pl/k8n5fy

As part of the event at 16:15 in the auditorium Andrzej Pawlikowski at the Faculty of Humanities, there will be a screening of the film "Donbas" (2018) directed by Sergei Łoźnica, which will be preceded by a lecture by prof. UŚ dr hab. Krystyna Doktorowicz - Dean of the Kieslowski Film School. Before the screening, there will also be shown short reports from the refugee route recorded by Adelina Borets - a Ukrainian student of directing at the Kieslowski Film School. Adelina Borets spent time in the attacked Kiev from where she reported on social media about everyday life in a city besieged by the Russians.

The full program of the event is available here: link

The concert "City of Science for Ukraine" is primarily intended to support those who suffered as a result of the war in Ukraine. The collected money and gifts will be donated to the needs of Ukrainian students, doctoral students and their families.

23 March 2022