Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School      |      kieslowski.pl

26.10.2021

The film "Submission" (2020), dir. Michał Ciechomski produced at the Kieślowski Film School received FRAPA 2021 in the Category Hero at the 10th Festival of Interesting Films in Gorzów Wielkopolski. The jury appreciated the "creation of an interesting, grotesque and at the same time real "everyman" entangled in the system, faced with a choice between the good of the individual and the community and reminding us that history likes to repeat itself".

On the other hand, FRAPA 2021 in the Category Form was awarded to the film by our employee, Wojciech Sankiewicz, "C'est La Vie" (directed by Bartosz Terlicki, Jacek Olejnik, Rafał Sankiewicz, Wojciech Sankiewicz).

Full list of FRAP 2021 laureates: link

19.10.2021

During The Pigeon International Film Festival (PIFF) in Iceland, which ended on October 17, 2021, Daria Polunina received the award for the best actress for her main roles in the films: "East West" dir. Natalia Koniarz (production of the Kieślowski Film School of the University of Silesia) and "Masha" dir. Krzysztof Chodorowski (production of the Warsaw Film School). Agata Basista, our student of the Film Production, was the production manager of "Masha".

On the other hand, the award for the best cinematography among short films was given to our graduate Damian Kocur for his cinematography for the film "Beyond is the day".

The program of the Icelandic festival included as many as 7 productions of the Kieślowski Film School. Apart from "East West", festival participants could see "Lolo", dir. Michał Piotrowski, "Hi, How Are You" dir. Michał Chmielewski, "When the Night Comes" dir. Katarzyna Sikorska, "The Nest" and "The Boy Who Walked Barefoot" dir. Gracjana Piechuli and "Dam", dir. Natalia Koniarz.

The Pigeon International Film Festival was held for the first time this year. At the debuting festival, Polish cinematography was a special guest. The festival was held on October 14-17 in Ísafjordur.

17.10.2021

"Vyraj" (2020) directed by Agnieszka Nowosielska, produced at the Kieślowski Film School won the special mention of the jury of the international short film competition during the 9th edition of the Dracula Film Festival in Brasov, Romania.

Dracula Film Festival is a competition festival presenting films from the area of horror, science fiction, thriller, fantasy or touching supernatural phenomena. The 9th edition of the Dracula Film Festival was held on October 13-17 in Brasov, Romania.

"Vyraj" had its world premiere at the 14th Film and Art Festival "Dwa Brzegi" in Kazimierz Dolny in August last year. Since then, the film has already won 4 awards at national and international festivals.

14.10.2021
“The Nest” / photo Aleksandra Kamińska

This year's selection of the Student Short Film Competition of the 29th Camerimage Festival includes the film "The Nest" (2021) by Gracjana Piechula with cinematography by Aleksandra Kamińska.

The cinematographer for the best short film will be awarded with the Golden Tadpole - Laszlo Kovacs Student Award and a check of PLN 10,000 awarded by the Polish Filmmakers Association.

The Student Short Film Competition was established in 1997. Its goal is to support the development of young filmmakers and to confront the achievements of students from all over the world. Each year, several dozen film schools submit their best short films to the EnergaCAMERIMAGE competition. The winners are selected by an international jury composed of recognized filmmakers and other representatives of the world of art and culture. The 29th EnergaCAMERIMAGE Festival will be held in Toruń on November 13-20, 2021.

12.10.2021

The films "Slave" (2021), dir. Grzegorz Piekarski and "EAST-WEST" (2020) dir. Natalia Koniarz produced at the Kieślowski Film School are returning from the WAMA Film Festival in Olsztyn and from the International Film Festival ZOOM-ZBLIŻENIA in Jelenia Góra with nominations for the Jan Machulski Awards (edition 2022).

"Slave" received nominations during the 8th edition of the WAMA Film Festival in the following categories:

  • "Best Director": Grzegorz Piekarski for the film "Slave"
  • "Best Editing": Nikodem Chabior for the film "Slave", dir. Grzegorz Piekarski

"EAST-WEST" received nominations at the 24th International Film Festival ZOOM-ZBLIŻENIA in the following categories:

  • Best Actor - Ihor Aronov for the film "EAST-WEST"
  • Best Cinematography - Stanisław Cuske for the film "EAST-WEST"

Moreover, the jury of the feature competition of the 24th ZOOM-ZBLIŻENIA International Film Festival, composed of Magdalena Łazarkiewicz, Daniel Antosik, and Maria Sadowska, decided to give Natalia Koniarz special mention for her film "EAST-WEST".

Jan Machulski Awards were created for all filmmakers who create short films. In their assumption, they are to be the most prestigious Polish distinction dedicated to the creators of Polish short film. The first edition took place in 2005.